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On the Road Again! University of Galway!

On the Road Again!  University of Galway You know that the university tour will be a fun one when you are greeted with Irish coffee made just for you by a student from Galway’s Shannon College of Hotel Management.  The university is home to 20,000 students.  Its tenets are openness, respect, collaboration, and sustainability.  The university definitely “walks the walk” when it comes to sustainability.  For example, rainwater is collected to flush the toilets.  One can study just about anything [...]

On the Road Again – North Carolina A&T State University!

On the Road Again – North Carolina A&T State University.  North Carolina A&T University is a public, historically Black land grant university founded in 1891 and the home to 10,000 undergraduate students.  The campus is just a short walk to downtown Greensboro.  Not only is it the largest HBCU in the country but this highly regarded university is often said to be one of the best public HBCUs.  Many of the programs including nursing, business and education are excellent but [...]

On the Road Again! Duke University!

On the Road Again! – Duke University Located in Durham, North Carolina, Duke has 6,000 undergraduates on its beautiful campus.  The campus includes a botanical garden that spans more than 55 acres.  Students are required to live on this gorgeous campus for three years. During my most recent visit, I learned even more about the undergraduate academic offerings.  Duke has long been known for its academic excellence.  Ninety-five percent of the students were in the top 10% of their high [...]

On the Road Again! North Carolina State University!

On the Road Again!  North Carolina State University - North Carolina State University, a public research university of 25,000 students, is in Raleigh, North Carolina on a beautiful campus of over 2,000 acres.  The university has a mix of historic and modern buildings, with the iconic red-brick structures being a hallmark of NC State’s architecture.  With a history dating back to 1887, NC State is one of the oldest and largest universities in the state of North Carolina.  NC State [...]

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