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The Colgate Alumni Club of NYC had 13 volunteers pack meals with God\u2019s Love We Deliver, which provides medically tailored meals to New Yorkers, along with their families and caregivers, free of charge. The group prepared more than 500 meals. Back (L to R): McKenzie Perkins \u201922, Ingrid Eicher \u201914, Frances Lippa \u201976, Meg Sadera \u201918, Michela Hendell \u201918, Nikhil Bahal \u201925, McKenna Dalton \u201925, Andre Stephenson \u201918, Natalie Rozman \u201920. Front (L to R): Katelyn Colman \u201918, Logan Sundberg \u201922, Stephanie Michas \u201919, Mary Grygier \u201924.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Both the children of Colgate alumni, Matt Hurley \u201912 and Abbie Smitka married in Glaslough, Ireland, Oct. 13, 2025. Back (L to R): Mike McMaster \u201911, Jim Howe \u201973, Caitlin Wallace \u201911, Claire Maggiotto \u201912, Alex Pickett \u201911, James Swanson \u201971, Jamis Bruening \u201913, John Smitka \u201970, Connor Cunningham \u201913, Brendan Karson \u201913, Graham Tooker \u201912, Andrew Greene \u201912, Chris Crane \u201912, Andrew Gorman \u201912, Owen Myers \u201913. Front (L to R): Trevor Vincent \u201911, Harry Raymond \u201911, Andrea Hackett \u201913, Barbara Constantz \u201979, Amelia Bormann \u201979, Abbie Hurley (n\u00e9e Smitka), Matt Hurley \u201912, Dan Hurley \u201912, Becky (Bair) \u201981 Hurley, Chris Hurley \u201981, Billie Pritzker \u201912, Elizabeth Bloom \u201912, Sam Worth \u201911.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Geneva Study Group\u2019s student and alumni gathering in Paris at the 16th century Saint Sulpice Church; second on far left is Lithuanian ambassador to France Arnoldas Pranckevicius \u201902, fourth from left is history professor Ray Douglas, and on far right is Axel Krause \u201956, co-founder and head of the Colgate Alumni Club of Paris.

\u2192Email your photos, either of yourself or with other Colgaters, showing off your maroon to: magazine@colgate.edu.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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