Starting this month, all students, staff, and faculty have full and free access to Lynda.com, a leading online digital learning website offering more than 1,400 lessons on using technology, from simple to complex.
October 12, 2012
Tighe Sullivan ’83, a dynamic and omnipresent member of the Colgate community, died on October 9 in a helicopter accident near Mt. Pocono, Penn.
October 10, 2012
“Progress — good, filibuster — bad, Senate — weird,” said Alan Frumin ’68, while reflecting on his political philosophy before moving to Washington, D.C., to begin his career after Colgate. Working as parliamentarian of the United States Senate for nearly 20 years, Frumin operated behind the scenes and witnessed the many changes that shook the […]
October 3, 2012
The stage and amps were covered in plastic sheets and flannel shirts last Saturday, as the fourth annual ‘Gatestock kicked off amid the rain and wind. ‘Gatestock, a music festival started by Andy Peng ‘12 and the group Broad Street Records four years ago, came back this year bigger and better. Modeled after Woodstock, the […]
September 28, 2012
Every new academic year brings the opportunity to build on the lessons of the past. That is especially true when promoting healthy lifestyles among students.
September 18, 2012
David Adjaye and his colleagues will return to Hamilton on Sept. 26 to continue discussions of the proposed Colgate Center for Art and Culture. At this second public meeting, Adjaye plans to share some preliminary architectural ideas and talk about how tentative plans for the project are progressing. The meeting is scheduled for 6:30–7:30pm in […]
September 18, 2012
The Chinese will call 2013 the Year of the Snake, and the Mayans … well, they wouldn’t have called it anything at all. For Colgate community members worldwide, 2013 will mark the Year of ’13. The university will celebrate Colgate spirit and commemorate this once-in-a-century annum with events on the 13th of each month between […]
September 12, 2012
The epitome of culture shock may be going from spending 41 days in a rowboat to dancing with Eskimos in a native Alaskan village to walking through Grand Central Station — all within 30 hours. That’s how the beginning of last week played out for Paul Ridley ’05, who recently completed Arctic Row, a first-of-its-kind […]
September 5, 2012
Colgate alumni from far and wide turned to social media recently to offer advice to the Class of 2016. Suggestions on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter ranged from the practical to the pithy and the common theme was clear: make the most of every moment from the minute you arrive! Brandon Grabowski ’08 said, “Meet everyone […]
August 26, 2012
International students arrived on campus for their own orientation a week ahead of their American classmates. They talked about their expectations, got to know one another, navigated the campus, and had some fun. Some had never even visited Colgate before; though many had already met on Facebook.
August 23, 2012