Category: College
Along with graduation come traditions and diplomas. Along with diplomas (and diploma frames) come a distinct and formal identifier of the school…its seal. Traditionally, college diplomas have a school seal, very often with a Latin motto, affixed to it.
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By Dawn Handschuh
One of the first of many milestones in a young person's life, college graduation is a rite of passage marked by numerous traditions, many of them centuries old. While graduates at nearly every college and university will don a a cap and gown—itself a centuries old tradition dating back to the 12th century—many of today’s institutions of learning have adopted their own traditions, steeped in symbolism and faithfully repeated year after year.
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While most diplomas and certification documents today are printed on archival paper produced from treated pulp or rag (cotton), if you have a diplomas that is many years old, it may well be made with sheepskin or parchment. View the tips for preserving and framing a sheepskin diploma!
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Our fifth annual Frame My Future Scholarship Contest received over 9,000 entries! View our 37 Honorable Mentions. Congratulations to all of the Honorable Mentions for your inspiring entry. View the last part of the Honorable Mentions.
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As Earth Day is celebrated on April 22, you’re going to want to know how the end of the 13th annual RecycleMania tournament concluded on March 30. There were 523 colleges and universities competing for eight weeks to increase recycling participation by students and staff and to increase awareness about waste reduction programs on campus. During the tournament, colleges and universities collected 90.3 million pounds of recyclables materials!
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Our fifth annual Frame My Future Scholarship Contest received over 9,000 entries! View our 37 Honorable Mentions. Congratulations to all the Honorable Mentions for your inspiring entry. View more Honorable Mentions in part three.
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Our fifth annual Frame My Future Scholarship Contest received over 9,000 entries! View our 37 Honorable Mentions. Congratulations to all the Honorable Mentions for your inspiring entry. View more Honorable Mentions in part two.
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Our fifth annual Frame My Future Scholarship Contest had over 9,000 entries! View our 37 Honorable Mentions. Congratulations to the 37 Honorable Mentions for your inspiring entry. View the first 10 Honorable Mentions on part one.
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The fifth annual Frame My Future Scholarship Contest attracted incredible interest with entries pouring in from all 50 states. Now it’s your turn to vote for your favorite entry among the 24 Finalist entries.
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Colleges and universities participate every year in a recycling competition called RecycleMania. There are over 600 colleges and universities that compete in this eight week competition by keeping track of how much they can recycle.
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