Mark Walden

It has been almost 25 years since men’s hockey coach Don Vaughan was slammed against the boards.

If the library is the heart of the university, Colgate’s pulse quickened with Friday’s dedication of the Case Library and Geyer Center for Information Technology. The campus community welcomed alumni and friends from around the region for a marathon celebration of the $57.5 million facility, built on the footprint of the former Case Library.

Students, faculty, staff, and local community members gathered at Colgate’s Picker Art Gallery last week to celebrate the launch of a new exhibition, Chuck Close: Self-Portrait/Scribble/Etching Portfolio, 2000.

Colgate celebrated the sciences this weekend with two major events: the dedication of the new Robert H.N. Ho Science Center and the launch of the Harvey Picker Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies in the Sciences and Mathematics.

Alumni, coaches, family, and friends from around the country arrived at the Colgate Inn on Friday, May 4, to pay a unique tribute to the late Swimming and Diving Coach Mark Randall.

A day after launching Colgate’s new fundraising campaign with a festive celebratory dinner, alumni, parents, faculty, staff, and students settled down to business. They convened on Saturday, March 3, for “Liberal Arts in the 21st Century: An Interdisciplinary Symposium with Colgate Faculty and Staff.”