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At its January 25 meeting, the Colgate Board of Trustees approved the sale of five acres of land to Hamilton’s Good Nature Farm Brewery & Tap Room (GNB), owned by Carrie Blackmore ’08 and husband Matt Whalen. GNB will construct new facilities on the site, which is located on Route 12B and is part of a 25-acre […]

The song “Glory” from the critically acclaimed film Selma played as members of the Colgate community filled Memorial Chapel last Thursday to hear MLK Week keynote speaker Joyce Ladner deliver an address titled “Freedom Summer and Beyond: The Roles of Black Women in the Civil Rights Movement.”

Anna Kosa ’14, an international relations major, is again using her Colgate education as a springboard for travel and career opportunities. She is currently working for the United Nations Development Program in Kathmandu, Nepal. You can read about her newest adventure on her blog.

It’s never too early to listen for a calling. Last weekend, Colgate University hosted its award-winning SophoMORE Connections program. It brought nearly 400 second-year students together with 125 alumni who had a single objective: to help undergraduates clarify the path toward employment after graduation. “We don’t expect that you’re going to know your life plan,” […]

(Note: This is the student keynote address by Kori Strother ’15 at the January 19, 2015, opening ceremony for MLK Week.) It was a normal Friday night. Or, rather, it was exactly how you would expect a Friday night to be the week before Christmas. Have you ever thought about how or why everyone is in […]

  (Note: Prepared remarks by Vice President and Dean of the College Suzy Nelson at the MLK Week opening ceremony on January 19, 2015.) Good afternoon and welcome to this important week, commemorating Dr. Martin Luther king Jr.’s life and his teachings. In January, we celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary.  And it was a milestone […]

Sophomore Residential Seminars provide accepted students with a chance to live and study together, then immerse themselves further in the learning experience through travel with their faculty member. The program, made possible with a significant grant from the Mellon Foundation, is now accepting applications for this coming fall. During winter break, students in the currently offered seminars were able […]

Colgate senior hockey defenseman Spiro Goulakos has been selected as one of 20 candidates for the 2014-15 Senior Class Award. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence – community, classroom, character and competition. (Read Goulakos’s profile.)