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University Achieves Coveted Tier One Status Via Innovative Use of Casino Card

Posted on Tuesday, December 7th 2010
Tags: ambiguous, competitive, definition, ethics, fundraising, tier 1, tier one
University Achieves Coveted Tier One Status Via Innovative Use of Casino Card
by Teena Angst Freelance Writer Whanover University has finally attained Tier One status to rank as one of the most competitive universities in the nation. Following a directive from trustees to become Tier One, as well as pressure from faculty, students and alumni, Whanover University took creative steps to achieve this ambitious goal. Staff members [...]

Foundation Director Ousted After Series of Financially Irresponsible Good Intentions

Posted on Tuesday, August 31st 2010
Tags: development, ethics, foundation, fundraising, investments
Foundation Director Ousted After Series of Financially Irresponsible Good Intentions
by Aloysius St. Bernard Freelance Writer Nathan Gorman has been terminated from his position as Director of the Peyton Randolph University Foundation, after deep losses to the university’s endowment fund landed the institution, one of Virginia’s oldest, on a Department of Education list of colleges that failed to pass a test of financial responsibility. PRU’s [...]

Idiots Hold Candlelight Vigils for Harvard’s Endowment

Posted on Wednesday, July 22nd 2009
Tags: development, fundraising, harvard endpwment, harvard university endowment
Idiots Hold Candlelight Vigils for Harvard’s Endowment
Imbiciles in major cities across the US and Europe held candlelight memorial vigil’s for Harvard University’s waining endowment. “I’m just so sad,” said one tearful woman at a rally in Los Angeles. “I love Harvard so much. I’m going to drive to Cambridge to leave a teddy bear and a handmade greeting card at the [...]

University Charged with Human Trafficking after Hocking Football Team

Posted on Monday, July 20th 2009
Tags: chronicle, collateral, college development, college humor, cronk, fundraising, greensboro college, higher education, loan
University Charged with Human Trafficking after Hocking Football Team
Residents of Gridertown, Wyoming were shocked and sickened Monday morning when they saw Gridertown U’s star quarterback and wide receiver in the front window of Slappy McGee’s Pawn Emporium. Investigators found that GU’s president had hocked the men’s football team for $854,000. Allegedly, after hearing about the creative financing deal in which Greensboro College used [...]

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