The following is a message from President Rebecca Chopp to the Colgate community:

As we begin this week of Thanksgiving, we are mindful both of all that we as a nation and a campus community have to be grateful for and of the challenges that we must be prepared to face moving forward.

Through it all, we maintain our focus on our primary task as a university, what Alfred North Whitehead called "the creation of the future."

The following is a message from President Rebecca Chopp to the Colgate community:

As I meet and speak with Colgate students, faculty and staff, it is clear that the recent credit crisis and its impact on the financial markets and economies around the globe is a topic of concern to us all.

I am heartened by how many of you have asked me how our endowment is faring, how our alumni are doing in this situation, and how you can help.

The online map allows you to click on a pushpin or a name to see what graduates will be doing - whether it's a job, graduate school program, or fellowship - and where they will be doing it.

"We're proud of what our seniors have accomplished during their four years here and prouder still of what we know they will accomplish after commencement," said Colgate President Rebecca S. Chopp. "Whether it's with the Peace Corps or on Wall Street, our graduates will make a difference in the world."

During his recent visit to campus the Dalai Lama met with Colgate President Rebecca Chopp and Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson for a special episode of Colgate Conversations, the university's podcast series that highlights members of the campus community.

The discussion, which also was videotaped, delves more deeply into some of the topics His Holiness raised during his public appearance at Colgate on April 22, when he spoke to nearly 5,000 people.

It's a conundrum that would have baffled Peter Drucker: When five dozen emerging leaders meet at a restaurant, who orders first?