University Latin Mottos
By Valentina Cordero
We cannot hide the fact that we have a very strong legacy of Latin. Latin words and phrases appear in our everyday lives, a piece of history and tradition. It can be a way to reflect the origin of universities in medieval institutions, its guiding principles and a connection to a tradition of education. It is about paying tribute to a language tradition and to higher education. The Latin language is an anchor; it was the foundation of education and though no longer spoken it lives on through its use at institutions of learning, like the ones below.
University of Alaska Fairbanks: Ad Summum (To the to top)
University of Houston: In Tempore (In Time)
Albright College (Pa.): Veritas et Justicia (Truth and Justice)
Bowdoin College (Maine): Ut Aquila Versus Coelum (As an eagle towards the sky)
University of California: Fiat lux (Let there be light)
College of Charleston: Sapientia ipsa libertas (Knowledge itself is liberty)
University of Chicago: Crescat scientia; vita excolatur (Let knowledge grow from more to more; and so be human life enriched)
University of Denver: Pro Scientia et Religione (For Knowledge and Religion)
Emory University: Cor prudentis possedibit scientia (The wise heart will possess knowledge)
The Florida State: Vires, Artes, Mores (Strength, Skill, Character)
University of Great Falls: In lumine Tuo, videmus lumen (In Your Light we see the light)
Macalester College (Minn.): Natura et Revelatio Coeli Gemini (Nature and Revelation are twin sisters of heaven)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Mens et Manus (Mind and Hand)
New York University: Perstare et Praestare (To Persevere and to Excel)
University of North Dakota: Lux et Lex (Light and Law)
University of Oregon: Mens Agitat Molem (Minds Move Mountains)
Stevens Institute of Technology: Per aspera ad astra (Through adversity to the stars)
University of Texas: Disciplina praesidium civitatis (Education, the Guardian of Society)
Yale University: Lux et veritas (Light and truth)
University of Northern Colorado: Sapientia In Aeterum Est (Wisdom is eternal)
Columbia University: In lumine Tuo videbimus lumen (In Thy light shall we see light)
Harvard University: Veritas (Truth)
University of Southern California: Palmam Qui Meruit Ferat (Let him who deserves it bear away the palm)
Hunter College: Mihi cura futuri (The care of the future is mine) #
