Today's Events

Today's Events
Throughout the weekend, enjoy performances, workshops, and receptions with faculty, students, and campus guests that underscore Colgate's Third-Century commitment to arts, creativity, and innovation.

Today's Events | Case-Geyer Library
National Poetry Month, launched by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, is an annual celebration in April that aims to highlight the importance of poetry and poets in American culture, encouraging people to read, write, and share poetry.The University Libraries, in collaboration with The Upstate Institute and the Adirondack Center for Writing, will be circulating a poetry machine throughout the Village of Hamilton in April.Pay attention the next time you’re at Case-Geyer, Flour & Salt, MOMs, or the Hamilton Public Library. You might encounter the ACW’s Poetry Machine.The Poetry Machine is an old capsule machine, the kind you might spend two quarters to get a bouncy ball, sticky hand, or small plastic alien from in the vestibule of a convenience store. With our machine, you can get your very own poem (for free—no quarters necessary).Inside the Poetry Machine are 10 different poems. Each one features a unique style of poetry, including haiku, cento, epistolary, list, ode, ekphrasis, prose poem, how-to, erasure, and cut-up.If you want to "check out" more poetry, visit the poetry display on the third floor of Case-Geyer.

Today's Events | Lawrence Hall, 305
Stop by for Morning Meditation with Jeff McArn, Chapel House program coordinator.

Today's Events | Lawrence Hall, 305
Join Jeff McArn, Chapel House Program Coordinator, for sitting meditation to begin your day breathing in a fresh start.

Today's Events | Alumni Hall, 2nd floor
This exhibition, curated by 10 students in the fall 2024 semester of MUSE 300: Museum Curating, features the themes of textiles and weaving. Showcasing works from the Longyear Museum of Anthropology’s basket and world textile collections, this exhibition explores the incredible amount of labor and skill that goes into creating woven art. The exhibition takes a comparative view of textiles from around the world, introducing the community significance of different designs and individual stylistic choices. The exhibition discusses how fiber art forms have changed as local and global markets develop, as well as the role that clothing can play in displays of nationalism and politics. Ultimately, Unraveled aims to inspire viewers to consider the benefits of hand-crafted works and foster an appreciation for the people behind the woven things we use and love each and every day.The exhibition features several new acquisitions, including three new works acquired from the Jalabil Maya women’s weaving collective during their artist residency last fall. It also features pieces on loan from our student curators, highlighting the significance of weaving and textile arts in their lives.Student Curators:Leila Bekaert ’25 Oscar Brown ‘26 Kegan Foley ‘26 Emma Herwig ‘25 Bri Liddell ‘25 Gloria Liu ‘26 Meg McClenahan ‘25 Anna Miksis ‘25 Blanca Rivas ‘25 Aleksia Taci ‘25 Professor/Curator: Rebecca Mendelsohn

Today's Events | Picker Art Gallery, Dana Arts Center, 2nd floor
A Thought Is A Thread: Contemporary Artists Reworking Textile TraditionsMetaphors using the language of textiles are part of everyday idiomatic English: we follow threads on social media; storytellers weave tales or spin fantastic yarns; friend groups might be close-knit and and we might tie ourselves in knots trying to navigate complex situations. The history of textiles is intimately tied to the development of human societies. Weaving is at the same time one of the earliest human technological advancements, the foundation upon which modern industrial nations were built, and the basis for the computing revolution.A Thought Is A Thread brings together works by leading artists who investigate what textiles can still reveal about people and their relationships to each other, to themselves, and to language, land, and the future. Artworks by Faig Ahmed, Sanford Biggers, Diedrick Brackens, Melissa Cody, Suzanne Husky, Joy Ray, and Jordan Nassar present intertwining narratives that both cherish and complicate the web of meanings that emerge when traditional textile arts are given contemporary expression.Debuting at our opening, Picker Art Gallery welcomes members of the Colgate community to partake in Yarnival, a collaborative art experience. Yarnival will be on view and available for participation during the exhibition run of A Thought is a Thread, through May 18, 2025, in the upper atrium of the Dana Arts Center. Please stay tuned to our social media channels and website for more details on how to participate.A Thought Is A Thread is partially supported by funding from The Friends of Picker Art Gallery.

