Posts Tagged ‘back to school’
The stars (and grade levels) have aligned for two children’s book gifts. Soon my nephew will be a first grader, and my niece will start the fourth grade. To send them off properly, my wife and I chose two great children’s books from Amazon.com. Our nephew will receive First Grade Stinks!
And we’ll give our niece the Judy Blume classic, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Warning to the squeamish: Fudge eats Peter’s prized turtle.
Tags: back to school, books, for kids, gift ideas
After five years of part-time study, I’m just three classes away from finishing my MBA. Still, I could not resist buying MBA Degree in a Box. This novelty comes from those geniuses at mental_floss, the bimonthly trivia/humor magazine. The $14.95 tin box contains a mini-text of business trivia, lampooned buzzwords and funny management refreshers. Add in the business hero trading cards, the CEO case study cards, a business trivia final exam and my own rolled diploma (“with real Latin words”), and I’m ready to right the U.S. economy.
One of my favorite parts of the “Business School in 96 Pages” textbook is The Truth About Accounting:
If you went to a “real” business school — you know, the kind with “buildings” and “faculty” and so-called “accreditation” — you’d probably have to take an accounting class. You wouldn’t learn much, though, because you would spend most of the class either asleep, falling asleep, or trying not to fall asleep. So we’ll just condense everything you need to know about accounting into two sentences: Accounting is very dry but critically important. Hire an accountant to take care of it for you.
Mental_floss also offers Law School in a Box
Tags: back to school, books, college, gift ideas, novelty gifts
Some colleges are shy when it comes to e-commerce. Sure, they have an online store for college apparel and gifts. But you would never know it from their university home pages or main site navigation.
That’s where College Gift Finder 2009 comes in. I’ve updated and directly linked to the online shops of more than 1,300 U.S. four-year colleges. The index compiles 1,644 links, organized alphabetically by college and by state. New this year are links to Fathead’s line of collegiate wall graphics and the Victoria’s Secret PINK Collegiate Collection.
So if you need a gift for someone who is college-bound or a proud alum, be sure to visit the updated College Gift Finder.
Tags: back to school, clothing, college, for teens, gift ideas, gift sites
Victoria’s Secret PINK launched its “Class of 2009″ online today, offering new collegiate-themed women’s apparel for 24 universities. Select from pull-over hoodie sweatshirts, logo tee shirts and drawstring sweatpants for the following colleges:
- Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)
- Indiana University
- Michigan State University
- New York University
- Oklahoma State University
- Oregon State University
- Purdue University
- Rutgers University
- Syracuse University
- Stanford University
- State University of New York Binghamton University
- United States Naval Academy
- University of Central Florida
- University of Cincinnati
- University of Connecticut
- University of Iowa
- University of Louisville
- University of Missouri – Columbia (Mizzou)
- University of Pittsburgh
- University of South Florida
- University of Virginia
- Virginia Tech
- Washington State University
- West Virginia University
The sleepwear/lingerie retailer chose the two dozen new schools through online voting, bringing the collection to 58 colleges. I added all of the Victoria’s Secret schools to Gift Giving Guy’s College Gift Finder.
Update: Victoria’s Secret discontinued some colleges and dropped some from online purchase, so I removed links for 14 colleges above.
Tags: back to school, clothing, college, for grads, for her, for teens, gift ideas, gift sites
The Class of 2012 is gearing up for college this fall. While small appliances like mini-fridges and microwaves are freshman favorites, you may not know if the roommate is already packing these home electronics for the dorm room. Instead, consider these 13 gifts for freshmen going to college.
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#1. Official Collegiate Wear (price varies). Yes, this is a shameless plug for my new College Gift Finder, more than 1,500 links strong. Confirm his or her Big Freshman On Campus status with a college hoodie. |
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#2. iPod Speakers |
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#3. Desk Lamp with iPod Speakers |
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#4. College Guide – The Naked Roommate |
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#5. Doorganizer ($15 from UncommonGoods.com). For the absent-minded genius, the Doorganizer keeps keys and important notes visible as your student leaves the dorm room. I wish I had one of these in college to keep me from locking myself out of my room. |
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#6. Freshman Survival Kit ($58 to $78 from HipKits.com). Give a collection of college essentials, including flip-flops for the dorm’s community showers. Hip Kits offer college gift baskets you can customize to nearly 150 universities. See more college care packages from Hip Kits. |
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#7. Milk Crates for Storage ($10 each from The Container Store). Authentic dairy crates are a classic stackable storage solution for tight dorm quarters. Pile up notebooks, textbooks, sweatshirts and anything else that will lie flat. |
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#8. Mini-Mantle Bedpost Shelf ($10 from Dormbuys.com). Throughout my college years, I always chose the bunkbed’s top bunk. I would have loved owning this mini-mantle. The 6-by-14-inch shelf attaches to a bed or loft post to rest a book, pens, glasses, a water bottle or TV remote. |
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#9. Book Bungie Bookmarks ($30 for a set of five from Levenger). Let your student wrap a book bungie around that massive Organic Chemistry textbook to mark his or her progress. Unlike a typical bookmark, these bungies won’t lose their place. |
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#10. Margin Maker Note Paper ($18 from Levenger). These self-adhesive strips of green and yellow paper maximize a textbook’s resale value by never marking up a page. Students can tear off the right length of paper and make notes in the margin. |
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#11. Bookbumpers ($10 for 10 sheets, 4 bumpers per sheet, from Levenger). One more book innovation from Levenger, offering “tools for serious readers.” Many textbooks come in paperback and take a lot of abuse. Prevent dogearred book covers with the plastic protection of Bookbumpers. |
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#12. JimiX Wallet ($16 from Mr. Smith, Inc.). The JimiX sports a super-thin design that stores four cards, plus a sturdy money clip. The translucent shell, made from 100% recycled polypropylene, makes flashing that university ID card simple. This compact wallet is available in light blue, safety orange, clear and stealth black. |
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#13. Kone Cordless Hand Vacuum |
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See also from 2007: Ten Going-to-College Gifts
Tags: back to school, books, college, for her, for teens, gift ideas, guy gifts
