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Colgate Women in Computer Science students help teach coding to local elementary school students.

Colgate students teach coding at local elementary school

Daniel DeVriesMarch 18, 2016

Little fingers tapped away at computer keys after school at Hamilton Central School (HCS) on a recent sunny afternoon, but instead of manipulating blocks in Minecraft or posting to Facebook, they were busy writing computer code. The afternoon codi...

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Students and faculty in a group portrait

Applying lessons from the Sophomore Residential Seminar experience

Emily Daniel ’18March 11, 2016

As spring break approaches, the fall seems like a very long time ago. For members of the five Sophomore Residential Seminars (SRS), this is especially true, since the intensive learning, community-building, and travel experiences of the first semeste...

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Three students stand together smiling in the Hall of Presidents during the Colgate Lymphoma Gala

Students, faculty, and staff “Unite to fight lymphoma”

Emma Loftus '16March 8, 2016

The results are in: last semester’s student-initiated Colgate Lymphoma Gala raised more than $11,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. On December 3, 2015, more than 400 students, faculty, and staff joined together in the beautifully decorate...

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Queen of Soul will headline a celebration of the performing arts at Colgate

Mark WaldenFebruary 29, 2016

Legendary vocalist Aretha Franklin will perform on campus at 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 5, in Sanford Field House. Known around the world by her first name, and as the reigning “Queen of Soul,” Franklin’s repertoire spans pop, soul, jazz, rock, blues,...

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Portrait of Dean of the College Suzy Nelson

Suzy Nelson named vice president of student life at MIT

Rebecca DowningFebruary 24, 2016

Suzy Nelson, Colgate’s vice president and dean of the college since June 2012, has been named vice president of student life at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass., effective July 1, 2016. “From the very first days after ...

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Current Konosioni members induct students from the Class of 2017.

Konosioni inducts newest members

Sara HintonFebruary 18, 2016

Each year since 1934, the Konosioni Senior Honor Society has honored 26 students for their leadership, commitment to service, and preservation of tradition. On Friday, February 12, the group inducted members of the Class of 2017 — peer-selected fo...

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Ilyasah Al Shabazz gives MLK Week Keynote

Emma Loftus '16February 5, 2016

Ilyasah Al Shabazz, daughter of civil rights leader Malcolm X, spoke to a packed Love Auditorium in Olin Hall last Wednesday, wrapping up this year’s MLK Week celebration. Shabazz is a community organizer, educator, social activist, motivational s...

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Shot of a Colgate building with a rainbow.

Denise Larson ’19: A Letter To My Fellow Second Semester Classmates

Denise LarsonJanuary 16, 2016

Dear Class of 2019, I had an experience the other day that forced me to think deeply about something that is of immediate importance to us all. I attended a holiday brunch, and my neighbor asked me: “Can you believe you finished your first semeste...

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Students in the Hall of Presidents gather to exchange gifts

A campus exchange spreading holiday cheer and building community

Daniel DeVriesDecember 23, 2015

Students gather for the first Colgate Campuswide Gift Exchange earlier this month (Photo by Anna Heil ’16) There may be no better feeling than gift giving at the holidays, and with that in mind, Taylor Washing ’18 thought that her fellow students...

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Students hold up a sign reading "Welcome to the Ciccone Commons"

First residential commons named for Diane Ciccone ’74, P’10

Mark WaldenNovember 12, 2015

Students celebrate the naming of Ciccone Commons (Photo by Nick Gilbert ’18) Colgate’s inaugural residential commons, which opened its doors on Arrival Day 2015, will be named for Diane Ciccone ’74, P’10. Commons residents made the choice by popu...

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Students and alumni stand together at networking event

Be the Change symposium connects students and alumni for common good

Jessica Rice '16November 12, 2015

Students network with alumni from the Common Good Professional Network during the Be the Change Symposium (Photo by Nicholas Friedman ’16) More than a dozen Colgate alumni made the trip to Hamilton this October for the first-ever Be the Change: C...

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Dean Suzy Nelson on living the liberal arts

Suzy NelsonOctober 21, 2015

Members of Colgate's first residential commons gather for a presentation on arrival day. Photo by Nicholas Friedman '16 Editor's note: The following op-ed was first published in the Huffington Post. Last year, students at my college staged a 1...

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Helping refugees to new beginnings

Emma Loftus '16September 30, 2015

Students pitched in to help Utica residents as part of a first-year pre-orientation program. The news has been inundated with stories about refugees — in the United States and abroad. With a burgeoning refugee community in Utica (approximately on...

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University community gathers for candlelight vigil

Mark WaldenSeptember 21, 2015

Photo by Andrew Daddio A hush of mourning covered the academic quad this evening as the Colgate community gathered to grieve the deaths of first-year students Cathryn Depuy and Ryan Adams. The silence was punctuated by words of comfort, songs of ...

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Colgate community mourns loss of two students

Rebecca DowningSeptember 20, 2015

The Colgate community is mourning tragic news that two students, Cathryn (Carey) Depuy ’19 and Ryan Adams ’19, both of Ridgefield, Conn., died Sunday afternoon in a plane crash in Morrisville, N.Y., after taking off from Hamilton Municipal Airpor...

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