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(Editors’ note: The following was submitted by Lindsey Skerker ’14, senior class vice president.) On Sunday, May 4, the Class of 2014 and their torch medal recipients attended the Senior Class Brunch, a time-honored tradition at Colgate. One of the highlights of the brunch each year is the presentation of the Senior Class Award. This […]

With springtime comes renewal, and today, a new online version of the Colgate Scene magazine has burst onto screens.

A dazzling New York City sunset illuminated the Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers last Thursday night, shining on more than 600 Colgate faithful who attended the university’s annual Presidents’ Club celebration. The event honored the commitment of Presidents’ Club members, who support the university at a leadership level, and recognized Willow Society members, who have made […]

After Clayton Christensen predicted that half of higher education institutions will either be facing bankruptcy or in liquidation within 10 to 15 years, six liberal arts presidents expressed varying degrees of concern, ranging from “no­t worried” (Georgia Nugent, president emeritus of Kenyon College) to “only the paranoid survive” (Colgate President Jeffrey Herbst). Christensen, author of […]

Clayton Christensen kicked off Colgate University’s Innovation + Disruption symposium today with cautionary tales of industry giants felled by technological disruption, and why higher education should pay attention to the growth of online universities.

The stage is set for a robust discussion today, as nearly 400 leaders in business and higher education gather to attend Colgate University’s Innovation + Disruption symposium at the TimesCenter in New York City.  (The symposium begins at 8:30 a.m., and can be viewed live.) The high-level crowd includes 15 college presidents, online education providers, […]

April marked the 20 anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda. Colgate Professor Susan Thomson, author of Whispering Truth to Power: Everyday Resistance to Reconciliation in Postgenocide Rwanda, recorded a segment on the Academic Minute to commemorate the 20th anniversary. Listen to the segment here.

Few in attendance were surprised when Evan Chartier ’14, a sociology and anthropology and women’s studies double major from Oak Park Ill., was called to receive the 1819 Award, Colgate’s most selective and prestigious recognition.