News and Updates

Christmas is coming early this year for Colgate Thirteen fans. The a cappella crew is pleased to announce that it will kick off the 2014 Radio City Christmas Spectacular in New York City on Friday, December 12, taking the stage at 9:10 p.m. — just before the curtain rises on the Rockettes at 9:30 p.m.

Happy Thanksgiving from the Colgate Raider.

I know we’re all thinking the same thing. One more week until Thanksgiving recess. One more week until we can head home, eat turkey, and watch football. But while you’re cramming for your last exam before break, or working on that 10-page Shakespeare paper due the day you get back from break like I will […]

The Institute of International Education (IIE) released its Open Doors 2014 data today, and Colgate has again risen on two important lists representing the number of students studying abroad. This news is most welcome as President Jeffrey Herbst and Provost and Dean of the Faculty Douglas Hicks have made study abroad one of several priorities related to globalizing Colgate.

This Veterans Day, Colgate is paying tribute to the men and women of America’s armed forces. The university wants to thank alumni, parents, and current students who have served their country — and the numerous alumni who work on behalf of veterans, helping them transition back to civilian life.

Ernie Vandeweghe ’49, one of the Mount Rushmore figures of Colgate athletics and the school’s first All-America basketball player, died Saturday. He was 86. Vandeweghe was named to All-America squads in 1947, 1948 and 1949 after setting Colgate scoring records for a game (35), season (397) and career (1,404). He was MVP as a freshman […]

From Polynesian Awareness week, to a University Theater production, to a Battle of the Bands, there are a wide variety of things to do around campus this week. This week, the ALANA Cultural Center, Native American Studies Department, Office of Residential Life, and Hawai’i Club have teamed up to host Colgate’s first Polynesian Awareness Week. […]

From Election Night to a live performance by the Manhattan String Quartet, here are four events I think are particularly exciting this week at Colgate.

Colgate’s NCAA Graduation Success Rate is 98 percent for the third straight year, placing Raiders student-athletes fourth nationally in Division I for the second year in a row, according to data released last week. The Raiders were joined by Stanford, Harvard, Yale, and Brown universities at the 98-percent mark, just ahead of Columbia, Duke, and […]

Join Colgate’s Karen Long, senior associate dean of admission, for an hour of college application advice during a special U.S. News & World Report Twitter chat at 4 p.m. today. Long, who has 28 years of experience in higher education admission, will join colleagues from four other colleges during the live Twitter chat to offer […]