Colgate University

Colgate University is an elite, private liberal arts college located in the Town of Hamilton in Madison County, New York.

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Academics

Colgate offers 51 majors leading to a B.A., all of which are registered officially with the New York State Education Department. These include several languages, most sciences, a strong geology department, an equally strong economics dept., as well as Peace Studies, Political Science and other usual majors.

In addition to the courses, the university offers several study groups, leading students to (among others) Australia, London, legislative offices in Washington, DC, the National Institute of Health and the high seas. About 95% of seniors graduate, and most alumni proceed to graduate schools in law, administration, engineering, medicine, the arts and the sciences, as well as to financial, administrative or scientific occupations. There is hardly a walk of life where alumni of Colgate University are not represented. However, a significant clustering is in the media business and the life and earth sciences.

Athletics

Colgate is part of NCAA Division I for all sports except football, which is Division I-AA. The athletic teams are called the "Raiders," and the team colors are maroon, gray, and white. Colgate plays as part of either the Patriot League or the Eastern College Athletic Conference Hockey League, depending on the sport.

For much of its history, Colgate's sports teams were called the "Red Raiders." The origin of the name is disputed -- some claim it was in reference to the school color, maroon, while others say that it was a reference to the team's ability to defeat its much larger rival, the Cornell University "Big Red." In the 1970s, the school debated changing the name because of concerns that it was offensive to Native Americans. At that time the name was kept, but the mascot was changed from a Native American to a hand holding a torch. In 2001, a group of students approached the administration with the concern that the name "Red Raiders" still implied a Native American mascot. The school agreed to drop the word "Red" from the team name starting in the 2001-02 school year; however, its has been revealed that the "Red" moniker was a reference to the Vikings, yet it has not been reattached to the nickname.

In the 2003 season, for the first time, the Raiders made it to the NCAA I-AA championship game in football, where they lost to the University of Delaware. Their season record was 15-1.

Facts (as of 2005)

  • Number of Students - 2800 (51% women)
  • Student-Faculty Ratio - 11:1
  • Ranked in the top 20 best liberal-arts colleges in the USA by U.S. News and World Report
    • Ranked #16 (http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/libartco/tier1/t1libartco_brief.php) as of 2005
  • President - Rebecca S. Chopp
  • Tuition / Tuition, Fees, Room and Board - $32,885/$41,170
  • Radio Station - WRCU (http://wrcu.colgate.edu)
  • Colgate's student newspaper, The Colgate Maroon-News, is the oldest college weekly in America. The Colgate Maroon was founded in 1868, and merged with The Colgate News in 1991 to form the Maroon-News.
  • The Colgate Thirteen (all-male a cappella group) was founded in 1942 in a split from the University Glee Club and is the country's third oldest. Notably, The "13" performed the National Anthem at Super Bowl XIII.
  • Konosioni, senior honor society, was founded in 1936 by joining rival senior societies Gorgan's Head and Skull and Scroll. The society honors outstanding achievement in co-curricular activities and the spirit of Colgate. Each year 26 men and women are peer-selected for membership.

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