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  About Downing College
Downing offers a friendly atmosphere, a good mixture of undergraduates and graduates, and an outstanding base from which to carry out your studies.
Downing is committed to excellence and we aim for the highest standards of academic attainment, teaching, pastoral support, accommodation, and facilities for social and cultural activities.
Downing was founded in 1800: it is both the newest of the ‘old’ Colleges and the oldest of the ‘new’.
www.cam.ac.uk /admissions/undergraduate/colleges/downing   (321 words)

  
  Sir George Downing - LoveToKnow 1911
Pepys, who characterizedhis conduct asodious though useful to the king, calls him a "perfidious rogue," and remarks that "all the world took notice of him for a most ungrateful villain for his pains." 3 On the ist of July 1663 he was created a baronet.
Downing Street, London, is named after him, while Downing College, Cambridge, derived its name from his grandson, the 3rd baronet.
Downing was undoubtedly a man of great political and diplomatic ability, but his talents were rarely employed for the advantage of his country and his character was marked by all the mean vices, treachery, avarice, servility and ingratitude.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Sir_George_Downing   (750 words)

  
 Downing College, Cambridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Downing College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.
The college was founded in 1800 under the will of Sir George Downing, 3rd Baronet with the wealth left by his grandfather, Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet, who served both Cromwell and Charles II and built 10 Downing Street (a door formerly from Number 10 is in use in the college).
The college is renowned for its strong Legal and Medical tradition, the former subject being built up by the late Professor Clive Parry, his pupil and successor John Hopkins (now an emeritus fellow) and the current Director of Studies in Law and Senior Tutor, Graham Virgo.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Downing_College   (1115 words)

  
 Downing College Boat Club - History
Downing College Boat Club was established in October 1863.
Despite the college being very poor, there was plenty of support from the fellows; the tutor Dr Perkins, inebriated after a Club dinner, stumbled in the gutter on St Andrew's Street.
In 1893, the owner of the current Downing plot died, and the then-Tutor, Rev'd J Saunders bought the plot for the Club from his own finances for a sum of £240.
www.downingboatclub.co.uk /history.php   (1120 words)

  
 Downing College JCR Website
None of the colleges are really that different- they all have beds, food and libraries, and there will be ‘your kind of people' in every one.
Ask a Downing student why they chose to come here, and the most common answer you will find is "it's so pretty"- our buildings are unique, and stunning.
Downing is stunning to look at, especially in summer or when it's snowing.
www.downingjcr.co.uk /applying   (317 words)

  
 Downing and Betts win USGWA National Championship Titles
In the semifinals, Downing defeated Randi Miller of Neosho County College with a fall in 2:30.
Downing scored on two - three point throws and an exposure before her second fall of the day.
Downing wrestled a defensive match, scoring a three-point takedown, a one-point takedown and a hold down in the danger position for a 5-2 win and a national championship.
www.theguillotine.com /club/02/0404downbett.htm   (887 words)

  
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Downing College of Cambridge University is known throughout the world for excellence in the fields of law and medicine.
Downing was founded under the 1749 will of Sir George Downing -- for whose grandfather London's Downing Street (of Number 10 fame) was named.
Downing College is in the heart of the city of Cambridge.
www.outreach.olemiss.edu /cle/cambridgebrochure.html   (1227 words)

  
 Downing College
Downing College has a unique and magnificent setting amidst 17 acres of lawns and trees, yet is in the very centre of Cambridge.
The buildings, which are predominantly new-classical in style, convey a sense of elegance and spaciousness, enhanced by harmonious proportions, graceful columned porticos, and delicate pink and yellow stone.
All College rooms are provided with bed linen, towels and soap, tea and coffee making facilities, and are serviced daily.
www.ee.surrey.ac.uk /icpr2004/accommodation/DowningCollege.htm   (152 words)

  
 Boheme - Downing College Ball - Ents
Downing was founded by Sir George Downing, third baronet, with wealth left by his grandfather, the first baronet, who served both Cromwell and Charles II and built No. 10 Downing Street, which has been for 250 years the London home of the Prime Minister.
By the time this happened, the fortune which should have been used to found and maintain the college had been gravely eroded and the estates were so neglected and unprofitable that Downing began life poverty-stricken and with poor prospects.
The development of the College buildings has therefore been slow and spasmodic - another 50 years passed before the college was in working order.
www.emudesigns.co.uk /downing/history.htm   (709 words)

  
 South West students visit Downing College   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Around 140 school and college students from the South West have visited Downing College, Cambridge on residential open days this summer.
Downing College is linked to local education authorities (LEAs) in the South West and runs a wide range of events aimed at raising the aspirations of students in the region and encouraging more of them to apply to Cambridge.
Downing College held its first widening-participation open day in 2000, making it the College's longest-running access initiative.
www.admin.cam.ac.uk /news/dp/2004070201   (450 words)

