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The image is of a huge table of fresh picked fruits and vegetables

Students in the Hunting, Eating, and Vegetarianism (ENST) seminar visit a co-op. (Photo by Ian Helfant)

Sophomore Residential Seminars provide accepted students with a chance to live and study together, then immerse themselves further in the learning experience through travel with their faculty member. The program, made possible with a significant grant from the Mellon Foundation, is now accepting applications for this coming fall.

During winter break, students in the currently offered seminars were able to travel widely, and some shared their experiences on social media. Here is a quick look at a few of their Instagram photos and tweets, collected by Julia Cooper ’17, social media intern at Colgate.


Seminar: Hunting, Eating, and Vegetarianism, with travel to Austin, Texas

Julia Cooper ’17, Instagram photo

Holly Mascolo ’17, Instagram

Elizabet Tativian ’17, Instagram

Stephen Dickinson ’13, Instagram

https://twitter.com/stevetdickinson/status/552976466158186496


Seminar: Coffee and Cigarettes, travel to Costa Rica

Claire Kittock ’17, Instagram

Ben Harris ’17, Instagram

https://twitter.com/roboben12/status/555230727261126656

Erica Pais ’17, Instagram 

Kevin Iglesias ’17, Instagram 


Seminar:  Native Americans in the Southwest, travel to New Mexico

Andy Sia ’17, Instagram

Bennie Guzman ’17, Instagram

Jazmyn McKoy ’17, Instagram


Seminar: Existentialism, travel to Paris

https://twitter.com/leahjenks1212/status/554414922290171904

Leah Jenks ’17, Instagram

Dylan Frisbie ’17, Instagram