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Health Analytics Team Seeks To Keep Community Informed Through Online Dashboard

Health Analytics Team Seeks To Keep Community Informed Through Online Dashboard

Josie Rozzelle and Lalana Sharma September 9, 2020

Since the University’s Health Analytics Team (HAT) publicly released the Health Analytics Dashboard with Colgate Metrics online, the web page has been viewed over 21,000 times as of Friday morning.  Formed...

Konosioni and CSC Hold 13 Days of Education on Anti-Racism During Universal Quarantine

Konosioni and CSC Hold 13 Days of Education on Anti-Racism During Universal Quarantine

Eva Wen, Commentary Editor September 9, 2020

The Colgate Konosioni Senior Honor Society and Colgate Student Coalition (CSC) kick-started 13 Days of Education on Aug. 27, an anti-racism event series scheduled to take place virtually throughout Colgate’s...

Fall Semester Classes Taught Through Variety of Instruction Methods Following Universal Quarantine

Fall Semester Classes Taught Through Variety of Instruction Methods Following Universal Quarantine

Ani Arzoumanian, Assistant Baker's Dozen Editor September 6, 2020

After last spring semester was abruptly cut short as a result of the fast-spreading COVID-19 virus and its threat to the health and safety of the Colgate community, students have now begun the fall semester...

Hamilton Businesses Adapt to Influx of Students in Hamilton, Provide Delivery Options During Quarantine

Hamilton Businesses Adapt to Influx of Students in Hamilton, Provide Delivery Options During Quarantine

Kirby Goodman, Multimedia Manager September 4, 2020

After losing their most profitable spring months when students were sent home in March and the COVID-19 pandemic sent the country into lockdown, Hamilton business owners say they have mixed feelings with...

Moving in During COVID-19: Family Goodbyes on Whitnall and Two-Hour Arrival Windows Among Colgates Procedures

Moving in During COVID-19: Family Goodbyes on Whitnall and Two-Hour Arrival Windows Among Colgate’s Procedures

Ignacio Villar, Baker's Dozen Editor August 31, 2020

Move-in day looked a little different for Colgate University’s fall 2020 semester; with the COVID-19 pandemic still ongoing in the United States, Colgate made changes to its move-in day procedures to...

Arts traditions including Dancefest, that draws crowds filling the Memorial each semester, must make drastic changes amid the pandemic regulations on campus.

Beloved Arts Traditions Adjust Plans Due to COVID-19

Andrew Choi, Class of 2024 August 30, 2020

Although Colgate has authorized students to come to campus for in-person instruction, events will be carried out differently this semester due to COVID-19. Events like orientation have already moved fully...

A first-year student checks in after arriving to campus. All students picked up a welcome bag including two Colgate masks, a thermometer and hand sanitizer before beginning the mandatory quarantine until Sept. 8.

Colgate Welcomes the Class of 2024 Through Fully Virtual Orientation

Andrew Choi, Class of 2024 August 29, 2020

Colgate welcomed 802 students from an applicant pool of 8,582 to the class of 2024, a decrease from last year's pool of nearly 10,000.  However, the first-year class that arrived on campus last week or...

100 Percent Increase in Deferred Enrollments for 2020-21 Academic Year

100 Percent Increase in Deferred Enrollments for 2020-21 Academic Year

Camden Di Carlo, Class of 2024 August 26, 2020

Twenty-eight students chose to defer their enrollment this year at Colgate. The number of deferrals is equivalent to over 3 percent of the incoming class, and marks a 100 percent increase when compared...

Students participate in socially distant exercise class during daily supervised outdoor time.

Students Concerned Over Mental and Physical Health During Mandatory Quarantine

Max Boubin, Class of 2024 August 26, 2020

According to a campus-wide email sent by President Brian Casey and Vice President and Dean of the College Paul McLoughlin on Wednesday, July 29, all students are required to remain in their residences...

Understanding the Freshman Psyche

Understanding the Freshman Psyche

Carly Spellman, Class of 2024 August 23, 2020

Having been raised on headlines of school shootings and partisan tensions, the class of 2024 harbors anxiety like none other. Now, that anxiety is compounded further by COVID-19. As faculty and upperclassmen ...

Konosioni Raises Nearly Two Thousand Dollars For Madison County Residents Struggling During COVID-19 Pandemic

Konosioni Raises Nearly Two Thousand Dollars For Madison County Residents Struggling During COVID-19 Pandemic

Margo Williams, Maroon-News Staff August 19, 2020

The Konosioni Senior Honor Society raised 1,976 dollars to support Madison County residents with rent, utility, transportation and other costs in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic in a social media campaign...

Many seniors approved to live off campus lease apartments or houses in and around Downtown Hamilton.

Off Campus Seniors Frustrated With Guidance on Arrival and Quarantine

Kirby Goodman, Multimedia Manager August 16, 2020

Seniors living in privately owned off-campus housing in the fall said they were caught off guard by communication they received from Colgate on Monday, Aug. 3 outlining their move-in and quarantine restrictions,...

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