Did you hear?
Boring Kollege Facts!
Seventh Best
--Forbes ranks the Oregon
M.B.A. seventh best among M.B.A.
programs with an out-of-state tuition of $40,000 or less.
Eighteenth best at $45,000 or less.
Cereal Race
--Concordia
College Auxiliary Services: “A big upset
in the cereal race this year...low fat granola came in first!
Second place went to Cinnamon Toast Crunch, and Lucky Charms came in
third.”
Meanwhile over at Beloit College Dining Services: . “ 1. Nature Valley Granola 950 lb. 2. Cracklin Oat Bran 728 lb. 3. Frosted Mini Wheat 672 lb.”
Cereal counting! Hot new college
activity.
Estimated Participation
--Saint
Michael's College was ranked 14th in the United
States in "Leading Institutions by Estimated Participation in Study
Abroad: Top 20 Master's Institutions, 1999/00"
That would be quite an honor, if you could
figure out exactly what it is.
Mastery
--Pitzer College
believes that mastery of a subject makes
informed, independent judgments….
And when mastery makes judgments everybody
wins.
Knowledge Base Theme
--SFSU College
of Education Knowledge Base Theme: Preparing
reflective and innovative professionals as leaders to ensure the
educational development of diverse populations within dynamic
educational contexts.
Try to read and understand all of the above
without falling asleep. Just try.
Coke
--Emory
University's relationship with the Coca-Cola Company
began in 1895 and continues today. In 1994, Emory changed the name of
its business school to the Goizueta Business School in honor of Roberto
C. Goizueta, chairman and chief executive officer of The Coca-Cola
Company.
Try to find a Pepsi on campus. Just try.
Top Ranked
--Colorado
College is the only top-ranked private, liberal
arts college of its kind within 1,000 miles and is consistently ranked
in the top tier in U.S. News & World Report rankings.
Within 1,000 miles of what?
Legend
--Legend has it
that Oxford was started by a beautiful and pious
young princess named Frideswide.
And was almost a non-starter, since nobody could pronounce her
name.
Organ
--In 2005 Woodward
College received a new organ which was given
to us by from Sylan Hills Baptist Church. More about our organ.…
Yes! More about your organ!
Pool
--University of
Arizona: Pool is one of the safest sports in
the world.
Unless you’re playing full contact pool.
Cheez-Whiz
--Rutgers
University: Cheez-Whiz was invented at Rutgers
University.
Not sure you really want that on your resume.
Ichidan
--University
Idaho Boise: Ichidan is a group of theatre
actors, based in Idaho, who tour conventions performing plays and
skits, as well as doing various panels and workshops. The plays are
currently focused around anime and video games and are also known as
Cosplays or Masquerades.
When geeks gather, trouble follows.
Three Lucky Students
--Case Western
University: So you think you know a lot of
obscure trivia about Case Western Reserve University? For three lucky
students, they knew enough to earn them a free dinner with President
Barbara Snyder at That Place on Bellflower.
Hubba hubba.
Frank Lloyd Wright
--Lawrence
University: Visiting the Lawrence campus
in 1944, architect Frank Lloyd Wright described Main Hall as “an honest
building" and other campus buildings as "appropriate to Lawrence."
Take us to the “inappropriate” buildings,
please.
Doggy Patrol
--Pace University:
Border collies are … used daily to keep
the school's Pleasantville campus goose--free. They're actually trained
to patrol the pond area and chase off geese that might otherwise make a
mess on school grounds.
Can’t they get freshmen to do that?
Kollege Bucks
--About 70 percent
of Americans who go to college do it just to
make more money.
And the other 30 per cent…?
Admission Spirit
--Charles Spurgeon
missed being admitted to college because a
servant girl inadvertently showed him into a different room than that
of the principal who was waiting to interview him. Later, he determined
not to reapply for admission when he believed God spoke to him,
"Seekest thou great things for thyself? Seek them not!"
Seekest thou great things for thyself?
