Colgate University

Colgate is a highly selective residential liberal arts institution distinguished by academic excellence and interdisciplinary inquiry.

With small classes and a strong emphasis on faculty-student interaction, we help students become thoughtful, critical thinkers and perceptive leaders. Critical to this goal is residence in a community that values all forms of intellectual rigor.

This means fostering diversity of thought and action by offering 54 majors and numerous minors and a Liberal Arts Core Curriculum that has been recognized as one of the most ambitious and elegant general education programs in the country. Additionally, our students contribute to a vibrant campus culture that complements and expands on the knowledge created in our classrooms and labs.

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Amanda Brown '15 raises tens of thousands for children in Nepal

Ten minutes. That's all it took to raise more than $30,000 for my fledgling non-profit organization, a U.S. branch of Children and Youth First. That works out to about $50 a second.

Community Service - 2015 Jun 30

Katelyn Parker '16 helps the Lake Moraine community

Katelyn Parker '16 is putting her double major in environmental studies and geography into practice this summer as a Field School Fellow with the Lake Moraine Association. She is working on several projects that aim to limit the spread of Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) into the lake, which is about three miles north of the Colgate University campus.

Community Service - 2015 Jun 25

2015 Newman Civic Fellow

Newman Civic Fellows represent the next generation of public problem solvers and civic leaders. They serve as national examples of the role that higher education can--and does--play in building a better world.

Community Service - 2015 Mar 27