History and operation How does the Electoral College work in the U.S.? Overview of the U.S. Electoral College. See all videos for this article During most of the Constitutional Convention...
The Founding Fathers established the Electoral College in the Constitution, in part, as a compromise between the election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens. However, the term “electoral college” does not appear in the Constitution. Article II of the Constitution and the 12th Amendment refer to “electors,” but not to the “electoral college.” · Since the Electoral College process is part of the original design...
The Foundation ; New College was founded in 1379 by William of Wykeham (1324-1404), Bishop of Winchester, as The College of St Mary of Winchester in Oxford. It very soon became known as New College to distinguish it from an earlier Oxford college (Oriel, founded 1326) also dedicated to the Virgin Mary. William of Wykeham rose from modest beginnings in Hampshire to become Lord Chancellor twice, under both Edward III and Richard II. He allowed New College to adopt his private coat of arms and personal motto 'Manners Makyth Man'. ...
Founded by Lutheran pioneers in education in 1847, Carthage College has had four names and four locations in its 165 years. Learn more about our rich history.
Since it opened its doors in 1948, Penn State Behrend has grown from 146 students on a former farm estate into a thriving academic institution with 4,500 students enrolled in Behrend programs on campus and online, more than 50 buildings, nearly 700 faculty and staff, and 33,000 alumni. The Penn State Behrend campus was donated to the University in 1948 by Mary Behrend in memory of her husband, Ernst, co-founder (with his father and brother) of the Hammermill Paper Company, later acquired by Inte...
College History · Father Stephen O'Donough applied to Mother Bridget at All Hallows for a few sisters to come to Warwick in 1873 but there were none available. In April 1874 Mother Bridget bought from Mr George Clarke a thirty-three acre paddock near the southern end of Dragon Street for 10 pounds an acre. Meanwhile Father O'Donough secured a house at one pound a week as accommodation for the sisters. Sister Magdalen Rooney, first Superior, Sister M Regis Quirke and Sister M Colman D'Alton arr...
Texas A&M College of Dentistry was established in 1905 as State Dental College, a private, three-year dental school located above a downtown Dallas grocery store where the Adolphus Hotel now stands. The college was founded by Dr. David E. Morrow and Dr. T.G. Bradford, two St. Louis dentists who came to Dallas specifically to open a dental school. The first class, comprised of students who transferred from other dental colleges, graduated in 1906. Only one of the four graduates was a Texan. Two w...
1945 - Technological training at SIU had increased sufficiently to be considered integral in the College of Vocations and Professions. 1955 - On July 1, 1955, the College of Business and Industry included Industrial Education as one of its departments. In 1956, Industrial Education attained independent status, responsible directly to the President. A bill defeated in the legislature in 1957 would have authorized the establishment of a School of Engineering, to include Industrial Education and Applied Science. ...
Welcome to Goodricke College! ; We’re one of York’s oldest colleges, named after the deaf astronomer John Goodricke. At just 21 years of age, Goodricke discovered two ‘variable’ stars in one evening, along with Edward Piggott (only four had been discovered prior). In 2009 Goodricke College moved to Campus East and grew in the process. We’re now home to around 600 resident students and 1,800 college members. Goodricke's discovery helped astronomers to measure the size of the universe an...
The Early Years ; The Tudor Years ; High Finance and Low Cunning ; Samuel Pepys and 17th-Century Magdalene ; Eighteenth-Century Enlightenment ; Victorian Magdalene ; Twentieth Century ; Magdalene in the Twenty-first Century