Study not!
Fungi Fun
--Utah State
University: Fun Facts About Fungi can now be
reached through links on the home page of the website of The
Intermountain Herbarium, Utah State University….
Finally!
Kollege Nobility
--The Don, a
Spanish nobleman, is the University of San Francisco mascot.
Does he lead cheers at football games?
Self-Scheduled Exams
--Salem
College is deeply committed to its honor code and
our system of self-scheduled exams.
Who wouldn’t be committed to self-scheduled
exams? It’s an idea whose time has come.
Kollege Entertainment
--Every Thursday
evening, Tree Top Productions (the Aquinas College
Programming Board) brings some form of entertainment on campus.
Performers have included bands, hypnotists, and comedians.
There are still hypnotists?
Kampus Burials
--University of
Vermont : Educational philosopher and
reformer John Dewey and his wife are the only people buried on the
university's campus ….
That we know of.
Internet Truth
--Forbes ranks the
Lundquist College of Business M.B.A. seventh
best among M.B.A. programs with an out-of-state tuition of $40,000 or
less.
It's true! It was on the Internet!
TMI
--SFSU College
of Education Knowledge Base Theme: Preparing
reflective and innovative professionals as leaders to ensure the
educational development of diverse populations within dynamic
educational contexts.
Try to read and understand all of the above
without falling asleep. Just try.
Kollege Honors
--Hastings College:
Perkins Library is named in honor of the
inventor of Kool-Aid, who lived in Hastings.
What about William A. Mitchell, who
invented
Tang, and Pop Rocks? Who honors him? Where does he live?
1,000 Miles
--Colorado
College: Colorado College is the only top-ranked
private, liberal arts college of its kind within 1,000 miles and is
consistently ranked in the top tier in U.S. News & World Report
rankings.
Within 1,000 miles of what?
Quite An Honor
--St. Michael’s
College: Saint Michael's was ranked 14th in
the United States in "Leading Institutions by Estimated Participation
in Study Abroad: Top 20 Master's Institutions, 1999/00"
That would be quite an honor, if you could
figure out exactly what it is.
Winners
--Pitzer College:
The College believes that mastery of a
subject makes informed, independent judgments….
And when mastery makes judgments everybody
wins.
Executive Power
--Emory
University's relationship with the Coca-Cola Company
began in 1895 and continues today. In 1994, Emory changed the name of
its business school to the Goizueta Business School in honor of Roberto
C. Goizueta, chairman and chief executive officer of The Coca Cola
Company.
Try to find a Pepsi on campus. Just try.
Stark County
--Stark State
College: “Stark State is the largest college in
Stark County and the largest technical college in Ohio.”
And how many colleges are there in Stark
County,
large or not, exactly?
Wired
--Goucher College:
“As a Goucher student, you will be fully
wired.”
Threats will get you nowhere.
Hard Copy
--California
State University Long Beach: This report is
displayed as it is distributed in “hard copy” throughout the
university. Specifically, it is a two-sided, tri-fold report that
displays four panels. When folded, the report is 8 inches tall and 3.5
inches wide.
A whopping 8 inches tall when folded! Take
that,
other university reports!
Embassy
--St. Lawrence
University is 90 minutes from the embassies
of virtually every nation in the world (in the Canadian capital,
Ottawa) ….
So if you’re looking to defect, this is the
place to go.
Cream Rose
--Delta Gamma was
the first group to have a flower
registered in they're name, the cream rose.
After flunking the grammar test, though,
there
flower was revoked.
Kalifornia
--UC Riverside:
Citrus is synonymous with the Golden State.
And try to find an orange tree in Orange
County,
just try.
Distant Education
--Penn State
established the Department of Distance
Education in 1994.
But you can’t get there from here.
Kollege Years
--College
Graduates can expect to live at least five years
longer than those who have not finished high school, and almost two
years longer than those who didn’t finish college.
If you call that living….
