Colloquium
Colloquium at Colby College: finalized schedule!
The schedule for the first annual ACCIS Colloguium has been finalized. Check it out! Click here.
ACCIS Colloquium @ Colby College: event details and registration info
“Registration is now closed however we are accepting wait list inquiries should there be any last minute cancelations.”
In 2010 the ACCIS Colloquium will be held Sunday, August 1 through Wednesday, August 4, at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. The Colloquium is a small, intimate gathering of two dozen college counselors. The Colloquium premise is based upon the success of last year’s Summer Institute’s “How do you Handle This?” sessions -- colleagues asking questions of each other and sharing ideas and best practices. Counselors will participate in a dynamic, professional conversation focused one central topic of shared interest. This year’s Colloquium theme is “The Liberal Arts Degree: Is It Still Viable in the 21st Century?” While we counselors will wrestle with this question ourselves, some of our conversations will include Colby faculty and administration as well.
Meetings during the day will be supplemented by evening events and off-campus activities. A Monday afternoon visit to Bates College and a Wednesday afternoon tour of Bowdoin College are also scheduled.
Counselors will be responsible for their own transportation to and from Colby. A carpool will be organized for the trip to Bates College. The Bowdoin visit coincides with our departure from Colby and so will also require personal transportation. Once registration is complete a participant list will be circulated to facilitate group travel arrangements. If you are considering flying in to Maine, the Portland Jet Port is an hour and a half from campus and bus transportation from the airport is available to Waterville.
Counselors will be housed in single rooms in a recently renovated Colby dorm. Breakfasts and lunches will be available Monday through Wednesday in a campus dining hall. Special group dinners are scheduled for Sunday and Tuesday nights at Colby. Monday night counselors are welcome to explore Lewiston, Brunswick, Freeport, or Waterville for dinner on their own prior to an optional informal gathering back at Colby. On Tuesday afternoon our group will enjoy the Hume Center, Colby’s lakefront property located near campus in the Belgrade Lakes region of central Maine. The formal Colloquium program ends after the visit to Bowdoin on Wednesday afternoon however there are many other great colleges to visit and things to do in “Vacationland” so you are encouraged to make the most of your time in the Great State of Maine!
