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Located just outside Charlottesville, Jefferson's Virginia home and estate is situated on the summit of an 850-foot (260 m)-high peak in the Southwest Mountains. Its name comes from the Italian for "little mountain." Jefferson began work on his original “Monticello” in 1768.
French map of West Point in 1780 Artillery cadet in 1805, wearing a mixture of commissioned and non-commissioned uniforms prescribed for artillery cadets West Point, from Phillipstown (1831) engraving by W. J. Bennett showing the original buildings of the United States Military Academy
In 1962, the Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College District was formed, and three years later, Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College added the Jefferson Davis and Jackson County campuses. Between 1965 and 1985, 4 new centers were opened. The college name was changed to Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College on October 1, 1987.
Father of the University of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson was the first and only President of the United States to found an institution of higher learning. On January 18, 1800, Thomas Jefferson, then the Vice President of the United States, alluded to plans for a new college in a letter written to British scientist Joseph Priestley: "We wish to establish in the upper country of Virginia, and more ...
Shippensburg University offers more than 100 undergraduate programs in the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Education and Human Services, and the John L. Grove College of Business. It also offers more than 50 master's degree programs, two doctoral programs, and three post-bachelor or post-master's certificate programs in 17 fields ...
College of the Ozarks: Point Lookout: Private (Presbyterian Church (USA)) Baccalaureate college: 1,427 1906 51–200 Columbia College: Columbia: Private: Master's colleges and universities: 6,056 1851 1,001–5,000 Cottey College: Nevada: Nonsectarian: Baccalaureate college: 266 1884 51–200 Culver–Stockton College: Canton: Disciples of ...
The Howard J. Burnett Center, also known as The Burnett Center, [5] is an academic building on the campus of Washington & Jefferson College. This building, named after former President Howard J. Burnett, was completed in 2001 at a cost of $12.8 million. It houses the Departments of Economics and Business, Modern Languages, and Education.
Robert Jefferson Breckinridge (March 8, 1800 – December 27, 1871) was a politician and Presbyterian minister. He was a member of the Breckinridge family of Kentucky, the son of Senator John Breckinridge.