Office Furniture
--Maricopa
Community Colleges: The Business Services office
offers a guide for buying office furniture.
What every student needs.
Orientation
--Freshmen
Advisory: Go to all orientations. Do you really
need to go on yet another campus tour? Yes. The faster you learn your
way around campus -- and around all the red tape -- the more at ease
you'll feel and the better prepared you'll be when issues arise.
Oh boy! Another orientation!
Blue-Collar Boss
--Rollins College’s
“The Sandspur,” the oldest college
newspaper in Florida: We also had Michael Nouri attend classes at one
time, who starred in "Flashdance" with Jennifer Beals, playing her
blue-collar boss and boyfriend.
Michael Nouri? Michael Nouri! Michael
Nouri!!!
Konnections
--What person/event
tied the following colleges together?
• Harvard University
• University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
• University of California at Berkeley
• Northwestern University
• University of Illinois at Chicago
• Yale University
• University of California at San Francisco
• MIT
--ANSWER: Ted Kaczynski
A man who knew how to spread his knowledge
around.
Purdue Football
--Purdue
University: On October 26, 1891, the Purdue
football team was, for the first time, called "Boiler Makers" by a
Crawfordsville reporter who wrote about Purdue's 44-0 trouncing of
Wabash College. Soon after, Lafayette newspapers picked up the name,
and in October 1892 The Purdue Exponent gave it the stamp of approval.
In the early days of Purdue football, the team was called other names
as well, including "haymakers," "railsplitters," "sluggers," and
"cornfield sailors."
Cornfield sailors? What?
Kollege Alumni
--Northwestern
University: Approximately 190,000 alumni,
including leaders in business, government, law, science, education,
medicine, media, and the performing arts. Prominent alumni include…
Zach Braff, actor, writer, and director…
Zach Braff? Zach Braff! Zach Braff!!!
FACTS
--Florida
A&M University: FACTS stands for Florida
Academic Counseling and Tracking for Students.
Thanks for spelling that out. We were
losing
sleep over it.
Baptist Answer
--Brown
University, founded in 1764, was the Baptist answer
to Congregationalist Yale and Harvard, Presbyterian Princeton, and
Episcopalian Penn and Columbia.
What was the question?
Motto
--Tulane
University’s motto: Non Sibi Sed Suis,
translated as "not for one's self, but for one's own."
One’s own… what?
Hoyas
--Georgetown
University: Many years ago, when all
Georgetown students were required to study Greek and Latin, the
University's teams were nicknamed "The Stonewalls." It is suggested
that a student, using Greek and Latin terms, started the cheer "Hoya
Saxa!", which translates into "What Rocks!" The name proved popular and
the term "Hoyas" was eventually adopted for all Georgetown teams.
That rocks.
Kollege Library
--Cornell
University: It was the first among all U.S.
colleges and universities to allow undergraduates to borrow books from
its libraries.
Thus becoming the first university to
experience
the “overdue library book” phenomenon.
Kollege Invention
--Rutgers
University: Cheez-Whiz was invented at Rutgers
University.
Not sure you really want that on your
resume.
He/She
--Johns Hopkins
University Style Guide: Avoid using he, him,
his to refer to people in general. Either recast the sentence in the
plural, alternate between he and she in the text, use the he/she
construction, or explain by a sentence in the text that you are using
exclusively masculine or exclusively feminine forms to avoid the clumsy
he/she construction.
Clumsiness avoided! Thank you sir! Or ma’am.
A-Day
--
State University: In the early days of the
university, an annual clean-up day involved the entire student body.
Agathon, a spring celebration, was marked with construction of
new sidewalks around campus. Students still celebrate "A-Day"
with service, and many become "True Aggies" by kissing at midnight on
the "A" on the west side of the Quad.
Do “False Aggies” kiss AFTER midnight on
the “A”
on the east side of the Quad?
Boiling Springs
--Gardner-Webb
University: Founded in 1905 as Boiling
Springs High School; became Boiling Springs Junior College in 1928….
