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STATUS REPORT
July 2020l Announced test optional pilot
In May 2019, the Colgate University Board of Trustees, l Decreased barriers to application completion by
removing required essay question from the application
faculty, and Alumni Council approved and endorsed
supplement
The Third-Century Plan, a comprehensive plan that
l Continue to expand prospect pool and improve
seeks to pursue Colgate’s mission at its highest level and applicant conversion with enhanced communications
establish Colgate as one of the very finest undergraduate and development of virtual programming
institutions in the nation.
Faculty – Pre-Tenure Faculty Support
The Third-Century Plan is continually monitored by the Beginning with the faculty cohort hired in the 2019–2020
Board, administration, and faculty to measure progress academic year, pre-tenure faculty members will receive a
calendar-year / four-course leave following a successful
against its goals and to show effort applied in service of
third-year review.
its initiatives. The Status Report provides annual updates
against the plan for the University community. Red text l Hired ten faculty with new leave policies
indicates next steps. l Hired departments’ top candidate in five searches
Faculty – Competitive Teaching Load Planning
SECTION I:
Attracting and Supporting Outstanding Faculty, l Began analysis of teaching load differences across
Students, and Staff divisions and departments
l Assessed several different reduced teaching load
A University is, at its core, the product of the people it attracts models’ effect on departmental curricula
and a union of individuals in service of learning. Truly l Established four-course teaching load for new
talented students, a leading faculty, and professional staff are endowed chairs
all required for Colgate to be among the finest colleges and l Use results of analysis and assessment to determine
universities in the nation. Colgate, therefore, must take those the most effective approach to achieving a competitive
new steps necessary to ensure that it attracts students, faculty, faculty teaching load
and staff of remarkable promise and achievement.
Faculty – Endowed Chair Initiative
Students – The No-Loan Initiative
Expansion of the financial support available to students to l Established initial four Third-Century Endowed
lessen the burden of student debt. Chairs: The Rebecca Chopp Chair in the Humanities;
The Carl Benton Straub ’58 Endowed Chair in
l Admitted Class of 2024 with no loans for students Culture and the Environment; The W. Bradford Wiley
whose family incomes are less than $125,000 Chair in International Economics; The Daniel C.
l Repackaged financial aid with no loans for students in Benton ’80 Endowed Chair in Arts, Creativity, and
classes of 2023, 2022, and 2021 whose family incomes Innovation
are less than $125,000 l Named Constance Harsh the Rebecca Chopp Chair in
l Begin analysis of impact of No-Loan Initiative on yield the Humanities
for Class of 2024 l Named Jason Kawall the Carl Benton Straub ’58 Chair
l Analyze financial aid packaging practices in Culture and the Environment
l Named Chad Sparber the W. Bradford Wiley Chair in
Students – Increase in Applications International Economics
l Named Mary Simonson the Daniel C. Benton ’80
l Developed a six-part plan to increase application Endowed Chair in Arts, Creativity, and Innovation
numbers and application quality l Developed list of potential new endowed chair
l Reformed admission reading and selection process to positions that will strengthen new academic initiatives
focus more on a genuine understanding of a student’s l Work with departments and advancement to prioritize
academic capacity and ability, relying less on test scores potential new endowed chair positions and sequence
l Announced partnership with Questbridge, beginning the fundraising and funding of these chairs
with Class of 2025DEI – Diversity in Faculty Hiring
Colgate seeks to diversify its faculty — to bring to its
l Defined the programming for Middle Campus to be
around four intellectual blocks: a Center for Arts,
SECTION III: l Invested $3.1M in College Street apartment
renovations
Enriching the Student Experience
classrooms, studios, laboratories, and team settings a greater Creativity, and Technology; the Data Center for l Completed six exploratory kitchen and bathroom
range of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. Curricular and Cocurricular Innovation and Design; renovations in College Street apartments for feasibility
Colgate must overtly and explicitly create a deep, clear,
University collections and materials labs; and a Center and scale
and compelling campus culture — nurtured and expressed
l Joined the Consortium for Faculty Diversity (CFD), for Music and Culture l Completed first report of the Third Century
through its residential programs, athletics and other student
a national organization that creates a postdoctoral l Worked with RAMSA/WXY to begin draft capital Residential Planning Committee
activities, ceremonies, and traditions, and the overall campus
pipeline of underrepresented minority candidates to project model l Gathered feedback in partnership with Student
experience. Colgate’s campus culture must foster bonds
selective liberal arts colleges l Identified the Collections Annex as the first project Government Association for the Skyfactor Residential
between students, faculty, and staff while connecting them, in
l Joined the National Center for Faculty Development l Relocated the museum studies minor to a new home in Survey
a meaningful and sustained way, to the institution itself.
