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Back in 1833, Jonathan Wade took his Colgate experience on a mission to Burma and started a tradition of community-based learning and engagement. In the past decade alone, the Max A. Shacknai Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, and Education (COVE) has sponsored more than 50 trips to more than 16 locations in the United States and […]

Colgate wrote the book on off-campus study. The storied Washington D.C. study group, a unique semester-long NIH experience, faculty-led trips around the globe, and research abroad — all of these options for off-campus learning add depth to the Colgate experience. Last winter, Kara Vadman ’14 and Mikhaila Redovian ’15 joined geology professor Amy Leventer aboard […]

Between June and August, students are pursuing internships, research, and service projects around the world and across America. They will investigate, teach, report the news, participate in political campaigns, plan events, save lives, and more.

Zadie Smith, who has been included on Granta’s list of 20 best young authors, came to campus last fall as part of the university’s Living Writers course. She was one of 10 acclaimed authors who held a lively literary discussion with students and later conducted a reading that was available for the public to attend […]

Colgate students are participating in internships in a variety of fields and locations this summer. This post is by Erica Weston ’15, a peace and conflict studies and Asian studies double major from Hamden, Conn. This summer, I’m interning with the Romeo Dallaire Child Soldier Initiative in Halifax, Nova Scotia. I’m working alongside Tess Cumpstone […]

Each year, the National Model African Union brings together undergraduates from Colgate and from across the country to simulate a meeting of the real African Union. The event provides students with important lessons about public speaking, diplomacy, and teamwork.

Assistant Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies Susan Thomson held numerous events this past semester that examined the genocide in Rwanda that happened 20 years ago.

Colgate’s Mellon Sophomore Residential Seminars (SRS), funded through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, are turning courses on coffee production, food consumption, existentialism, and Native American culture into transformational academic experiences.