So when did the Springs stop Boiling?
Quinnipiac
--Quinnipiac
University: "Quinnipiac”… is an altered
version of a Native American word. … Some sources… assert that the name
Quinni-pe-auke means "long-water land or country" and that Quinnipiack
means "people from the long-water land." Later sources claim the word
…derives from quinnuppin-uk, defined as "a turning point" or "to make a
change in the direction of travel." Both definitions seem
appropriate for Quinnipiac, which is near a long tidal river and which
marks a turning point in students' lives.
Won’t that bring in the freshmen though!
Long Term Storage
--University of
Iowa: In 1939, Iowa established the nation’s
first facility that used preservative agents for long-term storage.
Um. Gee. Preservative agent long-term
storage
facility?
Kollege Dean
--Rutgers
University Halloween Trivia Quiz: The body of what
former college dean was found almost fully preserved in Lake
Placid? Answer: Mabel Smith Douglass
We were just at Lake Placid, and wondering
who
that was.
Egg Games
--University of
Illinois Extension Incubation and
Embryology: Egg games have their origin in many cultures. Egg hunts
have long been a tradition around Easter time. An egg toss is a picnic
game. Egg rolling dates back to the 1600's. Eggs are blown, pushed with
the nose, or rolled down a hill. Egg tapping is done by tapping one egg
against another. The egg that survives the longest wins.
We love it when you talk dirty to us.
Supply Chain Management
Review
--University of
Tennessee: The University of Tennessee
supply chain management/logistics programs ranked #2 in the U.S. as
published in Supply Chain Management Review in the industry's most
respected executive-oriented publication.
Supply chains…. Oooh.
Double Entry Bookkeeping
--Loyola
University: By the late 17th century, double-entry
bookkeeping had become the centerpiece in the education in the American
colonies of young men and women in the trading classes.
Clearly, we need to restore double-entry
bookkeeping as the centerpiece of education.
Osnes Plaza
--Hamline
University: The area in front of the newly built
Klas Center is named Osnes Plaza, in honor of former president Larry
Osnes.
Why are you telling me this?
Kollege Cows
--Boston
University: Cows grazed here until 1943.
And in 1944? Hamburgers!
John Philip Sousa
--University of
Southern California: USC's marching band,
"The Spirit of Troy" was founded in 1880 and once performed under the
baton of John Philip Sousa.
Just once? Not what we heard.
Texas University
--Baylor
University: Founded in 1845, Baylor is the oldest
university in Texas operating under its original name.
And why did the other universities change
their
names, hmm?
Making Out
--The University
of Texas at El Paso: “The mountain
behind the Computer Science Building has a mine tunnel that was once
considered a prime location for ‘making out.’”
And who doesn’t like smooching in a
bat-infested
cavern?
Kollege Integration
--The goal of the Sierra
Nevada College founders was to integrate
the college and its programs with the environmental qualities of Lake
Tahoe
Ski slopes?
Magnetic Piece of Fruit
--U.S.
Department of Education Office of Vocational and
Adult Education: Across the United States there are 1,655 Community
Colleges. Of these, 1,047 are public institutions and 415 private.
(Digest of Education Statistics, 2001, Table 244)
Write it down! Put it on your refrigerator
with
a magnetic piece of fruit!
Kornhusters
--Nebraska
sports teams have been called "The Bugeaters,"
"Tree Planters," and "Rattlesnake Boys."
But never "late for dinner?"
Kollege Topics
--The battle
against cancer, Shakespeare, and Christianity, will be among
the topics featured during the annual Hope College Happening.
Just added - Truth & Beauty.
Truths
--Christendom
College was founded in 1977 to "form students
using a challenging curriculum centered on the truths of Divine
Revelation as taught by the Roman Catholic Church."
I guess ya have to start somewhere.
Civil War Enrollment
--Inadequate
financial resources and the decline in enrollment because of
the Civil War forced Washington College and Jefferson
College to become Washington and Jefferson College in March
1865.
