Media Mentions

• Passengers on Trans World Airlines (TWA) read about Holy Cross in the September issue of the airline's Ambassador Magazine.  An article about fall foliage at several New England colleges included photos and brief descriptions of Holy Cross, Bates College, Mount Holyoke College, Colby College, Middlebury College, Smith College, Wesleyan University and Babson College.

• Kiplinger's Private Colleges Worth the Price (September 1999) placed Holy Cross in the company of Princeton, University of Chicago and Claremont McKenna College for institutions that are a good value because of how long it takes for students to graduate.  These colleges and universities stand out for graduating 90 percent of students in four years. 

• Kaplan/Newsweek College Catalog 2000 includes the results of a survey of high school guidance counselors queried about the nation's best colleges and universities.  Holy Cross was highlighted in the following categories: schools for the academically competitive student, schools that are "hidden treasures," and schools providing a good liberal arts education

By the Numbers

• Number of RAs (Resident Assistants) on campus: 75 
• Number of honor societies at Holy Cross: 12 
• Number of students in the First-Year Program: 163 
• Number of trees listed in the Campus Arboretum: 810 
• Pounds of strawberries used by Cool Beans coffee shop for "smoothie" dessert drinks during Aug. 27-29: 120 
• Number of links on the Holy Cross Web site: approximately 50,000 
• Number of issues of The Crusader published a year: 20 
• Weekly circulation of The Crusader: 3,500 
• Number of faculty who have received the Distinguished Teaching Award: 10 
• Number of faculty who have been at Holy Cross for 25 years or more: 52