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In the [[13th century]] [[Oxford University]] created colleges in order to lessen rioting between students and townspeople. This century also saw the foundation of the college Peterhouse at [[Cambridge University]]. Colleges were usually named after their founder or a patron saint.
In the [[13th century]] [[Oxford University]] created '''colleges''' in order to lessen rioting between students and townspeople. This century also saw the foundation of the college Peterhouse at [[Cambridge University]]. Colleges were usually named after their founder or a [[patron]] [[saint]].


==Colleges in the SCA==
In the [[SCA]] a <b>college</b> is a branch that is based at a teaching institute, such as a [[university]].
In the [[SCA]] a '''college''' is a [[groups|branch]] that is based at a teaching institute, such as a [[university]]. Due to the fluctuating nature of university attendance some colleges may go inactive for some months, usually summer, in the year.


===A listing of colleges===
[[Lochac]] Colleges include
*[[College of St Monica]] - Monash University "http://www.sca.org.au/st_monica/"
*[[College of Bellewode]] -- Truman State University, Kirksville, MO ([[Calontir]])
*[[House of St. Ambrose]] -- Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, [[USA]] ([[Meridies]])
*[[College of All Saints]] - Hawthorn Music School
*[[College of Tygre's Keep]] -- The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO, [[USA]] ([[Outlands]])
*[[College of St Basil the Great]] - University of Western Australia
*[[College of St Malachy]] - University of Wollongong "http://www.sca.org.au/st_malachy/"
*[[College of the Venerage Bede]] -- University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO, [[USA]] ([[Outlands]])
*[[College of Blessed Herman the Cripple]] - Adelaide University "http://www.sca.org.au/blessed_herman/"
* [[College of Saint Katherine]] -- University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, [[USA]] ([[West]])
*[[Lochac colleges]]
*[[College of St Crispin]] - Newcastle University "http://www.sca.org.au/st_crispin/"
*[[College of St Aldhelm]] - University of Canberra "http://www.sca.org.au/st_aldhelm/"
*[[College of Rencester]] -- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, [[USA]] ([[Atlantia]])
*[[College of St Augustine]] - University of New South Wales "http://www.sca.org.au/st_augustine/"
*[[College of No Mountain]] -- Grinell College, Grinnel, IA [[USA]] ([[Calontir]])
*[[College of St Ursula]] - University of Sydney "http://www.sca.org.au/st_ursula/"
*[[College of St. Golias]] -- New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM [[USA]] ([[Outlands]])
*[[College of St Gildas the Wise]] - University of Tasmania "http://www.sca.org.au/st_gildas/"
*[[College of Scola Metallorum]] -- Colorado School Of Mines, Golden, CO [[USA]] ([[Outlands]])

*proposed [[College of St Christina the Astonishing]] - Flinders University (SA)

''See Also:''
*[[Inter-College_War]]
*[[University]]
[[Category:education]]
[[category: colleges (SCA)]]

Revision as of 13:59, 17 May 2010

In the 13th century Oxford University created colleges in order to lessen rioting between students and townspeople. This century also saw the foundation of the college Peterhouse at Cambridge University. Colleges were usually named after their founder or a patron saint.

Colleges in the SCA

In the SCA a college is a branch that is based at a teaching institute, such as a university. Due to the fluctuating nature of university attendance some colleges may go inactive for some months, usually summer, in the year.

A listing of colleges


See Also: