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Davidson College

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Davidson College is a private institution that was founded in 1837. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 1,927 (fall 2022), and the campus size is 841 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Davidson College's ranking in the 2024 edition of Best Colleges is National Liberal Arts Colleges, #16. Its tuition and fees are $60,050.

Davidson College is located in Davidson, North Carolina, 19 miles north of Charlotte. With more than 200 student organizations on campus, there are a variety of ways for students to get involved. In addition to clubs and organizations, students can also join one of the school's eight national fraternities, four eating houses or two sororities on campus. The Davidson Wildcats field about 20 NCAA Division I teams, participating in the Atlantic 10 Conference. Davidson's men's basketball team has competed in numerous NCAA tournaments. Freshmen are required to live on campus in the four first-year student residence halls. More than 95 percent of students choose to live on campus in residence halls, apartments, co-op living/learning houses and international houses.

Davidson offers more than 20 undergraduate majors. In 2007, Davidson became the nation's first liberal arts college to replace loans with grants in all financial aid packages with its initiative called The Davidson Trust, giving all students the chance to graduate free of debt. The school has many traditions, including the Freshmen Cake Race – started in 1934 – which consists of a 1.7 mile race for freshmen, with the winners receiving freshly baked cakes. Notable alumni include former White House Press Secretary Tony Snow; Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Charles Wright; and crime writer Patricia Cornwell. Former President Woodrow Wilson attended Davidson but did not graduate.

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Davidson-Davie Campus Tours

Davidson-Davie Community College 297 DCC Road Thomasville, NC 27360

Schedule a campus tour at Davidson-Davie Community College and meet Admissions, students, faculty in your area of interest, and get a peek at life as a student at the College. We'll show you around the Davidson campus and help you wherever you are on your journey to Davidson-Davie! If you are interested in touring our Davie Campus to learn more about and see the programs held on that campus (Central Sterile Processing, College Transfer- Davie, Practical Nurse Education, Surgical Technology, Truck Driver Training, and Welding- Davie), please reach out to [email protected].  Zoo & Aquarium Science Tours are offered Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday ONLY between 10am and 2pm. Please reach out directly to our College Recruiter, William Pass, at [email protected] if you are interested in a Zoo and/or Aquarium Science tour if Mon-Wed does not work for you. Visitor Parking is available nearest the traffic circle in front of Mendenhall Building. Tours will begin from our Enrollment Center on the first floor of Mendenhall.  Please use the calendar below to choose a date that is available for registration (highlighted in green). Once an available date is selected, click the Tour link in blue to complete your registration. We look forward to welcoming you to campus soon!  

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For group tours, or to schedule a time other than what is listed, please email Cailin Asip at cailin_asip@davidsondavie.edu .

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Wednesday, July 7 | 10 a.m. Monday, July 12 | 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 14 | 10 a.m.

Monday, July 19 | 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 21 | 10 a.m.

Monday, July 26 | 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 28 | 10 a.m.

During the month of July, we are offering tours of our beautiful Davidson Campus on Mondays & Wednesdays at 10 a.m. In addition to the tour, prospective students will get information on admissions at Davidson-Davie. Our friendly team will be available to answer any questions and even help you fill out an application. 

To schedule a tour at a time other than what is listed, please visit our Tour Interest Form or email Michael McGee at mtmcgee@davidsondavie.edu .

Trustee and Trusted Friend: Trailblazing Businessman and Philanthropist Carlos Alvarez Dies

Trustee Carlos Alvarez, front center, seated with his family, the 2024 class of Alvarez scholars and President Doug Hicks.

Davidson College Trustee Carlos Alvarez, whose journey from immigrant small businessman to beer industry icon shaped his historic generosity to Davidson College and its international students, died Monday night in his sleep at his home in San Antonio, Texas. He was 73. 

