Alumni

With the receipt of a $20 million gift toward the Colgate Commitment from John K. Hoyns ’76, Colgate University has raised more than half of the $1 billion goal set for the Campaign for the Third Century. 

Ballerina Misty Copeland was the keynote speaker during a weekend-long celebration of the arts, creativity, and innovation at Colgate April 14-15, 2023.

New York Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado ’99 visited Colgate on March 30, part of an event hosted by the Men of Color Success Network and the Harlem Renaissance Center.

Christopher Deng ’22, Lauren Horstmyer ’22, Brianna Jepsen ’20, and Leon Nichols ’23 are Colgate University’s 2023 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) recipients.

Prof. Takao Kato is building on decades of research by studying the day-to-day work of a Colgate alumnus while helping to guide a new generation of researchers in exploring the effects of employee ownership. 

This year’s MLK celebration included seven days of extensive programming, Jan. 23–29, centering on the theme “Stronger Together.”

Second-year students seeking professional guidance from industry leaders gathered for Colgate Career Services’ annual SophoMORE Connections program, from Jan. 20 to 21.

Colgate Day, Jan. 13, President Brian W. Casey fielded questions from alumni during the first in a series of live conversations on YouTube. The discussion focused on the Third-Century Plan, where it stands, and where it is headed. 

From the Colgate Magazine Archives, Fr. Tom Powell, Colgate’s Catholic chaplain and leader of the Newman Com­munity, writes of a sentimental journey he shared with five students — Peter Luglio, Peter Derrenbacker, Jeff Craig, and Dean Gregory, all ’89, and Rob Curran ’91 — in June 1989.

On the latest episode of 13, join John Golden ’66 and current Golden Fellow Yiyan Zhao ’22 for a conversation about the Golden Fellowship program at Colgate.