Colgate University: Top Liberal Arts College

MLK Celebration MLK Celebration

Colgate hosted a wide range of events throughout MLK Week to celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

Speakers Reflect On Goals, Hopes, And Dreams of MLK
Keynote Speech By Kori Strother '15
Activist Shares Freedom Summer Stories
ALANA Serves As Key Cultural Center

Student-athletes Student-athletes

Colgate’s NCAA Graduation Success Rate is 98 percent for a third year in a row, placing Raiders student-athletes fourth nationally in Division I.

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Division I Athletics At Colgate
What Recent Student-Athletes Are Now Doing
Facilities At Colgate

Housing Options Residential Life

Colgate is a residential university with more than 90 percent of students living on campus. The tight-knit communities that emerge from living with your peers allow you to forge lifelong personal relationships.

Photos From First-year Residence Halls
Office of Residential Life
Mellon Sophomore Residential Seminars
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Study Abroad Experience The World

These students explored Snowdonia National Park in Wales. Where will you take Colgate's globally focused curriculum? Our students head to every corner of the globe via the international and off-campus studies program.

International and Off-Campus Study
Colgate Provides Global Perspective
Student Blog About Research in Ethiopia
Alternative Breaks: Service Learning

Video: Installation of Professor DeWitt Godfrey's Sculpture Odin

Watch as Odin, a 13-ton sculpture by Colgate professor Dewitt Godfrey, was installed over a week's time on campus. Read more about this massive artwork.

Faculty Research Faculty Research

Whether it is in the classroom or the science center greenhouse, faculty conduct important research, often with undergraduate students playing significant roles.

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Latest Stories About Faculty Research
Faculty Expertise Video Library
Students Get To Work Closely With Faculty

Making A Difference Community Garden

Students make a difference on campus and in the community through volunteer work. Some students work in the university's community garden, a source of fresh produce for a local food pantry and for those visiting a campus farm stand.

Volunteers Help Relocate 'Educational' Garden
Learn More About The Community Garden
Sustainability At Colgate
Ways To Volunteer

Visit Colgate Beautiful Campus

Colgate’s 575-acre campus is often called one of the most beautiful in the nation. It serves as a launchpad for students who take advantage of off-campus study groups, foreign language programs, faculty-led research trips, and volunteer missions.

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Alumni Offer Help Career Exploration

Lisa Hillenbrand ’79, P’16 (center), director of global marketing at Procter & Gamble, was among 100 alumni volunteering their time during the SophoMORE Connections program.

Alumni Assist Sophomores
Colgate Alumni Network
Career Services
Success After Colgate Database

Powerful Connections Success After Colgate

At Colgate, we consider the success of our alumni, young and old, to be one of our most prominent distinctions. Alumni from the Department of the Classics recently returned to campus to talk about how their majors have propelled them to success in both law school and in their legal careers.

Students Learn About Careers After The Classics
Success After Colgate Database
Distinguished Alumni
Career Services

Model African Union Academic Groups

Students on Colgate's Model African Union team met with alumni and friends during an event at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. The student group is one of many options available on campus.

Model African Union
Academic Student Groups
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Research Options Research Options

Students have many ways to extend their course work and research beyond campus classrooms. Whether it's research with a faculty member or an internship, opportunities are plentiful for additional academic study.

Professor, Students Research Value Of Eating 'Local'
Students Work Side By Side With Faculty
Office of National Fellowships And Scholarships
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Urban Legends The Colgate Scene

Professor William Meyer explains why the antiurban sentiments of many environmentalists are misplaced in a feature article he wrote for The Colgate Scene.

Urban Legends By William Meyer
Alumni Innovators Talk Mobile Apps
New Fiction By Alumni Authors
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The Arts On Campus Theater

Students perform in the University Theater production Seeing the Beast, which was partially inspired by a biology class research project. The arts play a key role in the university's curriculum.

Seeing The Beast Performed At Brehmer
Sculpture Brings Arts And Sciences Together
The Arts on Campus
Majors And Minors

Clubs and Organizations Get Involved

There are many ways to be active on campus, whether it is participating in a Colgate's Got Talent competition or one of the many social and academic clubs that are available.

Center For Leadership And Student Involvement
Clubs and Organizations
Arts On Campus
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Academic Excellence Strong Academics

Students are challenged by a rich academic program throughout their four years. The core program is an integral part of this liberal arts education.

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Interdisciplinary Research
Faculty Spotlights
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