“Carlos personified the ideal that, if life rewards you with success, then you give back,” said Davidson College President Doug Hicks. “He saw, through his daughter’s college experience, Davidson’s ability to transform lives, and he knew firsthand the obstacles to succeeding in an unfamiliar land. He ensured that international students at Davidson College would have the support that would open to them the kinds of opportunities that our nation afforded him.” 

Alvarez’s journey is legendary in the beer industry. He grew up in Acapulco, Mexico, where his father was a beer distributor, and he learned the basics of business from working on one of his dad’s trucks. 

“While everyone is there, out there at the beach, by the pool,” Alvarez told a Texas television station in 2021, “that was torture.” 

In 1986, he and his wife and daughters emigrated to Texas, where he was instrumental in introducing Corona Extra beer into the United States. He established his own company, The Gambrinus Company, and became the official importer for Corona. Eleven years later, it was the No. 1 imported beer in the nation—widely regarded as the most spectacular brand success story in contemporary brewing history. He also bought the struggling Spoetzl brewery in Shiner, Texas, that produced Shiner beer and strengthened the craft brewer until it was distributed in all 50 states. 

Alvarez’s daughter, Malú, graduated from Davidson in 2002, and he devoted his energy to supporting the college from her first day on campus. His family’s name is etched on the Alvarez College Union , for which he and his wife, Malú, provided the signature renovation gift. 

The Alvarez Family on campus to meet with their scholarship recipients. (l-r) Malú Alvarez '02, Malú Alvarez, Carlos Alvarez holding baby Charlie, Charlie's mom Carla Alvarez Brozovich and John Brozovich.

They also created the Alvarez Scholars Program , the Alvarez Access Fund and the Alvarez Guarantee Fund , distinguishing Davidson among colleges and universities for such comprehensive support of international students. His backing ensured that international students enjoyed the support they needed for equal access to opportunities such off-campus programs, internships and career searches. The international student population at Davidson has doubled since his efforts began. 

“The staff and resources … will help [international] students seize and weave together those experiences, to stand out as candidates for a dream job or grad school," he said in 2018. "It just takes a little more creativity and a little more work than the typical domestic student."

It was common during Alvarez’s campus visits to see him outside, sitting with one of the Alvarez Scholars, visibly delighted in learning of their discoveries and explorations. His most recent visit to campus, in January, was for a visit with those students. 

“He was at our house that evening,” Hicks said, “talking about the Alvarez Scholars and about the national awards that Shiner had won. You could see the joyfulness in him, that he had reached this place in life where he could help these students toward lives where they would go and solve big problems.” 

Alvarez was in his second term as a Davidson College trustee and had previously served on the Parents Council.

The Carlos Alvarez College of Business, at the University of Texas at San Antonio, reflects his faith in, and support for, education. He also was a member of the Chancellor’s Circle for the University of Texas system. 

In addition to Davidson, Alvarez served on the boards of: National Public Radio, Frost Bank, The Bullock Texas State History Museum, St. Mary’s Hall, the World Affairs Council of America, in Washington, D.C., the Foreign Policy Association, in New York, and the World Affairs Council of San Antonio, where he previously was chair. He was awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Freedom and was inducted into the Texas Business Hall of Fame. Alvarez received a degree in biochemical engineering from the Monterrey Institute of Technology, in Monterrey, Mexico. 

A memorial service is planned for Friday morning, April 19, at St. Anthony de Padua Catholic Church. 

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Moscow metro private tours.

• 2-hour tour $87:  10 Must-See Moscow Metro stations with hotel pick-up and drop-off
• 3-hour tour $137:  20 Must-See Moscow Metro stations with Russian lunch in beautifully-decorated Metro Diner + hotel pick-up and drop off. 
• Metro pass is included in the price of both tours.

