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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 […]

It pays to coach Little League. For Kevin Briody ’85, it led to a Daytime Emmy award. While coaching his son Cavan’s Triple-A baseball team in Ridgefield, Conn., Briody, a folk singer-songwriter, had made the acquaintance of another player’s dad, who also happened to be a songwriter. In fact, he was Paul Glass, music supervisor […]

Geography professor Ellen Kraly’s hiking boots have logged many miles. Four years ago they went up Mount Baker in Washington state as Kraly raised money for breast cancer research, and next week they’ll be taking on Mount Baker’s larger Cascade neighbor, Mount Rainier, for the same cause.

What’s a Colgate University degree worth? A study released Wednesday by PayScale, which was reported in Forbes and The Wall Street Journal, may shed some light on that question.