An attempt to make everybody happy?
Equality
--The University
of Iowa was the first U.S. public university to
admit men and women on an equal basis.
Go Hawks!
Trip to Ely
--University of
Cambridge Christmas College: In the past,
events have included a mince pie launch party, "solstice snowballs",
ten pin bowling, climbing St Johns Chapel tower, and a trip to Ely.
The fun never stops at old Cambridge U.
Normal School
--Fort Hays
State University opened its doors in 1902 as
the western branch of the Kansas Normal School on the grounds of the
abandoned Fort Hays military post southwest of Hays.
Marching to class required til 1923.
Make a Difference
--Wellesley
College: “The mission of Wellesley College is to
provide an excellent liberal arts education for women who will make a
difference in the world.”
If you aren’t going to make a difference in
the
world, seek your education elsewhere. Thank you.
Best
--Saint
Catherine College: “Saint Catharine College
founded in 1931, is a small liberal arts college at its best.”
At its worst, it’s a big liberal arts college, and a bit of a bully.
Warm Summers
--South Georgia
College: ”The climate includes short,
mild winters, and delightful spring and fall seasons. Summers, not
surprisingly, are quite warm, but not unbearable.”
Come tolerate summers at South Georgia
College!
Quality Improvement
--Fox Valley
Technical College: “Awarded the
Continuous Quality Improvement Network's (CQIN) Pacesetter Award for
Excellence in Education, 2002.”
They fit all that on one plaque?
Accesible Faculty
--Fitchburg
State College: “The college features small
class sizes, hands-on professional education, and an accessible faculty
dedicated to teaching.”
Glad they’re accessible. If they were
in
another state, it could pose a problem.
Lifelong Learning
--Nassau
Community College: The College offers Associate in
Arts, Associate in Science, and Associate in Applied Science degrees,
as well as certificate and not-for-credit Lifelong Learning courses.”
No credit for lifelong learning? Not
even
for good behavior?
Changes
--Princeton
University: “On Feb. 13, 1896, the
corporation (i.e. “The Trustees of the College of New Jersey”) adopted
a resolution changing its name to ‘The Trustees of Princeton
University.’ President Francis Patton publicly proclaimed this change
on Oct. 22, 1896, the 150th anniversary of the granting of the first
charter.”
Causing riots in the street.
Kollege Quotes
--University of
Maine: “University of Maine professors are
often sought for quotes in such publications as Time, LA Times, Chicago
Tribune, New York Times, Science, Good Housekeeping, and the Wall
Street Journal.”
Good Housekeeping?
1,000,000 Volumes
--From a Brief
History of the University of Oregon: 1965- Library
passes 1,000,000 volumes.
Wow. Library must have spent the whole year
in
the men's room.
Miss Michigan
--Aquinas College:
“Did you know that Angela Corsi,
Miss Michigan 2006, is a frequent visitor to the Aquinas campus?”
How do they know that? Are they
stalking
her?
Kollege Dorms
--Amherst College:
Upperclass students can apply to
live in themed dorms.
Go for the Hawaiian Shirt Dorm. They
can
only reject you.
22 Visionaries
--Lakeland
Community College: “On a cold February day in
1964, a group of 22 visionaries gathered at Mentor Recreation Park (now
Garfield Park) to discuss a radical new idea then: to establish a
community college in Lake County.”
There was a 23rd visionary who argued
against
the community college, but he was sacrificed in a ritual ceremony.
Founder's Hall
--Georgia
Military Academy: “The Academy’s first
building, Founder’s Hall, originally had no running water, no electric
lights and no modern sanitation facilities.”
Say it loud, say it proud.
Switchboard Operator
--Bellevue
Community College: “In 1970 BCC student
Gary Jones filled in as switchboard operator, surprising callers who
were expecting a female voice. Many of them hung up thinking they had
dialed the wrong number.”
Just a taste of the excitement you can
expect at
BCC.
