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Eddie Glaude Jr. came to Colgate with such dynamism and force that it was no wonder he was chosen as the keynote speaker for the weeklong  celebration dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr.

A new year, and a new semester here at Colgate!

Students have arrived back on campus after several weeks of break, and everyone seems rested and ready to take on the new semester. Many can be seen rushing to find their new classes and trying out some new winter clothing now that Hamilton is beginning to see some more snow.

Colgate University ranks No. 15 on the 2012 top Peace Corps volunteer-producing colleges and universities in the small category. There are currently 18 alumni serving overseas.

You now can add "director of Oscar-nominated documentary" to the resume of Colgate alumnus Joe Berlinger.

Berlinger '83 and Bruce Sinofsky are directors of Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory, which was among five films nominated today by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as a Best Documentary Feature.

Beyonce, Aretha Franklin, and Colgate professor Michael Coyle. These three jazz aficionados were sought out to comment on the death of legendary soul singer Etta James, in stories that aired on CNN and dozens of local television stations nationwide. 

(Note: This article is by Sonya Falcone '12, who attended Real World with more than 500 of her fellow seniors. The event is hosted by the Office of Alumni Affairs and the Center for Career Services. )

On Friday morning my classmates and I gathered in the Hall of Presidents to consider for the first time, as a class, our lives after we leave Colgate. In his opening speech, President Jeffrey Herbst reminded us about the urgency of this consideration: "Take note of the date today, because in exactly four months you will be graduating."

Robert S. Bray '77, who once played hockey for Colgate, is now treating NHL superstar Sidney Crosby for his concussion symptoms.

Bray is the founding director of Diagnostic and Interventional Spinal Care in Marina del Rey, Calif., where he is considered a pioneer in the development of spinal microsurgery and has performed more than 9,000 such procedures, according to The Globe and Mail newspaper. (See complete article.)

Colgate's Office of Alumni Affairs and Center for Career Services is hosting the 16th annual Real World conference this weekend on campus for graduating seniors.

Technically Latin is a dead language, but that's not how it feels when taught by William (Bill) Stull, associate professor of the classics. Stull recently was awarded the 2011 Award for Excellence in Teaching by The American Philological Association (APA), which is the principal learned society in North America for the study of ancient Greek and Roman languages, literatures, and civilizations.