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Mission & History
www.coa.edu/about/mission-history/
History
www.coa.edu/allied-whale/history/
History of Great Duck
www.coa.edu/islands/great-duck-island/history-of-great-duck/

Stories:

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Kaelber Remembered as Remarkable Leader

College of the Atlantic founding president Ed Kaelber is remembered as a kind, bright soul with infectious optimism, brilliant interpersonal skills, and uncommon wisdom. He set the college on a solid path forward during its crucial first years, and continued to influence its success until his death at age 94.
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Edward Kaelber, 94, Founding President of College of the Atlantic [Press Herald]

Edward Kaelber, founding president of the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor and founder of the Maine Community Foundation, died Thursday at The Colonnades senior living community in Charlottesville, Virginia. He was 94.
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Students Present Findings on Winter Harbor Oral History Project [The Ellsworth American]

Fishing culture, family, community, the lobstering business, boatbuilding and more are documented by members of an experiential oral history class at College of the Atlantic.

Events:

January 18th, 2021

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18

40th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Observance
9:00am The College of the Atlantic Black Student Union invites you to celebrate the legacy of MLK by joining a day-long teach-in and call to action with the Maine NAACP and others.

Courses:

Faculty:

Catherine Clinger

Faculty, Art & Art History
Gray Cox

Faculty, Philosophy, Peace Studies, & Language Learning
Todd Little-Siebold

Faculty, History
Jamie McKown

Faculty, Government & Polity