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St. Martin's University
Saint Martin's University is a private Benedictine university in Lacey, Washington. It was founded in 1895 as a boys' boarding school run by monks of the Benedictine Order. Saint Martin's began offering college-level courses in 1900 and became a degree-granting institution in 1940. The college became coeducational in 1965. In 2005, it changed its name from Saint Martin's College to Saint Martin's University. There is a Benedictine monastery on campus grounds and some members of the monastic community serve as professors. History Saint Martin's patron saint is Saint Martin of Tours, a fourth-century monk and missionary. The university and its founder, Saint Martin's Abbey, sit on of woodlands, trees, rocks, and meandering trails. The site was selected in 1894 by Abbot Bernard Locnikar of Saint John's Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota, which was the mother abbey of St. Martin's Abbey. At a public auction on April 21, 1894, the wooded parcel that would become the Saint Martin's campu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private University
Private universities and private colleges are higher education institutions not operated, owned, or institutionally funded by governments. However, they often receive tax breaks, public student loans, and government grants. Depending on the country, private universities may be subject to government regulations. Private universities may be contrasted with public universities and national universities which are either operated, owned or institutionally funded by governments. Additionally, many private universities operate as nonprofit organizations. Across the world, different countries have different regulations regarding accreditation for private universities and as such, private universities are more common in some countries than in others. Some countries do not have any private universities at all. Africa Egypt Egypt currently has 21 public universities with about two million students and 23 private universities with 60,000 students. Egypt has many private universities in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sangmyung University
Sangmyung University () is a private university in South Korea with the main campus in Jongno District, Jongno, Seoul, and an auxiliary campus in Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do. It was established in 1937, with the Sangmyung Women's College being founded in 1965, and the Sangmyung Women's College in Cheonan in 1985. In 1987, the college was promoted to a university and changed its name to Sangmyung Women's University. In 1996, it changed into coeducation and changed its name to Sangmyung University. Location Sangmyung University is located in Jongno, Seoul and Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do. Jongno District is famous for origin of Seoul. History The university traces its beginnings to 1937 during the Korea under Japanese rule, Japanese colonial era. It was in this year that the Sangmyung Academy for Higher Learning for the Young was established. By 1965, the academy became a women's teacher's college and then a women's university in 1986. Ten years later, Sangmyung Women's University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Ward
Richard Ole Ward (May 21, 1909 – May 30, 1966) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in 1934 and 1935 with the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals. He batted and threw right-handed. In 2 seasons, he appeared in 4 games, pitching 6 innings, posting a 3.00 earned run average, walking 3 while striking out 1. He was born in Herrick, South Dakota Herrick is a town in Gregory County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 74 at the 2020 census. History Herrick was laid out in 1904. The town was named for a nephew of Ohio governor Myron T. Herrick, who opened former Indian lan ..., and died in Freeland, Washington. References External links 1909 births 1966 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Baseball players from Washington (state) Chicago Cubs players Saint Martin's Saints baseball players St. Louis Cardinals players San Diego Padres (minor league) players Los Angeles Angels (minor league) players Rochester Red Wings players Sacramen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Leone
Justin Paul Leone (born March 9, 1977) is an American former professional baseball third baseman. He is an alumnus of St. Martin's University. Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 13th round of the 1999 Major League Baseball Draft, Leone made his Major League Baseball debut with the Seattle Mariners on July 2, . He spent the season in the San Diego Padres organization, making the Triple-A All-Star team that year, in which he also participated in the home run derby. He was a part of the 2003 USA Olympic Qualifying Team. In , Leone was named Texas League Player of the Year by Baseball America, Mariners Minor League Player of the Year by the Seattle organization and Texas League Player of the Year by Topps while playing for Double-A San Antonio. He started the season off the bench, but was picked to replace infielder Greg Dobbs after Dobbs went down with a season-ending injury. Leone was the first Mariner to hit the KOMO Glove sign in left field during a game against the Cleve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rude Squad
Rude Squad is an American ska punk band founded in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States, in 1997. The final and longest running band line up are: Eric Best (vocals & guitar), Lee McElhaney (sax), Rusch Young (trumpet), Kyle Sokol (bass), and Adrian Baptist (drums). Rude Squad have cited Fishbone, The Toasters, Goldfinger and The Police as inspirations for their work. They are the longest running active ska band in the Tampa Bay area according to Creative Loafing. Rude Squad has formed their own legacy by playing as a subset, using the sax, guitar, drums, trumpet and lethal vocals as the combination needed to create the elements in the ska genre. They have performed with multiple bands such as Rancid, the Skatalites, Suicide Machines, the Used, The Pietasters, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Matisyahu, and 311. They have also taken part and participated in events throughout the state and beyond such as Vans Warped Tour '04, 97X's Next Big Thing, 98 Rock's Livestock, and numerous loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyle Sokol
