<p>DAYTON A Jewish student at the University of Dayton is looking forward to sharing his religious traditions with his Catholic college community.</p>
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<p>I am marveling at the way the Seder is being used in innovative ways to educate non-Jews about Judaism and to promote inter-faith understanding.</p>
<p>Nice, rockvillemom!
I just wanted to say for anyone who is considering attending college in Pittsburgh…I know I keep saying this…but my husband and I just attended the “Campus Superstar” fundraiser for Jewish University Center/Hillel on Sunday night and it is truly incredible how much community support there is for this organization - from the general Jewish community. The venue was packed, the adbook was oversubscribed (they actually had to print a supplement), the honorees and the committees were at full force, the sponsors were abundant, and the event was absolutely amazing and raised in excess of $250,000. I should also mention the student award-winner, who is a graduate student who was instrumental in getting “J-Burgh” off the ground. This is an offshoot of Hillel that is for young college graduates and graduate and professional school students - to engage them and keep them involved and supported in the Jewish community.</p>
<p>I asked this question in another forum but did not get too many answers there. Thought maybe some of you B student parents could fill me in.</p>
<p>So my D likes the idea of a big public U where there is a college town in walking distance. We have seen Penn State and U Del is on the agenda- but are there any other schools we could consider say in New England that have a college town? </p>
<p>I have heard that U Conn is very isolated and does not have a town. Has anyone visited campus? What about URI, UNH, U MASS? I heard UVM has a fun town but it it may be a little far for us and not sure my D would not feel at home with the hippie/granola vibe.</p>
<p>Pamom: Udel is exactly what you’re looking for. It has a beautiful, large campus and a great adjacent area alon Main Street with restaurants and shops. We also visited UConn and UMass. UConn is beautiful with geat facilities, but it’s in the middle of nowhere. UMass is not as pretty as the other two, but Amherst is a cute college town. Students can also take shuttles to the other 5 colleges in the consortium. Smith is in Northhampton, which had very nice shopping and restaurants.</p>
<p>There is no town at UConn other than a small area of shops but we really did like the campus area. URI also has no town but there is an area of restaurants and some shops adjacent to campus. And the beach is not so far away but you can’t walk there. UMass certainly has the lovely town of Amherst nearby. It is walkable but depending where you are on campus, a long walk. I also think there are shuttles from campus to town as well as to Northampton a few miles away but am not certain of that. Students love Burlington, VT and it is lovely although we have not been there. Might also look at some other Big 10 schools – Indiana and Michigan come to mind in terms of a town as does Wisconsin although Madison is a city and not a town.</p>
<p>Depending where you are in PA, Miami of Ohio has a really great little college town running up into campus. And a beautiful campus. School spirit too.</p>
<p>UVM is not all hippie/granola. Yes, it is there, but there are plenty of other types of people, too. I wouldn’t say that the hippie/granola culture dominates at all. There seem to be a lot of people who enjoy the outdoors, though.</p>
<p>Pamom, I second UMass. Amherst is a very cute town as well as Northhampton. There is a great free bus service that links all 5 colleges in the area and students are allowed to take courses at any of the colleges. Most UMass students don’t take advantage of this, but they can take at Amherst, Smith, Hampshire, and Mount Holyoke. There are also frequent busses that run to Boston and NY for the weekends. The campus may not be the prettiest, but the surrounding area towns and mountains are lovely.</p>
<p>Greek seder–feta cheese on matzah sounds yummier than cream cheese! Maybe there is a baklava version using matzah and a lot of honey.</p>
<p>Pamom, others here know more about U Maryland and can comment. If big sports is not a priority, SUNY-Binghamton is an excellent school, with nearby restaurants and unusually reasonably priced out of state tuition. Rutgers’s town, New Brunswick, is not as cute as Amherst, but, like Pitt, has theater and other entertainment at a level no small college town offers.
From your post, I assume that the many midwestern and western options–from Ohio schools to Colorado–are too far.<br>
I know a lot of UConn and Penn State kids, all of whom love their schools.</p>
<p>This is it - prime college visiting season. We have Elon, CofC and Virginia Tech in our sights over the next 2 weeks - let’s hear more about where the juniors are heading. I will certainly post about our visits - encouraging everyone else to do the same.</p>
<p>Anyone stuck deciding between 2 or more acceptances? Feel free to post your options and I am sure you will receive some pros and cons to help your son or daughter choose.</p>
<p>Good luck on the ACT’s! It is amazing how intense the junior year is and then how FAST the senior year goes by! My S has had senioritis big time the last couple of months.</p>
<p>You’ll see, everything has a way of working out, but us moms wrote the book on “panic”, It’s in our DNA :)</p>
