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Illustrations by Bernie Freytag Colgate is the top liberal arts college in the Northeast and 25 on the Wall Street Journal/ College Pulse’s 2025 Best Colleges in the U.S. Amira Diamond ’95 won the 2024 Heinz Award for the Environment for her commitment to empowering women-led climate initiatives and eco-enterprises. A new digital loom in Bernstein Hall can read digital graphics and recreate them through stitch work. Professor Carrie Keating (psychological and brain sciences) was the 2024 recipient of the Jerome Balmuth Award for Teaching. Colgate was named to The Princeton Review’s 2024 Best Value Colleges. Wellness Wednesdays: Chapel House…

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A Writer’s Passion, Rediscovered It’s been nearly 20 years since my freshman year at Colgate, which is when I first met Jennifer Brice. I had yet to formally study the craft of writing, and Jennifer, in her patient and persistent way, urged our class to dig deeper, ask the difficult questions, and see where those led us. Her memoir Unlearning to Fly was published during my junior year, and I remember devouring it. Each sentence was beautifully rendered. Under Jennifer’s supportive guidance, I learned to bend painful experiences and explorations into the art of creative nonfiction. I’ve spent the last…

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