Home- Admission & Financial Aid- Apply- Scholars Programs- Benton Scholars Benton Scholars The Benton Scholars Program is about leadership in the global context. Participating students benefit from classes and experiences that will ensure they are poised for success in the 21st century. Designed to infuse leadership and global themes into the Colgate experience, the program provides scholars with activities and selected courses that will enrich and bring new perspectives to their experiences on campus and throughout their lives. Just as importantly, participants share their experiences with others on campus to ensure that the entire community benefits from the program. Like all our students, those invited to become Benton Scholars have the freedom to shape their course of study, as well as their choice of major and activities. The program builds upon the Colgate experience rather than creating a separate track within it. Contact Information Office of Admission Phone: 315-228-7401 Email: admission@colgate.edu First Year This is the time for Benton Scholars to become immersed in the Colgate experience--taking core courses, developing networks of friends, and considering the contributions they will make as campus leaders. Scholars will live together in a community located in one of the residence halls. During both the fall and spring semesters, they will take one required class together as a group. During the first year, Benton Scholars will help choose visiting speakers. They also will travel together to meet with renowned leaders including Dan Benton '80, the program's founder. Sophomore Year In this year, students are challenged to explore the connections between global issues and the local community in which they live and work. Many activities are channeled through our Upstate Institute, an interdisciplinary initiative that connects service and scholarship in an effort to address the social concerns of central New York. In the past, sophomore Benton Scholars have formed a Student Philanthropy Council that awarded small grants to community organizations, both locally and abroad, organized on-campus discussions of various global issues and challenges, and met on campus with prominent leaders like Colin Powell and Tony Blair. Program News and Updates Loading... Junior Year This is when Benton Scholars take the knowledge and skills they have developed in the first two years of the program and apply them to real-world issues and challenges. Scholars will identify a theme to study during a trip to an off-campus study site of their choosing. Colgate has a robust offering of off-campus study programs to destinations from London and Geneva to China and Australia. Juniors also become connected with Colgate alumni and incoming Benton Scholars, providing them with the opportunity to be mentored and to act as mentors themselves. Senior Year The capstone year in the program, scholars are urged to draw together their experiences from the program and envision how they will apply them to their lives beyond Colgate. They will continue their mentoring relationships as they take a senior seminar with the faculty member who taught their first-year seminar, emphasizing the themes of the program once again, and reviewing how those themes emerged over their four years. They will also give public presentations articulating the impact of their experience to other members of the campus community, encapsulating the whole experience, and showing the ways in which they have developed as leaders with global perspectives. Admission & Financial Aid Visit Colgate Virtual Tour Apply Regular Decision Early Decision International Students Transfer Students Visiting & Special Student Programs Graduate Programs Deferred Entrance Scholars Programs Alumni Memorial Scholars Benton Scholars Benton Scholars News Summer Institute International Students Class of 2017 Profile Tuition and Fees Financial Aid Admission Publications Request More Information Contact Us RELATED LINKS Majors and Minors MAJORS AND MINORS We offer 52 diverse majors and numerous possible minors. Multimedia MULTIMEDIA See Colgate through the many videos on our YouTube channel. Off-Campus Study OFF-CAMPUS STUDY Colgate has one of the most robust off-campus study programs in the country. Lucky 13 LUCKY 13 Find out why 13 is the most popular number on campus.
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