Southern Illinois University Carbondale
From its humble beginnings as the state’s second teachers college — founded in 1869 with a dozen academic departments and an inaugural class of 143 – Southern Illinois University Carbondale now ranks among Illinois’ most comprehensive public universities.

St. Lawrence University
St. Lawrence University was founded in 1856 by leaders of the Universalist Church, who were seeking to establish a seminary somewhere west of New England and were enthusiastically courted by the citizens of Canton. The denomination, which has since merged with the Unitarian faith, was part of the liberal wing of Protestantism, championing such ideas as critical thinking and gender equality-attribu…

SUNY College at Oneonta
Established in 1889 as a state normal school with the sole mission of training teachers, the College at Oneonta was a founding member of the State University of New York system in 1948. Today, SUNY Oneonta is a multi-purpose college of the liberal arts and sciences, known for an outstanding and accessible faculty, students committed to academics and community service, exceptional facilities, and i…

SUNY Plattsburgh
SUNY Plattsburgh is home to a vibrant community of renowned teachers and nationally recognized scholars, dedicated to engaging students and helping them to succeed. Our students arrive from diverse backgrounds and places. But once enrolled, they have one particularly important thing in common: a college experience with the power to transform their lives.

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Texas A&M University
Texas’ first public institution of higher learning, opened Oct. 4, 1876. One of a select few academic institutions in the nation to hold federal triple designation as a Land-Grant, Sea-Grant and Space-Grant university. Ranks as the nation’s sixth-largest university in enrollment, with more than 46,000 students (44,910 on the main campus and 1,677 at the institution’s branch campus, Texas A&M…