WebGeneva (/ dʒ ə ˈ n iː v ə / jə-NEE-və; French: Genève ()) is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland.Situated in the south west of the country, where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the capital of the Republic and Canton of Geneva.. The city of Geneva (ville …

WebThe University of Geneva (French: Université de Genève) is a public research university located in Geneva, Switzerland.It was founded in 1559 by John Calvin as a theological seminary. It remained focused on theology until the 17th century, when it became a center for enlightenment scholarship. Today, it is the third largest university in Switzerland by …

WebThe Canton of Geneva, officially the Republic and Canton of Geneva (French: République et canton de Genève; Arpitan: Rèpublica et canton de Geneva; German: Republik und Kanton Genf; Italian: Repubblica e Cantone di Ginevra; Romansh: Republica e chantun Genevra), is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation.It is composed of …

WebA finishing school focuses on teaching young women social graces and upper-class cultural rites as a preparation for entry into society. The name reflects that it follows on from ordinary school and is intended to complete the education, with classes primarily on deportment and etiquette, with academic subjects secondary.It may consist of an …

WebDegrees accreditations. Across all its campuses, EU Business School offers state-accredited university degrees awarded through academic partnerships by Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (UCAM), the University of Derby and London Metropolitan University (UK) as well as Dublin Business School (Ireland). These degrees are state …

WebAntiquity and Early Middle Ages. Geneva first appears in history as an Allobrogian border town, fortified against the Celtic Helvetii tribe, which the Romans took in 121 BC.. In 58 BC, Caesar, Roman governor of Gaul, destroyed the Rhône bridge at Geneva and built a 19-mile earthwork from Lake Geneva to the Jura Mountains in order to block the migration of the …

WebGeneva College was founded in 1848 in Northwood, Ohio, by John Black Johnston, a minister of the RPCNA.The college was founded as "Geneva Hall", and was named after the Swiss center of the Reformed faith movement.After briefly closing during the American Civil War, the college continued operating in Northwood until 1880.By that time, the college …

WebThe United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG, French: Office des Nations Unies à Genève) in Geneva, Switzerland, is one of the four major offices of the United Nations where numerous different UN agencies have a joint presence. The main UNOG administrative offices are located inside the Palais des Nations complex, which was originally …

WebThe term "Frankfurt School" describes the works of scholarship and the intellectuals who were the Institute for Social Research (Institut für Sozialforschung), an adjunct organization at Goethe University Frankfurt, founded in 1923, by Carl Grünberg, a Marxist professor of law at the University of Vienna.It was the first Marxist research center at a German …

WebHe attended local schools. An "A" student in high school, he was known for being quiet; he graduated in 1999. Unmarried, McLendon lived with his mother at her home in Kinston. This area of southern Alabama has had a depressed economy following the relocation of textile jobs overseas several years before.