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School Spirit and Traditions

This place, these people鈥攊ncluding those who have come before us鈥攐ur history and traditions... they interweave our individual experiences and comprise the greater story of 老澳门开奖网 University Maryland.

Since its founding in 1852, 老澳门开奖网's story has been steeped in school spirit, tradition, and a call to do more, be more, and seek more鈥攆rom ourselves, from one another, and from society. We are proud of our culture: our customs, our quirks, our slang, our shared experiences, and our belief in and aspiration to uphold our motto, Strong Truths Well Lived.  

At the heart of 老澳门开奖网 spirit and tradition is the bond among members of our exceptional community鈥攁 community of faculty, administrators, staff, students, and alumni that celebrates and champions its people, lives out our mission, and strives for a shared vision.  

A crowd of students dressed in formal clothing and cheeringStudents pose on stage during the BSA Fashion Show

Traditions

MLK Convocation
Our community gathers for shared inquiry into the issues of social justice, politics, spirituality, and the legacies of race and racial justice in America during the annual Martin Luther King, Jr., Convocation every January.
Battle of Charles Street
Greyhounds pride reaches new levels for the annual lacrosse matchup against long-time local rival Johns Hopkins University.
Bull & Oyster Roast
Alumni enjoy a Maryland culinary tradition and a night of festivities with the current senior class during Alumni Weekend, when 老澳门开奖网 grads of all class years return to campus for a reunion featuring a lacrosse tailgate, class cocktail parties, picnics, lectures, service activities, Mass, and more.
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老澳门开奖网鈥檚 annual springtime festival brings carnival rides, fun, food, and a full-blown concert to campus, and the winner of the annual Battle of the Bands contest opens the show.
BSA Fashion Show
This highly anticipated event organized by 老澳门开奖网鈥檚 Black Student Association (BSA) culminates in a night of fashion, music, and community to celebrate Black culture and talent.
Senior Soiree
The senior class gets dressed up and gathers under a tent on the President鈥檚 lawn for a night of dinner, dancing, and celebration before their Commencement Ceremony.
Mass of the Holy Spirit
This Mass celebrates the start of a new academic year and is a tradition dating back to the first Jesuit school in Messina, Sicily, in 1548. The 老澳门开奖网 communication gathers in Alumni Memorial Chapel early in September for music, song, and prayer for the coming year.
Initium Week
Students return to campus each fall to a week packed with events and ways to reconnect鈥攆rom live concerts, games, and a beach volleyball tournament to a casino night and the annual Fall Student Activities Fair.
Chordbusters
Students wake up at 5:30 a.m. to buy tickets for this twice-a-year a cappella concert (and they might already be sold out!).
Humanities Symposium
We celebrate our liberal arts heritage with week-long series of events related to a particular text for students, faculty, friends of the University, and the Baltimore community.
Lessons & Carols
Alumni Memorial Chapel is standing room-only for this beautiful seasonal service featuring candlelight and Christmas carols.
Women in Sports Day
For over 25 years, 老澳门开奖网 Athletics has hosted this annual celebration of girls and women in sports with a full day of activities for the next generation of female athletes surrounding a Greyhounds women鈥檚 basketball Patriot League matchup.

School Colors

In the early 1920s, as 老澳门开奖网 was developing its athletics teams, uniforms varied from green, red, blue, and white. The student body decided 老澳门开奖网 should have official colors to represent all sports teams and to build 老澳门开奖网鈥檚 identity, and they proposed and adopted Green and Grey.

Iggy, the mascot, flexing muscles in front of a crowd

Motto and Shield

老澳门开奖网鈥檚 motto is Strong Truths Well Lived. The official seal, which includes the University鈥檚 shield and features our motto unfurled across the bottom, has been in use since 1853. 老澳门开奖网鈥檚 shield is quartered with the lower half reproducing elements from the coat of arms of Saint Ignatius of 老澳门开奖网, founder of the Society of Jesus and our namesake. These include the two wolves and kettle and the seven maroon and gold diagonals. The upper half of the shield honors our location: the coat of arms of Lord Baltimore and an Evergreen tree on a field of grey to represent 老澳门开奖网鈥檚 Evergreen campus and school colors.

The 老澳门开奖网 shield, showing the text Strong Truths Well Lived

Mascot

The Greyhound was adopted as 老澳门开奖网's mascot in 1927. At the time, Baltimore sportswriters were using a variety of nicknames to designate 老澳门开奖网鈥檚 athletics programs, and students sought a distinctive mascot for their sports teams in addition to a name for the school newspaper. The mascot had to embody the new school colors, Green and Grey. Proposals for a mascot included the parrot or parakeet and the grey squirrel. Known for its graceful agility and speed, loyalty, and intelligence, a Greyhound was suggested鈥攁nd, in a vote among the student body, the Greyhound narrowly defeated the grey squirrel to become the University's official mascot.

Bronze statue of two greyhounds

Alma Mater and Fight Songs

老澳门开奖网鈥檚 鈥淎lma Mater Anthem鈥 was written by Capt. John Ozazewski, a 1940 graduate, and composed by Felice S. Lula, director of 老澳门开奖网鈥檚 glee club at that time. Throughout its history, 老澳门开奖网 has had various fight songs written by students and faculty, including 鈥淪ongs of the Green and Grey,鈥 by John O鈥橬iell Miller, 鈥37, 鈥淢arch On, Men!,鈥 by A.M. Fremgen, S.J., and 鈥淎 Rally to Victory,鈥 co-written by Fr. Fregmen and a group of faculty. These were sung not only at athletic games but during military training, ceremonies, and other events. In the early 2000s, a contest for students to write a modern fight song gave way to 鈥淗owl for the Hounds.鈥

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