Student Goverment
--Salem College:
“Salem's very active system of student
government provides our students with numerous leadership
opportunities.”
Opportunities for “following” are also
provided.
80-Foot Spire
--Students at Williams
College have a tradition that at each
Commencement, a watch is dropped from the 80-foot spire of the college
chapel. The current tradition is that if the watch breaks, the class
will be lucky.
Except the student who owns the watch.
Recognizable
--Wayne State
University College of Engineering: “WSU’s
College of Engineering graduates are a recognized valuable
resource….”
Unlike valuable resources at other
colleges,
which are unrecognizable.
Safety Professionals
--Pomona College
Orientation Adventure: “Many of our
adventures utilize highly qualified guides and outfitters, and all
destinations are protected by an extensive network of safety
professionals.”
If you don’t die, welcome to college.
Human Person
--St. Michael’s
College: “It is the mission of Saint
Michael’s College to contribute through higher education to the
enhancement of the human person….”
Non-human persons need not apply.
Pontifical Degrees
--National
Catholic College Admission Association: “Of
the more than 200 Catholic colleges in the United States, some are
women's colleges; some are major universities with law, medical, and
other professional schools; and one is an historically black
university. Seven of them grant pontifical degrees.”
After four years, you’re a Pope?
Laundry Building
--Spelman College:
“1890: Laundry building
dedicated”
And afterwards, dancing in the street,
followed
by a shirt folding party.
Communism
--Former Provost
Condolezza Rice taught a sophomore class on the fall of
communism at Stanford University.
Retuning in 2009 to teach a
senior thesis on the fall of the Republican Party.
Google
--"On February 8,
1693, King William III and Queen Mary II granted a
charter to establish The College of William and Mary. The King
provided £1,985 14s l0d from quitrents in Virginia, a penny tax on
every pound of tobacco exported from Maryland and Virginia to countries
other than England, the "Profits" from the surveyor-general's office
and 10,000 acres each in the Pamunkey Neck and Blackwater Swamp."
Google is God.
Insect Collection
--"Professor C.B.
Waldron created the first insect reference collection
at North Dakota Agricultural College (now North Dakota State
University) in 1890. "
And still growing.
First Basketball Game
--"On Jan. 18,
1896, the 1st college basketball game was played with the
with the five man format in Iowa City, Iowa. During the game, the University
of Chicago defeated the University of Iowa 15 to 12."
A real nail biter.
Oldest College
--Rollins is
the oldest college in Florida.
And still sharp as a tack.
Living At Home
--Since 9 out of 10
Pennsylvanians reside within 30 miles of a Penn
State location, most in-state students may save expenses by living
at home during their first two years of college…
You can live with your Mom! In college!
Cool!
Kollege Dorms
--WSU’s College
of Engineering was host to the FIRST
Robotics competition regionals, which attracted 36 high school teams in
2005 … to drive, bump, navigate and command their uniquely original
robots on the playing field set up at the Matthaei Athletic Complex.
Not just original, uniquely original.
1913
--Eller College
of Management … continues to build on a
tradition of excellence begun in 1913.
Before 1913, the focus was on mediocrity.
Genomic Science
--The USC Center
of Excellence in Genomic Science (CEGS), an
interdisciplinary center funded for five years by $18.7 million in
grants from the National Institutes of Health, is one of only nine such
centers in the nation.
Did you fall asleep before you reached the
end of that sentence? Mission accomplished!
Boring
--From the TOP
10 COLLEGE ESSAY WRITING TIPS, this was number
two: “Don't Bore the Reader. Do Be Interesting.”
So THAT’s the secret.
Virtual College
--Fort Hays
State University’s Virtual College is fully
accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central
Association of Colleges and Schools.
No comment.
Internet
--Forbes ranks the
Lundquist College of Business M.B.A.
seventh best among M.B.A. programs with an out-of-state tuition of
$40,000 or less.
It's true! It was on the Internet!