News and Updates

(Editor’s Note: The following is a first-person reflection by Hilary Stiss ’09 about her opportunity to meet and talk with former ambassador and Middle East envoy Dennis Ross.) Two summers ago, I devoted my time to working for a peace organization, Windows for Peace, which allowed me to work in Israel and the West Bank.

The soothing sounds of Colgate’s a cappella groups have turned into some much-needed financial support for a Kenyan school that serves 250 poor and orphaned children. The Colgate Thirteen, Dischords, Resolutions, and Swinging ‘Gates teamed up last week to raise $500 during a benefit concert at Hamilton’s First Baptist Church.

Colgate students and faculty gathered last week to listen to a wide-ranging talk by Ishmael Reed, the novelist, poet, essayist, and playwright who is often called one of the most influential African American writers of his generation. Reed’s well-known works include Mumbo Jumbo, Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down, and The Freelance Pallbearers. Besides his writing, Reed […]

The football game between Colgate and Georgetown scheduled for Saturday at Colgate has been cancelled. Due to an outbreak of norovirus on the Georgetown campus, the contest will not be played.

Conor Tucker ’10 wants to give classmates the chance to be political pundits and not have to rely on “talking heads” to shape their opinions about the presidential candidates. So he has helped organize events that bring students together to watch the presidential and vice presidential debates and share discussion afterward.

Colgate University has been selected as a site for hearings involving New York Regional Interconnect’s proposed $2.1 billion high-voltage power line project. The Oct. 20 hearings will be in the university’s Hall of Presidents. Information forums will be held at 1 and 6 p.m., followed by public statement hearings at 2 and 7 p.m.

Alumni Council members spent time recently with current students, talking about a range of career paths and sharing their workplace experiences. The informal mixer held Sept. 18 at the Colgate Bookstore was sponsored by the Center for Career Services.

Programming on Colgate’s student-run radio station is now being beamed from a new studio that has dramatically increased the station’s visibility and created new opportunities for student deejays. The dreamy digital digs for WRCU (90.1) is in the new Blackmore Media Center, in the lower level of the O’Connor Campus Center (Coop). “We have gone […]

You might expect Colgate alumnus and NBA player Adonal Foyle’s conversations with college students would revolve around the latest sports scores or his upcoming basketball season. But, politics? Colgate students learned Tuesday that the 6-foot-10 Orlando Magic center is just as comfortable talking about political affairs. In fact, Foyle is an outspoken advocate of campaign […]

Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, education activist, and entrepreneur, spoke to students Monday about how to become an effective leader in today’s America. Castillo Kickbusch told students that leadership is about authenticity, transparency, and passion. To become an effective leader, she said, students must align themselves with what they love.