Alumni

Colgate University is responding to the COVID-19 pandemic while drawing on its core values and academic mission in considering the future.

Colgate University announced today that it would cancel Reunion 2020, scheduled for May 28–31 of this year. Instead, the University is now planning an even greater Reunion 2021.

Banana Republic held an event for the clothing line NaSo, created by Uyi Omorogbe '19, in February.

Colgate faithful in New York City gathered at the Paley Center for Media last month to hear from five innovative alumni leaders about their work and their thoughts related to the University’s development of a new Middle Campus Plan for Arts, Creativity, and Innovation outlined in The Third-Century Plan.

Colgate University celebrates Charter Day on March 5 with events that invoke the memory of the Institution’s 13 founders.

The Colgate Fund Bicentennial Challenge raised more than $3 million for Colgate and its students, helping the University to implement the first important initiatives of its Third-Century Plan.

Paul J. Schupf ’58, trustee emeritus, a philanthropic supporter of the arts, and the founder of the W.S. Schupf Endowed Chair in Far Eastern Studies passed away on December 4, 2019. He was 82 years old.

Seven Colgate University alumni joined Forbes Magazine’s 30 Under 30 list for 2020.

After graduating in May 2019 with a degree in molecular biology, Shushe spent seven weeks in the Republic of Kosovo presenting her Bigger Smiles Project on oral health to children and teenagers, funded by Davis Projects for Peace.

A semester-long series of events celebrated the Center for Women’s Studies’ history and the meaningful work it has fostered over the years in honor of the center’s 25th anniversary.