Kyle Sokol (born October 31, 1974) is an American bassist and skateboarder. He is currently with Nasty Savage, Astronomica, Nocturnus A.D., and Apeiron Bound. Kyle has also played with Disareyen, Mercy McCoy, Trace of Day, Sectioned, Rude Squad, King of Denmark, Noble Jones, Philistines, Leadfoot, and Hell on Earth. He contributed to the long running ''Rivot Rag'' Tampa Bay metal music magazine/publication with a bass guitar column entitled "The Low End" for several years. He is one of the few bass players in metal that uses extensively the slap & pop playing technique, along with two-handed tapping. He was chosen by Kelly Shaefer of the Band Atheist to play while Kelly was in Neurotica and about to tour on Ozzfest. Kyle contributed to Kelly Shaefer's latest album "Outside the Spiral" from the band Till The Dirt on Nuclear Blast Records with a bass track for one of the songs alongside Steve DiGiorgio. The reunion of Atheist never came to fruition for a myriad of reas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butch Otter
Clement Leroy "Butch" Otter (born May 3, 1942) is an American businessman and politician who served as the 32nd List of Governors of Idaho, governor of Idaho from 2007 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he was elected in Idaho gubernatorial election, 2006, 2006, and reelected in Idaho gubernatorial election, 2010, 2010 and Idaho gubernatorial election, 2014, 2014. Otter served as Lieutenant Governor of Idaho, lieutenant governor from 1987 to 2001 and in United States House of Representatives, U.S. Congress from the Idaho's 1st congressional district, first district from 2001 to 2007. Early life, education and business career (1942–1972) Born in Caldwell, Idaho into a small Roman Catholic family of limited means, his parents were Regina Mary ( Buser) and Joseph Bernard Otter. His father was a journeyman electrician, and the family lived in many rural locations in the Midwest and West during his youth, attending fifteen different schools. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jill Lannan
Jill Lannan is a brigadier general in the Air National Guard. Career Lannan was commissioned an officer in the United States Army in 1985. She was a Distinguished Graduate of the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps. Afterwards, she underwent training at Fort Huachuca and was assigned to the 25th Infantry Division. She would serve with the 9th Infantry Division and I Corps before joining the Washington Air National Guard in 1993. From 2009 to 2013, Lannan was Vice Commander of the 194th Regional Support Wing. In 2013, it was changed to the 194th Wing and she became Commander, holding the position until 2015. That year, she served as Chief of Staff of the Washington Air National Guard before being assigned to the Twenty-Fourth Air Force. Awards she has received include the Legion of Merit, the Meritorious Service Medal with six oak leaf clusters, the Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster, the Army Commendation Medal, the National Defense Service Medal with serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colorado State Rams Men's Basketball
The Colorado State Rams men's basketball team represents Colorado State University, located in Fort Collins, in the U.S. state of Colorado, in NCAA Division I basketball competition. They play their home games at the Moby Arena and are members of the Mountain West Conference. The Rams have appeared 13 times in the NCAA tournament, most recently in 2025. History The men's basketball team at Colorado State University—then called Colorado Agricultural College—began competing in the 1901–02 season. The school became a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference in the 1910–11 season, and followed most of the larger schools in that conference into the Mountain States Conference in the 1938–39 season and stayed in the conference until 1961–62. Colorado State then joined the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) in 1969–70. After 20 seasons in the WAC, Colorado State moved to its current MWC in 1999–00. Colorado State was an inaugural member of the MWC. Postseason N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NCAA Division II
NCAA Division II (D-II) is the intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). It offers an alternative to both the larger and better-funded Division I and to the scholarship-free environment offered in Division III. Before 1973, the NCAA's smaller schools were grouped together in the College Division. In 1973, the College Division split in two when the NCAA began using numeric designations for its competitions. The College Division members who wanted to offer athletic scholarships or compete against those who did became Division II, while those who chose not to offer athletic scholarships became Division III. Nationally, ESPN2 and ESPN+ televises the championship game in football, CBS and Paramount+ televises the men's basketball championship, and ESPN+ televises both the women's basketball and women's volleyball championships. The official slogan of NCAA Division II, implemented in 2015, is "Make It Yours." The N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Northwest Athletic Conference
The Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. It has historically operated in the northwestern United States, but also includes schools in Alaska, Montana, and British Columbia. The GNAC is the only NCAA conference in any division with a Canadian university as a member. History The conference formed in 2001 when its original ten members split from the Pacific West Conference. Chronological timeline * 2001 – The Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) was founded. Charter members included the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, the University of Alaska at Anchorage, Central Washington University, Humboldt State University (now California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt), Northwest Nazarene University, Saint Martin's, Seattle University, Seattle Pacific University, Western Oregon University and Western Washington University, begin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates College athletics in the United States, student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and Simon Fraser University, 1 in Canada. It also organizes the Athletics (physical culture), athletic programs of colleges and helps over 500,000 college student athletes who compete annually in college sports. The headquarters is located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Until the 1956–57 academic year, the NCAA was a single division for all schools. That year, the NCAA split into the NCAA University Division, University Division and the NCAA College Division, College Division. In August 1973, the current three-division system of NCAA Division I, Division I, NCAA Division II, Division II, and NCAA Division III, Division III was adopted by the NCAA membership in a special convention. Under NCAA rules, Division I and Division II schools can offer athletic scholarships to students. Divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
