# What would you name a College/University? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 1, 2009, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-a-college-university/512222 "2009-10-01T10:22:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-a-college-university/512222/1 "2009-10-01T10:22:12Z")
Congratulations! You have become _The Wealthiest Person in the World_! You want to start an institute of higher learning but it is lacking the all important three things: A Name. A Motto: A Mascot. What do you pick and why? ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-a-college-university/512222/2 "2009-10-01T14:01:14Z")
Name: _Rocket Surgery_’s College of Learnin’ an’ Stuff Motto: Vos Perceptum Bonus Hic (You learn good here) Mascot: A light bulb turning on. Why: Why not? ---
**Author:** ![UncleNito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7cd45c/32.png) [@UncleNito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleNito)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-name-a-college-university/512222/3 "2009-10-01T14:30:56Z")
One of my father’s Caltech stories involves a fictitious character named Cap’n Tex from the Sam Houston Institute of Technology. I like that, so that’s my school name. Sam Houston Institute of Technology Home of the Red Bulls Wisdom, Honor, Sex in Single Beds.