Campus Life

The Colgate community welcomed the Class of 2030 with 13 days of traditions and events.

President Obama’s conversation is sponsored by the Kerschner Family Series Global Leaders at Colgate, which supports Colgate’s commitment to preparing students for lives of leadership, engaged citizenship, and thoughtful participation in a democratic society.

Writers from around the world congregated on campus June 7–13 to celebrate their craft at the 30th Colgate Writers Conference.

Colgate University’s Hancock and Dart Colgrove Commons welcome two new co-directors for the 2026–27 academic year: Rodney Agnant and Lauren Philbrook.

Colgate University is creating an even more robust religious life program that will continue to support the full scope of spiritual expression on campus.

In a standing-room only Memorial Chapel, members of the Colgate community gathered Wednesday evening to remember the life of Sohail Nabi ’26.

Colgate University has long been known for the exceptional quality of its academic faculty and Division I coaching, but rarely do the two come together to learn from one another — until now.

A new Longyear Museum of Anthropology exhibit displays the work of more than 30 crafters from across campus and the community who have created “tempestries” to highlight the yearly temperature changes for significant dates in Colgate’s history.

Ben Cohen, co-founder of the iconic Ben & Jerry’s ice cream company, encouraged students at Colgate University to align their careers with their values during a campus talk in the Memorial Chapel, Monday, April 20. 

WRCU 90.1 FM and the Department of English and Creative Writing hosted a concert headlined by contemporary folk musicians Jake Xerxes Fussell and Sam Amidon on Tuesday, April 7.