We provide the Colgate community with a dynamic, friendly, and supportive place in which to seek answers to life’s biggest questions. We encourage students to become the best versions of themselves, growing as people of integrity and commitment.
Campus chaplains are trained religious professionals. In addition to offering pastoral counseling, we serve the greater Colgate Community regardless of religious affiliation. Campus chaplains are a confidential resource.
The Rev. Dr. Corey MacPherson, D.Min, is the University Chaplain and Protestant Campus Minister at Colgate University. Corey is the founding pastor of North Shore Church in Stony Brook, NY. Prior to Colgate, Corey served as Vice President for Spiritual Development and Church Relations at Eastern Nazarene College.
Corey has written numerous devotionals as well as articles on preaching and servant leadership and has been a regular contributor to the Huffington Post. He has spoken at University chapel services across the country.
Corey earned a Master’s degree in Organizational Leadership from Gonzaga University, a Master of Divinity from Nazarene Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Asbury Theological Seminary. He currently resides in Hamilton, NY with his wife (Edie) and two children.
