COA The College of the Atlantic Magazine
Collaborations Letter from the President
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News from Campus
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COA's New Dean • Heather Albert-Knopp '99
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A Cornucopia of Books
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Donor Profile • Becky and Dylan Baker
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Collaborations 12 Designing for Acadia • Creating the Acadia Nature Center
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Team Teaching • An Introduction
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Collaboration in Process • Developing the Unexpected Journey
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Evolving Democracy • Dustin Eirdosh '04 in Madagascar
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Tutoring as Collaboration • The COA Writing Center
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Collaborating to Conserve Communities • Julie Massa '93
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Aversion • Short Story by Michael Griffith '09
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Paintings by Alonso Diaz Rickards '12
Ghost • Poetry by Moses Bastille '13
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Alumni and Community Notes
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In Memoriam
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Take-A-Break • A New COA Cookbook
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Embracing our Interconnectedness • Jesse Karppinen '13
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East Peak by Blakeney Sanford '02 Site-specific installation, Ethel H. Blum Gallery Courtyard at COA Standing beneath the curved wave of Blakeney’s East Peak, summer visitors experienced the cool of the ocean, delighting in the ways the sculpture’s varied aqua tones echoed how water alters light. Although envisioned and designed by Blakeney, the piece was collaboratively assembled, with faculty, staff, students, alumni, and various family members all pitching in.