This Friday, November 18th, shop our huge flash sale! The entire store will be 13% off for one day only.
*Sale excludes textbooks, Alex and Ani, computer department items, S’well, Eno, consignment, and sale items.
Colgate University faculty and staff, save on Apple, Beats and more with our exclusive, one-day Apple sale on November 17th just for you! We have many of the latest demo’s on site – come try them out! The first 20 attendees will be entered to win doorprizes. Refreshments will be served.
Check out some of our EXCLUSIVE sales and specials:
FREE tax (One day only – exclusive for faculty & staff)
$25 off in-stock iPads
$50 off Apple Computers
$100 off in-stock Beats (wired & wireless)
Want to make a reservation on a limited supply product? Reserve today, and simply pick-up your purchase on 11/17. Call Rebecca Dowsland at 315-228-7776 or email her at rdowsland@colgate.edu.
Join us in Hamilton, NY as we celebrate our first annual village-wide Halloween Party! Enjoy some spooktacular fun with costume competitions, crafts, trick-or-treating, and a movie! Safe fun for the whole family. Check out the full schedule of events below.
From 3pm – 4pm, head over to the Colgate Bookstore for an “It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” Halloween Party! There will be pumpkin crafts, snacks, and goodie bags.
Then, don your costume and join the Costume Parade down Lebanon Street downtown block from 4pm – 4:30pm. Local shops will hand out candies and treats as the children parade in costume to the spookily decorated Hamilton Movie Theater.
Starting at 4:30pm, the Hamilton Movie Theater will play the 1995 film, “Casper” (rated PG) for FREE, thanks to our generous sponsors: Ego Boutique, Rusch’s Bar & Grill, Yogate Frozen Yogurt, No. 10 Tavern, Colgate Inn, Oliveri’s Pizzeria, Hamilton Eatery, Katie Fargo Skin Care, Evergreen Gallery and Gifts, New York Pizzeria– “Slices”, Julie’s Shear Perfection, Steph Boutique, and JJs Salon. The theater will be staffed and safe despite the spooky decorations, so we encourage parents to support the local businesses that made this event possible.
After the movie, stop outside the Colgate Inn’s warming station for a free post-movie hot chocolate or coffee before heading off through Hamilton for a night of safe, fun trick-or-treating.
Please note that the prizes for the costume winners will be handed out AFTER the movie at the Hamilton Movie Theater.
On Thursday, October 13th, the Colgate Bookstore will be observing National Student Day, a celebration of college students and all their hard work. Colgate University students stop by the Colgate Bookstore, show your Gate Card, and receive 13% off your entire transaction.
Snap a selfie and you could win $100 while helping support student scholarships! Here’s how it works:
1.) Snap a selfie in the Colgate Bookstore.
2.) Post to Twitter or Instagram between Sept. 22 and Oct. 20. Use#SMILEforNSD and be entered to win a $100 campus store gift card.
For every accepted entry (up to 5 per person), $1 will be donated to Scholarship America, up to $5,000.
We are excited to carry a new 
product: Colgate University bracelets! Student Mike Vitale (’19) is the founder of “Traditions”. Check out their mission statement below.
“With Purpose” only begins to define the attitude we share in designing unique, inspiring clothing and accessories for college campuses nationwide. Our team is made up of ambitious Colgate students, not the world’s most renowned fashionistas or trademark designers, in order to ensure that we don’t simply slap a school logo onto the fabric that’s been laying around in a massive warehouse for ages.
On the contrary, we custom create from our own ingenuity the pieces in each school’s collection, with a focus on the symbols, stories and traditions that make each 
university undeniably special in their own right. Our mission as a lifestyle brand is to fill the needs of each individual bookstore when the big box companies won’t deliver. In addition, we aim to branch out our network as a students for students company, whereas a percentage of the profits made from Traditions will be placed into the well suited hands of Financial Aid at each respective school, to pay it forward when someone affiliated with the university chooses to purchase from our brand. Today, we ask YOU to begin Dressing With Purpose, starting with Traditions.
