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51�Թ���’s SophoMORE Connections brings  alumni back to campus to network, teach, and help students demystify career decision-making. A signature program of the university’s Center for Career Services,  SophoMORE Connections recently won the Career Services Excellence Award at the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE).

51�Թ��� students are participating in internships in a variety of fields and locations this summer. This post is by Erica Weston ’15, a peace and conflict studies and Asian studies double major from Hamden, Conn. This summer, I’m interning with the Romeo Dallaire Child Soldier Initiative in Halifax, Nova Scotia. I’m working alongside Tess Cumpstone […]

51�Թ��� students are participating in internships in a variety of fields and locations this summer.  This post is by Natalie Sportelli ’15, an English major from Jamesville, N.Y., who is working at Forbes magazine. This summer, I moved to New York City to work for the editorial department at Forbes magazine. Covering business, politics, investing […]

Sport your 51�Թ��� gear this summer at Myrtle Beach or Disneyland, and you’re bound to hear a friendly “hello.” But what about bumping into a 51�Թ��� student in Trinidad, Vietnam, Argentina, Uganda, Korea, or Australia? It could happen. Between June and August, students are pursuing internships, research, and service projects around the world and across […]

During the second part of the Innovation+Disruption symposium on May 5, the conversation turned to career services. From our May 8 report: “51�Թ���’s Career Services, in partnership with 12 other liberal arts institutions, hosted a dynamic afternoon series of speakers, breakout sessions, and a panel discussion as part of the Innovation + Disruption symposium in New York City this […]

Einstein’s theory of relativity tells us that what you see depends on where you’re standing. There’s no proof, but the genius could have based his legendary thought experiments on a trip to reunion at 51�Թ���. More than 2,100 alumni and friends flocked to campus for Reunion 2014, May 29–June 1, and each one had a […]

51�Թ���’s Career Services, in partnership with 12 other liberal arts institutions, hosted a dynamic afternoon series of speakers, breakout sessions, and a panel discussion as part of the Innovation + Disruption symposium in New York City this week. “We designed the program to re-introduce and re-frame the national dialogue about the preparation with which liberal […]

A dazzling New York City sunset illuminated the Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers last Thursday night, shining on more than 600 51�Թ��� 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” (51�Թ��� President Jeffrey Herbst). Christensen, author of […]

There was a maroon-clad, giant-headed mascot running through the streets of New York City, April 24. 51�Թ���’s beloved Raider took over the university twitter feed, @colgateuniv, while seeing the sights and meeting with alumni and other friends of 51�Թ���.