alma mater
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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
On Friday, their son, Beong-Soo Kim, will stand before a crowd of thousands in Alumni Park and be formally installed as the 13th president of their alma mater.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
He still tries to carve out time on Saturdays to watch his alma mater Penn State and now Virginia Tech, where his former college teammate is now the offensive coordinator.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 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
Even though I had gotten into NYU, Peter’s alma mater, the financial aid they offered wasn’t enough to compete with Duke.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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