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Notable Alumni:
Co-founder of Google, Sergey Brin, attended UMD and graduated with a BS in Computer Science in 1993.
Three-time Olympic gymnast, Dominique Dawes, attended UMD and graduated in 2002 after winning the gold medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.
Jim Henson, founder of Muppets, graduated UMD with a degree in Home Economics. His initial projects in puppet-making (puppeteering?) started during his freshman year in college, where he created Sam and Friends.
Kevin Plank, founder and CEO of Under Armour, is also a UMD alumnus.
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- May 11, 2022
Haverford College
Pinwheels Day. This is the day everyone on campus has eagerly awaited, and awaited, and the colorful spinning pinwheels on Founders Green look especially delightful after such a dreary and never-ending winter. Mascot: Black Squirrel Admit Rate: 17.8% (Class of 2025) … More
- May 11, 2022
Princeton University
The first football game, between two different colleges, happened in November of 1869. It was Princeton vs. Rutgers. (Rutgers won, 6-4). The Bonfire. The bonfire is one of the most memorable and sporadic, of all traditional Princeton activities, celebrating that the … More
- May 11, 2022
University of Maryland (UMD)
Notable Alumni: Co-founder of Google, Sergey Brin, attended UMD and graduated with a BS in Computer Science in 1993. Three-time Olympic gymnast, Dominique Dawes, attended UMD and graduated in 2002 after winning the gold medal at the 1996 Olympics in … More
- May 11, 2022
Cornell University
Dragon Day goes up in flames. Every March, Cornell celebrates Dragon Day. First-year architecture students build a giant dragon. They parade it across campus and then light it on fire in the Arts Quad. The 2015 dragon is pictured above. Cornell is … More