2021 New Hire Orientation - Schools

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  1. 3. President Obama first enrolled in this college before transferring to Columbia University after his sophomore year
  2. 4. This schools’ mascot is the Brewer
  3. 8. Founded in 1846, this private coed, residential liberal arts and sciences college is located in Iowa
  4. 9. Parts of “Evan Almighty” were filmed in Charlottesville’s surrounding areas
  5. 10. Set alongside the California coast, its dynamic environment inspires scholarly ambition and creativity
  6. 14. You don’t have to travel far for spring break since Mardi Gras is right next to this university in the city
  7. 15. One of this school’s oldest traditions is Flower Sunday, celebrated on the first Sunday of the school year where returning siblings (“bigs”) are matched with incoming students (“littles”) in their dorms and present them with flowers or small gifts.
  8. 17. This school belongs to the New England Small College Athletic Conference
  9. 19. A private liberal arts college in Saint Paul, Minnesota
  10. 20. Founded in 1846, when Wisconsin was still a territory, it is the state's oldest continuously operated college
  11. 21. Their Red Devil mascot emerged in 1930, when the football team played a tough game against George Washington University.
  12. 24. This school has the distinction of being both a private and public institution
  13. 25. Taking up 30 square feet of space, the fastest computer in New York City sits here
  14. 28. There are three alumni basketball players from this school who played in the NBA: 2015 NBA All-Star Kyle Lowry (Toronto Raptors); Randy Foye (Denver Nuggets); and, Dante Cunningham (New Orleans Pelicans)
  15. 29. This private University in North Carolina whose mascot is The Phoenix, identity remains a secret
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  1. 1. This school which is situated in a small New England village in Vermont, has long distinguished itself as one of the country’s “Little Ivies.”
  2. 2. This university was the first research university in the United States
  3. 5. This university is the only university with a spider mascot
  4. 6. This school’s mascot is the Blue Devil
  5. 7. This school overlooks the Delaware River in Easton, Pennsylvania, population 30,000.
  6. 9. It’s tradition for students to roll down 4.0 Hill on campus to get good grades
  7. 11. This college located in Massachusetts has an 1,000 acres campus, including a Wildlife Sanctuary of about 500 acres
  8. 12. The mascot for this university is a lion, and fun fact – the MGM Studio’s Lion was inspired by this schools Lion mascot
  9. 13. Famous alums from this University include Jason Alexander, Geena Davis, Emily Deschanel, Faye Dunaway, Rosie O’Donnell, Julianne Moore, Howard Stern, and Leonard Nimoy aka Spock
  10. 16. This University was originally named The Collegiate School
  11. 18. Alumni at this school include Bill Clinton and Bradley Cooper
  12. 22. A private liberal arts college in Colorado Springs
  13. 23. Professor Josiah S. Carberry’s legacy lives on this campus through Josiah’s restaurant and the Carberry Fund for books
  14. 26. While the men's teams are nicknamed the Trojans, the women's athletic teams are referred to as either the Trojans or Women of Troy
  15. 27. It is the largest member of the historic Seven Sisters colleges, a group of elite women's colleges in the Northeastern United States