alma mater

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He often hires recent graduates of his alma mater to be his law clerks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

After returning to Hungary, in 1960 he became a repetiteur with the Budapest Philharmonic Society, and would later teach piano and chamber music at his alma mater.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

Defensive ends coach Shaun Nua stuck with USC amid rumors of interest from his alma mater, Brigham Young.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

Certainly West Point, Lincoln’s alma mater, wasn’t training such people.

From Slate • Feb. 9, 2026

He was returning now after an absence of thirteen years to his old alma mater, Pennsylvania College, in Gettysburg.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara