Examples of baccalaureate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Building on a history dating back to 1908, the University today has 11 colleges and schools that serve 21,000 undergraduate and graduate students with more than 300 doctoral, master’s and baccalaureate programs. — courant.com, "Community News For The Hebron Edition," 26 Feb. 2021 The first such class graduated in 1931, and Santa Rosa (later Incarnate Word) became the first accredited school west of the Mississippi River to offer a baccalaureate degree in nursing. — Paula Allen, San Antonio Express-News, "Reader seeks recognition for World War II nurse who graduated in San Antonio," 20 Feb. 2021 The majority went directly to the school's English Language Academy to improve their English skills before embarking on a baccalaureate program. — Samya Kullab, Star Tribune, "American university hopes to fill higher-ed gap in Iraq," 15 Feb. 2021 The application window for Jefferson Parish magnet schools focusing on arts integration, international baccalaureate or dual language immersion is open through Friday, Feb. 19. — Staff Report, NOLA.com, "Jefferson Parish magnet school application deadline, and other metro-area school news," 3 Feb. 2021 Not even his 2019 baccalaureate address at Princeton — at the university president’s invitation — and his former position on the university’s Board of Trustees could turn the tables in his favor. — Adam Hoffman, National Review, "The New Strategy to Suppress Conservative Voices on Campus," 4 Jan. 2021 To learn more about the baccalaureate programs, visit www. — David Taylor, Houston Chronicle, "Lone Star College bachelor’s degree programs off to strong start," 5 Sep. 2020 Another part was filling a niche in the applied baccalaureate realm. — David Taylor, Houston Chronicle, "Lone Star College bachelor’s degree programs off to strong start," 5 Sep. 2020 The baccalaureate and commencement ceremonies will be held on May 14 and 15. — Charles Lussier, NOLA.com, "For the second pandemic semester, Louisiana colleges alter their calendars," 23 Oct. 2020

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History and Etymology for baccalaureate

borrowed from Medieval Latin baccalaureātus, respelling (perhaps influenced by bacca laurī "laurel berry") of bacheleriātus, from bachelarius "knight lacking retainers, young clerk, person with an initial university degree" + Latin -ātus -ate entry 2 — more at bachelor entry 1

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