{"id":986,"date":"2019-02-06T09:05:47","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T09:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/?p=986"},"modified":"2019-02-06T02:35:45","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T02:35:45","slug":"13-bits-of-colgate-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/2019\/02\/06\/13-bits-of-colgate-news\/","title":{"rendered":"13 Bits of Colgate News"},"content":{"rendered":"

1<\/span><\/div><\/p>\n

Let there be light: approximately 67,000 twinkling white lights illuminated <\/span>Willow Path<\/span><\/strong> during
\nthe holidays.<\/span><\/p>\n

2<\/span><\/div><\/p>\n

When the Colgate vs. Furman football game was canceled due to Hurricane Florence, the <\/span>Raiders donated<\/span><\/strong> their hotel rooms and meals to storm evacuees.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Illustration<\/a>
Illustrations by Toby Triumph<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

3<\/span><\/div><\/p>\n

The first private institution to host the New York State <\/a><\/span>Sustainability<\/span> Conference<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, Colgate also attracted the highest attendance (300).<\/span><\/p>\n

4<\/span><\/div><\/p>\n

Defensive end <\/span>Pat Afriyie \u201918<\/span><\/strong> signed with the Los Angeles Chargers.<\/span><\/p>\n

5<\/span><\/div><\/p>\n

Professor of Geography<\/a> and Environmental Studies<\/a><\/span> Ellen Percy Kraly<\/span><\/a><\/strong> was one of WCNY\u2019s 2018 Makers: Women Who Make America. Kraly works with refugees both locally and nationally.<\/span>
\n<\/a><\/p>\n

6<\/span><\/div><\/p>\n

In memory of late professor\u00a0<\/span>Bruce Selleck<\/span><\/strong>, friends and colleagues raised money for a maple sugaring operation at Rogers Environmental Education Center in Sherburne, N.Y.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"illustration<\/a><\/p>\n

7<\/span><\/div><\/p>\n

MyinTuition<\/span><\/a><\/strong>, a new Colgate website tool, provides prospective students a reliable estimate of what a family will pay toward college costs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

8<\/span><\/div><\/p>\n

Colgate\u2019s recent agreements with universities in Switzerland, Italy, and Japan<\/a> give students new\u00a0<\/span>study-abroad<\/span><\/strong> opportunities.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Globe<\/a><\/p>\n

9<\/span><\/div><\/p>\n

The Patriot League recently named its Coach of the Year Award for <\/span>Dick Biddle<\/span><\/strong>, who is now retired from Colgate but is still the winningest coach in league history. <\/span><\/p>\n

10<\/span><\/div><\/p>\n

Breakfast of champions: <\/span>Broad Street Diner<\/span><\/strong> opened in Hamilton last fall, serving up biscuits and gravy \u201cjust like mama makes.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span>
\n<\/a>

11<\/span><\/div><\/p>\n

An all-star group of jazz musicians performed arrangements by <\/span>Glenn Cashman<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, associate professor of music<\/a>, on Oct. 21.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Saxophone<\/a><\/p>\n

12<\/span><\/div><\/p>\n

Amy Leventer<\/span><\/a>, the Harold Orville Whitnall Professor of geology<\/a>, received the 2018 Goldthwait Polar Medal for outstanding contributions to polar science. <\/span><\/p>\n

13<\/span><\/div><\/p>\n

The Borough of Manhattan deemed Oct. 4 <\/span>Tracey Hucks<\/span><\/strong> Appreciation Day in honor of her work as an educator, scholar, and administrator. Hucks \u201987, MA \u201990, Colgate\u2019s provost and dean of the faculty<\/a>, is a Harlem native.<\/span><\/p>\n

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