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Michigan Language Assessment (MLA), also known as [needs update] the Cambridge–Michigan Language Assessment (CaMLA) and previously the "English Language Institute Testing and Certification Division at the University of Michigan", has been providing English language assessments, learning resources, teacher development, consultancy and research since 1941.
"Pure Michigan" state welcome sign. Pure Michigan is as an advertising campaign by the State of Michigan to market itself as a travel and tourism destination. It was launched in 2008 [1] featuring the voice of actor and comedian Tim Allen, [2] using the title song from The Cider House Rules as the background music in television commercials.
The Illinois and Michigan Canal connected the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico.In Illinois, it ran 96 miles (154 km) from the Chicago River in Bridgeport, Chicago to the Illinois River at LaSalle-Peru.
Alpha Kappa Alpha was founded in 1908 at Howard University as both the first African-American sorority and the first BGLO founded at a black college. [143] Four other BGLOs were in quick succession founded at Howard: Omega Psi Phi (1911), Delta Sigma Theta (1913), Phi Beta Sigma (1914) and Zeta Phi Beta (1920).
CAL invented the first crash test dummy in 1948, the automotive seat belt in 1951, the first mobile field unit with Doppler weather radar for weather-tracking in 1956, the first accurate airborne simulation of another aircraft (the North American X-15) in 1960, the first successful demonstration of an automatic terrain-following radar system in ...
The military college, founded in 1889, opened its doors in 1893 to 446 cadets. Clemson Agricultural College was renamed Clemson University in 1964. A statue of Thomas Green Clemson, as well as the Fort Hill house, are located on the campus. The town of Calhoun that bordered the campus was renamed Clemson in 1943.
Sigma Nu is an American college fraternity founded at the Virginia Military Institute in 1869. [1] In the following list, active chapters are indicated in bold and inactive chapters are indicated in italics .
The Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team is the intercollegiate men's basketball program representing the University of Michigan.The school competes in the Big Ten Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).