Mark Walden

Two accomplished alumni have been selected to lead Colgate University’s Board of Trustees. Denis F. Cronin ’69 was elected chair, and Robert A. Kindler ’76 was named vice chair during the group’s June meeting.

Last month, in the valley of Chenango, gathered 47 Colgate alumni, parents, and friends. Leaving behind jobs, bills, and Glee reruns, they became students again, taking classes with some of the university’s leading professors during Summer on the Hill, June 22-26.

Forget summer break. Colgate has spent the days since graduation busily poring over its ledgers, tallying the thanks it owes alumni, parents, and friends for their support in Fiscal Year 2011. The official count, announced today, comes to 39 million — the dollar amount raised from all sources between June 2010 through May 2011.

They came from as far as China and as close as next door. Almost 2,000 alumni and friends, representing the classes of 1941 through 2011, descended on Whitnall Field for Reunion 2011 this past weekend. They temporarily swelled the population of Hamilton and filled campus with vintage Colgate spirit.

At this year’s Senior Awards Convocation, all eyes were on Kiki Koroshetz, winner of the 1819 Award.

Seniors Michael Barry and Valerie Boyd have been named this year’s recipients of the Schupf/Lorey Art Prize.

Geography professor Adam Burnett was named this year’s recipient of the Jerome Balmuth Award for Teaching and Student Engagement, and several other faculty members recently had appointments approved by the Board of Trustees. The Balmuth Award was created through a generous gift from Mark Siegel ’73 to recognize distinctively successful and transformative teaching, regardless of […]

It was a family affair last Saturday when the Colgate community gathered to celebrate the completion of the new Trudy Fitness Center.

Do you know what it takes to keep a secret from alumni affairs vice president RuthAnn Loveless MA’72?

Hamilton village residents, Colgate community members, and honored guests are reintroducing themselves to an old friend this week. The Colgate Inn, closed for renovations since November 2010, is now open for business.