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It was a season to remember, the �Ա���Ƶ football team’s 2003 run to the national championship game. The Raiders won their first 15 games of that special season – three in the NCAA playoffs – before falling to Delaware in the Division I-AA title game. More than 3,500 Raiders supporters braved snow squalls and frigid […]

(Editors Note — This story was written by John Painter, director of athletic communications. Contact him by email (jpainter@colgate.edu) or phone (315-228-7566) for information about Tuesday’s 1 p.m. news conference.) �Ա���Ƶ’s winningest head football coach has announced his retirement after 18 stellar seasons and seven Patriot League titles, leaving behind a legacy of championship play, […]

�Ա���Ƶ’s NCAA graduate success rate was 98 percent for the second year in a row, putting the Raiders in a tie for best in the Patriot League and fourth in the nation, behind only Brown, Dartmouth, and Notre Dame. This is according to NCAA data, compiling the four-class average of student-athletes that entered their schools from 2003-06.

Update: For the story, click here.  �Ա���Ƶ’s football team is hosting a 6-year-old cancer survivor in an effort to raise money for research.  The Raiders’ chapter of Uplifting Athletes will celebrate Colin Hayward and his family this afternoon for a team practice session at Andy Kerr Stadium. Hayward is a survivor of the rare cerebro-spinal […]

�Ա���Ƶ’s proposed new athletic facility received final approval Saturday from the university’s Board of Trustees to begin the design phase. The trustees announced that the facility, featuring the new home of �Ա���Ƶ ice hockey, along with locker room facilities for both soccer and lacrosse, will be constructed on the site of the current Van Doren […]

Neither distance, nor rain, nor attacking bulldogs could keep the �Ա���Ƶ community from enjoying homecoming weekend, September 19–22. The university rolled out the maroon carpet for more than 900 alumni, parents, and friends. Coordinated for the first time by �Ա���Ƶ’s Office of Alumni Relations, the weekend harnessed a series of events planned by departments across […]

�Ա���Ƶ Director of Athletics Victoria M. Chun ’91 MA ’94 was recognized as a Sports Business Weekly Game Changer for 2013. Chun said she never imagined that 26 years after coming to �Ա���Ƶ she would be running the school’s athletics department. The entire �Ա���Ƶ community is proud of Chun’s achievements. Read the full story here. Please […]

An Inside Higher Education article titled “Tweet Smart, Tweet Often” talks about the social media strategy for athletes at �Ա���Ƶ. “People who use social media should have a goal,” said �Ա���Ƶ’s Manager of Media Communications Matt Hames. “…Use Twitter, use social media in a positive way. Understand that you have a goal. Think of […]

Fernando J. Canales, the Mark S. Randall head coach of men’s and women’s swimming at �Ա���Ƶ, has been asked to be the personal coach of three-time Olympic medalist Yannick Agnel of France during the upcoming World Championships in Barcelona, Spain.

The Year of ’13 ain’t over until it’s over, so �Ա���Ƶ is planning a homecoming party fit for this once-in-a-century celebration, September 19–22. On Saturday, September 21, the Raiders football team takes on the Yale Bulldogs at Andy Kerr Stadium. Before and after kickoff, the Office of Alumni Relations will partner with groups across campus […]