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• Colgate University is a private liberal arts undergraduate college. Its athletic teams are members of the Patriot League.

• Fast Facts

  1. Established: 1819
  2. Location: Hamilton, New York
  3. President: Rebecca S. Chopp
  4. Faculty: Approximately 300
  5. Nickname: Raiders
  6. Acceptance Rate: 27%
  7. Motto: "Deo Ac Veritati"-Latin, meaning "For God and for truth"
  8. Fight Song: Fight,Fight,Fight for Dear Old Colgate
  9. Current Weather: Hamilton

• History

  Colgate University was established in 1891. The institution was known as the Baptist Education society. The university would change names to Madison University in 1846 and then finally Colgate university in 1890.Colgate.edu: History and Traiditons

  As of 2008, the college has approximately 2,750 undergraduate students, with 51 different programs.Colgate.edu: About Colgate

• Notable Alumni

  • Andy Rooney
  • Bob Woodruff
  • Howard Fineman
  • Adonal Foyle
  • Andy McDonald
  • Jamaal Branch
  • Bob Balaban
  • Joe Berlinger
  • Jay Chandrasekhar
  • Broken Lizard
  • Chris Paine

• Mission Statement

  "Colgate's mission is to provide a demanding, expansive educational experience to a select group of diverse, talented, intellectually sophisticated students who are capable of challenging themselves, their peers, and their teachers in a setting that brings together living and learning. The purpose of the university is to develop wise, thoughtful, critical thinkers and perceptive leaders by encouraging young men and women to fulfill their potential through residence in a community that values all forms of intellectual rigor and respects the complexity of human understanding." Colgate.edu: The Mission Statement Colgate University

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