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Meet the Challenge!
Hello, classmates!
With our reunion only a few months away, we have an exciting new challenge presented to us that would leave a lasting legacy to the future of Colgate.
A group of class members have offered to make a generous gift of $550,000 to Colgate when:
- 75% of our Class of 1975 (284 classmates) makes a gift of any amount to any campus program, and
- 26 classmates join the Willow Society by reunion weekend.
See our stats below for how many more classmates we need to meet this challenge. For more information, visit our Class Gift page.
Class Participation Rate: 55% (209 donors)
The class has set an ambitious giving participation goal of 75% (284 donors). This includes outright gifts in any amount, to any designation made in this fiscal year (July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025). Please note that pledges and planned gifts are not included for participation purposes.
Presidents’ Circle Members: 41
The Presidents’ Circle provides philanthropic leadership and vital support for Colgate. We hope to reach 50 new members from our class. To be eligible each year, members of the class of 1975 would give at the leadership level of $2,500 or more.
To learn more about our 50th Reunion Class Gift and how you can help us achieve our goals, please visit the Class Gift page.
Current Willow Society Members: 20
The Willow Society recognizes hundreds of loyal alumni, parents, and friends who have made estate plans, life-income arrangements, and life insurance and IRA beneficiary designations for Colgate. We hope to reach 26 new members from our class.
If you have included Colgate in your plans, they will count for the 50th reunion gift, and we encourage you to let the Planned Giving team know by emailing plannedgiving@colgate.edu.
How to Make a Gift to Colgate
Online
colgate.edu/makeagift
Phone
1-800-668-4428
Mail
Colgate University
P.O. Box 313
Canajoharie, NY 13317-0313
For more information
Visit www.colgate.edu/give/ways-give or contact Jen Stone, Class of 1975 Staff Fundraising Liaison, at jstone@colgate.edu.
We’ve been waiting 50 years to say this:
REGISTRATION for our 50th Reunion IS OPEN!
See our Events page for more details.
Questions about registration? Contact Colgate at alumni@colgate.edu.
Stories from Our Past
Read how Colgate’s ski team “The Suicide Five” earned their name.
If you have a story to share that is not in our Reunion Book, send it our way!
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Photo Gallery
- All Photos
- Campus
- Colgate Days
- Graduation
- Misc
- Post-Colgate Days
- Reunions
40th Reunion, June 2015, from Stephanie Edwards
Grad 1975 from Jim Vecchio
A run in the snow for the love of Colgate from Stephinie Edwards
IMG_2627 from Jim Belikove
IMG_1617 from Jim Belikove
IMG_1568 from Jim Belikove
Visit the Photos page to view the full photo gallery.
Got photos to share?
Upload them on the photo submission page.
Reunion Radio
13 Songs You May Have Heard on WRCU, Vol. 5
These songs bring us back to our days when we were transitioning from our role as the most experienced high school students to novice college freshmen embarking on an unknown experience ahead.
For the playlists and instructions on how to listen to them, visit the Playlist page.
If you have any suggestions for our 50th Reunion or would like to volunteer on the committee, please write to us at 50threunion@colgate1975.org.