page_title: Colby College
section_title: Campus
hierarchical_section_title: Colby College / Campus
caption_attribution_description: English: Colby College, Lorimer Chapel, Author: Nick Kline
context_page_description: Colby College is a private liberal arts college in Waterville, Maine. Approximately 1,800 students from more than 60 countries are enrolled annually. The college offers 54 major fields of study and 30 minors. It was founded in 1813 as the Maine Literary and Theological Institution until it was renamed after the city it resides in with Waterville College. The donations of Christian philanthropist Gardner Colby saw the institution renamed again to Colby University before concluding on its final and current title, reflecting its liberal arts college curriculum.
  Located in central Maine, the 714-acre Neo-Georgian campus sits atop Mayflower Hill and overlooks downtown Waterville and the Kennebec River Valley. Along with fellow Maine institutions Bates College and Bowdoin College, Colby competes in the New England Small College Athletic Conference and the Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium. Colby is ranked as the 11th best liberal arts in the country according to U.S. News & World Report and is ranked 61st among all institutions of higher learning according to Forbes.
context_section_description: Colby's 714-acre campus is situated on Mayflower Hill overlooking Waterville, Maine, located along the Kennebec River Valley in Central Maine. Colby's campus buildings vary in age from the original Mayflower Hill construction in the 1930s to its newest building, Davis, completed in 2014. Most of Colby's buildings are designed in the Georgian Revival style of the original Mayflower Hill construction. The Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement organizes Colby's engagement in the local community.  The Goldfarb Center has assumed responsibility for organizing and awarding the Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award annually, established in 1952, the Morton A. Brody Distinguished Judicial Service Award, the William R. and Linda K. Cotter Debate Series, the Senator George J. Mitchell Distinguished International Lecture Series, and Colby's Visiting Fellows Program.  The center also organizes Colby's civic engagement programs, the Colby Volunteer Center and Colby Cares about Kids.  The college earned a top-25 listing on the Peace Corps' "ranking of colleges that produce the most volunteers."
  Colby is a residential college and almost all students live on campus. The dormitories vary in design and age; some are from the original Mayflower Hill construction, with the newest addition being the Alfond Senior Apartments. Room arrangements range from singles to quads and apartment suites.
  Cotter Union is the center of student life and programming, and houses the Pulver Pavilion, Pugh Center for Multicultural Affairs, Page Commons auditorium, and the Student Post Office.  Mary Low contains the Colby Outing Club and the Mary Low Coffee House for student performances, Roberts Union houses student offices for the Colby Echo and the radio station WMHB.
  All meals and catered events on campus are served by Colby Dining Services, operated by Sodexo until July 2016, which makes a concentrated effort to purchase foods from suppliers and producers within the state of Maine, like Oakhurst Dairy and others.  Dining-hall options include four establishments on Campus, plus the Marchese Blue Light Pub.
  Bon Appétit Management Company currently operates Colby Dining Services
caption: Lorimer Chapel
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