Campus Events & Lectures

ABOUT

Throughout the academic year, Colgate offers many presentations, brown bag lectures, guest lecturers, and events that are sustainability-related. Participants will earn 1 point per event they attend. 

HOW IT WORKS 

Within one week of attendance, participants are required to fill out and submit the form below, which will serve as the confirmation for the event or program you attended. 

UPCOMING EVENTS  & PROGRAMS 

ACADEMIC YEAR 2025 - 2026

September 26, 2025 3:00-5:00 pm-Fall Harvest Festival, Colgate Community Garden, 1737 Route 12b, Celebrate the end of the growing season with Haudenosaunee dancers, cooking demonstrations, fall treats, and more. (RAIN LOCATION: Edge Cafe)

October 23, 2025 4:15 pm-ENST Brown Bag-TINY GARDENS EVERYWHERE, Golden Auditorium, The History Department is bringing in Kate Brown to discuss how urban gardeners regenerated wastelands, built the first garden city communities, and advocated for equity. Co-sponsored by ENST, EEGS, and SOAN.

December 5, 2025 12:15-1:15 pm-ENST 450 Community-based Research Presentations, ALANA MPR, Student groups will present on their semester-long community-based research from on-campus and in our region.

PAST EVENTS  & PROGRAMS 

ACADEMIC YEAR 2024 - 2025

September 20, 2024. 3:00 PM -5:00 PM.  Fall Harvest Festival, Colgate Community Garden, 1737 Route 12B between the townhouses and Social Haus (Rain location: Edge Cafe)

November 1, 2024. 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM.  ENST Brown Bag: A Panel on the Global Water Crisis, 207 Lathrop Hall

December 6, 2024. 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM. ENST 450-Community Based Research Student Presentations, 207 Lathrop Hall

February 21, 2025. 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM. ENST Brown Bag: Sustainability Listening Session, 207 Lathrop Hall

March 27, 2025. 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM. New Indigenous Authors Book Club with Nicole Carvell, ALANA MPR

April 15, 2025. 8:15 AM - 9:00 AM. Sustainable Gardening in an Uncertain Climate. Location: ALANA Multipurpose Room

April 16, 2025. 8:00 AM-9:00 AM. Forest Bird Walk. Location: Colgate Forest-Meet at the Colgate Cemetery Loop

April 19, 2025. 12:00 pm-4:00 pm. Day of Service. Location: Chenango County Historical Society & Museum, Community Bikes, Colgate Community Garden or the Wolf Mountain Nature Center

April 22, 2025. 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM. Finding Climate Optimism When Hope Seems Lost. Location: Lathrop 207

April 25, 2025. 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM. ENST Brown Bag: Community-based Research,  207 Lathrop Hall

ACADEMIC YEAR 2023-24

April 11, 2024. 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM. How Focusing on Individual-Level Solutions Has Led Behavioral Public Policy Astray, 101 Ho Science Center

April 12, 2024. 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM. Strategic Planning Conversations: Sustainability and University Museums, 111 Alumni Hall

April 15, 2024. 12:00 PM -1:00 PM. Sustainability Passport Program:  Building Green at Colgate, 134 Coop Conference Room

April 16, 2024. 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM. Climate Hope: Colgate Faculty Perspectives, 207 Lathrop Hall

April 19, 2024. 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM. ENST & OAK AWARDS, 27 Persson Auditorium

April 20, 2024. 11:00 AM -12:00 PM. Recycling 101, Hamilton Public LIbrary, Community Room, 13 Broad Street, Hamilton

April 26, 2024. 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM. ENST Brown Bag: ENST 450 Student Presentations, 213 Benton

February 2, 2024. 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM. ENST Brown Bag: ENST SUMMER EXPERIENCE SHOWCASE - ALANA Multipurpose Room

December 1, 2023. 12:15 PM -1:15 PM. ENST Brown Bag: ENST 450 Student Presentations - ALANA Multipurpose Room

December 8, 2023. 12:15 PM -1:15 PM. ENST Brown Bag:  ENST 490 Student Presentations - ALANA Multipurpose Room

November 7, 2023. 12:00 PM -1:00 PM. Sustainability Builders Workshop: Hosting Sustainable Events by John Pumilio and Julia Sparks - Case-Geyer Library, Batza Room

November 10, 2023. 12:15 PM -1:15 PM. ENST Brown Bag: Can Eating Insects Save the World by Joseph Yoon - ALANA Multipurpose Room

ACADEMIC YEAR 2022-23

November 10, 2022. 6:30 PM. "How Does the New Climate Bill Matter?" Panelists: Andy Pattison (ENST), Gongfang Hu (Chemistry), and Danielle Lupton (Political Science) (Sponsored by Brown Commons)

November 17, 2022. 11:30 AM. "HAUDENOSAUNEE SPEAKERS SERIES: "USING FOOD SOVEREIGNTY TO REVITALIZE HAUDENOSAUNEE ECONOMY" Angela Ferguson, Founder of Braiding the Sacred

November 28, 2022. 4:15 PM. "Norwich Meadows Farm: A Conversation around the table with farmer Zaid Kurdieh"-105 

November 29, 2022. 4:30-6:00 PM."Climate Change and Sustainable Energy: How Practical is Renewable Energy?"-27 

December 2, 2022. 12:15 PM. ENST 390 Student Presentations

December 9, 2022. 12:15 PM. ENST 490 Student Presentations

April 14, 2023. 12:15 PM. Black Geographies and Environmental Justice: Lessons Learnt - Dr. Parvathy Binoy

April 28, 2023. 12:15 PM. ENST 450 Student Presentations

May 5, 2023. 12:15 PM. ENST 490 Student Presentations

September, 8, 2023. 12:15 PM. ENST Brown Bag: "New York's Climate Smart Communities Program"-Robyn Landes '24, Boyana He '25, Chris Henke, Andy Pattison, John Pumilio-ALANA Multipurpose Room

September 29, 2023. 2:00 PM. Community Garden Fall Harvest Festival-1737 Route 12B, Hamilton, NY

October 20, 2023. 4:30 PM. ENST Film Screening-"Kiss the Ground"-Ho Tung Vis Lab