Colleges and Universities

Robert Frost taught on & off for over 40 years at this Mass. college located in Emily Dickinson's home town

Amherst

The Gammage Performing Arts Center at this school's main campus in Tempe was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright

Arizona State

State Capital Colleges and Universities: Oglethorpe University

Atlanta

A land-grant school, it started out as East Alabama Male College; it got its colorful name in 1960.

Auburn

It's alphabetically first of the Seven Sisters colleges

Barnard

Martha Stewart & Anna Quindlen are graduates of this women's college that's affiliated with Columbia

Barnard

This NYC school, one of the Seven Sisters, was named for the 10th president of Columbia College

Barnard

Seven Sisters Colleges

Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Mount Holyoke, Radcliffe, Smith, Vassar, Wellesley

Of the 10 University of California campuses, this one in northern California is alphabetically first

Berkeley

The Trustees of the College of California bought 160 acres of land north of Oakland & named the site this in 1866

Berkeley

Despite its name, it's located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts & it's actually a university

Boston College

The name of this one of the Seven Sisters is a Welsh phrase meaning "high hill"

Bryn Mawr

An anthem says, "With each pealing bell... hail, all hail" this New York university (it rhymes)

Cornell

This New England institution is the only one of the Ivy League schools officially called a college

Dartmouth

Elizabeth Dole received the distinguished alumni award from this North Carolina school

Duke

Richard Nixon graduated from this North Carolina university's law school in 1937

Duke

During the War of 1812, students saw the burning of the White House from their dormitories at this Jesuit university

Georgetown

Founded in 1789, this Washington, D.C. school was the USA's first Catholic college

Georgetown

The Woodstock Theological Library is part of this D.C. Jesuit school

Georgetown

John Stockton is an alum of this Spokane school

Gonzaga

This Louisiana univ. with a famed marching band began as the Colored Industrial & Agricultural School in 1901

Grambling

The John F. Kennedy School of Government, on John F. Kennedy Street, is a graduate school of this university

Harvard

This pizza magnate & 2012 presidential candidate was a math major at historically black Morehouse College

Herman Cain

Although founded in 1867, this Washington, D.C. school didn't have its first black president until 1926

Howard

Undergraduate education was an option, but this Baltimore school started mostly as a graduate school for men in 1876

Johns Hopkins

The Red Stick International Digital Festival is an annual event at this university

LSU

This Jesuit univeristy not far from LAX is known as LMU for short.

Loyola Marymount

The Jesuit educational heritage is alive & well at this West Coast school, LMU for short

Loyola Marymount University

Opened in 1865, this N.E. college was started by a scientist for an increasingly industrialized America

MIT

The campus of the University of this state is in Orono, named for a Penobscot chief

Maine

This university in West Virginia is named for the Supreme Court Chief Justice who raised the court to a position of power

Marshall

There's this University in Oxford, Ohio as well as the University of this in Coral Gables, Florida

Miami

This school in the "central" part of Vermont was the first American college to grant a bachelor's degree to a black student

Middlebury

Senator Paul Wellstone once taught at Carleton College in Northfield in this state

Minnesota

Truman State University is located in this state

Missouri

Evanston resident Rebecca Hoag was the first female student to enroll at this Illinois university

Northwestern

"The Dome" is the yearbook of this university near South Bend, Indiana

Notre Dame

Sure and 'twas a French religious group led by Father Edward Sorin that founded this school in 1842

Notre Dame

This university that hosts the Georgia Shakespeare festival is named for Georgia's colonial founder

Oglethorpe

What was the Norfolk division of the College of William & Mary took this "venerable" name.

Old Dominion

This Tulsa college was founded by & named for an evangelist, now the school's chancellor

Oral Roberts

Rhodes to success lead from this university where William of Ockham brought his razor wit in lectures in 1317

Oxford

This university in a borough named State College was founded in 1855 as a 4-year college called Farmers' High School

Penn State

State Capital Colleges and Universities: Grand Canyon University

Phoenix

Albert Einstein gave a series of lectures on the theory of relativity at this N.J. school's McCosh Hall in 1921

Princeton

Former President Cleveland was one of the trustees of this New Jersey university that elected Woodrow Wilson its head

Princeton

This Houston school that offers "unconventional wisdom" features 3 owls on its shield

Rice

Colleges in this state include Black Hills State University & Oglala Lakota College

South Dakota

This historically African-American institution was originally founded as the Atlanta Baptist female seminary in 1881

