Fall 2012 Issue - Colby-Sawyer College

Professor Tony Quinn, Leon Malan …
Colby-Sawyer’s Business Department is second
to none. It’s hands-on and you can’t get lost
in the numbers. There was serious, real critical
thinking. They pushed us to find ourselves.
Colby-Sawyer gave me the ability to say, you
know what, I can do anything. I have the
skills; I’ll bump shoulders with anyone. I got
into plenty of other schools but choosing
Colby-Sawyer was hands down the best decision
I ever made. Hands down. I wouldn’t change
a thing. If you told me I had a free ride to
some Ivy, I’d tell you to stuff it. I couldn’t be
happier with my education.
and his sleepless nights
weren’t over. Along the
way he’d discovered
the plastic world’s equivalent
of baloney, and he
was sure he could figure
out a way to recycle it.
There’s a thing called
cornerboard that covers
the edges of pallets of
products at grocery store
distribution centers so
they can be stacked and
shipped without being
crushed, and it intrigued
Pelech. Technically plastic,
it’s made in China out
of everything swept off the
factory floor and has
no identifiable polymers. It
also includes wood and
hard metal contaminants.