Mark Walden

More than 900 parents and family members journeyed to Hamilton last Friday through Sunday to spend Family Weekend with their undergraduates. The university’s red-carpet welcome included a full schedule of classes, performances, athletic events, and departmental receptions.

For the Shaw Wellness Institute, homecoming weekend held a special meaning. Faculty, staff, students, and university trustees dedicated the institute’s new home in the Cutten Complex on Friday, October 12, kicking off Colgate’s homecoming festivities with a tribute to healthy lifestyles. The space is a crucial step in the development of the institute, which is […]

Tighe Sullivan ’83, a dynamic and omnipresent member of the Colgate community, died on October 9 in a helicopter accident near Mt. Pocono, Penn.

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 […]

It’s a liberal arts dream: to gather leaders of the world’s largest religions, political movements, scientific communities, and philosophical schools into one room. Until Dick Resnick ’61, P’90 sponsored the Great Minds art project, that was impossible.

If you want to know how a best-selling author finds inspiration, hones technique, or orchestrates a breakout opportunity, it’s best to go to the source. That’s why legendary professor Frederick Busch designed Living Writers as a way to bring Colgate’s writers-in-training together with famous writers-in-practice. The class quickly became a campus favorite.

Ask Kelsey John ’13 about her attempts to explore her biracial identity, and she’ll speak in metaphors. Understanding and integrating her ethnic heritage has been a journey, a dance. “My parents always told me I was Navajo and a mix of European but never in a way that created a dichotomy or split me down […]

During April Visit Days in 2009, Vic Krivitski ’12 decided that Colgate needed a laugh. So, drawing on his skills as an avid climber, the 240-pound rugby lock took an unusual route from the fourth floor of West Hall to the Quad: he rappelled out the window, smiling and waving as he went.

Scudding rainclouds couldn’t dampen spirits last weekend as more than 2,000 alumni and friends returned to Colgate for Reunion 2012.

As Colgate people around the world celebrated Friday the 13th and #ColgateDay trended on Twitter, the university welcomed international entrepreneur and Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson to campus for the fifth annual Kerschner Family Series Global Leaders at Colgate.