College of the Atlantic earth science professor Sarah Hall is spending a year in Washington, DC and at conferences around the US as a Science and Technology Policy Fellow with the United States Geological Survey
An unconventional senior project has College of the Atlantic student Simone E Le Page counting grains of rice, creating clay pots just to break them, and walking campus backwards as they consider time, success and failure, and breaking the bonds of an alienating world.
Maine public and independent higher education institutions that prepare students for teaching careers, including College of the Atlantic, are honored with Excellence Awards by the New England Board of Higher Education.
Wriley Hodge ’24, a College of the Atlantic student with a passion for seabirds and the islands they inhabit, is named a Barry Goldwater Scholar, a prestigious, highly selective designation supporting students intending to pursue research careers in the natural sciences, engineering, and mathematics.
Alejandra Morales Torres ’23 will provide a six-week mental and emotional health course for children staying at a support and refugee center in her hometown of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico, and will create a permanent reading and wellness space there following a $10,000 Projects for Peace award.
Newly named Thomas J. Watson Fellow Charles-Olivier Lévesque ’23 will travel through Europe and Asia after graduating from College of the Atlantic to explore how collaborative experiments within communities can address social and environmental issues on both regional and global scales.
College of the Atlantic students share posters and academic research at the annual Acadia Science Symposium, a forum hosted by the National Park Service and the Schoodic Institute to promote networking and learning among regional scientists, educators, students, and others working in a range of fields.
College of the Atlantic’s 11th annual day of giving features a bonfire, social media livestreams, and campus visits from alumnx. All members of the community are invited to help COA raise $100,000 in order to unlock a $100,000 matching gift contributed by a group of COA alumnx, trustees, and friends.
Off-shore research, coastal island expeditions, and novel ways to extend College of the Atlantic classrooms onto the water are all part of the program for Rebecca, a 44-foot sailboat restored by scores of COA students.
COA is among the nation’s top 10 colleges and universities for great professors, strong financial aid, students who study the most, and, taking the #1 spot, schools where everyone cares about conservation, according to the Princeton Review’s Guide to the 388 Best Colleges.
With high marks for regional and organic foods, a strong culture of waste diversion, and a broad commitment to sustainability-focused academics, College of the Atlantic takes the #1 spot in The Princeton Review’s 2022 Guide to Green Colleges. It is the sixth year in a row for COA to be named the greenest school.
A Fulbright Specialist Award leads to a month-long teaching adventure in Colombia for College of the Atlantic business professor Jay Friedlander.
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 total of 81 students are granted Bachelor of Arts degrees in human ecology from College of the Atlantic during the school’s 48th commencement ceremony.
Filled with positivity, acceptance, and humor, “Being Bucky” is a children’s story featuring a transgender chicken and a host of cute animal characters. Created by Mason Pellerin ’20 for his College of the Atlantic senior project, “Being Bucky” is a dream project four years in the making.
Among the challenges of social separation, quarantines, and transitioning to a completely online learning format, College of the Atlantic students are doing their best to find creative solutions to engage from a distance and stay occupied with their free time.
Grace Leary ’22 identifies and describes whales for hundreds of eager tourists, rescues injured seals, and works 25 miles out to see on remote Mount Desert Rock island as part of a research internship with the Bar Harbor Whale Watch and College of the Atlantic Allied Whale.
Broad integration of sustainability into the curriculum, development of a fossil fuel-free campus, and an experiential learning pedagogy push College of the Atlantic to the number one spot in The Princeton Review’s Guide to Green Colleges for the fourth year in a row.
Tiny plankton, the powerhouse of the Atlantic Ocean, are the focus of a year-long water quality monitoring study designed by Analise Wittenberg ’20 as part of her College of the Atlantic senior project. The data can tell us a lot about the health of local waters.
The 2019 College of the Atlantic Champlain Institute—Art: Dissent and Diplomacy explores the ways art challenges, promotes, undermines, and advances political, social, religious, and cultural norms.
College of the Atlantic founding faculty member, literature and creative writing professor, novelist, and poet William Carpenter steps away from teaching after nearly five decades with the college.
Peace activist and prominent atomic bomb survivor Koko Tanimoto Kondo is the keynote speaker at College of the Atlantic’s 46th commencement.
