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An 1861 oil portrait of Matthew Vassar by Charles Loring Elliott. Vassar was founded as a women's school under the name Vassar Female College in 1861. [6] Its first president was Milo P. Jewett, who had previously been first president of another women's school, Judson College; [7] he led a staff of ten professors and twenty-one instructors. [8]
1995 – In 1995, the Liberty League was founded as the Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association (UCAA). Charter members included Clarkson University, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, the University of Rochester, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), St. Lawrence University, Skidmore College and Union College, effective beginning the 1995–96 academic year.
The 2015–16 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team represented Northwestern University in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by third year head coach Chris Collins. They were members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
Josh King (born August 24, 1985) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the South East Melbourne Phoenix of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). After playing college basketball for East Carolina and Eckerd , King immediately moved into coaching and served as an assistant coach in the college system ...
The 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 4, 2024. The regular season will end on March 16, 2025, with the 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament beginning with the First Four on March 18 and ending with the championship game at the Alamodome in San Antonio , Texas, on April 7.
Elizabeth Williams Champney, class of 1869 – author of Three Vassar Girls series; Barbara Culliton, science journalist and editor; Dorothy Deming, nurse and author; Rebecca Odes – author and co-founder of Gurl.com; Mary Harriott Norris, class of 1870 – author and dean of women; Mary Parker Woodworth, class of 1870 – writer and speaker
Schools in the New England Small College Athletic Conference have graduated three U.S. presidents. The first president to graduate from the athletic conference was Franklin Pierce, the 14th president of the United States, a Bowdoin graduate of 1824. [52] The 20th president, James A. Garfield, graduated from Williams College in 1856. [53]
The Fredonia Blue Devils (also known as the SUNY Fredonia Blue Devils or the Fredonia State Blue Devils) are composed of 16 teams representing the State University of New York at Fredonia in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, cross country, soccer, swimming & diving, and track and field. Men's sports include ...