On April 8, Chargers gathered on the campus quad for an eclipse viewing party to catch a glimpse of the total solar eclipse that reached 97.2% totality in New London. What a spectacular sight to see!
Recently, Destiny Cruz '25 attended the 2024 American Psychology-Law Society Conference to present two research studies and accept an award to continue her research contributions to the forensic psychology field.
Ski Day is back! On March 20, classes were cancelled and Chargers spent the day at Mount Sunapee to hit the slopes and enjoy hot cocoa and bingo in the Sunapee Lodge.
The $780,152 raised more than doubles the $371,746 raised during the second rendition of the college’s Day of Giving in 2020. Colby-Sawyer also exceeded its goal of 1,837 donors — a number that pays homage to the year of the college’s founding.
The Ski Day tradition, which gave students a day off in March to participate in winter festivities at the now-closed King Ridge Ski Area, hadn’t been celebrated since the early 1980s. But that all changed this year with the help of a few students and Mount Sunapee Resort.
Peter White has been named Colby-Sawyer College’s next dean of the School of Nursing & Health Sciences. White, who has been serving as the school’s interim dean since January, joined the Colby-Sawyer biology faculty in 2001.
Colby-Sawyer College and HCA Healthcare have established a formal partnership designed to address the workforce needs of the HCA New England Healthcare market: Portsmouth Regional Hospital in Portsmouth, Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester and Parkland Medical Center in Derry.
Colby-Sawyer College has announced the hiring of Jeanette McKillop as its next director of athletics. McKillop, who will begin her tenure June 1, comes to Colby-Sawyer from nearby Rindge, New Hampshire, where she spent the last five years serving as the associate athletic director for compliance and senior woman administrator at Franklin Pierce University (FPU).
Tea produced by Banskota’s company, the Nepal Tea Collective is now being offered for sale at the Colby-Sawyer College store, The Stable. This collaborative effort has been a long time in the making — Banskota first launched his business out of a booth at the college’s 2016 Commencement ceremony, just one year after his own graduation.
Shortly after graduating with a degree in environmental science, Lucy Hayward ’21 began leading challenging outdoor expeditions to promote self-discovery and leadership development in her students.