St Cross is a relatively small egalitarian college, established in 1965 and provides places for 500 postgraduates from over 50 countries giving it an agreeable international flavour – some 70% of students are from overseas. The St Cross motto reflects the student mix and the ambition of the establishment – ‘Ad quattour cardines mundi’, ‘To the four corners of the earth’. A broad spectrum of academic subjects is pursued in both the sciences and the arts with the college encouraging its members to forge links across subjects to create thoughtful and productive relationships. The fellows and students blend into a community that has an equal share to all the social facilities, with no separate high table and no senior common room. The governing body is made up of both fellows and student representatives. The site is situated at St Giles, just off the city centre to the north, but well within easy walking distance of the Bodleian Library. It is a modern progressive establishment housed in a beautiful traditional setting. In addition to this central location the college has an annex at St Cross Road and three college houses, all offering comfortable accommodation to both men and women. Created for postgraduates Both St Cross College and Iffley College (now Wolfson) were created by the university to cater for the needs of an increasing number of graduate students, who in the 1960’s needed a college in which to continue their work. The original location was on St Cross Road just south of the church of the same name. At first just five graduate students were admitted who would have enjoyed the delights of a common room, dining hall and kitchen all housed in a temporary wooden hut, along with the college office. Reloc... ... middle of paper ... ...resents migration from St Cross to St Giles and acknowledges that both sites contained mulberry trees. The original St Cross site was not neglected and went on house the Islamic Study Centre for a while. In 1996 the site, now shared with Brasenose, had two accommodation blocks built on it, one for each college. Mentor Scheme St Cross provides an ‘in-house’ senior member as mentor to members. Graduates who hail from other universities are offered a junior mentor in addition, to add a little local knowledge – where the best library is, which pub does the best beer, and how to take up rowing despite St Cross having no team of its own (Wolfson invites St Cross rowers to become part of their teams). Don’t imagine for one moment the foundation has no interest in sport, St Cross recently provided three rugby players for the university team that travelled to Canada.
In 1841 when Father Sorin was granted an area of five miles, he did not know exactly what he was going to do with it. First thing he tough was to fix the little St. Peters church that was torn and old. Sorin then got a group of carpenters together and began to take down the St. Peters church and build a bigger and prettier one. He also decided to start planting crops, and making the land fertile. Then later in 1841, Father Sorin had the idea of building a college on the land. At first, Father Sorin and his fellow franks and brothers thought it was a bad idea and that there was...
Between study group, debate, and chess tournaments there wasn’t much of a social scene around Winchester University in Omaha, Nebraska. The school year at this college was year round, but the students were given a 30 day summer vacation in July. The majority of the students went back home to visit their families during this time. But as juniors at the University Charles, Fredrick, and Stanley, all childhood buddies, decided it was time for a change and that they needed a little more spice in their life. Realizing that they were almost twenty-one and had never breached their comfort zone, they knew a road trip was in store.
Upon arriving to college, many students face the challenge of finding a community to belong to. I believe the student affairs professionals on campus are the resource to building communities within the student body. Reflecting back on my first semester of college, I found my community within two organizations; Dance Marathon and UI Alumni Association Students Today, Alumni Tomorrow (S.T.A.T.). Within the organizations I met two advisers who opened my eyes to the world of student affairs.
Over the last millennium, a striking Cathedral devoted to St. Paul has been a precious jewel for the city of London. It sits at the top of Ludgate Hill, the highest point in the City of London. The present St Paul 's Cathedral, London, is an Anglican cathedral, the seat of the Bishop of London and the mother church of the Diocese of London. Regularly as the Cathedral is at the centre of many nation-wide events, innovations have been examined, and drastic new thoughts have found expression under the iconic dome. Bearing in mind all those occasions, it is certain that they would have left behind some physical evidence as well as reverberations in the imperceptible retention of the Cathedral itself.
Michael Reyes ENC 1102 18 October 2016 Is Greek Life Enriching or Distressing College Success Summer term 2016 was the very first time I was considered a college student who attended Florida International University or any university for that matter. I was nervous, intimidated by the drastic changes that were about to occur in my life. As a first semester freshman, I did not know what the college life held for me and did not want to. I was closed off from my surroundings and felt comfortable going from home to school and back home. It was convenient not having to be involved in all of these extracurricular activities and clubs.
As we look back on the past we need to recognise the small things, the small things with big matter. 100 years ago Lourdes Hill College, a Good Samaritan Education school, started in the year 1916. In the suburb of Hawthorn on the Bulimba Reach of the Brisbane River, at the request of Archbishop Duhig, the Good Samaritan Sisters founded the college (one of three schools that was founded at the time by the sisters). One of the most memorable features of Lourdes Hill College, The Grotto, was the first feature built in the college and will be continued to be looked up to and admired by the students at Lourdes Hill College. The values of the school, are based on three sources: The Compassion of the Good Samaritan, the patronage of Mary under
Private universities are mainly about creating a safe and supportive community that each resident can feel comfortable in to thrive. On top of the great housing, there are resident hall activities like volunteering. There are also over fifty clubs and after class activities available at St. Ambrose. There are academic, cultural, recreational and even more types of clubs and class activities available. St. Ambrose does its best to provide a home, away from home.
