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Hamilton, NY — Colgate University’s Reunion 2001 will kick off Thursday, May 31, when more than 2,000 alumni begin to arrive on campus for a weekend of activities that include awards ceremonies, concerts, banquets, lectures, campus tours, a parade, and a barbecue. The traditional Tent City on Whitnall Field will be the hub of reunion […]

Colgate’s 180th commencement ceremony slated for 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 20 Hamilton, NY — A series of campus traditions will be proudly carried out in Hamilton, New York during Colgate University’s commencement weekend May 18 through 20, 2001. All festivities will culminate with the 180th commencement ceremony scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, May […]

Hamilton, NY — Colgate University will award six honorary degrees at its 180th commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 20, when more than 635 graduating seniors will receive their bachelor of arts degrees. Those to be honored include CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather, who will also provide the commencement address; Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Chu; […]

Hamilton, NY — The first Schupf Fellowship at Colgate University has been awarded to Janna Shari Pistiner ’01, a chemistry and education major from Poughkeepsie, New York. Created through the generosity of Colgate University alumnus and trustee emeritus Paul J. Schupf ’58, the fellowship will provide for Pistiner’s graduate studies at the University of Oxford […]

Hamilton, NY — Colgate University was host to two noted political scholars for a debate on the topic ‘A Nation of Rights, For Better or Worse” on Friday, April 20. Gary McDowell, director of the Institute of United States Study at the University of London, and Stephen Macedo, Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Politics and […]

Hamilton, NY — Once every six years, the American Academy of Arts and Letters chooses ‘an outstanding short story writer’ to receive its Award of Merit ‘in recognition of a writer’s lifetime achievement.’ Frederick Busch, author of seven collections of short stories and the Edgar W. B. Fairchild Professor of Literature at Colgate University, is […]

Hamilton, NY — Colgate University will welcome Edward Ayers, Hugh P. Kelly Professor of History at the University of Virginia, to make a presentation titled ‘The Civil War: A Digital History’ on Thursday, April 19, 2001 in 27 Persson Hall. The event, which begins at 4 p.m., is free and open to the public. Ayers’ […]

Hamilton, NY — – The Faculty Features at Midday concert series at Colgate University will conclude for the year on Thursday, April 19 with a performance of Mozart’s distinctive Quintet in A Major, K. 581 for Clarinet and Strings. Barbara Rabin will perform on clarinet. The string players will be Vladimir Pritsker and Petia Manolova, […]