Alumni Facts and Demographics

“I was a good student but I had to work hard at chemistry; the math was difficult for me. Once I took P-Chem (Physical Chemistry), I finally had my aha moment and realized what it all meant and why I was doing all these differential equations.”

"Taking a wide range of courses outside of my major made me more well-versed in topics that I may not otherwise have been exposed to. My Political Science degree gave me base-level knowledge of foreign affairs and political climates throughout the world."

Victor McTeer ’69 is a celebrated civil rights attorney and one of the first African American students to graduate from the college. He has spent his adult life engaged in professional, volunteer and philanthropic efforts to ensure that many more successful black scholars would follow in his footsteps to earn degrees at this and other fine institutions of higher learning.