and Diversity, an independent professional the interdisciplinary Division of University Studies l Complete Sasaki assessment of Broad Street houses
development, training, and mentoring community for l Appointed Nicolas West, currently curator of the and develop neighborhood plan options
INITIATIVES
faculty members, postdocs, and graduate students at all Picker Art Gallery, and Rebecca Mendelsohn, newly
The Residential Commons System
stages of their careers appointed curator of the Longyear Museum of Career Services and Student Preparation
A Colgate education means all students live the liberal arts,
l Revamped staff search process and strengthened Anthropology, as co-directors of University Museums Colgate should increase students’ access to opportunities to
connecting their Colgate education to where they live. The
administrative assistant oversight l Completed compliance with the Native American build core skills and gain necessary experience by developing
way students live at Colgate shapes their education and their
l Hired Jessica Davenport and Taryn Jordan as first CFD Graves Protection and Repatriation Act by returning ways to offer applicable training to a wide proportion
experiences. It begins with first- and second-year students
post-doctoral fellows remains to Oneida Nation of Colgate students who seek it. Aligned with Colgate’s
living within one of four Residential Commons where the
l Hired Dominique Hill as a target of opportunity hire in l Awarded the inaugural Daniel C. Benton ’80 Endowed commitment to financial aid, career services provides all
integration of living and learning expands. The Colgate
women’s studies Chair in Arts, Creativity, and Innovation to Mary students with access to opportunities to build critical skills,
Residential Commons system is grounded in providing
l Continue to build diverse pools of applicants for Simonson competencies, and experiences known to differentiate job
every student with a strong foundational community, where
faculty positions l Plan/design Collections Annex in order to bring candidates.
they experience tradition and build class unity and where
collections back to campus
University affinity is cultivated.
Developing Initiatives l Improve Brehmer Theater l Piloted seven cohort-based career modules for
l Faculty: Conversion of visiting assistant professor lines l Develop culturally sensitive museum practices, and students to explore interests or advance industry-
l Affiliated all new students with one of four commons
to permanent positions identify issues of diversity, equity, accessibility, and based skills
l Linked first-year seminars (FSEMs) to students’
inclusion in museum work l Integrate behavioral, cognitive, and affective learning
commons affiliation
assessment with new career modules
SECTION II: The Robert H.N. Ho Mind, Brain, and Behavior (MBB)
l Opened Jane Pinchin Hall and Burke Hall to complete
Dart Colegrove and Brown Commons, respectively
l Install Bloomberg terminals for students’ use in
Strengthening the University’s Academic Enterprise Initiative Benton Hall
l Strengthen FSEM-commons connection, working
The University will enable new interdisciplinary research,
closely with FSEM faculty
Colgate’s future rests on the extent to which it continuously teaching, and programming, while enhancing existing Integrated Wellness
l Working with Core Revision Committee, develop
strengthens academic life and nurtures a culture of strengths in exploring linkages between mind, brain, and The health and wellness of Colgate students require an
Living-Learning Workshop, a new element of the
intellectual rigor across all of its endeavors. As a leading behavior, including an updated and expanded Olin Hall. integrated model that ties together Student Health Services
FSEM program
American institution with a broad liberal arts mission, (SHS); Counseling and Psychological Services; Shaw Wellness
l Create of a fourth Sophomore Residential Seminar
Colgate must support and encourage students and faculty l Began to rework Olin Hall initial designs to align with Institute; Chaplain’s Office; Division of Physical Education,
(SRS), and align one SRS with each Residential
as they explore both timeless questions and new areas of programming needs Recreation, and Athletics; and numerous other campus and
Commons
inquiry, ensuring that this University remains a place deeply l Set construction on Olin to begin summer of 2021 community partners.
