Around campus:

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  Food is in focus at COA Summer Institute

  The 2021 College of the Atlantic Summer Institute: Good Food and Food Fights launches with a remote appearance by bestselling author Michael Pollan and continues through five days and 11 probing conversations among farmers, chefs, activists, thought leaders, and more.

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  COA welcomes new dean of institutional advancement

  Shawn Keeley ’00 brings a wealth of experience and a deep-seated understanding of College of the Atlantic’s human-ecological mission to his new role.

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  COA, Sterling College to share diversity and inclusion fellow

  A collaborative effort by Vermont’s Sterling College and Maine’s College of the Atlantic to bolster antiracist initiatives has led to the hiring of diversity and inclusion fellow Rachael Blansett to support both institutions. 

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  Celebrating the COA Class of 2021

  A total of 81 students are granted Bachelor of Arts degrees in human ecology from College of the Atlantic during the school’s 48^th commencement ceremony.

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  COA to celebrate 48th commencement

  Barrier-breaking United States Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland will give the keynote address during a hybrid in-person and online commencement ceremony for the College of the Atlantic Class of 2021.

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  Share the Harvest launches 13th season

  College of the Atlantic’s student-run food access program collaborates with regional food security efforts to get fresh food to community members in need.

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  COA student is an Arctic Explorer winner

  Olivia Paruk ’24 is part of the winning team of the Arctic Opportunity Explorers program, an international collaboration to empower young people to become changemakers in the Arctic through sustainable entrepreneurship. The program is a collaboration between Copenhagen-based climate group Sustainia, five Scandinavian universities, and College of the Atlantic.

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  Historical ecology and intertidal algae at Acadia

  College of the Atlantic students explore and update century-old research on Acadia National Park’s most miniscule inhabitants to see what new patterns might be emerging as the Maine Coast feels the effects of climate change.

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  Ornithology scholarship winner will study petrels on Great Duck Island

  Budding natural historian Eleanor Gnam ’23 is the recipient of the 2021 Sal Rooney Scholarship from the Downeast Chapter of the Maine Audubon Society. She will spend the summer researching Leach’s storm petrels at the College of the Atlantic Alice Eno Field Research Station.

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  Move Free moves forward!

  Two College of the Atlantic students are a step closer to winning $10,000 after successfully pitching Move Free, their sustainable, social apparel business, on the first round of Greenlight Maine Collegiate Edition, airing on Maine Public. Watch the episode here!

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  Founding faculty member Bill Carpenter to publish third novel

  “Silence,” the new book from College of the Atlantic professor emeritus and founding faculty member Bill Carpenter, examines the bitter legacy of 9/11 through the experiences of a young Iraq war veteran returning home to Maine. “Carpenter has a reputation for shining an unvarnished light of truth into some darker subjects, and ‘Silence’ is his most ambitious endeavor yet.”

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  COA filmmaker premieres new work

  I Like Tomorrow, a sci-fi comedy musical that combines live-action and animation, is the latest offering from College of the Atlantic TA Cox Chair in Studio Arts Nancy Andrews, in collaboration with Jennifer Reeder. The film premieres online at the Portland International Film Festival.

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  2021 COA Kippy Stroud Artist in Residence is announced

  Performer, choreographer, and writer Okwui Okpokwasili and her partner and collaborator Peter Born will spend a month on the College of the Atlantic campus creating art and interacting with the community as part of an innovative partnership with The Marion Boulton “Kippy” Stroud Foundation and The Fabric Workshop and Museum.

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  Move Free team aims for the green light

  Two College of the Atlantic students will pitch a sustainable athletic wear business and compete for a $10,000 prize on the televised Greenlight Maine Collegiate Business Pitch Competition.

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  Gill presented with Friend of the Planet award by National Center for Science Education

  Paleoecologist Jacquelyn Gill ’05 is named a 2020 Friend of the Planet for her “extraordinary” research, outreach, and education on climate change.

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  Cooking up a passion for local food: farm to table class introduces students to Maine’s agricultural bounty

  Family and computer science teacher Jennifer Crandall ’93 brings her Mount Desert Island High School students to College of the Atlantic Peggy Rockefeller Farms for lessons in healthy food systems and the human ecology of food.

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  Making the best of fall term

  Venturing out with close friends, spending time on the water and in nature, and scheduling screen-free hours helps Adele Wise ’21 make her way through life at College of the Atlantic during the time of COVID-19.

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  Term closes with no COVID-19 cases

  As College of the Atlantic’s fall trimester comes to an end, school officials report that over the course of the term, there have been a total of zero active cases of the novel coronavirus on campus.

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  River Gull returns home

  A 400-mile journey, fog-bound nights, navigational surprises, and long days on the water provide the backdrop for bonding and self discovery for a crew of students and alumnx tasked with bringing a donated sailboat from New York to Bar Harbor.

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  Ed studies teaching fellow announced

  College of the Atlantic is pleased to welcome Ming-Tso Chien as the 2020-21 Predoctoral Visiting Teaching Fellow in Educational Studies. Working to dismantle structural barriers of equity, inclusion, and social justice, Chien provides students with a platform to explore education and tell stories across cultures.