Elephant in the Maasai Mara of Kenya, East Africa. Photo credit: © Robyn Gianni
August 12th is World Elephant Day! Stop by the bookstore and enjoy free grown-up coloring pages celebrating the beauty of elephants! 13% of the day’s sales will be donated to the World Wildlife Fund.
We will have unique coloring pages on August 12th that feature an African and an Asian elephant holding the world together. So grab all your pencil crayons, markers or paint and join the challenge! Ignite your inner creativity and color your #EleeDraw, then share your creation on Instagram with the hashtag #Eleedraw and #WorldElephantDay!
Check out the 2015 Canadian documentary film “When Elephants Were Young”, directed by World Elephant Day co-founder Patricia Sims and narrated by William Shatner. Playing at the Hamilton Movie Theater August 10th – August 14th.
World Elephant Day has been created to bring the world together to help elephants. It is a day to honor elephants, to spread awareness about the critical threats they are facing, and to support positive solutions that will help ensure their survival.
We’re calling on animal lovers around the world to rally support for some real-life Ranger Dogs in Kenya that help protect elephants from ivory poachers.
Beginning on August 12 you’ll be able to turn your own pet into an Honorary Ranger Dog at this page, Nature.org/RangerDogs. It’ll be simple: Upload a photo, dress up your dog with ranger-themed “stickers,” click submit, and then share your canine hero in social media.
Your Honorary Ranger Dog will help create buzz to attract people to an online fundraiser where a donor can get “treats” for helping us provide three Ranger Dogs with their most essential needs for a full year, including food, medical care, security gear and basic expenses for human rangers that care for them.
Join us as we celebrate all things Harry Potter! The Lion’s Club is hosting a special screening at the Hamilton Movie Theater on July 23rd at 6pm. They will be showing “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”. Stop by early for special crafts, games and snacks. Price is pay what you want.
To reserve your spot, please reach out to Lion Sarah Curtis at s.curtis021@gmail.com or swing by and grab a ticket at the door.
Plus, you can bring your movie ticket to the Colgate Bookstore on July 30th to receive $1 off the purchase of the NEW book, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child!
*Only 66 tickets are available.*
Join us in celebrating the release of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on July 30th from 10pm – 12am! We will have costume competitions, trivia contests, give-aways, unique snacks, and a special guest: a beautiful owl from Talons! A Bird of Prey Experience! Then at 12:01am, we’ll crack open the cases and start reading (and selling) THE NEW HARRY POTTER BOOK!
The Eighth Story. Nineteen Years Later. Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, a new play by Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first official Harry Potter story to be presented on stage. The play will receive its world premiere in London’s West End on July 30, 2016.
You can pre-order your copy today by clicking the link below. A limited number of books will be available at the party, so reserve early!! http://bit.ly/cbharrypotterandthecursedchild
The village of Hamilton invites you to the first annual Sidewalk Sale-Abration on July 15th -16th, 2016. Rain or shine, come enjoy spectacular savings from your favorite Hamilton businesses!
Various refreshments will be served by local shops. Support and invest in your community by choosing to shop local this summer.
Spend the day in Hamilton – browse our unique shops, dine at restaurants, and enjoy the scenic local farmer’s market. Bring the family, and experience the warm, small town atmosphere of Hamilton, NY. Warm hearts, cool culture.
To celebrate the upcoming 14th anniversary in their downtown location at 3 Utica Street, the Colgate Bookstore is hosting their annual Customer Appreciation Day on Wednesday, July 13th, from 9am – 5pm.
The community is invited to enjoy complimentary ice cream (while supplies last) and clearance specials – up to 80% off original retail price. There will also be a coloring station for children, door prizes, and giveaways.
In August of 2002, the Colgate Bookstore moved from a small space on the Colgate University campus into a four-floor historical building in the center of the village. In addition to providing textbooks and Colgate clothing and gifts for students, faculty, and alumni, the Colgate Bookstore is also central New York’s largest downtown independent bookstore, stocking more than 17,000 books and offering community meeting space.