Highlight of Metro Tour

• Visit 10 must-see stations of Moscow metro on 2-hr tour and 20 Metro stations on 3-hr tour, including grand Komsomolskaya station with its distinctive Baroque décor, aristocratic Mayakovskaya station with Soviet mosaics, legendary Revolution Square station with 72 bronze sculptures and more!
• Explore Museum of Moscow Metro and learn a ton of technical and historical facts;
• Listen to the secrets about the Metro-2, a secret line supposedly used by the government and KGB;
• Experience a selection of most striking features of Moscow Metro hidden from most tourists and even locals;
• Discover the underground treasure of Russian Soviet past – from mosaics to bronzes, paintings, marble arches, stained glass and even paleontological elements;
• Learn fun stories and myths about Coffee Ring, Zodiac signs of Moscow Metro and more;
• Admire Soviet-era architecture of pre- and post- World War II perious;
• Enjoy panoramic views of Sparrow Hills from Luzhniki Metro Bridge – MetroMost, the only station of Moscow Metro located over water and the highest station above ground level;
• If lucky, catch a unique «Aquarelle Train» – a wheeled picture gallery, brightly painted with images of peony, chrysanthemums, daisies, sunflowers and each car unit is unique;
• Become an expert at navigating the legendary Moscow Metro system;
• Have fun time with a very friendly local;
• + Atmospheric Metro lunch in Moscow’s the only Metro Diner (included in a 3-hr tour)

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• Drop-off  at your hotel, Novodevichy Convent, Sparrow Hills or any place you wish
• + Russian lunch  in Metro Diner with artistic metro-style interior for 3-hour tour

Fun facts from our Moscow Metro Tours:

From the very first days of its existence, the Moscow Metro was the object of civil defense, used as a bomb shelter, and designed as a defense for a possible attack on the Soviet Union.

At a depth of 50 to 120 meters lies the second, the coded system of Metro-2 of Moscow subway, which is equipped with everything you need, from food storage to the nuclear button.

According to some sources, the total length of Metro-2 reaches over 150 kilometers.

The Museum was opened on Sportivnaya metro station on November 6, 1967. It features the most interesting models of trains and stations.

Coffee Ring

The first scheme of Moscow Metro looked like a bunch of separate lines. Listen to a myth about Joseph Stalin and the main brown line of Moscow Metro.

Zodiac Metro

According to some astrologers, each of the 12 stops of the Moscow Ring Line corresponds to a particular sign of the zodiac and divides the city into astrological sector.

Astrologers believe that being in a particular zadiac sector of Moscow for a long time, you attract certain energy and events into your life.

Paleontological finds 

Red marble walls of some of the Metro stations hide in themselves petrified inhabitants of ancient seas. Try and find some!

• Every day each car in  Moscow metro passes  more than 600 km, which is the distance from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
• Moscow subway system is the  5th in the intensity  of use (after the subways of Beijing, Tokyo, Seoul and Shanghai).
• The interval in the movement of trains in rush hour is  90 seconds .

What you get:

• + A friend in Moscow.
• + Private & customized Moscow tour.
• + An exciting pastime, not just boring history lessons.
• + An authentic experience of local life.
• + Flexibility during the walking tour: changes can be made at any time to suit individual preferences.
• + Amazing deals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner in the very best cafes & restaurants. Discounts on weekdays (Mon-Fri).
• + A photo session amongst spectacular Moscow scenery that can be treasured for a lifetime.
• + Good value for souvenirs, taxis, and hotels.
• + Expert advice on what to do, where to go, and how to make the most of your time in Moscow.

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• Duration: 1 Hr 30 Mins
• Language: English
• Departure Details : Get to the Biblioteka imeni Lenina (Lenin's Library, Red Line) or Alexandrovsky Sad (Alexander Garden, Light Blue Line) metro station. Use any exit. Find the Kutafia Tower of the Kremlin. The guide .. read more

The Moscow Metro has a long history to it. Also, the city has an extremely beautiful subway. It is very well maintained and is also extremely decorated. Each station and spot has a different artistic aspect to it. On this tour, experience the efficiency of Moscow Metro.

• Roam around the Revolution Square, with magnificent sculptures of the Soviet people
• Visit the Kurskaya Station Lobby, the Hall of Fame of the WWII
• Be awestruck at the Komsomolskaya , with impressive mural mosaics of Russian glorious victories
• See the artistic side of Novoslobodskaya , with the stained glass, although under the ground.