Today's Events | Little Hall, Clifford Gallery (101 Little Hall)
Through an ongoing series of community conversations, the artist and architect Suchi Reddy has been in dialog with students, faculty, staff and townspeople throughout the 2024-2025 academic year to learn about the ways in which our encounters with reflection and misreflection in physical and digital spaces contribute to our experience of bias and belonging. A culmination of the year's conversations, Bias and Belonging poetically reframes the Colgate community's embodied experience of belonging in woven, textual and digital forms. Bias and Belonging is the latest iteration of Reddy's ongoing exploration into embodied states of being that reflect our individual and collective experience as we code switch and transform in evolving environments both digital and physical.Presented by the Art Department and the Christian A. Johnson Foundation*.Join us for the exhibition opening reception and gallery talk Friday, April 4, 4 p.m. (part of Arts, Creativity, and Innovation Weekend 2025).*The Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation Artist-in-Residence was established in 1986 as a challenge grant in support of the arts at Colgate. The residency program permits one or more artists to become part of the Colgate community every academic year.*Please note: Weekend hours are dependent on the availability of student monitors. If driving a distance, please contact the department (315-228-7633), during regular working hours, to ensure the gallery will be open. The gallery is not open during university breaks and holidays.

Today's Events | Case-Geyer Library, Batza Room
Dear Campus Community members,The Helping Others in Distress workshop is designed to assist members of the Colgate community in responding to someone with mental health difficulties. Mental health counselors will provide insights into common mental health struggles and provide practical skills to help you navigate challenging interactions.What will you learn?Signs and symptoms of mental distressSteps to take to approach someone you're concerned aboutStrategies to manage a possible crisisResources to refer someone to professional or self-helpJoin us on Friday, April 4, from 12:15 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. in the Case Library, Batza RoomRegister here.Please note: This workshop will be limited to the first 35 people that register and a light lunch will be provided.Helpful on-line resources about this topic are available at these links: Faculty/Staff: Red Folder and Students: Maroon FolderSincerely,Counseling and Psychological Services

Today's Events | Chapel House, Music Room
For Colgate faculty, staff, students, and community members who knit, crochet, or stitch, or just enjoy meandering conversation—please join us in the Chapel House Music Room at noon on Fridays. Bring your lunch, beverages are provided!

Today's Events | Bernstein Hall, First floor lobby
Drop into the welcome center in the first floor of Bernstein Hall to pick up your nametag and printed program. Refreshments will be available.This event is a part of Arts, Creativity, and Innovation Weekend. View the full schedule.

Today's Events | Case-Geyer Library, Batza Room
Dear Campus Community members,The Helping Others in Distress workshop is designed to assist members of the Colgate community in responding to someone with mental health difficulties. Mental health counselors will provide insights into common mental health struggles and provide practical skills to help you navigate challenging interactions.What will you learn?Signs and symptoms of mental distressSteps to take to approach someone you're concerned aboutStrategies to manage a possible crisisResources to refer someone to professional or self-helpJoin us on Friday, April 4, from 12:15 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. in the Case Library, Batza RoomRegister here.Please note: This workshop will be limited to the first 35 people that register and a light lunch will be provided.Helpful on-line resources about this topic are available at these links: Faculty/Staff: Red Folder and Students: Maroon FolderSincerely,Counseling and Psychological Services

Today's Events | Hamilton, N.Y., Eaton Street Softball Complex
Colgate University Softball vs Lafayette TV: ESPN+ Streaming Video: https://www.espn.com/search/_/q/colgate/o/watch/appearance

Today's Events | McGregory Hall, 103
The vice president and dean of the college is the university’s senior student affairs officer with responsibility for the following departments and programs: administrative advising, campus safety, career services, the COVE, the dean of students, First@Colgate, international student services, residential life, counseling and psychological services, student health services, student conduct, wellness, student involvement, fraternity and sorority advising, environmental health and safety, emergency management, and other services that support student learning.The dean of the college, Dr. Paul J. McLoughlin II, welcomes the opportunity to discuss questions and concerns, to provide advice or to talk through an issue.Dean McLoughlin offers office hours for students on Friday afternoons throughout the semester. Contact Michele Carney at 315-228-7425 (mcarney@colgate.edu) to reserve a time.

Today's Events | Colgate Memorial Chapel
Join the Muslim Student Association for Jummah in the Chapel.

