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  Alma mater - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This term is taken from the motto ("Alma Mater Studiorum") of the oldest European university, the University of Bologna, in Italy, founded in A.D., and located in the city of Bologna.
In many modern languages it is usually and principally heard as a term of academia; Thus, in the English language, it is used as a sobriquet for the university or college a person has attended.
Alma mater is sometimes the incipit of a school's anthem or song, and may be taken as a title for the genre.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alma_mater   (226 words)

  
 Alma Mater
Plans to create the Alma Mater began last semester when a small group of students and staff members agreed that a university song was long overdue.
Following the Alma Mater performance by Riddle’s own a cappella group, the AcaFella’s, many positive remarks were made among students, staff, and friends.
Alma Maters are traditionally sung at various official university ceremonies, student gatherings, athletic events and other special activities.
www.erau.edu /er/almamater.html   (512 words)

  
 Alma Mater   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
The Alma Mater it is the highest honor given to a Wittenberg woman.
By tradition the Alma Mater is invested in a woman who symbolizes the ideals of Wittenberg University through qualities of leadership, scholarship, and service.
The Alma Mater tradition was formalized in 1921 with the annual Alma Mater Day, a spring festival of dance and ceremony.
www.personal.psu.edu /students/j/b/jbg165/alma_mater.htm   (143 words)

  
 Alma Mater Art   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
The Alma Mater art Gallery, the oldest art gallery in modern Russia, constantly presents Russian artists, from groundbreaking contemporary visionaries to historical masters, at the national and international exhibitions.
The bulk of Alma Mater Gallery's collection came from the graduators of the leading Soviet and Russian Art Institute - State Art Academy named after V. Surikov.
"ALMA MATER" collection demonstrates very clearly that new trends in contemporary Russian art have got every opportunity to reflect all the environment diversity and are based on the historical art School and traditions.
www.almamaterart.com   (370 words)

  
 Alma Mater
Gradually he developed the words to what we know today as the "Alma Mater." The song, however, died the death of all furlough songs and was not even sung at the graduation of Reinecke's class in 1911.
On June 9, 1912, one year after Reinecke's graduation, "Alma Mater" was sung at the Baccalaureate Service and took its place as a musical expression of the feelings of every West Pointer toward his Alma Mater.
To the old German tune of "Treueliebe", line by line and verse by verse the structure of "Alma Mater" was developed to the rhythm of his measured pacings.
www.west-point.org /users/usma1981/38405/west_point/songs/almamater.htm   (311 words)

  
 USC: Alma Mater
The alma mater was written in 1911 by George A. Wauchope, an English professor at USC, and set to the music of Robert Burns' "Flow Gently, Sweet Afton." It was written as a result of the need for this type of school song.
A March 1911 issue of the GAMECOCK reported that a year or two earlier the faculty, "realizing we should have a soul stirring alma mater," offered a prize of $50, but not much had been done.
Although it was several years before the song written by Dr. Wauchope became known as the Alma Mater of the University, it was apparently the most popular one as soon as it came out.
www.sc.edu /usc/almamater.html   (331 words)

  
 Alma Mater - Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
A university's Alma Mater is the fabric of its history, traditions, and values.
The Cabinet felt it was about time the university had an Alma Mater and they hoped it would be accepted just as well by the commencement audience.
Pleased that the Alma Mater would now become a tradition at ERAU, Director of University Relations Darryl Niemeyer says that, this university song is something that the students and alumni will be proud to have.
www.erau.edu /pr/almamater.html   (514 words)

  
 UCSD Chancellor: Letters to the Chancellor
Traditionally, an Alma Mater is a dignified and sentimental song of praise that can bind students to their school.
Perhaps the most popular of these is Berkeley’s “All Hail Blue and Gold”, which is also used by other UC campuses as their Alma Mater (blue and gold are the official colors of the entire UC system).
UCLA used that Alma Mater until 1960, when it was replaced by “Hail to the Hills of Westwood”.
www-chancellor.ucsd.edu /letters2006_0115.htm   (1297 words)

  
 CD Baby: WALEED HOWRANI: Alma Mater   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Alma Mater (Variations on the AUB anthem) -- Howrani
Alma Mater, which takes its name from the album's theme and variations he composed for the American University of Beirut, is truly a winner.
His Alma Mater reflects Russian, Mideastern, contemporary European, and ragime flavors with a bright splash of boogie-woogie thrown in for good measure.
www.cdbaby.com /cd/waleed4   (619 words)

  
 alma mater Home
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www.alma-mater.de   (234 words)

