Yesterday Barron鈥檚 became the latest media outlet to report the good news about Colgate鈥檚 #2 ranking for 鈥渧alue-added鈥 with respect to mid-career earnings. Colgate ranked ahead of MIT, Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, and many other four-year schools, on the first list assessing a broad array of colleges on economic outcomes for graduates. The recent report from the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program 鈥 titled [鈥June 10, 2015
Editor鈥檚 note: This blog post is the first in a series written by students about their summer experiences. Last week, I started my internship in New York City, working for the marketing department at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Housing collections of architecture, design, drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, and film, MoMA is regarded as [鈥June 8, 2015
Raider spirit ran high May 28 to 31, as Colgate welcomed the 0s and 5s home to the Chenango Valley for Reunion 2015. More than 2,000 alumni and guests attended, ushering in the summer while celebrating love for their alma mater. 鈥淭his is my fourteenth reunion in a row,鈥 said Bart Hale 鈥04. 鈥淚 never [鈥June 1, 2015
April Bailey 鈥14 began studying gender and power dynamics at Colgate, in classrooms and in the lab with Spencer Kelly, professor of psychology and neuroscience. Now a PhD student in the social psychology program at Yale, Bailey has already published the first paper of her career. Titled 鈥淧icture power: Gender versus body language in perceived dominance,鈥 [鈥May 28, 2015
It started with one student standing to thank her family for their support at the inaugural First-Generation Luncheon during commencement weekend. 鈥淚 think I鈥檓 here to thank you, not just for your sacrifices in the past four years, but for everything you鈥檝e done in my life,鈥 said the political science major from the Bronx, N.Y.May 27, 2015
During commencement exercises yesterday, 海角社区 extended congratulations to the Class of 2015, family members cheered, and seniors enjoyed one final class together as undergraduates. The lesson came in three parts. First, President Jeffrey Herbst reflected on America鈥檚 cultural obsession with being busy and asked students to reconsider how they answer the simple question, 鈥淗ow are [鈥May 18, 2015
When Rev. Gay Clark Jennings 鈥74 was a student in Colgate鈥檚 first graduating class of women, she was part of historic change. A varsity volleyball player, she pressed the university鈥檚 president for equal medical benefits for female athletes under Title IX; investigated grocery store price gouging in Madison County鈥檚 poorest areas; and marched against the [鈥May 18, 2015
Today, Colgate sends 732 freshly minted alumni into the world. Valedictorian is John Robert Murphy of Bainbridge Island, Wash., graduating with a 4.10, summa cum laude, with high honors in international relations. Salutatorian, with 4.03 GPA is Ariel Elizabeth Sherry of Needham, Mass, a psychology and religion double major. Sherry also earned summa cum laude [鈥May 17, 2015