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Record enrollment, a new, 30,000-square-foot academic center, and a cadre of strong regional partners in attendance highlight the opening of College of the Atlantic’s 50th academic year.

America’s greenest college is celebrating its 50th year of educating students about the human impact on the planet, and fittingly, College of the Atlantic is officially opening one of the greenest and most efficient commercial buildings in the country.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

College of the Atlantic’s Davis Center for Human Ecology meets the most rigorous global standards for energy use and sustainability.

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.

College of the Atlantic TA Cox Chair in Studio Arts Nancy Andrews is the winner of the Ellis-Beauregard Fellowship in the Visual Arts, netting a $25,000 award and an exhibit at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art.

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.