Gift Giving Guy

Are you sending off a college student in the coming weeks? Help them gear up with the gift of official college gear. I’ve compiled more than 1,500 links to the online stores of 1,300 U.S. four-year colleges and called it…

• College Gift Finder

From the link above, you’ll reach sites organized by alphabetical order and by state. These online sellers go by bookstores, campus stores, official athletics shops, co-ops, fan stores, spirit shops, and alumni merchandise sites. (For new and current students, you’ll want to avoid the “alumni” moniker on apparel from the alumni shops, unless its a grad gift.)

Choose from college-themed sweatshirts, tee-shirts, polos, jerseys, jackets, caps, shorts, lounge pants, shoes, flip flops, bobbleheads, backpacks, messenger bags, lanyards, pennants, mugs, clocks, umbrellas, throw pillows, and even cheese. Yes, the Washington State University Creamery sells Cougar Gold Cheese — named for WSU’s athletics teams, the Cougars.