News and Updates

  • Nagle Named Head Lacrosse Coach
    June 25, 2001             HAMILTON, N.Y. Jim Nagle, head men’s lacrosse coach at the State University of New York College at Oneonta, has been named head coach at Colgate University.             Nagle replaces Dan Whelan, who resigned early after guiding the Red Raiders for six seasons.             ‘I’m truly excited for the opportunity to lead […]
    June 25, 2001
  • Colgate Names Jane Pinchin Interim President Following Resignation of Charles Karelis
    Hamilton, NY — , JUNE 14, 2001 ‘ John A. Golden, chairman of the Colgate University Board of Trustees, has announced the appointment of Jane L. Pinchin as interim president of the college while a national search is conducted to replace Charles Karelis, who has resigned, effective July 31, to return to the policymaking environment […]
    June 14, 2001
  • Colgate alumni to celebrate Reunion May 31 ‘ June 3
    Hamilton, NY — Colgate University’s Reunion 2001 will kick off Thursday, May 31, when more than 2,000 alumni begin to arrive on campus for a weekend of activities that include awards ceremonies, concerts, banquets, lectures, campus tours, a parade, and a barbecue. The traditional Tent City on Whitnall Field will be the hub of reunion […]
    May 29, 2001
  • Colgate University announces
    commencement weekend activities
    Colgate’s 180th commencement ceremony slated for 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 20 Hamilton, NY — A series of campus traditions will be proudly carried out in Hamilton, New York during Colgate University’s commencement weekend May 18 through 20, 2001. All festivities will culminate with the 180th commencement ceremony scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, May […]
    May 14, 2001
  • Colgate to award six honorary degrees at
    180th commencement exercises May 20
    Hamilton, NY — Colgate University will award six honorary degrees at its 180th commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 20, when more than 635 graduating seniors will receive their bachelor of arts degrees. Those to be honored include CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather, who will also provide the commencement address; Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Chu; […]
    May 9, 2001
  • First-ever Schupf Fellowship awarded to Janna Shari Pistiner
    Newly created fellowship by Paul J. Schupf ’58 provides for graduate studies at Oxford University
    Hamilton, NY — The first Schupf Fellowship at Colgate University has been awarded to Janna Shari Pistiner ’01, a chemistry and education major from Poughkeepsie, New York. Created through the generosity of Colgate University alumnus and trustee emeritus Paul J. Schupf ’58, the fellowship will provide for Pistiner’s graduate studies at the University of Oxford […]
    May 2, 2001
  • Colgate University host to debate
    on rights in contemporary American politics April 20
    Hamilton, NY — Colgate University was host to two noted political scholars for a debate on the topic ‘A Nation of Rights, For Better or Worse” on Friday, April 20. Gary McDowell, director of the Institute of United States Study at the University of London, and Stephen Macedo, Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Politics and […]
    April 23, 2001
  • The American Academy of Arts and Letters honors Frederick Busch
    Hamilton, NY — Once every six years, the American Academy of Arts and Letters chooses ‘an outstanding short story writer’ to receive its Award of Merit ‘in recognition of a writer’s lifetime achievement.’ Frederick Busch, author of seven collections of short stories and the Edgar W. B. Fairchild Professor of Literature at Colgate University, is […]
    April 17, 2001
  • Colgate University hosts presentation of The Civil War: A Digital History
    Hamilton, NY — Colgate University will welcome Edward Ayers, Hugh P. Kelly Professor of History at the University of Virginia, to make a presentation titled ‘The Civil War: A Digital History’ on Thursday, April 19, 2001 in 27 Persson Hall. The event, which begins at 4 p.m., is free and open to the public. Ayers’ […]
    April 16, 2001