Sarah Fields

This Landscape Management Plan for Colby-Sawyer College, developed from 2015-2016 research, outlines goals and steps for the strategic long-term management of the campus landscape. It aligns with the college's mission and strategic themes, complementing the 2013 S.L.A.M. Master Plan. The plan emphasizes permaculture principles to create a sustainable living laboratory that is aesthetically pleasing, economically viable, and ecologically sound, focusing on enhancing sense of place, educational opportunities, and overall sustainability while working towards carbon emission reduction.

This Landscape Management Plan for Colby-Sawyer aims to transform the campus into a sustainable living laboratory that offers engaging, interdisciplinary educational opportunities. The plan emphasizes promoting personal responsibility, efficient resource use, and creating an aesthetically pleasing, economically viable, and ecologically sound environment that encourages community interaction and adaptability. Key focus areas include water management, landscape maintenance, seating and lighting, management of invasive species, and traffic patterns.

The strategic plan for Colby-Sawyer College is designed to guide the institution's development and achieve specific objectives by the 2023-2024 academic year. It focuses on several key strategic goals: recruiting and retaining diverse students, improving student outcomes, attracting and retaining talented faculty and staff, establishing and enhancing financial stability, delivering a dynamic curriculum, providing leadership and engagement opportunities, embedding a whole-systems sustainability approach, strengthening partnerships, and building a culture of high performance.

This document outlines a Forest Management Plan for Kelsey Forest, owned by Colby-Sawyer College. The plan's main objectives are to promote educational opportunities, conserve the working forest landscape, and enhance public benefits. Key strategic areas include enhancing student engagement through various projects and outdoor learning, ensuring functionality with minimal environmental impact and cost-effective implementation, and conserving biodiversity. Specific desired elements encompass the development of athletic fields, a disc golf course, a mushroom farm, a forest farm, an outdoor classroom, and improved trails, all contributing to engaged learning, recreational opportunities, and the college's carbon neutrality goals.

This Professional Learner Catalog for Colby-Sawyer College outlines the institution's strategic direction through its vision, mission, values, promises, and foundational commitments. The college aims to be a regional leader in innovative pedagogy, providing a place-based, holistic, and transformative educational experience. Key focus areas include fostering personal well-being, promoting social justice, ensuring economic stability, and contributing to ecological balance, all while preparing students to make a positive impact in a dynamic and diverse world through liberal arts, health, social, and natural sciences programs with vocational and experiential learning.