A private college in Bar Harbor is the latest that plans to require students and staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19 this fall. The 350-student College of the Atlantic said that those working and studying on campus in the fall will be subject to the vaccination requirement once COVID-19 vaccines gain full approval from the federal Food and Drug Administration.
The Broad Reach Campaign for College of the Atlantic’s Future will endow new student scholarships, create state-of-the-art, environmentally sustainable academic and residential spaces, and support COA’s transition to a fossil fuel-free campus. The biggest fundraising drive in the school’s history has already raised $41 million in gifts and pledges.
With the new Center for Human Ecology, College of the Atlantic’s waterfront campus will gain state-of-the-art spaces for interdisciplinary learning, collaboration, and enhanced opportunities for community engagement.
The owners of the country’s largest organic seaweed farm are partnering with College of the Atlantic to create and operate a saltwater research and production facility on the school’s oceanfront campus.
Playwright Sarah DeLappe’s exhilarating take on adolescence and isolation takes the stage at College of the Atlantic, following a nine-week intensive effort by students in Performing Arts Chair Jodi Baker’s Special Topics in Production course.