| Colgate Third Century Campaign

Colgate University has announced the creation of a new endowed professorship, made possible through a $2.5 million gift from Mark S. Siegel ’73. The Mark S. Siegel University Professorship will always be held by the provost and dean of the faculty at Colgate and thus will be held by Colgate’s current provost and dean of the faculty, Lesleigh Cushing. In addition to being the Mark S. Siegel University Professor and provost and dean of the faculty, Cushing is also professor of Jewish studies and professor of religion.

Massive steel girders surrounded by scaffolding and shadowed by mammoth cranes are easily viewable to any passing motorist on 12B in Hamilton. But that work is a small snapshot of the many construction and renovation projects now underway, or recently completed, on the campus of Colgate University.

Take a small glimpse into the status of these projects and learn a little about some of the college’s future plans as Colgate strives to cement its place as a leading American liberal arts college for the century ahead.

Benton Center for Creativity and Innovation

As Colgate’s 2022–23 fiscal year end approached in June, Assistant Dean for Administrative Advising Doug Chiarello ’98 didn’t just want to support financial aid — he wanted to encourage others to do the same.

Colgate’s Community Garden recently received a total of $110,000 to help fund the addition of a greenhouse and an electric golf cart to transport compost materials. The greenhouse will be open before the 2024 growing season and will support the community garden as both an educational space and source of food for campus and local families.

Members of the Colgate community gathered on Saturday, May 27 to celebrate recent renovations to the Seven Oaks golf course and dedicate the new Applegate Family Clubhouse.

With the receipt of a $20 million gift toward the Colgate Commitment from John K. Hoyns ’76, Colgate University has raised more than half of the $1 billion goal set for the Campaign for the Third Century.

In recent months, several Colgate alumni have contributed major gifts to arts, creativity, and innovation initiatives within the Third-Century Plan, helping the Campaign for the Third Century advance toward its ambitious $1 billion goal.

Conversations With Colgate Leaders, the live broadcast featuring members of the Colgate University administration, continued on Feb. 17 with Provost and Dean of the Faculty Lesleigh Cushing.

Colgate Day, Jan. 13, President Brian W. Casey fielded questions from alumni during the first in a series of live conversations on YouTube. The discussion focused on the University’s Third-Century transformation, where it stands, and where it is headed.