Presidential Speakers Series

The talk, moderated by President Brian W. Casey, was the fourth installment of the spring Presidential Speaker Series.

On Feb. 25, Colgate welcomed three presidents of leading liberal arts colleges to discuss the mounting challenges faced by higher education.

The second installment of Colgate’s spring Presidential Speaker Series featured author and UCLA professor Eddie R. Cole.

Colgate’s spring 2025 Presidential Speaker Series launched on Jan. 23 with a Q&A session led by President Brian Casey featuring New York Times opinion writer Bret Stephens and former Chronicle of Higher Education senior writer Goldie Blumenstyk ’79.

On Monday, Nov. 4 — the night before the U.S. Presidential Election — Colgate welcomed Peter Levine to close the 2024 Road to the White House Series

The third installment of Colgate’s Road to the White House series featured New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd and the chief Washington correspondent for the New York Times, Carl Hulse.

The second installment of Colgate’s Road to the White House series featured a conversation with political strategist Karl Rove, former Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff to the Bush Administration.

Former Democratic National Committee Chair Donna Brazile and former Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele kicked off Colgate’s Road to the White House series on Sept. 4.

Colgate’s academic community will come together for moments of learning and civic engagement this month during The Road to the White House: Colgate’s 2024 Election Series, presented by the Office of the President and the Lampert Institute for Civic and Global Affairs.