The Hive Library, in Worcester, is a four-story building that is made of golden-colour copper aluminium alloy (exterior) and water proof concrete (interior). Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios designed the building, which costs around ‘£38m’(Ijeh, The modern reader, p2). The library was designed for the use of public as well as the use Worcester University student. On the other hand, Christopher Wren designed The Trinity College in 1676-1695 in Cambridge. It’s a single large room, at the first floor level. Several feet below the external division, between the two stories, lies the floor of the library (Hawkes, Origins of Building Science, p87). This gives is a better architecture proportion. The library was designed for the use of Cambridge student only. The use of both libraries explains the difference in size of the two buildings. The Hive was designed for public and Worcester university students, whereas Trinity was only designed for Cambridge university students. The Hive is bigger because larger population is using the library than the Trinity library.
Late in the fifth century the son of a well-off family in Italy left for isolation on his mission to truly seek god. This man was St. Benedict, who is credited with the first establishment of the concept of withdrawing from all temptation for Christian beliefs in the west. St. Benedict left his home and went to the top of a mountain, where he established a monastic community. In this community the individuals who resided there, constantly reiterated their faith. They sacrificed whatever they may have had to prove their true commitment to God. This became an early ideal of Christianity, that one must suffer loss and sacrifice to prove their loyalty to the faith. It was believed in this time period that if one is content with only what they truly need one is freer to think about other people and to think about God . These individuals were called Regular Clergies (monks) and were considered heroes of the faith.
Durham Cathedral is a wonderful place to visit inside of England, because it provides a wonderful view to the eye, has a ton of history dating back a good far amount of years. The Cathedral has many things to see available for the public to view including the monk’s dormitory, here they slept and today it does house part of the Cathedral’s library. Three libraries are throughout the Cathedral, the most visited library is the medieval monastic one. 17th and 18th century music can also be found in the monastic library of the cathedral, thus making it an interesting piece of history to be viewed.
The painting Red Square by Russian painter Kasimir Malevich is a particularly interesting piece. It is simple red square on a white background representing a peasant woman. It is an example of the Malevich's unique style of suprematism, which focuses on motion and feeling.
Michael is first introduced to mankind through the scriptures written in the Bible. In the book of Daniel, Michael is introduced as one of the "chief princes" of Heaven as well as the guardian of the people of Israel (Daniel 10:13). His name is translated to mean "Who is like unto God," and he is one of the seven archangels of Heaven who is mentioned in the Bible, in both the Old and New Testaments.
In valuing the developable land at Canary Wharf, there are several factors to take into account. Namely, it is crucial to decide on an appropriate rate at which to discount the projected cash flows for the property. The developable properties of Canary Wharf come with considerable risk. For example, the London office market downturn, as well as significant market hits for the large financial services tenants of Canary Wharf, presents serious tenant lease up and lease covenant negotiation risks. How long will it take to attract quality tenants to the buildings, especially as financial services tenants are currently stressed? Additionally, the requirement for further planning consent on the buildings indicates that construction on three of the sites can not commence for a number of years. How can one accurately predict the market in the future? Will the London Office market significantly improve or continue to decline? What will interest rates look like? Songbird must consider the risk of valuing such sites several years into the future. Further, Songbird must consider the weighty transportation risk. If the Crossrail project does not come to fruition in a timely manner with necessary approvals, development will not proceed as planned, causing cost overruns and heavy construction delays. Assuming that Canary Wharf is able to get the necessary transportation approvals, Canary Wharf's projected cash flows should be discounted at 12.5% in order to mitigate risks to be faced. Given this discount rate, as well as considering all taxes, debt obligations, rents and rent-free periods, and all construction costs, an appropriate bid on the developable sites at Canary Wharf is ₤809,000 (the Net Present Value of the cash flows, discounted at 12.5%). Please see Exhibit 1 for a detailed pro forma of all projected cash flows.
Coming to the United States for college can introduce cultural differences that even the most prepared students might not anticipate. From campus life to classroom etiquette, US school can be quite a different experience from learning in other countries around the world. It is rather natural for students from other countries to join communities that somehow remind them of home and give them the opportunity to remain connected with their roots and at the same time bring the world a little closer to fellow classmates. By raising collective cultural awareness, organized expressions of diversity which create a cultural spillover from which we all benefit.
In the present modern day, and seemingly for an extensive period of time, society has tended and still does, hold a predisposed idea that a university is associated with a building and the location that it is in. What society does not realise however the fact that it is a place to study where the location does not matter because towards the end you still achieve the same degree as anyone else.