Campus Life

Approximately 3,250 family members flocked to Colgate to spend time with their students on campus, Oct. 22–24, 2021. Outdoor events and a check-in process provided fun and safe options for gathering.

Haven, Colgate’s sexual violence resource center, celebrated its fifth anniversary on Thursday, Oct. 28, in a ceremony honoring those who were instrumental to its creation in 2016.

Colgate University’s Department of Biology and Global Public and Environmental Health Program welcomed Dr. Jerome Adams, former U.S. surgeon general, to campus on Oct. 6.

Terri Stewart has been named director of campus safety at Colgate University.

Fully funded through donor support, renovations on Seven Oaks golf course and clubhouse ensure that the award-winning course continues to be recognized as on of the nation’s finest collegiate venues.

I feel amazed and grateful that you are here, grateful to witness your eagerness to seek higher learning, to commit yourself to being at Colgate together.

Joseph Hernon, a military veteran, and firefighter with 10 years of emergency management experience will lead Colgate University’s emergency management operations after a nationwide search to fill the vacant role of associate vice president for campus safety, emergency management, and environmental health and safety. 

Ahmet Çeli̇k, PhD candidate and instructor in religion and Middle Eastern studies at Syracuse University, has been appointed as the first campus imam and Muslim student adviser at Colgate University.

The Max A. Shacknai Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, and Education (COVE) celebrated National Volunteer Week this year with a series of awards for its most dedicated and successful student volunteers.

The Harry C. Behler Colgate Debate Society hosted its annual British Parliamentary debate tournament, the Colgate Open, March 19–21, 2021.