*The Evergreen State College* This is the college of the Evergreen State, Where rain and Geoducks make the crops rotate, A hotbed where contemplative minds collaborate, And professors are known to be of the first rate. Yes, this is the…
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The Evergreen State Poem (Alma Mater Vol 3: The West)
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Michigan Tech Poem (Alma Mater Vol. 1: The Midwest)
*Michigan Tech* My, what lakes the mind can surf With all the discoveries We find; At Michigan Tech, we inspect global turf, The Land of Opportunity: We mine. We build ice sculptures from creative fires— Husky Fires Glow in the…
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Humboldt State University Poem (Alma Mater Vol. 3: The West)
*Humboldt State University* Oh, it’s a sunlit California afternoon in the middle of April, And this car full of Humboldt State students Cannot think of a better day to go on a long road trip. They were on their way…
Harvard University Poem (Alma Mater Vol. 2: The Northeast)
*Harvard University* There will always be someone smarter. There will always be someone stronger, someone faster. There will always be someone who is hungrier. There will always be someone more skilled. There will always be someone, somewhere, who is better…
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UMass Lowell Poem (Alma Mater Vol. 2: The Northeast)
A new day is upon us in higher education, and UML is on the rise. Dawning the Industrial Revolution, Lowell is known for manufacturing its own distinct place. And UML has produced new programs like Plastics Engineering to process an…
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The George Washington University Poem (Alma Mater Vol. 2: The Northeast)
*The George Washington University* The facts are in. They’re in the printed papers of this Colony of Patriots Who Hatchet the iron curtain with the arm of The Press, The First Amendment is what each speech in Jack Morton is…
Alaska Pacific University Poem (Alma Mater Vol. 3: The West)
*Alaska Pacific University* Two words have never modeled one thing— More than this thing which APU clings, The words are apart, but like us they need the other, There is a oneness found in Each Other. In the largest state,…
Tagged with: Alaska, Alaska Pacific, Books, College Life, Poetry, Poetry Books
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Columbia University Poem (Alma Mater Vol. 2: The Northeast)
*Columbia University* Our Alma Mater, Let us address thee. At your ivy threshold, the blue academy of New York’s finest, We alert the presses of your honors & fill the news of your highness. Columbia Daily Spectator, monthly fills of…
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American University Poem (Alma Mater Vol. 2: The Northeast)
*American University* Great University wearing our colors and name, Fortify this dream upon the Northeast, Represent in accuracy with patriot’s aim, Stream the stripes with uniformity’s crease. Over the redwood trees of dawn, Above the tracks of oppression’s lawn, The…
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Smith College Poem (Alma Mater Vol. 2: The Northeast)
*Smith College* She sings a snaring song. A song not to dance to, But dedicated to gliding forward. She sings a mind-altering song for Those who were always told it is unsafe To dive the waters. She sings of writers…
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