  
 Alma Mater Pixels - Pixel advertising at its best
Alma Mater Pixels is an advertising tool where you can submit an image and link which will then be published on the pixel page.
Animated images are not allowed on Alma Mater Pixels, if you submit an animated image, either the first frame of the animation will be used or it will be removed totally and you will be contacted for a new image.
Alma Mater Pixels is automated, you size and position your image, view it on position and then pay via Paypal and your image and link is then permenantly added.
www.almamaterpixels.com   (1006 words)

  
 Alma Mater Software, Inc.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Alma College of Alma, Mich., nor the Adoptees' Liberty Movement Association (A.L.M.A.).
Alma Mater Software is a New York area software consulting practice founded in 1995 by
Alma Mater develops custom applications and database systems for clients in many industries.
www.alma.com   (85 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Alumni turn to alma mater   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
As this year's college seniors pick up their diplomas, many of them may think that their future relationship with their alma mater will be limited to periodic class reunions and solicitations for funds.
The change in attitude comes at a time when the proportion of alumni who contribute to their alma mater is in decline — from 13.1% in 2002 to 12.4% last year.
They make a judgment on whether engaging with their alma mater is worth "the investment of their time, energy and money," Shaindlin says.
www.usatoday.com /life/2005-06-01-college-alumni_x.htm   (1404 words)

  
 For The Glory of Old State
Penn State's Alma Mater was written by Fred Lewis Pattee, longtime Professor of American Literature at the institution.
Pattee's original version had six verses but later two were omitted and the four-verse version is accepted as the Alma Mater.
Penn State had been coed for thirty years when the song was written but Pattee felt the ethos of the school was so male oriented that the song was appropriate as written.
www.psu.edu /ur/about/almamater.html   (238 words)

  
 Alma Mater - Bed and Breakfast Hampshire UK
Alma Mater - Bed and Breakfast Hampshire UK Aerial view of Needles
Alma Mater is a five bedroom chalet bungalow which has been extensively enlarged to a high standard of a Georgian style establishment to accommodate our guests in a relaxed and comfortable atmosphere.
It is in the quiet residential area close to the village of Milford on Sea, the coastal paths, cliffs and beaches with their views of the Solent and the Isle of Wight.
www.almamater.org.uk   (143 words)

  
 Behind the music: Northwestern Alma Mater and fight song, Historic Moments, Northwestern University
While the "Alma Mater" has gone through changes over the years, the tradition and pride associated with the song continues.
Today, the "Alma Mater" hymn is performed by the Marching Band during halftime at Wildcat football games, and by the orchestra during formal and special occasions such as commencement or convocation ceremonies.
Today, Lutkin is best known as the composer of the choral anthem "The Lord Bless You and Keep You," one of his numerous compositions of sacred music.
www.northwestern.edu /features/historic_moments/02_15_01_song.html   (776 words)

  
 WPI Student Alumni Society | Annual Programming: Alma Mater Contest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Alma Mater by Nicky G & the Porkers (.mp3)
The Student Alumni Society will host the annual Alma Mater Contest on Traditions Day, Thursday, April 13, during the final Freshman-Sophomore Rivalry Event of the day, WPI Jeopardy.
The Alma Mater contest is open to any members of the WPI community, particularly student organizations!
users.wpi.edu /~sas/almamater.html   (229 words)

  
 Lay alma mater rebuffs endowment request - Boston.com
Seven years after donating $1.1 million in Enron stock to his alma mater and with little to show for the gift, company founder Kenneth Lay asked the University of Missouri to steer the unspent money to Hurricane Katrina relief.
stock to his alma mater and with little to show for the gift, company founder Kenneth Lay asked the University of Missouri to steer the unspent money to Hurricane Katrina relief.
The school rejected the request, according to records obtained Monday by The Associated Press.
www.boston.com /news/education/higher/articles/2006/05/22/lay_alma_mater_rebuffs_endowment_request   (903 words)

  
 Alma Mater - Moviefone
Alma Mater (2002) Alma Mater on IMDb: Movies, TV, Celebs, and more...
Movies Alma Mater (2002): find the latest news, photos and trailers, as well as local showtimes/dvd info at Yahoo!
NSIT OFest: Alma Mater Many thanks to these groups for participating in the unofficial Alma Mater movie:.
movies.aol.com /movie/alma-mater/15292/main   (139 words)

  
 purevolume™ | The Alma Mater
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The Alma Mater hasn't posted any shows yet.
All songs, lyrics and pictures © The Alma Mater.
www.purevolume.com /thealmamater   (58 words)