  
 Coffeyville Community College - Downing selected as Head Volleyball Coach   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Downing, currently a physical education instructor and high school volleyball coach in Hiawatha, Kansas, will take over a program that finished 20-20 in the 2004 season.
After CCC, Downing transferred to the University of West Alabama and played softball and was a two-year starter on the volleyball team at the university.
Downing was a student assistant volleyball coach at West Alabama and was also head coach of the JV volleyball team in 2002.
www.ccc.cc.ks.us /Athletics/news/downing_vbcoach.htm   (217 words)

  
 School of Law - The University of Mississippi - Ole Miss - Oxford, MS
Downing College is in the heart of the city of Cambridge, an hour north of London.
Downing College, our host institution for the Cambridge Summer Session, is renowned for producing excellent lawyers and legal scholars.
Downing College's coin laundry, computer room, tennis court and playing field may be used and there are numerous sports, restaurant, pub and entertainment facilities within a short walk of the college.
www.law.olemiss.edu /programs/cambridge   (943 words)

  
 Downing College : Chapel
Downing College is home to a diverse community of people of different faiths, and many who are not practicing members of any religion.
Members of College may borrow the key from the Porters if the Chapel is locked.
The Chapel is run by the Chaplain, who is a minister in the Church of England.
www.dow.cam.ac.uk /~chapel   (271 words)

  
 Professors earn "Downing' time at Cambridge: 2-25-2005
Applications for the spring 2006 Thomas Jefferson Fellowship at Downing College are due by March 9.
The professor exchange program between Downing and U.Va. began in 1976, and TJ fellows have gone to Downing every year with the exception of 1987 and 2003.
Architecture Professor Edward Ford used his time at Downing last year to begin a new book, “Detailing as a Subversive Activity.” Easy access to the Royal Institute of British Architecture in London, an important major collection of architectural drawings, as well as trips to Holland and Paris were critical to his research.
www.virginia.edu /insideuva/2005/04/downing.html   (1090 words)

  
 Pomona College : Fellowships   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Purpose: The Downing Scholarship underwrites a one-year educational exchange, bringing one British student to Pomona College and sending one Pomona College senior for post-baccalaureate study at University of Cambridge, living in Downing College.
Consult faculty in the field you wish to study, read general course descriptions in the Cambridge University graduate prospectus at http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/gradstud/admissions/index.html, and then go to the departmental website for details on the course of study that interests you.
Award of the Scholarship is contingent on acceptance of the nominee's application to the University of Cambridge program of choice, and acceptance of the nominee as a member of Downing College.
www.pomona.edu /adwr/Fellowships/fellowships_scholarships/downing.shtml   (427 words)

  
 Downing College Boat Club - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Downing College Boat Club (or DCBC) is the rowing club for members of Downing College, Cambridge.
Downing women formed in 1981 and held their first headship of the Lent Bumps from 2004-2005.
Downing women have never been head of the May Bumps, reaching their highest position of 5th in the last few years.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Downing_College_Boat_Club   (189 words)

  
 Noble Denton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The college is both close to the city centre and many University departments but is away from the usual tourist track.
The College welcomes applicants from all types of schools and colleges; there is no such thing as a ‘typical’ Downing student.
The numbers of undergraduates and graduates admitted to Downing to study for each of the courses offered by the University are not precisely predetermined, but vary slightly from year to year according to the College’s assessment of the intellectual ability and potential of those who apply.
www.nobledenton.com /award.htm   (510 words)

  
 Graduate Studies Prospectus: Downing College
Downing is a medium-sized, friendly, informal and academically successful college.
Although the College admits a significant number of students for one-year courses, those intending to read for the PhD degree are especially encouraged.
Officers of the MCR attend College Committee and Governing Body meetings to represent the views of graduates.
www.admin.cam.ac.uk /univ/gsprospectus/colleges/downing.html   (286 words)

  
 Pomona College : Dean of the College   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The Downing/Pomona exchange is funded by an endowment given to Pomona College for the purpose of exchange between the two institutions.
The college has a spacious and attractive campus, situated close to the city center.
Depending on availability, housing may be provided at the usual local rate in a college flat, or in a flat in the city of Cambridge.
www.pomona.edu /adwr/academicdean/research/DowningExchange.shtml   (493 words)

  
 Louisiana College: Where Critical Thinking and Passionate Faith Connect
Chris Schelin, a 2005 Louisiana College graduate, was given a high academic honor this week when he was awarded a full scholarship to the Duke Divinity School, according to Dr. Fred Downing, Louisiana College professor of religion and holder of the Duggan Professorship in Religion.
He began his tenure at the Pineville school as the winner of the Smith Scholarship Competition, Louisiana College’s most prestigious annual scholarship given to incoming freshmen, and ended his tenure as the recipient of the Donies and Novie Magee Scholarship Award, the top senior annual academic award given.
Downing explains that Duke is widely recognized as a premier institution, that it is in the highest eschelon of universities in the country.
www.lacollege.edu /news/2005/2005-05/05-05-27_schelin.php   (976 words)

