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May 8, 2000 -- The University of Virginia took the top spot in the first ever Eddie Bauer Commencement Cup Challenge/Graduation 2000. Eddie Bauer and Yahoo! Careers recently joined forces to hold the Commencement Challenge, which encouraged students, alumni and college fans to vote for their favorite university. The first prize -- a live web broadcast of graduation ceremonies on Yahoo!.com -- went to the three colleges with the most votes. There were nine winning colleges and universities, three each at gold, silver and bronze levels. In addition to U.Va., gold cup winners were Texas Tech University and Seattle Pacific University. Silver winners - Purdue University, Stanford University, and Baylor University - will receive live audio-only webcast plus an archive of the video. Bronze winners - Washington State University, Clemson University, and Arizona State University -- will receive an on-demand video archive. U.Va.'s finals ceremonies will be broadcast live on Sunday, May 21, beginning at 10 a.m. For more information about the contest, visit the Eddie Bauer Graduation 2000 site. Official totals of the voting are not yet available. |
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U.Va.
Takes Gold-Cup Prize in Internet Voting Competition for Favorite
University