The staff attempts to encourage a campus environment that supports intellectual life and fosters personal growth as well as a sense of community among faculty and students. They provide academic and personal counseling and address cases of misconduct. Students with academic difficulties may take advantage of tutoring services and study skills suggestions provided by this office. Each new student is assigned a faculty adviser. Most faculty advise five or fewer new students.
Advisers deal primarily with academic questions.
They review students' course loads and help with schedules. Personal Counseling Psychological counselors are available at Garrison-Foster Health Center and may be seen free of charge. Learning Difference Support Services Colby has no formal program for students with learning differences and does not treat such students differently from others in the admissions process. However, those students with learning differences who are admitted to Colby have several avenues of support, including the attention of Associate Dean of Students Mark Serdjenian. In accordance with the recommendations of an educational consultant, students with learning differences may be allowed several adjustments to academic procedures, including additional time on examinations, extensions on other assignments, and other variations in examination procedures.