Sarrah J. Claman of Boulder Returns from First-Semester Global Experience

2018 Jan 19

Sarrah J. Claman of Boulder, a first-year student at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, recently returned from spending the fall semester in Salamanca, Spain, through a special program that offers first-year students the opportunity to study abroad. Claman, a graduate of Shining Mountain Waldorf Sch, is the daughter of Aaron Claman and Tova Jacober of Boulder, Colo.

Colby's Global Entry Semester program in Salamanca, Spain, and Dijon, France, provide academically rigorous experiences that fulfill Colby's foreign language requirement. Through university classes and social interaction, including a homestay with a local family, students gain a global perspective and a better understanding of the complexities of another culture.

Global experiences abound at Colby. More than two-thirds of Colby students study overseas before they graduate, most during their junior year. Programs in language and culture, political science, classical studies, sustainable development, and environmental field studies are among more than 200 approved off-campus study programs. While most students spend an entire semester away, some take part in short-term experiences during Colby's January term, known as Jan Plan.

The Class of 2021 was selected from the largest and most academically qualified pool of applications in Colby's 203-year history. Last year the college launched DavisConnects (colby.edu/davisconnects), an innovative new program to facilitate and fund research, internship, and global experiences for every student.