Wisconsin Tour: Small City, Big Campus
Located in a capital city and with a total student population of about 44,000, it would seem a given that the University of Wisconsin at...
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Beth & Tim Manners
May 14, 20194 min read
Beloit Tour: Keep an Eye on this Turtle
If it weren’t directly on the path between Chicago and Madison, we might have missed Beloit College, and that would have been a shame....
Beth & Tim Manners
May 13, 20193 min read
Northwestern Tour: Warm and Windy
Given its rigorous academics and selective admissions, one would not expect life at Northwestern University to be a day at the beach. Yet...
Beth & Tim Manners
May 8, 20192 min read
‘Llamapalooza’ Helps Berkeley Students Relax
The Guardian: “On Friday, students flocked to UC Berkeley’s Memorial Glade for Llamapalooza, a human-llama social occasion on a sunny...
Beth & Tim Manners
Apr 30, 20194 min read
JMU Tour: Sweet Smell of Success
Feels big! That was our first impression as our shuttle bus pulled up to the Festival Student Center in the Skyline area of the James...
Beth & Tim Manners
Apr 29, 20194 min read
UVA Tour: It Takes an Academical Village
His name was invoked no less than four times during the first five minutes of our UVA tour. Thomas Jefferson is known for many things,...
Beth & Tim Manners
Apr 18, 20192 min read
Women’s Colleges Report Applications Spike
Daily Hampshire Gazette: “Over the past several years, there has been a spike in the number of students applying to women’s colleges...
Beth & Tim Manners
Apr 5, 20192 min read
Stress Test: Colleges Teach How To Fail
Associated Press: “Bentley University has plenty of success stories among its faculty and alumni. But one recent evening, the school...
Beth & Tim Manners
Apr 3, 20192 min read
Candid Camera: Duke Student Records Campus Life
Duke Chronicle: “Imagine having a camera on your shoulder, recording all of your moments at Duke. Senior Jeffrey Wubbenhorst knows....
Beth & Tim Manners
Mar 28, 20192 min read
Live & Learn: U Miami Re-imagines its Dorms
Miami Today: ‘When the University of Miami administration decided to replace its 50-year-old dorms with two sleek new clusters of...
Beth & Tim Manners
Mar 26, 20191 min read
Robots Boost Breakfast at GMU
The Washington Post: “In the first days after a fleet of 25 delivery robots descended on George Mason University’s campus in January,...
Beth & Tim Manners
Mar 25, 20191 min read
Lehigh Launches ‘Plan for Greek Excellence’
ABC:”Lehigh University isn’t the only school where alcohol-fueled parties at frat houses is a problem, but they are now going to...
Beth & Tim Manners
Mar 22, 20191 min read
Green Mountain Question: Why UVM and not UVT?
Burlington Free Press: “The mystery of why the University of Vermont’s name is abbreviated to UVM and not UVT is due to history instead...
Beth & Tim Manners
Mar 18, 20192 min read
Discovering the ‘Art’ of College
The New York Times: “While not typically top of mind as a go-to destination, college and university art museums have a common goal: to...
Beth & Tim Manners
Mar 11, 20192 min read
Some Colleges Let Students Be Teachers
Houston Chronicle: “Wearing a ‘Pursuit of Hoppiness’ T-shirt, Rebecca Lee begins a Wednesday night ‘Houston Microbreweries’ course at...
Beth & Tim Manners
Mar 8, 20192 min read
Clemson Grafts Newton’s Apple Tree
Clemson: “Over the years, several dozen descendants of the Newton Apple Tree have been planted around the globe on the grounds of...
Beth & Tim Manners
Mar 1, 20192 min read
Pet Sounds: LaSalle Creates ‘Animal House’
Philadelphia Inquirer: “The student body is getting some furry company — the four-legged kind — at La Salle University. The Catholic...
Beth & Tim Manners
Feb 28, 20191 min read
Student View: How To Get Into UT Austin
The Daily Texan: “Current and former students who offer insight into UT admissions and campus life have become popular, unofficial faces...
Beth & Tim Manners
Feb 15, 20192 min read
A Brief History of The College Dorm
Smithsonian: Carla Yanni, author of Living on Campus: An Architectural History of the American Dormitory (Univ. of Minnesota Press),...
Beth & Tim Manners
Feb 11, 20191 min read
I Am Williams: Voices of the Undergrads
Williams College math major Ariana Ross ’17 discusses the symmetry between diving and mathematics and the importance of respect and...
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