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Take our Moscow Metro Tour and discover why our subway is recognized as the most beautiful in the world!

"They used to have palaces for kings, we are going to build palaces for the people!" said one of the main architects of the Soviet subway.

With us you will see the most beautiful metro stations in Moscow built under Stalin: Komsomolskaya, Revolution square, Novoslobodskaya, Mayakovskaya. Our guide will tell fascinating stories and secrets hidden underground, urban legends and funny stories.

How many babies were born on the Moscow metro? Where is the secret Metro 2? How deep is the Moscow metro? And where did Stalin give his speech in November 1941? Join out Metro tour and find out!

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• If you cancel between 0 hrs To 24 hrs before scheduled tour departure, the cancellation charge will be 100%
• If you cancel between 1 days To 180 days before scheduled tour departure, the cancellation charge will be 0%
• Please note that in case of No show, the cancellation charge will be 100% of the listed tour fare.
• Please note tours booked using discount coupon codes will be non refundable.
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Campus To Test WarnMe Notification System April 24

Review your contact information.

• by Julia Ann Easley
• April 15, 2024

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• • Text messages and emails will be sent at noon Wednesday, April 24.
• • Review your information and add mobile numbers and email addresses.
• • Alerts also will be posted to the Everbridge app and UC Davis X and Facebook accounts.

UC Davis emergency officials encourage employees and students to review and add to their contact information used for the WarnMe emergency notification system before it is tested midday on Wednesday, April 24.

In the last of three regular tests for the academic year, UC Davis will send alerts by text message and email to   faculty, staff and students, all of whom are automatically registered to receive alerts through their UC Davis email. Text messages will be sent to those who have added mobile numbers to their WarnMe contact information.

Messages will also be posted to the Everbridge Mobile App and UC Davis’ official X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook accounts.

WarnMe messages provide information and directions regarding emergencies that pose an immediate threat to life and safety. Aggie Alert messages, sent using the same system and contact information, provide notification about events on and around Davis campus facilities that may cause disruption to normal activities.

Emergency officials encourage employees and students to add personal email addresses and mobile numbers — up to a total of five for each contact method. Also, you can choose to receive messages for additional groups; for example, a faculty member might choose to receive messages sent to students.

Verify and update your contact information on the  WarnMe website .

Parents, vendors and others without a UC Davis email address can sign up to receive WarnMe and Aggie Alert messages — when issued by text — for the Davis campus by texting UCDAlerts to 888777. Those who have will also be sent test messages.

Available to those with a UC Davis email address (except accounts associated with UC Davis Health), the Everbridge Mobile App can be downloaded for free from the  App Store  or  Google Play  and  set up to receive UC Davis messages . The mobile app is an important option for those whose mobile number is international because UC Davis WarnMe and Aggie Alert do not send text messages to international numbers. 

The Sacramento campus is scheduled to conduct a separate test on the same day.

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Welcome to the Vanderbilt University Art Gallery! VUAG is open to the public and admission is always free.

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Monday: CLOSED Tuesday: 11am-4pm Wednesday: 11am-4pm Thursday: 11am-4pm Friday: 11am-4pm Saturday: CLOSED Sunday: CLOSED

The VU Art Gallery is located in Cohen Memorial Hall on Wyatt Lawn of the Peabody Campus of Vanderbilt University.

1220 21st Ave S, Nashville, TN 37212

There is paid parking at the front of the building. All unmetered parking spots are permit parking only.

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VUAG is committed to being a safe, inclusive space for everyone. We care deeply about connecting art to all of our visitors. Here are a few accommodations that are most frequently requested, but if yours are not listed, please connect with us at (615) 322-0605 or email us at [email protected] so that we can work with you to meet your needs. The 21 st Ave entrance is wheelchair accessible. Take the elevator to the 2 nd floor to visit the galleries. Accessible restrooms are located on all floors and all-gender restrooms are located on the 1 st floor of Cohen Memorial Hall.

