University of Texas at Austin

Written by Lisa Bleich UT Austin is the flagship university in the Texas state system. The campus itself is fairly compact for such a large university in such a big state! The facilities are [...]

St. Edward’s University

Written by Lisa Bleich St. Edward’s University is located right in the heart of Austin. Students are funky, independent, accepting, and open to the world. Many of the international students come [...]

Southwestern University

Written by Lisa Bleich Southwestern University is a small liberal arts college located 30 minutes outside of Austin in Georgetown, TX. Its president, Edward Burger (insert twitter handle) is [...]

Baylor University

Written by Lisa Bleich Baylor University is an unapologetically Christian university located in Waco, TX. The campus is expansive and quite beautiful with outstanding facilities, especially the [...]

University of Houston

Written by Lisa Bleich University of Houston is an urban campus with a racially and ethnically diverse student body. It has several excellent pre-professional programs including hospitality (with [...]

Texas College Tour

Written by Lisa Bleich I spent the last week doing a Texas College Tour around Central Texas. The local government has communicated a clear message to its public institutions: “Graduate students [...]

Rice University

Written by Lisa Bleich Rice is a beautiful, expansive campus with a southwestern style architecture set right in Houston. The central quad is quite pretty surrounded by red brick buildings. [...]

James Madison University

Written by Beth Cassie James Madison University, located in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley, is another of Virginia’s outstanding public universities. The 720 acres campus is divided in two by [...]

Virginia Commonwealth University

Written by Lisa Bleich Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) is located right in downtown Richmond. The urban feeling permeates the campus from the eclectic set of buildings to the pretty park [...]