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Raider Nation, it’s time to step up and be counted. Again and again and again. Fans of Colgate hockey are urged to vote for star goaltender Mark Dekanich, who is one of 10 finalists for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award for men’s hockey. The award recognizes achievement in the areas of character, classroom, community, and […]

Buried under a mountain of debt and living off a fixed income, the Alsheimer family of Earlville received the best news of the day from Colgate senior Rachel Tibolt: they’ll receive more than $8,500 dollars in tax refunds. “I have three children, so this money is going to make a huge difference in my life,” […]

It’s a conundrum that would have baffled Peter Drucker: When five dozen emerging leaders meet at a restaurant, who orders first?

Lesley Stahl, an award-winning correspondent for CBS News’ 60 Minutes and author of Reporting Live, will deliver the keynote address at Colgate University’s 187th commencement exercises on Sunday, May 18. During the ceremony, Colgate will award Stahl a Doctor of Humane Letters honorary degree. One of the country’s most respected journalists, Stahl has been a […]

It’s one of the first ways that students living at Colgate identify themselves: “I’m on the third floor of Andrews.” Or, “I live in East.” When students arrive on campus each August, they bring their excitement and enthusiasm. They also bring duffel bags brimming with clothes, crates of PowerBars and macaroni and cheese, photographs, and […]

Parker Commons was transformed with palpable, focused energy for environmental change for Colgate and the surrounding community as nearly 100 participants converged for the sixth annual Green Summit. The summit is not a recognized group but rather an open gathering of students, faculty, staff, and community members who want to see environmental change enacted by […]

Golden Auditorium was hear-a-pin-drop quiet Thursday night as Paul Muldoon, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, read selections of his work for audience members weighing his every word and inflection. On Friday night, it was different. Donovan’s Pub in James C. Colgate Hall was rattle-the-walls loud as Muldoon and fellow band members played guitar-driven rock songs infused […]

Michael Eric Dyson is not afraid to shake things up, which is why his lecture “From Sit-ins to Hip Hop: A Social Consciousness in a Post-King America” left students both moved intellectually and shaking with laughter. Named by Ebony as one of the 100 most influential black Americans, Dyson is a university professor at Georgetown […]