Today's Events | Drake Hall, Tunnel - Free Store
Spring 2025 Dates:Open Tuesdays from 4:30 p.m. - 5:30pm and Fridays from 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.Open from Jan. 24 to May 2Anticipated Closures:March 14March 18March 21Located under the Drake Hall Tunnel, the Free Store is an initiative by Colgate's Office of Sustainability that aims to reduce landfill waste of usable goods, while increasing equitable access to items students need. We accept donations from during open hours, clean and weigh the items, and "sell" them for free in our small store setting. Items include: clothing hangers, hampers, soft storage, books, clothing, shoes, kitchen supplies, and more.Donations Now accepting donations! To donate, please see our accepted items below and bring your clean, usable items during open store hours only. Please do not leave donations outside of the Free Store during closed hours.Accepted Items:ClothingShoesHangersBeddingTowelsSchool SuppliesKitchen SuppliesSmall Functional ElectronicsLamps & FansMirrorsClean Waste BinsLaundry HampersShower CaddiesDorm DecorationsSmall FurnitureMini-fridges & MicrowavesNot Accepted Items:Damaged or Stained ClothingBroken or Overused ItemsLarge Furniture Food (take it to the food pantries instead) Mattress ToppersUsed Makeup and medicationsUndergarments and socksImportant Shopping Notes:All Colgate students are invited to shop and donate.Only 5 people are permitted in the Free Store at a time.Only take 6 items per person per day. Only 1 of the 6 can be a red-tagged (high-value)All items are completely free.Check out with Free Store staff before leaving! We only take the item number to track our inventory and do not collect any personal information.Be excited that you are preventing landfill waste on campus!Please email sustainability@colgate.edu with any questions.

Today's Events | McGregory Hall, 121
The dean of students encourages and supports students’ success by providing opportunities for co-curricular learning and extracurricular experiences to enhance students’ holistic development. Through collaboration with the ALANA Cultural Center, the Office of LGBTQ+ Initiatives, the Office of Student Involvement (OSI), the Office of the Chaplains, the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Advising, and the Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, Outreach, and Education (COVE), the dean of students assists in curating the student experience at Colgate.Dean of Students Dorsey Spencer Jr. welcomes the chance to discuss life outside the classroom and embraces opportunities to engage with students regarding their questions, interests, or aspirations. Dean Spencer offers weekly open office hours available to students by appointment.Contact Melissa Helmke-Davie (mhelmkedavie@colgate.edu) to schedule a time.

Today's Events | Digital Learning and Media Center (DLMC), Case-Geyer 548
Take your digital art to the next level in this hands-on session focused on advanced image manipulation techniques. Explore blending tools,and AI-driven enhancements to create compelling visuals. Perfect for artists and designers looking to understand the boundaries of what’s currently possible with art and tech currently.

Today's Events | Huntington Gymnasium, Basketball Courts
Join the Residential Commons and the Office of Sustainability for a chance to win big while learning about reducing waste on campus. Participate in each of our six circuit activities to earn raffle ticket entries. Test your trivia, craft a collage, run to sort recycling, and more!Athleticism is not required. The top five raffle winners will take home a houseplant and tumblers.Snacks will be provided for all.This event is eligible for Commons Cup points!

Today's Events | Bernstein Hall
Students from the Benton, AMS, OUS, and Lampert scholars programs will present their research during this poster session.The program will begin with a welcome and opening remarks from the faculty directors followed by brief presentations from the Lampert Scholars, then segue into a poster session featuring the Benton, AMS, and OUS scholars.Refreshments will be served.This event is a part of Arts, Creativity, and Innovation Weekend. View the full schedule.

Today's Events | Bernstein Hall, 214/215
Please join us to celebrate the accomplishments and research of Colgate's AMS, Benton, Lampert, and OUS scholars with discussions and poster presentations. Light refreshments will be provided.Schedulle:2:30 p.m. : Welcome and opening remarks by program faculty directors2:45 p.m.: Discussions with Lampert student scholars3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m: Poster presentations by AMS, Benton and OUS scholars

Today's Events | Little Hall, 114
Alumni in film, media, and the arts will share their career insights and advice with students in this panel organized by Film and Media Studies, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and Career Services.This event is a part of Arts, Creativity, and Innovation Weekend. View the full schedule.

Today's Events | Hamilton, N.Y., Eaton Street Softball Complex
Colgate University Softball vs Lafayette TV: ESPN+ Streaming Video: https://www.espn.com/search/_/q/colgate/o/watch/appearance

Today's Events | Little Hall, 201
You bring an idea or two, and our writing workshop will help you turn them into the first pages of a manuscript. Don't have any ideas? Don't worry: we'll come with a list of prompts to help you get started.Facilitated by our Creative Writing faculty members, you'll pair up with a student to generate new pieces of writing. You'll also learn about and have the chance to apply to the Colgate Writers Conference — an intimate summer gathering in June that has nurtured writers of all levels for nearly thirty years.This event is a part of Arts, Creativity, and Innovation Weekend. View the full schedule.

