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Graduate Schools /
Colgate University |
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| Table of Contents |
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Brief Timeline of the University |
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- 1817 - Baptist Education Society of the State of New York is founded
- 1819 - charter is granted by the state
- 1820 - school is opened
- 1823 - Baptists in New York City (including soapmaker William Colgate, who created Colgate-Palmolive) move their seminary to Hamilton, NY to form the Hamilton Literary and Theological Institution
- 1846 - name changes to Madison University (right to grant degrees established)
- 1856 - first fraternity established, the Mu Chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon (membership has to be kept secret or risk expulsion)
- 1890 - name changes to Colgate University (after 7 decades of involvement by the
Colgate family)
- 1928 - becomes non-denominational
- 1970 - begins accepting women as entering students
- 2003 - private ownership of fraternity and sorority houses strongly discouraged
- 2004 - buys fraternity and sorority houses; those that do not sell will not be
recognized and active members will be subject to expulsion. There is a strong backlash from students and alumni
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