Reply #101: First time around: University of Dundee.

[mwooldri]

When University College Dundee was being founded, there was a whole whoo-haa about the degree-awarding authority. So it was made a college underneath the University of St. Andrews - a place I have great respect for and sadly I never got to visit (shame on me- - they even had a free university bus between Dundee and St. Andrews - primarily for shuttling library books but if there was space, students were carried FOC)

I never graduated from Dundee but I treasure my time there.

As you can see, the University logo/symbol/crest/shield (sorry the exact word escapes me) is awfully similar to the St. Andrews one, and you will find a number of St. Andrew's "shields" on the older buildings around campus, notably the Carnelly building




Carnelly Building.

The University of Dundee consider anyone who has completed a year of study there to be Alumni, not just graduates. So even though I didn't graduate, I do consider Dundee to be my Alma Mater.

However I am just as proud to be an Aggie - I am a full time undergraduate at NN A&T State. I attended the graduation ceremony at UNC Chapel Hill on Sunday... I don't know what to make of it: if it's anything like what my graduation ceremony is going to be well... it's going to be smaller, the robes are going to be gold instead of pale blue, and well... it's two hours of sitting through something. But I guess it's a rite of passage.

Later y'all...
Mark.