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Rosemont College Living Memory Project

Celebrate Rosemont College's Centennial by sharing your memories with the community. This guide provides prompts to spark memories and will direct you through the submission process. Your submissions will be preserved in the Rosemont College Archives.

Prompts

  • In which dorm(s) did you live?Mayfield exterior, date unknown
  • What was your favorite/least favorite thing about your building?
  • What were some rules that resident students were required to follow? Did you follow them?
  • Who was your roommate? How did you get along?
  • Were there any legends or rumors about your building?
  • How did you decorate your dorm room?
  • Did you hold any positions of responsibility in your building?
  • Did you get up to any mischief in the dorms?

1966 Penny Toss, Main exterior

  • What campus event did you look forward to each year?
  • What was the most memorable campus event you attended? Why?
  • Who was the most famous person to appear on campus during your years at Rosemont?
  • What was your favorite Rosemont tradition?
  • What was the most underrated campus event?
  • Did you organize or run any campus events?
  • What Rosemont tradition should be revived? Why?
  • What was the most controversial thing to happen on campus during your Rosemont years?

 

 

Rosemont staff members, masked and social distancing, campus reopening, June 2020

  • What was going on in the world during your time at Rosemont?
  • What was the most significant world event to occur during your Rosemont years?
  • How did current events effect your time at Rosemont? Your daily life on campus?
  • What issues faced young people during your time at Rosemont?
  • How did Rosemont meet the wants of the age during your college years?

 

  • What was your major? Why did you choose it?Mother Maria Consolata SHCJ French Prof 1967 classroom scene
  • What was your favorite class? Why?
  • What was your least favorite class? Why?
  • What class caused you the most stress?
  • Which class surprised you the most?
  • Who was your favorite instructor? Why?
  • What faculty member made the biggest impact on your life? What was the impact?
  • If you are an alum who went on to become a member of the faculty, please describe your experience on both sides of the desk.

undated photo, student hanging a poster that reads "Mission Carnival, Gym, Feb 19."

  • What extracurricular activities did you enjoy?
  • What extracurricular activities were the least popular? Why do you think this was?
  • What was your most successful extracurricular activity?
  • Which extracurricular had the greatest impact on your life? Why?
  • Did you hold a position of responsibility in any student groups? Which? What did this position entail?
  • Did you have a job on campus? What did you do? Did you like it?

 

  • Did you play any sports while at Rosemont? Which ones? What positions?men's lacrosse, 2013-3-2 vs. Rivier College
  • What was the most popular sport on campus?
  • What's your most exciting memory of playing sports at Rosemont?
  • What's your most exciting memory as a spectator of sports at Rosemont?
  • How important were sports and athletics to you while you were a student at Rosemont?
  • Did a coach or teammate make a significant impact on your life? Please share.
  • Who was Rosemont's biggest rival while you were a student? What was Rosemont's record against them?
  • Which mascot is your favorite? Why?

 

  • What is your favorite building on campus? Why?Kistler Library, exterior, 2019
  • Do you know any rumors or legends about campus buildings? Please share.
  • Where did you spend your free time on campus?
  • What was your favorite season on campus?
  • Do you have stories about animals on campus, like Beowulf, the campus dog, or the flock of Canadian geese that calls campus home?

 

 undated photo, young women at Rosemont train station

  • How did day-hops' or commuter students' experiences of Rosemont differ from resident students' experiences, if at all?
  • How did you get to campus? How long did it take?
  • Where did you spend your time between classes?
  • Did you participate in extracurricular activities?
  • What were some of the rules day-hops or commuters were required to follow? Did you follow them?

 

 

1997 Commencement procession passes of Main

  • How were you feeling at your Commencement?
  • Who was your Commencement speaker?
  • What do you remember about the Commencement speaker's address?
  • How was the weather at your Commencement? How did it effect your plans for the day?
  • Did you win any awards at Commencement?
  • Do you have a good story to share about your Commencement day?

2 mascots study at the library, undated

  • How did you first hear about Rosemont?
  • Describe the first time you arrived on campus.
  • What was the most popular thing to do off campus? 
  • Where was the off-campus hangout?
  • Why did you decide to attend Rosemont?
  • What are you most proud of about your Rosemont years?
  • What is your biggest regret about your years at Rosemont?