engaged with the most pressing academic debates that l Plan renovation of Gatehouse to become swing space
The Upper-Level Residential System – Broad Street
challenge humankind. for Olin, summer of 2021 l Achieved International Association of Counseling
Neighborhood
Services Accreditation
Upper-level housing options along Broad Street, the College
INITIATIVES Developing Initiatives l Completed external review of SHS
Street apartments, and within the townhouses allow juniors
The Middle Campus Plan for Arts, Creativity, and l Relaunch of the Lampert Institute for Civic and l Restructured SHS, adding clinical capacity
and seniors to move into increasingly independent living
Innovation Global Affairs l Created sports medicine medical specialty program
options. The intergenerational connection between the first
Colgate reaffirms its belief that artistic expression, creative l A New Center for Policy Analysis with Upstate Medical Institute
and second two years of a student’s experience is forged with
thinking, and innovation must be hallmarks of a Colgate l Innovation Fellowships l Created a committee to focus on integration of SHS,
the Broad Street social houses affiliated with each of the four
education. The Middle Campus Plan for Arts, Creativity, and l The Center for Learning, Teaching, and Research counseling, and Shaw Wellness Institute
Residential Commons as well as with the Broad Street interest
Innovation is not only a rethinking of the role of the arts and Initiative l Integrate more professional development
houses. Both the social houses of the Residential Commons
creativity at Colgate, but also a rethinking of the campus itself. l Olmstead House Faculty-in-Residence Initiative opportunities and student outreach focused on holistic
and the Broad Street interest houses invite students from all
wellness, including several departments throughout
four class years to take part in a variety of social, intellectual,
the University
artistic, academic, and extracurricular activities.l Propose a plan for the processes and physical space of INITIATIVES
an integrated wellness system Upper Campus Landscape
With the guidance of Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates
Athletics Facilities Renewal Initiative and building on prior long-term planning efforts, Colgate has
A facilities plan, developed from a review of PERA facilities developed the beginning of a long-term campus development
and programming needs, projects future facilities and plan. This plan will guide efforts to restore the campus
programming needs, defines a set of facility renovation and landscape and treescape, improve parking and circulation,
development priorities, and proposes a phased approach to utilize the upper campus now expanded with new residence
facilities projects. halls, and rationalize and improve the Middle Campus to create
a new, engaging precinct for arts, creativity, and innovation.
l Developed initial vision for West Campus with RAMSA
l Collaborated with Sasaki to further develop West l Completed Burke Hall/Pinchin Hall quad
Campus vision, including project program and concept l Planted 200 bicentennial trees
plan layouts l Installed new pedestrian walkways from Merrill House
l Created and engaged with West Campus users group to parking lot up Academic Drive to academic quad
refine working program for New Athletic Center l Install new handicap access landscaping in steam line
l Await guidance from Campus Planning Committee project at Alumni Hall
l Configure new landscaping at entrance on Hamilton
Athletics Scholarships Street near Campus Safety
Current institutional policies and guidelines are examined
and clarified as they relate to need-based financial aid, Village Housing
athletics financial aid (scholarships), admission slots, medical Colgate needs to develop a variety of housing stock options that
non-counter student-athletes, international student- are affordable for faculty and staff from across the salary range.
athlete admission, and the Patriot League Academic Index.
Recommendations are proposed for adjustments that are l Secured gift of land, now called Chenango Hill, where
aligned with institutional expectations for academic and approximately 35 new homes will be built
competitive success. l Worked with developer on home prototypes
l Began construction on eight homes in the summer
l Added six new athletics scholarships, distributed to of 2020
field hockey, softball, volleyball, women’s lacrosse, l Began working with campus group and developer on a
men’s lacrosse, men’s soccer, and men’s ice hockey vision for 10–12 Utica Street, where more than 20 new
l Made adjustments to promote greater equity in access rental properties will be built
to League Academic Index practices, recommended l Submitted approximately $1m in grants for
and accepted by Presidents Council of the Patriot development of 18–20 Utica through the Partnership
League for Community Development
l Plan the next set of homes in Chenango Hill
Developing Initiatives development
l Completed Athletics Resources Analysis
l Implementing new approval workflows and cost-
Hamilton Initiative Part 2
savings to maximize existing resources Colgate must continue to invest in and develop the Village of
l Created strategies for identifying and securing new
Hamilton in collaboration with community partners.
review opportunities to support sport programs
l Completed Hamilton Theater renovation
l Raised funding for Seven Oaks Clubhouse renovation
SECTION IV: and golf course restoration
Improving the Campus and Environs l Purchased 11–13 Eaton Street to be converted into
parking for Hamilton community and staff
Colgate must steward one of its most precious assets: its l Design community and staff parking at 11–13 Eaton Street
campus. Enhancing the beauty of the campus, improving its l Plan 18–22 Utica development as mixed-use building
infrastructure, and preserving its natural and built environment
for future generations must remain high University priorities. Developing Initiatives
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