News and Updates

They came from as far as China and as close as next door. Almost 2,000 alumni and friends, representing the classes of 1941 through 2011, descended on Whitnall Field for Reunion 2011 this past weekend. They temporarily swelled the population of Hamilton and filled campus with vintage Colgate spirit.

(Editor’s Note: This article was written by Will Cawthern ’11) Immediately after graduation, I had the pleasure of helping to run a pilot youth camp on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, home to the Oglala Lakota Sioux Tribe. Other participants were Maggie Dunne ’13 and Kelsey John ’13, and fellow recent alumni Brenton […]

One complete sentence. That was all David Mills ’99 had the chance to utter on the morning of Nov. 1, 2010, before John G. Roberts, chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, interjected.

At this year’s Senior Awards Convocation, all eyes were on Kiki Koroshetz, winner of the 1819 Award.

(Note: These are prepared remarks by Howard Fineman ’70, renowned political reporter, editor, author, and commentator, for Colgate’s 190th commencement.) Carrying the Torch in a Digital Age In the fall of 1966 I arrived here as a freshman with a copy of the student handbook in my pocket. It described a tradition called the “Colgate […]

Colgate graduates are well prepared to enter an increasingly media-centric world because of the formidable liberal arts education they just completed and the mentorship of alumni already playing key roles in this digital age.

(Note: The following is President Jeffrey Herbst’s prepared remarks to the Class of 2011.) On behalf of the Board of Trustees, it is my pleasure to welcome you to Colgate University’s 2011 graduation ceremony as the university celebrates its 190th commencement.

(Note: These are prepared remarks by The Rev. Maria A. Scates for the baccalaureate service held Saturday, May 14, in Memorial Chapel. The reverend is CEO and founder of Johnson Park Center, Utica, N.Y.)

A flash mob video shot earlier this semester in Frank Dining Hall was unveiled today to help celebrate Colgate Day.

(Editor’s Note: Marilyn Hernandez-Stopp ’14 is blogging from China, where she is visiting as part of the university’s Benton Scholars Program.) My first few days in China have been phenomenal. After an exhausting 14-hour flight, we arrived at the Beijing airport at around 6:30 at night (though it felt like the morning for us!).