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The Questions We Ask

COA’s mission is to inquire, to delve, to care, to create. These are not just words on paper. They flourish within the hearts and minds of every member of the COA community. We asked several members of the COA faculty what questions they asked. Here are their responses.
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Purchaser of Blue Hill Bookstore Finding New Ways to Beat Amazon [Maine Biz]

A new community-supported bookseller program, reminiscent of community-supported agriculture, characterizes Samantha Haskell ’10’s plans for her ownership of Blue Hill Books.
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Community As Classroom: COA’s Energy Outreach

The Community Energy Center or CEC was created to connect COA’s sustainability and renewable energy efforts to our surrounding communities, and to ensure the continuation of efforts based in classes, internships and independent studies once each term is done.

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Faculty:

Sarah R Hall

Faculty, Earth Science

Students:

Vitoria Bitencourt

Class of '19

Sao Paulo, Brazil
Kaitlyn Rae Clark

Class of '19

Rocklin, California
Amy Erving

Class of '19

British Columbia, Canada
Jenna Farineau

Class of '18

Louisville, Kentucky