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2007 ANAC Summer Institute Quiz
 
So What Do You Know About Other ANAC Institutions?
Questions Answers
   
Of the current ANAC membership, which were founding institutions? Ithaca and North Central colleges and Drury, Quinnipiac, Susquehanna, Redlands, and Valparaiso universities.
   
Which ANAC members have been cited as “schools that rock” in Rolling Stone’s College Guide? Belmont and Drake
   
Where should I go to school if I want to study aviation at an institution that was awarded the trophy for the outstanding all-around collegiate aviation program in the country? Westminster
   
At which ANAC institution did 87% of freshmen use their passport in their freshman year? Arcadia
   
According to the Sperling Stress Index, which ANAC institution is in the least stressful (large metro area) city to live and work?  The Sage Colleges – Albany campus
   
According to the National Geographic Society, one of the 10 Great Trees of the World exists on an ANAC campus. On which campus is this tree and why is it considered great? The Emancipation Oak at Hampton U. Ninety-eight feet in diameter, Emancipation Oak was the site of the first Southern reading of President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, an act which accelerated the demand for African-American education. The peaceful shade of the oak served as the first classroom for newly freed men and women - eager for an education.
   
Which ANAC institutions offer degrees in:

Architecture?

Library Science?

 

Drury

Simmons

   
Which ANAC institutions have Phi Beta Kappa chapters? University of Redlands, Hamline, Drake, Valparaiso
   
Which ANAC institution was the first institution in the country to establish an endowed chair specifically for a female professor and the second to appoint a woman to its faculty? Butler
   
Which member institutions make available a paid, Professional Development Semester for faculty who teach three years in the First-Year Program? Wagner
   
Which ANAC institutions provide interested students, regardless of major, an incubator to develop student-run businesses? Belmont
   
Which ANAC institution, in partnership with The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC), received a $360,000 W.M. Keck Foundation grant to help colleges and universities transform their offerings in language instruction? Drake
   
Which ANAC institutions alumni (or students) could provide the best advice on becoming:

-A finalist on American Idol?

-A winner of I Wanna Be a Soap Star?

-One of the world’s fastest Rubik Cube competitors?

 


Belmont

Elon


Pacific Lutheran

   
Which ANAC institution has a president that raises Simmental cattle? Valparaiso
   
Which ANAC institution has a president who co-hosts a radio program that is carried nationally by more than 200 stations?  The Sage Colleges
   
Which ANAC institutions provide funds and opportunity for staff to experience foreign study? Arcadia and Elon
   
Which institutions require every student to have an experiential learning experience? Arcadia, Redlands, Hamline and Wagner
   
Which ANAC institutions choose a theme for the year? Susquehanna and Drake
   
Which ANAC institution has been cited nationally for its high number (115) of Fulbright student winners over the past thirty years? (Bonus: which ANAC institutions had Fulbright winners in their graduating class this year ) Scranton

(Ithaca-2, Drake-1, Scranton -3; PLU-5)

   
On which ANAC campus can you earn a Ph.D. in physics? Hampton
   
Which ANAC institution has a ‘college’ that offers all contract-based, individualized education and where all students write their own graduation contracts? Redlands
   
Which institutions offer a Certificate in Civic Engagement? Wagner
   
Which ANAC institution began as a music conservatory? Ithaca
   
Which ANAC institutions have formal polling centers? Elon and Quinnipiac
   
Which ANAC institution has a student organization, Students in Free Enterprise, that imports coffee from Guatemala, grinds and packages it, and sells coffee locally under the colleges own brand? North Central
   
How many ANAC institutions currently have women presidents? Who are they and where are they presidents? Hamline- Linda Hanson; Ithaca College-Peggy Williams; Sage Colleges-Jeanne Neff; Simmons College, Susan Scrimshaw
   
At which ANAC institutions can you earn a certificate (IBASE) demonstrating that you have integrated business with liberal arts and sciences? Evansville
   
To help them understand their students, which ANAC institutions require all students to take the Myers-Briggs test? Elon
   
Which ANAC campuses have a day of volunteer service where students, faculty and staff join together in service activities? Arcadia and Susquehanna
   
Which ANAC institutions require every student to have a minor in global studies? Drury
There may be more correct answers than I have listed. If so, please let me know at lrobinson@anac.org.

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