college profiles
How the Ipad Helped Berklee’s College of Music
How did the iPad help the Berklee College of Music? Well, it made the work of the admissions officials a lot easier. Here is how: It provided a more portable way of inputting data. The iPad is a lot lighter to bring along on the road when going from one audition venue to the other. [...]
Filed under college profiles, April 2nd, 2012A Look at Samford University
Initially known as Howard College, the University was founded in 1841 in Alabama. The school became co-educational in 1913, but women were first admitted in the school as early as 1895. It is now known as Samford University, a private co-educational university located in Birmingham, Alabama. The school houses over 28,000 undergraduate students and over [...]
Filed under college profiles, September 22nd, 2010College Profile of Michigan Technological University
Michigan Technological University, also known as Michigan Tech, is a public university located in the city of Houghton, on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Initially known as the Michigan Mining University, it was founded in 1885 to answer the demand for the copper industry. It now has over 7,000 students and offers undergraduate graduate and [...]
Filed under college profiles, September 19th, 2010Things to Know about the University of Utah
The University of Utah was established in 1850 and classes were held where there was available space. However, the school, formerly called the University of Deseret, had to close in 1853 due to lack of funding. It was reestablished in 1867. The name was then changed to the University of Utah only on 1892 and [...]
Filed under college profiles, August 19th, 2010The University of San Francisco College Profile
The University of San Francisco was founded in 1855 by the Italian Jesuits. It was initially known as the Saint Ignatius Academy and offered language courses and algebra, history, geography, and bookkeeping programs. It awarded its first bachelor of arts degree in 1863. It is now a private university located in San Francisco, California. It [...]
Filed under college profiles, August 16th, 2010Some Facts about the University at Buffalo
The University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (SUNY) was founded in 1846. It was initially a private medical university focused on training doctors for Buffalo and its surrounding communities. After successfully offering numerous media-related courses, the expanded by opening a law school. The college of arts and sciences was the next expansion [...]
Filed under college profiles, August 13th, 2010