Editing Colby College (section)

==Campus==
{{See also|List of Colby College buildings}}
[[File:Colby College, Davis Science Center.png|thumb|Davis Science Center in 2016.]]

Colby's 714-acre campus is situated on Mayflower Hill overlooking [[Waterville, Maine]], located along the [[Kennebec River]] Valley in Central Maine. Most of Colby's buildings are designed in the [[Georgian architecture|Georgian Revival]] style. The Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement organizes Colby's engagement in the local community.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.colby.edu/goldfarb|title=Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement|access-date=7 December 2016}}</ref> The center also organizes Colby's civic engagement programs. The college earned a top-25 listing on the [[Peace Corps]]' "ranking of colleges that produce the most volunteers."<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/peace-corps-releases-ranking-of-colleges-that-produce-the-most-volunteers/2013/02/04/60b82614-6eeb-11e2-aa58-243de81040ba_story.html | newspaper=The Washington Post| first=Jenna | last=Johnson | title=Education | date=February 5, 2013}}</ref>

[[File:Roberts Union, Colby College.png|thumb|left|Roberts Union in 2016.]]

Colby is a residential college and almost all students live on campus.<ref name="ReferenceC">{{cite web|url=http://www.colby.edu/campus_cs/about-campus-life.cfm|title=Office of Campus Life|access-date=7 December 2016}}</ref>

In February 2022, the college announced the acquisition of [[Allen Island (Maine)|Allen]] and Benner islands, adjacent private islands four miles southwest of [[Port Clyde, Maine|Port Clyde]] in the [[Gulf of Maine]], from the Up East Foundation and the Wyeth Foundation for American Art.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.colby.edu/story/colby-becomes-steward-of-two-historic-islands/|title=Colby Becomes Steward of Two Historic Islands|access-date=8 April 2023}}</ref>

===Libraries===
{{Main|Colby College Libraries}}
Colby's three libraries—Miller Library, the Bixler Art and Music Library, and the Olin Science Library—have a collection of more than 900,000 books, journals, microfilms, music scores, sound recordings, videos/DVDs, and manuscripts.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=http://www.colby.edu/academics_cs/library/about/index.cfm|title=Colby College Libraries|access-date=7 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.colby.edu/academics_cs/catalogue/2009_2010/academic_information/index.cfm|title=Colby College Catalogue 2016-2017|access-date=7 December 2016}}</ref> In 2022 the Olin Science Library was repurposed into offices for President Greene's Artificial Intelligence and Entrepreneurship initiatives as well study spaces.

===Colby College Museum of Art===
{{Main|Colby College Museum of Art}}

[[File:Colby College Museum of Art.jpg|thumb|The [[Colby College Museum of Art]] in 2016.]]

The college's Museum of Art was founded in 1959 with the building of the Mayflower Hill Campus. Admission is free to the museum, which serves both as a teaching resource for Colby College and as an active cultural institution for the residents of Maine and visitors to the state. It is notable for an entire wing dedicated to works by American painter [[Alex Katz]], a particularly strong collection of American art, and its major outdoor sculptures by [[Richard Serra]] and [[Sol LeWitt]]. The museum is part of the Bixler Art and Music Center, a building named in honor of President [[J. Seelye Bixler]] (1942–1960) in recognition of his visionary support for the arts at Colby.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.colby.edu/academics_cs/museum/about/index.cfm|title=Director's Welcome – Colby College Museum of Art|access-date=7 December 2016}}</ref> The most recent addition to the museum was the Alfond-Lunder wing, opened in 2013 to display the recently donated Lunder Collection of American Art.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bangordailynews.com/2012/12/19/living/colby-college-to-open-greatly-expanded-art-museum-in-july-2013/|title=Colby College to open greatly expanded art museum in July 2013|first1=Emily|last1=Burnham|first2=B. D. N.|last2=Staff|date=19 December 2012|access-date=7 December 2016}}</ref> The gallery space in the museum now exceeds 38,000 square feet, surpassing the [[Portland Museum of Art]] and making it the largest art [[List of museums in Maine|museum in Maine]].<ref name=":0">{{cite news |date=July 8, 2013 |title=Welcome To The Largest Art Museum In Maine |work=HuffPost |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/08/colby-college-art-museum-largest-in-maine_n_3560897.html}}</ref>

===Sustainability===
In the fall of 2009, Colby launched ''Green Colby'' to highlight Colby's environmental policies, including its [[carbon footprint]], conservation, student-led initiatives.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.colby.edu/administration_cs/green/initiatives.cfm|title=Green Colby|access-date=7 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.colby.edu/administration_cs/green/|title=Green Colby|access-date=7 December 2016}}</ref> The school has signed a number of official agreements to reduce its environmental impact, including the Maine Governor's Carbon Challenge and the [[American College and University President's Climate Commitment (ACUPCC)]]. As of April 2013, Colby became the fourth institution of higher education to achieve [[campus carbon neutrality]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.universitybusiness.com/article/colby-biggest-college-yet-go-carbon-neutral|title=Colby is biggest college yet to go carbon neutral|access-date=7 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319234502/http://www.universitybusiness.com/article/colby-biggest-college-yet-go-carbon-neutral|archive-date=19 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Colby College | Green Colby | Green Initiatives at Colby">{{cite web
| title =Green Initiatives at Colby: Institutional Commitment | publisher =Colby College | url =http://www.colby.edu/administration_cs/green/initiatives.cfm?category=Institutional%20Commitment
| access-date = 2009-06-08 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title =Governor's Carbon Challenge Participants | publisher = The State of Maine | url =http://www.maine.gov/dep/innovation/gcc/gccpart.htm | access-date = 2009-11-17 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Signatory List by Institution Name |publisher=American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment |url=http://www.presidentsclimatecommitment.org/signatories/list |access-date=2009-11-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712162736/http://www.presidentsclimatecommitment.org/signatories/list |archive-date=2011-07-12 }}</ref>

All of the school's electricity comes from renewable sources,<ref name="EPA">{{cite web |title=EPA lauds Colby's green power efforts |publisher=The Waterville Sentinel |url=http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/6229122.html |access-date=2009-11-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425134605/http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/6229122.html |archive-date=2009-04-25 }}</ref> including hydro and [[biomass]], with 10 percent of campus electricity provided by an on-campus cogeneration turbine.<ref name="Colby College | Green Colby | Green Initiatives at Colby" />{{Specify|date=November 2009}} The college has stated that all new buildings will comply with a minimum [[LEED certified|LEED]] silver standard, and renovated buildings will also include green features.<ref name="Colby College | Green Colby | Green Initiatives at Colby"/> The dining halls make an effort to purchase local and organic foods, and the elimination of trays has saved 79,000 gallons of water and 50 tons of [[food waste]] annually.<ref name="Colby College | Green Colby | Green Initiatives at Colby" />{{Specify|date=November 2009}} Colby also has a composting program which processes more than 100 tons of food and yard waste annually.<ref name="Colby College | Green Colby | Green Initiatives at Colby" /> On the College Sustainability Report Card 2009 Colby earned a B; Colby's grade was brought down by its lack of endowment transparency and shareholder engagement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greenreportcard.org/report-card-2009/schools/colby-college|title=Colby College – Green Report Card 2009|access-date=7 December 2016}}</ref>