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A Rare State Visit to NC State

Japan’s prime minister, Fumio Kishida, will come to NC State’s Centennial Campus on Friday, the first campus visit by a foreign head of government since 1954.

When Stephen Sumner (Industrial Engineering ’96) was randomly paired with a Japanese exchange student in an advanced biology class during his senior year at Dobson’s Surry Central High School, he had no clue just how much that chance encounter would change the trajectory of his life and professional career.

Now, as the director of the North Carolina Japan Center, Sumner and NC State leadership, including Chancellor Randy Woodson, will greet Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan, the first foreign head of government to officially visit NC State’s campus in nearly 70 years.

Kishida, his wife, Japanese ambassador Shigeo Yamada, Gov. Roy Cooper and General Consul Mio Maeda will make two stops on their 90-minute visit to Centennial Campus, where they will engage with students from Raleigh’s Exploris Middle School, NC State, UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke, as well as adult community learners from the Japan Center.

“The Japan Center is the key focal point for North Carolina-Japan relations here in the state,” says Sumner, who took over the position of the 44-year-old center last September. “This is a great opportunity to push us back up to the forefront of activity here in North Carolina, as it relates to Japan. Get us back on people’s radar and remind people of the 40-year legacy, soon to be 45.”

On Monday, Kishida began his seven-day visit to the United States, the first by a Japanese prime minister in nine years. He had a White House summit with President Joe Biden on Wednesday and addressed a joint session of Congress on Thursday.

He will travel to North Carolina’s Triad region early Friday morning to visit a HondaJet manufacturing facility in Greensboro and the Toyota Battery Manufacturing NC facility in Liberty. After a state luncheon with Cooper at the governor’s mansion in downtown Raleigh, the Japanese delegation will make two stops on Centennial Campus, first at the Nagoya University Global Campus at Partners I, then at the Japan Center, located in the Spring Hill House on the Dix Park side of Centennial Boulevard.

While here, Kishida will meet with six Japanese students studying at NC State, UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke at the Nagoya offices, then 10 Raleigh middle school students who just returned from a trip to Japan. Three NC State and two UNC-Charlotte students will be presented with the Order of the Dogwood prize for their statewide academic excellence related to Japanese studies. Finally, five of the 130 students who are taking continuing education classes at the Japan Center will greet the delegation.

“I hope by showing the impact we have on the educational opportunities for students of all ages through research and technology, this state visit will open more doors for partnerships for public and private companies that benefit both Japan and the state of North Carolina,” says Woodson. “Our longstanding partnership with Nagoya University is a prime example of that.”

The visit has been in the works since February and was announced last week.

Longstanding Ties

NC State’s longstanding ties with Japan goes back to the 19th century, when Japanese-born Teisaku Sugishita became the first international graduate of the North Carolina College for Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in 1896.

Sugishita, a quarterback for A&M’s football team, is believed to be the first native of Japan to play college football in the U.S.

On July 11, 1980, following a state trade mission to Tokyo, Gov. James B. Hunt, Jr. (’56, ’59) and School of Humanities and Social Sciences dean Robert Tilman established the North Carolina Japan Center, naming 19 inaugural members to a faculty development program. Later that year, then-Chancellor Bruce Poulton visited Japan’s Nagoya University, establishing formal ties with the country’s fourth-largest university.

Nagoya has had a presence at NC State for more than 15 years and last year established the Nagoya Global Campus, offering dual-degree programs, large-scale student exchanges, joint faculty research with industry partners and global internships for students from both institutions.

In the four-and-a-half decades since, the center has been instrumental in developing public and private partnerships around the state, beginning with Raleigh’s $37 million Ajinomoto-USA plant that produced amino acids for the pharmaceutical industry.

