COA a 'Best Value' College

Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Calling COA, "much more than a university, it's a preparation for life," the Princeton Review today listed the college as one of the nation's "best value" colleges and universities. More >>

Video Celebrates COA's Experiential Academics

January, 2012
College of the Atlantic's "exceptional" and "inspiring" focus on experiential learning is featured in a video created by the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University. More >>

Panel on Somalis in Maine

Friday, February 17, 2012
The city of Lewiston has been transformed by immigrants in the last dozen years. Today, nearly 10 percent of its population is composed of refugees from Somalia. Hear community members and UMaine scholars talk about their experiences. More >>

Fred Benson on US War State

Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Ret. Col. Fred Benson, an MDI resident with decades of experience with the nation's defense efforts, talks about the way the US seems to accept a perpetual state of war for the Human Ecology Forum. More >>

Pilot of Artist Series Screened at COA

Friday, February 17, 2012
COA documentary class screens pilot of film on four Maine artists, proving that Maine artists have skills beyond landscape painting. More >>

Popular Biolgist Marty Crump comes to COA

Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Noted biologist Martha, or Marty, Crump will be talking about amphibians and reptiles at COA on Wednesday, February 22 at 4 p.m. in McCormick Lecture Hall. Her talk is titled "The Future of Amphibians and Reptiles: Do Our Cultural Beliefs Matter?" More >>

Talk on Tanzania

Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Don Cass, COA chemistry faculty member, was blown away by his recent visit to Tanzania. He imagines you might be too. Hear him speak to the Human Ecology Forum on Tuesday, February 7 at 4:10 p.m. in McCormick. More >>

Middle School Nature Adventures

February and April Vacations
Peer under ice to understand the winter habits of riverine invertebrates; investigate the meanderings of an otter along a stream. ... Middle schoolers are invited to join Lucy Atkins in her Natural History Explorations over February and April vacations. More >>

Brooke Welty '11 Travels for Kindness

February, 2012
COA graduate Brooke Welty continues her senior project, a search for stories of kindness, on a journey around the nation. Stay tuned for more stories on people helping people in ways little and large. More >>

Black Dinah Chocolatier to Speak

Thursday, January 26, 2012
A chocolate business on an island off the coast of Maine? Selling nationwide? Named among the top ten chocolatiers in North America? How does this happen? Come to Jay Friedlander's Launching a New Venture class Thursday, January 26 at 11:10 a.m. More >>

Photography, Illustrations at Dorr

Winter Term 2012
Science and art come together at COA's George B. Dorr Museum this winter as two new and original exhibits go on display. The exhibits are products of recent work by COA students. A public opening will be held on Friday, January 27 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. More >>

Craft Valentines from Seaweed

Saturday, February 4, 2012
Focus your love for those someone specials - and also for the environment - at a workshop creating valentines from seaweeds. The annual Seaweed Valentine Workshop, at COA’s Dorr Museum comes Saturday, February 3 from 1 to 4 p.m. More >>

Word As Art

January 25-February 10, 2012
The connection between words and art is as old as language itself. Visit the Blum Gallery from January 25 to February 10 to see COA student curator Ivy Sienkiewycz's take on this genre. More >>

Paul Weiss on Emotional Maturity

Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Emotional maturity, what does it mean, how do we get there? Paul Weiss, director of Bar Harbor’s Whole Health Center, will be giving a talk titled The Neurobiology of the Spirit: an Integrative Look at the Nature of Emotional and Spiritual Maturity. More >>

International Partners in Mission

Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Hear personal stories and images from the community-based development work of International Partners in Mission when Joe Cistone speaks to the Human Ecology Forum, January 31 at 4:10 p.m. More >>

Panel on Language and Twain

Friday, February 3, 2012
Concerned about the language in Mark Twain's books. Or about responses to the language? The panel Racist Language and Stereotyping in the Work of Mark Twain: Questions for Our Time" examines these issues as part of the Big Read. More >>

Photo Booth Portraits Opening

January 16-24
The private is public in the 21st century. People broadcast their innermost feelings on Facebook and Twitter, posting photos of all kinds on a daily, if not hourly basis. Student Ivy Sienkiewycz has curated Photo Booth Portraiture at the Blum Gallery. More >>

Student Naturalist Offers Bird Walks

Wednesday, January 11 - March 7, 2012
Join Anna Stunkel on a stroll around campus as she seeks out the nests and habitats of winter birds each Wednesday from 1 to 2 p.m. More >>

Student Offers Final Youth Statement

December 9, 2011
"You've been negotiating all of my life. You've failed to meet pledges, missed targets, and broken promises." -Anjali. Video here. More >>

Nine Students at UNFCCC

November 25 to December 9, 2011
"Get it done! Now!" declares Anjali Appadurai '13 in her impassioned, articulate Youth Statement to the UNFCCC. A speech that has gone around the globe; Anjali was chosen by the youth delegates to speak for all youth - for "half the world" as she says. More >>

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