Student editors with College of the Atlantic Bateau Press head to Portland to sell their in-house literary magazine, Bateau, and the winning chapbooks from their annual competition. The 2017 Bateau winner, “Grief is the Only Thing that Flies,” by Laura Wetherington, has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
Members of College of the Atlantic’s student delegation to the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change return energized to act at home.
A lifelong passion for books leads College of the Atlantic student Halle Smith ’20 to an inspiring internship with Feminist Press at City University of New York.
In “Environmental Politics for a Changing World: Power, Perspectives, and Practice,” COA professor Doreen Stabinsky draws on her science background and decades of international policy work to teach students how to engage in local and global politics.
College of the Atlantic students and education professionals study place-based education, mindfulness, and connecting the local with the global at the Sustainable Coastal Communities, Educators, Students, and Schools Institute, a collaboration between COA and Island Institute.
Five seniors share their perspectives at College of the Atlantic’s 45th annual graduation ceremony. From international climate politics to writing, theater, and food systems, their degree paths reflect the multiplicity of passions that contribute to COA’s human-ecological ecosystem.
Three College of the Atlantic seniors share their unique experiences with human ecology at the annual Laurel Ceremony, a gifts and awards event taking place the day before commencement. Their self-designed COA majors have focused on creativity, social justice, literature, and more.
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.
Packing gear through a snowy forest and sleeping in canvas-walled tents at -11°F provides the perfect start to winter term for an adventurous group of College of the Atlantic students.
[Re]Produce, a sustainable business startup created at College of the Atlantic by Grace Burchard ’17 and Anita van Dam ’19, moves forward to the mentor round of TV business competition Greenlight Maine after a winning pitch in the semifinals. The team joins just 12 others competing for the show’s $100,000 award.
The founder of College of the Atlantic’s sustainable business program Professor Jay Friedlander shares his Abundance Cycle model of entrepreneurship and COA’s interdisciplinary approach to receptive audiences at the 2017 Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavík, Iceland.
Two College of the Atlantic students are semifinalists on the third season of TV business startup contest Greenlight Maine with their sustainability-focused venture, [Re]Produce. The business, which freezes and packages surplus farm produce, was created in the Diana Davis Spencer Hatchery, the College’s sustainable enterprise accelerator.
College of the Atlantic’s farm-based and student-coordinated food access program is now taking applications.
College of the Atlantic is pleased to welcome their newest faculty member, Mount Desert Island native Susan Letcher. Letcher has been named a professor of plant sciences, and will begin working at the school in September 2017.
Brought back to life by the passion and dedication of faculty and students at College of the Atlantic, the small-scale literary magazine Bateau returns to print after a several year hiatus.
Darron Collins ’92 joins the leaders of over 400 colleges and universities from across the country in signing an open letter urging the preservation of the DACA program, which protects undocumented immigrants who arrived in the country as children.
A group of Japanese educators and political officials who are planning a new Japanese college based on College of the Atlantic’s interdisciplinary, experiential model will visit COA and Mount Desert Island for three days this month.
College of the Atlantic’s fourth-annual 24-Hour Challenge fundraising blitz is slated for Wednesday, Feb. 24. The college is seeking a total of 750 gifts – of any size – over the course of the day to qualify for $24,000 pledged by an anonymous donor. Students, staff, faculty, alumni, parents, community members, and friends are all invited to take part. There is no minimum gift amount - just give what you can!
This week’s episode is hosted by Evan Martin and Abigail St. Onge. It has many upcoming events and a new segment of featured music!
This week’s episode is hosted by Abigail St. Onge and Evan Martin. It includes interviews with Millard Dority and Noreen Hogan, as well as upcoming events, meetings, and more.
This week’s episode, hosted by Abigail St. Onge and Evan Martin, covers upcoming events, meetings, and more. Also tune in for important registration information.
This week’s program is hosted by Gwen Shope and Evan Martin. It covers ACM, events, the Human Ecology Forum, and an interview with Gray Cox about his new album.
Evan Martin and Gwen Shope host this week’s episode with news about All College Meeting, committee updates, and interviews with faculty member Sean Todd and fourth year student Surya Karki.
It began on a whim one fall day 25 years ago. Five students, one professor, and a shiny, new dock.
Two coastal Maine institutions join forces to import global sustainability solutions.