Spelman College

In 1920 going to Palo Alto to this university cost $120 but it's gone up a bit since then

Stanford

John Steinbeck studied marine biology at this private California school on and off from 1919 to 1925 but never got a degree

Stanford

This California University is home to the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace

Stanford

Until the 20th c. it formed part of the University of Paris & its name was synonymous with the school's

The Sorbonne

The Daily Wildcat is the college newspaper from this Southwestern university

The University of Arizona

This Ivy League university was founded by the most successful printer of his day

The University of Pennsylvania

State Capital Colleges and Universities: Thomas Edison State College

Trenton

The fight song of this New Orleans school begins, "Green wave green wave, hats off to thee"

Tulane

This private university in New Orleans was founded as the Medical College of Louisiana

Tulane

This University of California campus graduates more than 2,000 Banana Slugs annually

UC Santa Cruz

In 1919 this school was established as the southern branch of the University of California

UCLA

This university, the Bruins of the Pac-12, waves its banners in blue and gold.

UCLA

In 1996 Michelle Obama became an associate dean at this school in her hometown

University of Chicago

Its nickname was a slave term for the most powerful woman on a plantation

University of Mississippi

Friendly Hall was the first dorm at this West Coast school, UO for short

University of Oregon

www.goducks.com is the official website for this West Coast school's athletics

University of Oregon

Thomas Jefferson planned the curriculum & hired the first faculty for this university

University of Virginia

Bishop Holland McTyeire, a cousin of the founder's wife, chose the site in Nashville for the campus of this private university

Vanderbilt

Learn fiddle & gee-tar at the Blair school of music of this university--it is in Nashville, after all

Vanderbilt

This Poughkeepsie school was the first of the seven sisters to be coeducational

Vassar

If you want to plan your individual course of study, head for Bennington College in this state

Vermont

The main campus for Middlebury College is located in the Champlain Valley of this state.

Vermont

A sportswriter used the term "ivy colleges" in 1933 to describe 9 schools--the 8 current Ivies & this school in New York State

West Point

In 1817 Col Sylvanus Thayer began an influential 16 yrs. as superintendent at this institution in New York state

West Point

Phi Beta Kappa, America's oldest Greek-letter society, was founded in 1776 at this Virginia college.

William & Mary

The oldest college in the Southern U.S. is named for this royal pair who founded it in 1693

William & Mary

Founded not by Roger but Ephraim, this Massachusetts school boasts alums like George Steinbrenner

Williams College

While attending this school, George W. Bush was a member of its Skull & Bones secret society.

Yale

Truman the Tiger has been this school's mascot since 1984

the University of Missouri

Nike was founded by a track coach & a student, both from this university

the University of Oregon

Somewhat oddly, USF, this school, also has Pleasanton & Santa Rosa campuses

the University of San Francisco

The 20-inch Hale Telescope on Mount Palomar is owned and operated by this school

Caltech

This British university's colleges include Magdalene, King's & its most recent addition, Homerton

Cambridge

Minnesota's Northfield College got this name in 1871, honoring a benefactor

Carleton

Both Bennett Cerf & Herman Wouk were student editors of Jester, a humor magazine of this New York City university

Columbia

Founded in 1754 at King's College, it's the oldest institution of higher learning in New York

Columbia

Joseph Pulitzer endowed a school of journalism at this NYC school

Columbia

This university in New York City that was founded as King's College in 1754 uses a crown as its logo

Columbia

James Madison breezed through this school in 2 years when it was still called the College of New Jersey

Princeton

What started as the Harvard Annex in 1879 was chartered as this women's school in 1894

Radcliffe

In 1900 the founder of this Houston university was suffocated by his valet & a lawyer out to steal his fortune

Rice

A white oak on the campus of this New Brunswick, New Jersey school inspired Joyce Kilmer to write "Trees"

Rutgers

In 1842 Willamette University in this state capital became the first college on the West Coast

Salem

State Capital Colleges and Universities: Willamette University

Salem

The southernmost University of California campus bears the name of this city

San Diego

Nicknamed "Sadie Lou", this New York College dropped the words "For Women" from it's name in 1947

Sarah Lawrence

The undergrad school at this Northampton, Mass. college admits only women, but its grad school is coed

Smith

State Capital Colleges and Universities: Lincoln Land Community College

Springfield

To stand out from other schools with George's name, Washington University added "in" this Midwest city to its name

St. Louis

Co-sovereigns chartered this Virginia school in 1693

William & Mary

It's nicknamed "Old Eli"

Yale