  
 Far Above Cayuga's Waters - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The lyrics were composed circa 1870 by roommates Archibald Croswell Weeks, 1872, and Wilmot Moses Smith, 1874, and set to the tune of "Annie Lisle", a popular 1857 ballad by H. Thompson about a heroine dying of tuberculosis.
Arguably, this song is the most popular and best known alma mater in the United States.
For example, Professor George Penny of the University of Kansas wrote his school's alma mater by changing a few words from Cornell's song ("Far above the golden valley...").
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Far_Above_Cayuga's_Waters   (673 words)

  
 Alma Mater - Education in Russia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Everything you want to know about Education in Russia: Ask Alma Mater Group about it on our
ALMA MATER Group presents new services on the site: Job search, Scientists Search and Scientists Committee Search
ALMA MATER Group presents new section of the site: Articles.
www.rusalma.org   (101 words)

  
 ?Dream big,? church worker tells students at alma mater - UMC.org
MUTARE, Zimbabwe (UMNS) -- Several hundred students, clad in green and blue uniforms, filled the assembly ground at Marange High School to hear one of their own tell them they can achieve their dreams through Christ.
Mudambanuki, 42, received an enthusiastic welcome to his alma mater.
A staff member of United Methodist Communications, he was guiding a group of communicators on a photography and reporting field trip as part of a two-week training conference held at Africa University in Mutare.
www.umc.org /site/c.gjJTJbMUIuE/b.1852435/k.F47C/Dream_big_church_worker_tells_students_at_alma_mater.htm   (664 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Rather gives $2 million to alma mater   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Dan Rather has donated $2 million to his alma mater, Sam Houston State University —; the largest single monetary gift in the school's 127-year history.
A Houston native, Rather earned a bachelor's degree in journalism in 1953 at the school about 75 miles north of where he grew up.
By William Regan, AP Former CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather donated $2 million to his alma mater Sam Houston State University where he received a journalism degree in 1953.
www.usatoday.com /life/people/2006-09-05-rather-school-gift_x.htm?csp=34   (282 words)

  
 Calhoun to guide UConn against his alma mater - News - MSNBC.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Calhoun to guide UConn against his alma mater
As nice as it is for the Huskies to be playing his alma mater, Calhoun says the first of his team's two exhibitions isn't about reunions.
Calhoun wants to see how his eight freshman, including the recently cleared Hasheem Thabeet, perform in their debuts.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/15511029   (726 words)

  
 Vigor High School Alma Mater   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
The original meaning of the term “Alma Mater” was in the Latin phrase meaning nourishing or foster mother applied by the Romans to various Goddesses, such as Ceres and Cybele the Goddesses of agriculture and nature.
Today, it is the Alumni (or Alumnae) who return to their Alma Maters for reunions, many at times of commencement.
Those who return include leaders who did something for the institution and those, whether leaders or not, who felt the institution did something for them.
library.beau.org /~jmartin/almamater.html   (334 words)

  
 Revista Alma Mater   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
A algunos se las podemos hacer llegar personalmente; a otros, no podemos arriesgarnos, no hay confianza.
Además, José Marcos Muñiz trajo de La Habana un montón de ejemplares de Alma Mater...
ALMA MATER SALUDA EL SEXTO ANIVERSARIO DE LAS BUTS
www.almamater.cu   (400 words)

  
 Accommodation, Alma Mater, Milford on Sea, New Forest, Hampshire
Accommodation, Alma Mater, Milford on Sea, New Forest, Hampshire
We aim to respond to your enquiry within 24 hours.
We will check the availability and let you know the result by email.
www.almamater.org.uk /prices.shtml   (58 words)

  
 Granby High School: --alma mater
Granby High, our Alma Mater, let the joyful welkin ring;
Hail to thee, our Alma Mater, ever praise to thee we'll sing.
We all love thee, Alma Mater, thou hast led our steps aright.
ww2.nps.k12.va.us /education/school/schoolmap.php?sectiondetailid=14958   (85 words)

  
 PGATOUR.com - Nicklaus dots the "i" at his alma mater, Ohio State
Find out why the clubs are receiving great ratings from Chuck Stogel and the GolfWeb testers.
Nicklaus dots the "i" at his alma mater, Ohio State
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Jack Nicklaus has won 18 major golf championships during a glittering half-century in the spotlight.
www.pgatour.com /story/9761877   (733 words)

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