Today's Events | Alumni Hall, Longyear Museum of Anthropology
Join the museums and galleries threaded across Colgate’s campus to learn about the colorants, dyes, and technological aspects of weaving in a color-based gallery crawl!At each of the four participating galleries, learn about colorants and dyes present in our woven artworks from Colgate students and Museum Ambassadors. Make sure to pick up a Happy Hour Color Crawl Passport, and have it stamped at each of the galleries to enter a raffle, and win a weaving-based prize. Finish the Happy Hour Color Crawl at the opening of the Suchi Reddy exhibition at Clifford Gallery in Little Hall, where color-based mocktails will be available based on the four participating galleries.Progress at your own pace between museums and galleries. Recommended route: Wynn Hall (first floor), Longyear Museum of Anthropology (Alumni Hall, second floor), Picker Art Gallery (Dana Arts Center, second floor), and finishing at Clifford Gallery (101 Little Hall)This event is a part of Arts, Creativity, and Innovation Weekend. View the full schedule.

Today's Events | Bernstein Hall, 102, The Vault
This immersive, multi-camera installation will combine projections and live movement, through a collaboration between two classes on filmmaking and dance imagery and improvisation.

Today's Events | Little Hall, Clifford Gallery (101 Little Hall)
Join us for the exhibition opening reception for Suchi Reddy's Bias and Belonging.Through an ongoing series of community conversations, the artist and architect Suchi Reddy has been in dialog with students, faculty, staff and townspeople throughout the 2024-2025 academic year to learn about the ways in which our encounters with reflection and misreflection in physical and digital spaces contribute to our experience of bias and belonging. A culmination of the year's conversations, Bias and Belonging poetically reframes the Colgate community's embodied experience of belonging in woven, textual and digital forms. Bias and Belonging is the latest iteration of Reddy's ongoing exploration into embodied states of being that reflect our individual and collective experience as we code switch and transform in evolving environments both digital and physical.Presented by the Art Department and the Christian A. Johnson Foundation. The Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation Artist-in-Residence was established in 1986 as a challenge grant in support of the arts at Colgate. The residency program permits one or more artists to become part of the Colgate community every academic year.This event is a part of Arts, Creativity, and Innovation Weekend.

Today's Events | Chapel House, Meditation Hall
Join our Yoga Sun Salutation session led by Aastha Ghimire '27, who is certified by the Nepal Yoga Academy.

Today's Events | Chapel House, Meditation Hall
Join our Yoga Sun Salutation session led by Aastha Ghimire '27, who is certified by the Nepal Yoga Academy.

Today's Events | Little Hall, First Floor Foyer
Students, alumni, and campus guests are invited to connect during this networking hour, held immediately following a series of arts career panels in 119 Bernstein Hall.This event will be held concurrently with the opening reception for Suchi Reddy's Bias and Belonging exhibition at the Clifford Gallery.Refreshments will be served.For those planning to attend the Global Leaders keynote: the Colgate Shuttle will make stops outside Bernstein Hall at 5:13 p.m. and 5:45 p.m. with drop-offs outside Frank Dining Hall at 5:15 p.m. and 5:47 p.m., respectively.This event is a part of Arts, Creativity, and Innovation Weekend. View the full schedule.

Today's Events | Saperstein Jewish Center
All are invited to join the Colgate Jewish Union for a vibrant Shabbat service followed by a delicious dinner.

Today's Events | Colgate Memorial Chapel
Netflix co-founder and former CEO Marc Randolph will deliver the keynote address during Colgate University’s Arts, Creativity, and Innovation Weekend.This event is a part of Arts, Creativity, and Innovation Weekend.Watch the livestreamView the full schedule

Today's Events | Ho Tung Visualization Lab, 401 Ho Science Center
Vast. Wild. Magical. The Arctic is not just one of the planet’s greatest natural spectacles, it’s a place with global ecological importance that has supported Indigenous communities and diverse ecosystems for generations.Narrated by Indigenous film producer Princess Daazhraii Johnson (Neet'saii Gwich'in) with National Geographic photographer Florian Schulz, The Arctic: Our Last Great Wilderness roams the 19.6 million acres of what is currently known as the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.Follow the elusive 200,000-strong Porcupine caribou herd as it migrates to the Arctic Coastal Plain, one of the longest animal migrations on Earth. Meet the polar bears, musk oxen, wolves, golden eagles, and people who call this area home. Experience the adventure of The Arctic, and learn why this remarkable land deserves our protection.

Today's Events | Donovan's Pub
Join the Concert Jazz Ensemble in Donovan's Pub for a selection of dynamic and delightful jazz repertoire along with complimentary snacks to defrost from the winter and hop into spring!