alma mater
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In August, students and teachers formed a human chain at his Bangladesh alma mater.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
A month later, Hartman arranged for a $10,000 gift to Clyburn’s alma mater, South Carolina State University, according to an email seen by ProPublica.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
In fact, as his unofficial biographer Michael Crick later discovered, Archer's alma mater in the States was, in fact, a bodybuilding club.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
CMU may not have the headline-grabbing power of say, Harvard University, Griffin’s alma mater, but it’s still a top-ranked school with resources, including a $3.5 billion endowment.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
In 1956, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Virginia Tucker’s alma mater, admitted its first black students, Bettye Tillman and JoAnne Smart.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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