A look at Colgate Reunion 2012 by the numbers

By: Colgate University
June 4, 2012
  • Number of attendees at Reunion 2012 – 1,585
  • More than 2,100: when families are counted
  • 40: minimum number of class years represented under 21 tents
  • 81: members of the 50th Reunion Class of ’62
  • 304: estimated number from the Class of  ’07
  • 112 total events for alums and their families
  • 17:40: Amount of time you can skip to get to the start of the live webcast  of the Colgate 13 Reunion concert
  • Time Reunion concert went over the scheduled two hours: 39 minutes and 13 seconds
  • Number of people upset the concert went long: 0
  • 192: number of people who watched the concert live on Livestream
  • Minimum number of Twitter posts with #gatereunion: 187
  • $9,127,221: total raised for Colgate by Reunion classes this fiscal year
  • 100: percentage of alumni who came to Reunion who contributed to the number above
  • 57: estimated number of current students who worked at Reunion
  • 261: number of people from New York City who visited the Reunion live website
  •  4: number of people from Australia who visited the Reunion live website
  • 201 pounds: Minimum amount of food and trash composted
  • Estimated number of hugs (+/- 1,000) on Friday, June 1, on Whitnall Field: 10,000
  • 30: percent increase of hugs on Saturday
  • Minimum number of confirmed marriage proposals during Reunion: 3
  • Fittingly, the exact number of kegs consumed: 113
  • Number of wine cases consumed: 64
  • Estimated number of hangovers: 1
  • 347: approximate number of total foursquare check-ins
  • 13: amount of free stuff given out by Juston Payne ’02 to people checking in on foursquare during his presentation
  • Number of pictures in the 2012 Reunion flickr set: 237
  • Number of flickr views on Saturday, June 2: 11,804
  • Number of flickr views on May 21 (2012 Commencement): 10,797
  • Maroon Citations awarded: 16
  • Minimum number of times Raider was photographed on a golf cart: 6
  • Surfer girls in the James C. Colgate stairwell: 1
  • What numbers would you add?
  • Ellen Rosen Keller added this on Twitter:
  • 26 – the # of shots that my husband shot OVER par on 7 Oaks thanks to its lightening fast greens!