Spring is springing at Northwestern!
Thirty-three Northwestern University undergrads will be giving away $100,000 as part of a new interdisciplinary class, “Learning Philanthropy and Engaging in the Study and Practice of Giving,” in the School of Education and Social Policy (SESP).
Taught by SESP dean Penelope Peterson and former Spencer Foundation director Lauren Jones Young, “Learning Philanthropy” will examine the history and practice of philanthropic giving and, in a very real way, demonstrate the impact that charitable giving can have.
Iiiiiiinteresting.
Holy crap! And I don’t think Dean Peterson taught classes when I was an undergrad (at least not when I was in SESP), which is a bummer because I think it would have been great.
How about they donate it to an alumni who is about to have start paying back a lot of student loan debt? No? It was worth asking.
Go Cats!
As a college administrator, I should probably be more interested in March Madness. Maybe I would be, if my alma mater ever had a chance of even entering the the tournament (sorry, Northwestern). That’s why I pay more attention to football.
That said, I read this article over on Inside Higher Ed and they found an interesting corollary between academic performance of the schools and their tournament performance. Therefore, I’m copying their bracket and using it (except I’m going with Kansas over Belmont). Click through the picture to get a larger/zoomable image of the bracket.
Historically, polyandry was much more common than we thought.
Reblogging this because one of my professors wrote it!
(via zomganthro)
We are proud to announce acclaimed performing artist and ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov as the 2013 commencement speaker at the University’s 155th commencement ceremony June 21 at Ryan Field. Full story: http://bit.ly/11bww4y
Bravo, Alma Mater. I will be there in so many ways it’s not even funny. So freaking excited.
Also, Go Cats!
10-0 lead in the Gator Bowl as the end of the first quarter approaches :)
No Halloween at Northwestern is complete with Eberhard Zwergel’s explosive chemistry show!
I’m sad I never went to his show as an undergrad, even though I heard about it every year. I wonder if he still blows up the lake?
My weekend at my parents’ house in a nutshell: kitty cuddles and delicious homemade chili cheese sweet potato fries while watching the (depressing) NU game on TV.
(Source: gradschoolroundtwo)
The Evanston campus is exploding with autumn beauty. View full size: http://bit.ly/Rg8aOM
Tweet your own fall photos to @NorthwesternU with hashtag #NUFallColors
STATEMENT FROM PRESIDENT SCHAPIRO ON DEATH OF NORTHWESTERN STUDENT: http://bit.ly/nY0QQ
It’s a sad day for the Northwestern community and for his family and friends. Keeping them in my thoughts.
Missing Northwestern student, last seen Saturday morning (9/22/12)
A cousin of a friend of Hope’s
please please please signal boost, tumblr!
Anyone in the Evanston/Chicago area, please be aware and keep an eye out. Organized search parties are student volunteers are handing out flyers. Go to the Seabury lobby between 9-noon today (Wednesday) to help.
Although I do disagree slightly with my alma mater’s professor quoted in #2. I’d suggest taking classes that fulfill some core requirements, but that sound interesting. You don’t want to spend your entire freshman year taking classes that won’t count for anything other than electives. But, most classes a freshman would take probably falls under some sort of gen ed requirement anyway.
(Source: gradschoolroundtwo)
