(10-09-2021 11:58 AM)topper1296 Wrote: Just thought of another one for WKU. Mitch McDeere (played by Tom Cruise) in the movie "The Firm" based on the John Grisham novel was a WKU alumni (accounting undergrad alum before going to Harvard Law).
WKU is in the book, but it's sadly not brought up in the movie.
Grisham likes to mention various schools in his books. The Julia Roberts character in The Pelican Brief is a Tulane Law School student I think (?), and I want to say one of his books features a Rice alum (maybe The Runaway Jury - it's been a long time since I've read it and I just don't remember). He's from Mississippi, so I have to think USM would be mentioned in one of his books?
I was looking up the Grisham-Rice connection and I can't find it anywhere online. But I do see that the Landry character in Friday Night Lights ends up going to Rice. Knowing Rice football, he probably blew out his knee early in his Rice career and ends up on a medical hardship scholarship is my guess.
I just read Grisham's "Sooley" a month ago, and it is about a college basketball player at NC Central (NCCU). Grisham's daughter goes to UVA, and he has a house in Charlottesville and is a big UVA hoops fan.
(10-06-2021 12:43 PM)HerdZoned Wrote: Some of the famous and successful people to attend Marshall:
Billy Crystal (1 semester)- Came to Marshall on a baseball scholarship. Marshall dropped baseball the next semester and he left to attend NYU.
Soupy Sales- Known for The Soupy Sales Show and Lunch with Soupy Sales in the 1950s early 60s.
Conchata Ferrell- Best known for Berta on Two Half Men
Brad Dourif (2 Years)- A voice actor best known as the voice of Chucky from Child's Play
Lea Ann Parsley- 1998 Silver medal winner in Skeleton
Tammie Greene- WPGA player
Larry Coyer- Long time NFL D Cood. was a College and NFL coach from 1965-2014
Joe Johns- A news correspondent for NBC, ABC, the TODAY show and CNN.
Homer Hickam (1 year 1/2) Was going to Marshall and studing engineering. Marshall dropped the engineering school and he transfered to VA Tech. Known for his memoir Rocket Boys and the 1999 movie October Sky
Brad D Smith- President of 3 companies, two of which were fortune 500, the last being of Intuit from 2008-2018.
Michael W Smith- A Broadway singer that has been the part of more than 40 musicals.
That's the best they have for Brad Dourif? One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, Dune, The Two Towers (Lord of the Rings)? And they go with voice actor in Child's Play. Where ever you copy/pasted that from needs a better listing for him.
(10-06-2021 11:15 AM)12thmonarch Wrote: Well other than being associated with the region of Virginia (Old Dominion) and a trucking company ODU is known for VMASC (Virginia Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation Center) as a top 5 facility in the states and may be the World. We are also the first university to start a brand new school(unlike many schools that have programs offering courses) for cybersecurity for research and interdisciplinary education funded in part by NSA, DISA/CISA. The vision is to bring real world cyber threats, tor data, black domains/sources into emulation and then deriving solutions that can be modeled, simulated and implemented in the defense sector as well as real world enterprises. The combination of VMASC and ODU SCS will be one of a kind in the world when all is said and done.
I wish they had cyber security when I was there. I have an associates in network security after I left odu but I wouldn't mind getting my bachelors or masters in cyber security if its offered.
(10-06-2021 11:15 AM)12thmonarch Wrote: Well other than being associated with the region of Virginia (Old Dominion) and a trucking company ODU is known for VMASC (Virginia Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation Center) as a top 5 facility in the states and may be the World. We are also the first university to start a brand new school(unlike many schools that have programs offering courses) for cybersecurity for research and interdisciplinary education funded in part by NSA, DISA/CISA. The vision is to bring real world cyber threats, tor data, black domains/sources into emulation and then deriving solutions that can be modeled, simulated and implemented in the defense sector as well as real world enterprises. The combination of VMASC and ODU SCS will be one of a kind in the world when all is said and done.
I wish they had cyber security when I was there. I have an associates in network security after I left odu but I wouldn't mind getting my bachelors or masters in cyber security if its offered.
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Yeah they are being offered from what i can see and from what i heard they are covering more than just threats emerging from N/W's, pattern deviations, application/user behavioral anomalies and proactive threat blocking and source tracking. They are also offering Machine learning for passive threat detection and advanced remedies for enterprises. If you are interested you might want to check the course catalog out.
(10-07-2021 04:25 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote: Rice also has at least 2 alumni on the world's richest people list -- #177 John Doerr (12.4 billion net worth) and #404 Brian Armstrong (6.5 billion). Neither really has given much to the Rice athletic department but I think Doerr has given a bit? (he's definitely given quite a bit to Rice in general - Armstrong is just 39 years old so someone needs to convince him athletics needs a donation). There may be some other Rice people on the list too (like some of the Dan Duncan heirs).
Here's the latest Forbes list if you want to search for your alums.
Some things that come to mind for NMSU, “The Yale of the Yuccas” are:
- Faculty discovered Pluto (Clyde Tombaugh)
- We created the world’s hottest chile pepper.
- Neil Patrick Harris was discovered at an acting camp at NMSU put on by Tony Award winner and faculty, Mark Medoff.
- Developed the grass hybrid that multiple Super Bowls have been played on.
Some notable alum include:
- Founder of Pixar, Alvie Ray Smith
- Starbucks CEO, Kevin Johnson
- Founder of Etsy
- GM of the Washington Wizards, Tommy Sheppard.
- Hall of Fame Coach Lou Henson
- Allen Hale who discovered the “Hale-Bopp” comet.
- Univisión Founder, Danny Villanueva.
- Pascal Siakam (obviously)
New Mexico State is a land grant school with a lot of agricultural research. For those that may not know, the Rio Grande Valley is a major producer of chili peppers. Chilis are a big deal in New Mexico. Restaurant servers will ask "Red or green?" to find out which sauce you want with your meal.
The Chile Pepper Institute at NMSU is the only international, non-profit organization devoted to education and research related to Capsicum, or chile peppers. Established in 1992, the Institute builds on the research of chile peppers since the famous horticulturalist Fabian Garcia (the father of the U.S. chile pepper industry) began standardizing chile pepper varieties in 1888.
Here's some information some may find interesting about the chili industry in New Mexico, since its a very different climate and agricultural region than some people may have been to before.
Our polymer science department is one of the top in the nation. Has developed materials used in shoes, Germx, and helmet technology.
One of a few schools accredited in all 4 areas of the arts (dance, music, theater, art)
As part of our Blue Economy initiatives our oceanography, ocean science departments at our Gulf Coast Research Lab on the MS Gulf Coast is a big research hub for the Gulf of Mexico. Also, we have a full second campus on the Beach in Long Beach, MS.
Famous actor and football player Brett Favre (He was in There's Something About Mary)
Entrepreneur and musician Jimmy Buffet
First Punter in NFL HOF Mr. Ray Guy
At one point we had a high ratio of women to men.
Casino Management Program.
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Interesting things your school is known for
ODU is known for VMASC (Virginia Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation Center) as a top 5 facility in the states and may be the World. We are also the first university to start a brand new school(unlike many schools that have programs offering courses) for cybersecurity for research and interdisciplinary education funded in part by NSA, DISA/CISA. The vision is to bring real world cyber threats, tor data, black domains/sources into emulation and then deriving solutions that can be modeled, simulated and implemented in the defense sector as well as real world enterprises. The combination of VMASC and ODU SCS will be one of a kind in the world when all is said and done.
