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Members of the Muslim Student Association shared activities and chatted with area children about the holy month of Ramadan at an event at the Colgate Bookstore. “We wanted to reach out to the Hamilton community and show the kids what Ramadan is about,” said Rifat Zaman ’10, co-president of the association.

Raiders football coach Dick Biddle, and Colgate fans everywhere, won’t forget Sunday’s game for quite awhile. The game against Coastal Carolina, and Biddle’s place in school history, was not settled until the game clock showed triple zeros and the Raiders had turned a muffed snap into a game-winning touchdown toss.

Even though first-years had barely stepped foot on Colgate’s campus last week, Adam Zimmermann ’10 didn’t waste any time getting the Class of 2012 fired up to vote. Recognizing a golden opportunity, Zimmermann, president of Colgate’s Student Association for Voter Empowerment (SAVE), decided to integrate a voter registration drive into Link orientation meetings.

Ask Ajay Chahar ’12 where he is from, and he’ll say, “Colgate.” That’s partly because he is so excited about being a first-year student, and partly because he’s lived in so many cities in his native India that he doesn’t know which to call home. His father is an army colonel, and Chahar moved with […]

After spending nine weeks this summer volunteering at an orphanage in Tanzania, Jennifer Etkin ’10 knows that: — She wants to pursue a Peace Corps-type experience after graduation, and eventually develop her interest in international law and human rights issues — A young woman from New York City’s Park Avenue can have a genuine impact […]

Amid the whoops of welcome and buzz of activity emanating from Whitnall Field on move-in day, came this shouted question from a first-year student: “Mom, how many of these 250 hangers do you think I’ll need?” Ah, the joys of packing — and overpacking — for college.

As the former chief executive officer and president of seven companies, including Revlon and DelMonte, Robert A. Fox ’59 knows a thing or two about being an effective leader. On Wednesday, Fox returned to Colgate’s campus — the place he credits with giving him “the building blocks for success” — to offer leadership advice to […]

A college degree provides you with many advantages after you graduate. A Colgate education, however, not only opens up lots of opportunities once you leave, but while you are studying here as an undergraduate. One of the most popular ways to take advantage of all Colgate has to offer is to study abroad. As ironic […]