  
 Downing Association Newsletter 1996
Although the Foundation Stone of the College was laid in 1807 and this event must be commemorated in 2007, we propose to hold a major celebration in 2000 as the year of the bicentenary of the granting of our royal charter.
At College one of his interests was in amateur radio, and he was Secretary/Treasurer of the University Wireless Society in 1936 and 1937, operating as a `ham' from his rooms on L Staircase beneath those of a tolerant Kenneth Sporne.
Dick Grove was appointed as a Lecturer in the Department of Geography in 1954, and a Fellow of Downing College in 1963.
www.dow.cam.ac.uk /dow_server/info/danl/DANL96.html   (20794 words)

  
 Oxford University Gazette: Appointments, 8 March 2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Downing College invites applications for a fixed-term two-year post of College Teaching Officer in History, with effect from 1 October 2001, to cover a period of leave of absence of the permanent post-holder.
The appointment is non-renewable and is subject to the statutes of the college.
Downing College is committed to a policy of equality of opportunity.
www.ox.ac.uk /gazette/2000-1/weekly/080301/appts/entry_10.htm   (164 words)

  
 Physics at Downing College
When not working at the Cavendish I can often be found at Downing College where I am a Fellow in Physics
The College has its own extensive set of home pages with full information on Admissions, Fellows, facilities and much more.
Full details of the College including a pictorial tour and mug-shots of Fellows, staff, and some students.
www.mrao.cam.ac.uk /~cah/downing.html   (81 words)

  
 Downing College Library - Quinlan Terry - Driehaus Prize - News and Events - School of Architecture - University of ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
With the college's commitment to classicism and its strong emphasis on the Greek Revival, it was felt appropriate that this building should form a 'capriccio' of the outstanding monuments of the Acropolis.
For that reason the Portico of Augustus forms the main entrance and south portico of the building; the Choragic monument of Thrasyllus forms the East Portico; and the Tower of the Winds forms the octagonal cupola, which has a Greek Corinthian capital at the apex with a weathervane.
The entrance doorcase is a combination of Greek work with splayed architraves combined with Michelangelo's doorcase at the Medici Chapel, Florence where the reduction in width of the architrave and fine detail foreshadow the change in taste from the Roman to Greek detail.
architecture.nd.edu /news_and_events/downing_college2.shtml   (306 words)

  
 Downing College JCR Website
The college ladder for this term is now up in the courts.
The college has two mens' teams and two womens' teams, chosen by position on the ladder.
Downing enter two teams in the University League, although the emphasis is on social play.
www.downingjcr.co.uk /college/sports   (617 words)

  
 Downing College - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Downing College - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Downing College, college of the University of Cambridge, England.
Downing was founded in 1800, following the terms of the will of Sir George Downing...
uk.encarta.msn.com /Downing_College.html   (57 words)

  
 Downing College MCR: Downloads
This is the form to use to apply to the Downing Association for financial assistance with books, travel etc.
The form to use if you are a current student and would like to apply for college accomodation in 2006/2007.
A guide to living out of college, compiled by the JCR in 2001/2002, but still useful.
www.downingmcr.co.uk /downloads   (179 words)

  
 The University of Mississippi - Continuing Legal Education   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Downing was founded under the 1749 will of Sir George Downing, for whose grandfather Downing Street (of Number 10 fame) was named.
Rural England is a fiveminute walk from Downing's gates with its sheep meadows, peaceful River Cam, and charming country villages all there for the exploring.
The Cambridge Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza, the University Arms, the Garden House and Regent hotels are all within a five-minute walk of Downing College and have accommodated Cambridge Studies Program students for years.
www.outreach.olemiss.edu /cle/seminars/Cambridge_071105   (1213 words)

  
 Conference Cambridge Dining
Downing College has a unique and magnificent setting amidst 17 acres of lawns and trees, yet it is in the very heart of Cambridge.
The College boasts the superb College Hall, with its grand classical interior which can cater for lunches and dinners for up to 180.
For smaller more intimate events there is the West Lodge and Maitland room, which opens onto the beautiful sunken gardens.
www.conferencecambridge.com /dining/downing.htm   (151 words)

  
 Janus: Downing College Archive
The Archive preserves the documentary heritage of the College.
The College Library also houses several special collections of rare books and manuscripts with particular strengths in Cambridge local history and seventeenth century Britain.
Stanley French, "The history of Downing College, Cambridge" (Downing College Association, 1978)
janus.lib.cam.ac.uk /db/node.xsp?id=EAD/GBR/0269   (105 words)

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