It’s a mild, sunny day as April Nugent picks her way across a field at College of the Atlantic Peggy Rockefeller Farms, eyes peeled for hidden cow patties in the knee-high grass.

College of the Atlantic is pleased to welcome Palak Taneja as a new faculty member in literature and writing.

Jonathan Henderson turns on his Zoom camera, unmutes his microphone, and gives a thumbs up.

Record enrollment, a new, 30,000-square-foot academic center, and a cadre of strong regional partners in attendance highlighted College of the Atlantic’s 50th convocation ceremony.

A sky-high, ultra-competitive housing market, lack of affordable housing, and diminishing rentals are issues being felt across the US, and the communities around COA that have been traditional sources of student housing are no exception.

A College of the Atlantic alum who was one of the driving forces behind the technology that helped expose the biggest corporate securities fraud of the 21st century is behind the creation of a new academic chair in philosophy at College of the Atlantic.

College of the Atlantic is many things: a geography—acreage delineated on maps; an assemblage of infrastructure—buildings and sheds and the metal, glass, and wood that give them form and function; a legal entity—an institution with the authority to grant degrees based on collectively established norms.

Since I began thinking about the 50th anniversary issue of the magazine and how to honor the past while looking toward the future, I’ve had the image of the Roman deity Janus in my mind.

In Montana, farmers often say things like, “We’re always in a drought, sometimes it rains.”

“We’re standing at a crossroads,” is how our new distinguished trustee Joyce Cacho, PhD described why she joined the board of trustees for the College of the Atlantic.

How do students learn geoscience?

The magazine salutes these amazing people for their dedicated years of service to COA and the greater COA community.

I am trying to remember exactly how long I knew Howdy Houghton. Most certainly since I was a student at COA.

Roc Ritchie Caivano, who gave shape to COA’s earliest work in environmental design, died on July 8, 2021.

Celebrated children’s author, illustrator, and paragon of creativity and community Ashley Bryan passed away in February 2022 at the age of 98.