Colby College - Services and Facilities

Overview - Services & Facilities - Campus Life - Extracurriculars

Address:
4000 Mayflower Hill
Waterville, ME 04901-8840

Website: http://www.colby.edu
Email: admissions@colby.edu

Student Services

Basic Services Offered: nonremedial tutoring, women's center, placement service, health service, health insurance, other
Remedial Services Offered: N/A
Counseling Services Offered: minority student, career, military, personal, veteran student, academic, older student, psychological, birth control, religious

Careers

Career Services Offered: on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training, other

Students That Enter the Job Market...

Within 6 Months of Graduation: N/A
Within 1 Year of Graduation: 76%
Within 2 Years of Graduation: N/A
Firms that Hire Most Graduates: Cambridge Associates, Federal Reserve Bank, Fleet Boston Financial, Jackson Labs, Partners Healthcare System, Peace Corp, Teach for America

Library

Does the school have a library on campus? Yes
Is it a member of a library consortia? Yes
Number of books, serial backfiles, and other material including government documents: 436,170
Number of current serial subscriptions: 3,875
Number of microforms: 412,300
Number of audiovisuals:
Number of ebooks: 0
Other library facilities: Separate libraries for science and for art & music collections; USGS national repository; rare book and manuscript collections, especially Thomas Hardy, Edwin Arlington Robinson, modern Irish literature, Irish literary renaissance; networked classroom for electronic research instruction; more than 6,000 VHS or DVD video recordings. 1300 print journals and 8,500 electronic journals.

Museums or other Special Academic Buildings on Campus:Art museum (28,000-square-foot exhibition space) includes major outdoor Richard Serra sculpture and major collection of art of Alex Katz; arboretum; research greenhouses; multicultural center; computer music studio; theater; new painting, sculpture, and photography studios; research-grade telescope and astronomy classroom; writers center; scientific equipment includes scanning and transmission electron microscopes, laser flash photolysis, x-ray diffractometer, condensed matter physics and laser-based atomic physics labs, advanced chromatographs and spectrometers including NMR, ultra-centrifuge, ultramicrotomes, microinjection apparatus; GIS lab (beginning Fall 2007); Hume Center (woodworking shop, blacksmith's forge, and crew team facilities) on nearby Messalonskee lake; Paul J. Schupf computing center; Colby-Marston Preserve kettle-hole bog for environmental research; extensive rock, mineral, and fossil collections; ISDN radio station; Bill Alfond synthetic turf field.

Technology

Is a computer course required? No
Is a computer required? No
Number of available computers for all students: 300
Available internet access? Yes
Available email accounts? Yes
Computers available in: computer center/labs, residence halls, library, student center

Number of available wired connections available in...

The Library (not including computer labs): 140
Classrooms: 20
Labs: 10
Other areas: 1,800

Is there a wireless network? Yes
Where is wireless available?
Wireless simultaneous connection capacity: 500

Recommended operating system: N/A
Percentage of hosting units owned by college for internet access: 100%
Are students permitted to have webpages? Yes
Is there online registration? Yes

Safety

Campus Safety Services Offered:24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, student patrols, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)




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