Through the years, scores of Japanese manufacturing, technology and pharmaceutical companies have established a foothold in North Carolina’s economy, including the HondaJet and Toyota battery sites in the central part of the state. FUJIFILM Diosynth has maintained a partnership with NC State’s Golden LEAF Biotechnology Training and Education Center (BTEC) for more than a decade and is a strategic partner in the company’s $2 billion manufacturing facility that will open next year in Holly Springs.

A Full Circle Event

For Sumner, the state visit will bring full circle to his relationship with Japan, going back to his advanced biology class with exchange student Susumu Akutagawa. While Sumner departed for NC State and Akutagawa returned to Japan after graduation, they remained close.

Sumner began taking Japanese language classes as a freshman at NC State, even though he had no experience with it.

“I had taken four years of Spanish in high school and I have a good understanding of languages,” he says. “When I got to NC State, I figured if my friend can learn English, I should be able to learn Japanese.”

Sumner made his first trip to Japan with a scholarship from the Japan Center in the summer of 1993 and served two internships there while a student.

He spent 14 of his 19 years with American company Entegris working in Japan, where he was a co-worker of Akutagawa’s sister, then returned to the U.S. in 2020 to pursue a new career in higher education at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas until he was named the Japan Center’s seventh director last fall.

Six months after his first day on the job, he received a call from the consulate general in Atlanta asking if NC State would like to host the prime minister.

“I nearly dropped the phone,” he says.

The last month has been filled with a half dozen visits by Japanese advance teams, security personnel and internal planners. Sumner has not been allowed to share the news of the visit with his friends in either country.

“After Friday, you can be sure all of my friends will hear from me,” Sumner says.

A Rare State Visit

Throughout its history, NC State has hosted a multitude of U.S. leaders in both campaign and policy events. Lyndon B. Johnson was the first sitting president to visit campus, while supporting the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964. Ronald Reagan gave a tax policy speech at Reynolds Coliseum in 1985, and George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama all visited campus during their administrations.

However, this is the first visit to campus by a foreign head of government since Turkish president Celal Bayar spent two days in North Carolina on Feb. 25 and 26, 1954, while on a 24-day visit across the United States.

During that visit, Bayar visited all three campuses of the Research Triangle Park partners, touring NC State’s on-campus research nuclear reactor and the School of Textiles. He also visited the Morehead Planetarium in Chapel Hill and the Liggett & Myers cigarette manufacturing facility in Durham, where he stayed overnight on Duke’s campus.

While at NC State, Bayar was entertained by the school’s Army ROTC Pershing Rifles unit, the drum and bugle corps and the Air Force ROTC drill team. He then left to explore eastern North Carolina tobacco fields in Rocky Mount, seeing NC State agricultural research in action.

Kishida’s visit will be much more focused on manufacturing partnerships and development, but it will again showcase the work NC State has done to broaden North Carolina’s economy.

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• New Student Welcome Week
• Contact Admissions
• Net Price Calculator
• Scholarships
• Grants & Waivers
• American Indian Tuition Waiver
• Community of Scholars
• Residential Life
• Events & Activities
• Dining Facilities
• Student Employment
• Student Organizations
• Student Engagement at UMN Morris
• Intramurals
• Morris Campus Student Association
• Student Success Center
• Hasselmo Language Teaching Center
• Sports & Fitness
• Equity, Diversity & Intercultural Programs
• Native American Student Life
• Native American Student Success Program
• International Students
• LGBTQIA2s+ Support
• Multi-ethnic Student Program
• Accessibility Support
• Transportation Options
• Student Complaints and Grievances
• Student Affairs Office

Sustainability Careers & Pathways: Sustainability & Law/Policy Alumni Panel

Hear from Morris alumni and community members about their experiences in sustainability & law/policy. They will share about their career paths and advice they have for students interested in sustainability. This is part of our Sustainability Careers & Pathways series. View the full playlist of previous panels on YouTube . 

Event Types

Event audience, virtual tour.

Give our virtual tour a try. You can discover the beauty of campus right from your computer, phone, or tablet.

• Anishinaabe Summer Language Immersion