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Amherst College

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University information
NameAmherst College
MottoTerras Irradient (Latin)
Motto in EnglishLet them give light to the world
Established1821
TypePrivate
Endowment$1.31 billion
PresidentAnthony Marx
Staff190
Under graduates1,744
CityAmherst
StateMA
CountryUSA
CampusSuburban
ColorsPurple and white    
Athletic nicknameThe Singing College, The Fairest College, Lord Jeffs, Jeffs
MascotLord Jeffrey Amherst

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Amherst College is a private liberal arts college located in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Amherst is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution and enrolled 1,744 students in the fall of 2009. Students choose courses from 35 major programs in an unusually open curriculum.

Founded in 1821 as an attempt to relocate Williams College by its President Zephaniah Swift Moore, Amherst is the third oldest institution of higher education in Massachusetts. Amherst remained a men's college until becoming coeducational in 1975.

Amherst has historically had close relationships and rivalries with Williams College and Wesleyan University which form the Little Three colleges and is a member of the Five College Consortium.

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Good start but football falls to Amherst - Colby News Tweet this news
Colby News--AMHERST, Mass. --- The Colby College football team led 3-0 after the first quarter and were moving the ball against unbeaten -Amherst College-, ... - Date : Sat, 16 Oct 2010 22:12:04 GMT+00:00
This UMass football defeat threatens to undo a lot of good work - MassLive.com Tweet this news
MassLive.com--The last time an opponent scored 11 points in a football game and beat the University of Massachusetts was in 1903, when -Amherst College- did it. ... - Date : Sun, 17 Oct 2010 01:49:06 GMT+00:00
Here is the Maxwell College Football Report for the weekend of October 16th - al.com (blog) Tweet this news
al.com (blog)---Amherst College- goes by the "Lord Jeffs." A college in South Carolina, 900 miles southwest of the bucolic New England campus can now claim its own "Lord ... - Date : Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:51:33 GMT+00:00
Amherst Deals Bowdoin Second-Straight Loss - Bowdoin Athletics Tweet this news
Bowdoin Athletics--MIDDLEBURY, Vt. - The -Amherst College- women's volleyball team handled Bowdoin College in a 3-0 decision on Saturday in a match played at Middlebury College. ... - Date : Sun, 10 Oct 2010 01:45:44 GMT+00:00
Mass. appeal: Pioneer Valley's restaurants offer classic dishes, done with style - New Haven Register (subscription) Tweet this news
New Haven Register (subscription)--Known as the home of the popover, Judie's was only 3 years old when I was in -college- at -Amherst-. Some 30 years later, you will still find Judie in the ... - Date : Sun, 10 Oct 2010 06:32:24 GMT+00:00
Get the World on Your Plate tonight at Daemen College - Buffalo News (blog) Tweet this news
Buffalo News (blog)--A vegan dinner kicks off the seventh annual "World on Your Plate" conference tonight at Daemen College. The two-day event in the -Amherst college's- Charles ... - Date : Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13:53:37 GMT+00:00
Mens tennis team struggles at ITAs - The Brandeis Hoot Tweet this news
The Brandeis Hoot---...- berth in the USTA/ITA National Small College Championships in Mobile, Ala., they advanced to the quarterfinals before losing to the -Amherst College- pair ... - Date : Fri, 01 Oct 2010 04:33:20 GMT+00:00
Community College Transfer Initiative Increasing Transfers to Four-Year Schools - AACRAO Transcript Tweet this news
AACRAO Transcript--The initiative dramatically increased the number of community college transfers to eight selective four-year colleges including: -Amherst College-; ... - Date : Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:36:24 GMT+00:00
46 Days to Decide: Dem Candidate Coons Comes Under Scrutiny in Delaware Senate ... - FOXNews Tweet this news
FOXNews--Coons, 47, has already been targeted by Republicans for an article he wrote for the -Amherst College- newspaper when he was 21 -- a piece entitled "Chris ... - Date : Fri, 17 Sep 2010 21:33:22 GMT+00:00
Chris Coons: The Making of a Bearded Marxist (DE-Sen) - Firedoglake Tweet this news
Firedoglake--Coons, then 21 years old and about to graduate from -Amherst College-, chronicled his transformation from a sheltered, conservative-minded college student who ... - Date : Thu, 16 Sep 2010 20:41:03 GMT+00:00

Five Colleges

Amherst College * Hampshire College * Mount Holyoke College * Smith College * University of Massachusetts Amherst

New England Small College Athletic Conference

Amherst * Bates * Bowdoin * Colby * Connecticut College * Hamilton * Middlebury * Trinity * Tufts * Wesleyan * Williams

Annapolis Group

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568 Group

Amherst * Boston College * Brown * Claremont McKenna * Columbia * Cornell * Dartmouth * Davidson * Duke * Emory * Georgetown * Haverford * MIT * Middlebury * Northwestern * Notre Dame * Penn * Pomona * Rice * Swarthmore * University of Chicago * University of Rochester * Vanderbilt * Wake Forest * Wellesley * Wesleyan * Williams

Oberlin Group

Agnes Scott College * Albion College * Alma College * Amherst College * Augustana College * Austin College * Bard College * Barnard College * Bates College * Beloit College * Berea College * Bowdoin College * Bryn Mawr College * Bucknell University * Carleton College * Claremont McKenna College * Clark University * Coe College * Colby College * Colgate University * Colorado College * Connecticut College * Davidson College * Denison University * DePauw University * Dickinson College * Drew University * Earlham College * Eckerd College * Franklin & Marshall College * Furman University * Gettysburg College * Grinnell College * Gustavus Adolphus College * Hamilton College * Harvey Mudd College * Haverford College * College of the Holy Cross * Hope College * Kalamazoo College * Kenyon College * Knox College * Lafayette College * Lake Forest College * Lawrence University * Macalester College * Manhattan College * Middlebury College * Mills College * Morehouse College * Mount Holyoke College * Oberlin College * Occidental College * Ohio Wesleyan University * Pitzer College * Pomona College * Randolph-Macon College * Reed College * Rhodes College * Rollins College * Sarah Lawrence College * Scripps College * Sewanee: The University of the South * Simmons College * Skidmore College * Smith College * Spelman College * College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University * St. Lawrence University * St. Olaf College * Swarthmore College * Trinity College * Trinity University * Union College * Vassar College * Wabash College * Washington and Lee University * Wellesley College * Wesleyan University * Wheaton College * Whitman College * Whittier College * Willamette University * Williams College * College of Wooster |

Consortium of Liberal Arts Colleges (CLAC)

Albion * Alma * Amherst * Bates * Beloit * Bowdoin * Bryn Mawr * Bucknell * Carleton * Colby * Colgate * Colorado College * Connecticut College * Davidson * Denison * DePauw * Dickinson * Earlham * Eckerd * Franklin & Marshall * Gettysburg * Grinnell * Hamilton * Harvey Mudd * Haverford * Holy Cross * Hope * Kalamazoo * Kenyon * Lafayette * Lawrence * Lewis & Clark * Luther * Macalester * Manhattan * Middlebury * Mills * Mount Holyoke * Muhlenberg * Nebraksa Wesleyan * Oberlin * Occidental * Ohio Wesleyan * Pitzer * Pomona * Reed * Rhodes * Scripps * Sewanee * Skidmore * Smith * St. Lawrence * St. Olaf * Swarthmore * Sweet Briar * Trinity (CT) * Trinity (TX) * Union * Vassar * Wabash * Washington * Washington & Lee * Wellesley * Wesleyan * Westmont * Wheaton (IL) * Wheaton (MA) * Whitman * Whittier * Williams * Wooster |



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