Community Service

With suitcases filled with supplies carried by arms ready to do work, 65 Colgate students set out this past weekend to engage with communities in need. The Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, and Education (COVE) and the Office of the Chaplains run alternative spring break trips for students looking to do something meaningful with their time […]

In March, Ayanna Williams ’08 will leave the hustle and bustle of Washington, D.C., where she works for a nonprofit organization, to embark on a mission that will take her to a small village in Morocco. As Williams begins her assignment as a Peace Corps volunteer, she follows in the footsteps of hundreds Colgate alumni […]

As Peace Corps volunteers, more than 300 Colgate alumni have made valuable contributions in some of the more remote areas of the world, including Ghana, Botswana, and Palau. In fact, with 18 alumni currently serving in the Peace Corps, Colgate is the 10th highest producer of volunteers among small colleges and universities, according to a […]

After spending nine weeks this summer volunteering at an orphanage in Tanzania, Jennifer Etkin ’10 knows that: — She wants to pursue a Peace Corps-type experience after graduation, and eventually develop her interest in international law and human rights issues — A young woman from New York City’s Park Avenue can have a genuine impact […]

“Nothing is wasted.” That was the slogan of this year’s annual campus salvage operation organized by Colgate’s Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, and Education (COVE). Volunteers collected items that Colgate students either donated or left behind after moving out of residence halls. They are then given to nonprofit organizations in the greater Hamilton area and in […]

Instead of having to fight through rush hour traffic to make it to work, Ruthia Yi ’07 travels down a dirt road to her “office,” a small village in Togo that lacks running water and electricity. As a Peace Corps volunteer, Yi teaches residents about soil conservation methods and the pressing need for reforestation. She […]

The Upstate Institute Student Philanthropy Council (SPC) at Colgate University has awarded three nonprofit organizations in central New York grants totaling $10,000. The SPC is a service-learning program composed of twelve Colgate sophomores. This year’s grant money will support initiatives that enhance the personal and life skills development for underserved populations in the community.

Buried under a mountain of debt and living off a fixed income, the Alsheimer family of Earlville received the best news of the day from Colgate senior Rachel Tibolt: they’ll receive more than $8,500 dollars in tax refunds. “I have three children, so this money is going to make a huge difference in my life,” […]