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The Colgate faculty liaison program provides Colgate student-athletes with the opportunity to develop working relationships with Colgate faculty members outside the classroom or formal advising environment in an effort to enhance their academic and athletic experience.
 
Faculty liaisons can function in many roles, including providing additional academic guidance for student-athletes and coaches, educating student-athletes about educational expectations and policies, and providing a link between academic faculty and the Colgate athletic program. The program also establishes a formal connection between each head coach and a member of the academic faculty.
 
This collaboration can provide an additional level of assistance for student-athletes in developing a positive and productive balance among academic, athletic, and co-curricular commitments. The faculty liaison program is administered jointly by the offices of the Dean of the Faculty and the Vice President/Director of Athletics.
 
Name & Liaison to Which Team
Rich Higgins, Assistant Professor of Economics
Men’s Lacrosse
 
What I Like About Being a Faculty Liaison
Getting to know our student-athletes in a setting outside of the classroom.
 
Influential Person in My Career
My wife. I probably would not have gone on to graduate school without her encouragement.
 
Idea Or Invention I Wish I Had Thought of...
Pogs
 
Favorite Hero
Ben Bernanke
 
Favorite Possession
Our back porch
 
Favorite Sports Memory
Landon Donovan's goal against Algeria in the 2010 World Cup
 
Favorite Memento
Fishing flies my late uncle tied for me.
Favorite Magazine, Hard-Copy or Online
The Economist
 
Favorite Music Genre, Singer or Group
Everything from the late 1990s and early 2000s
 
Favorite Book
A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean
 
Favorite Movie
The Departed
 
Favorite Quote
"These pretzels are making me thirsty!" – Cosmo Kramer (Seinfeld)