{"id":7220,"date":"2019-08-09T11:08:13","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T15:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/?p=7220"},"modified":"2020-07-14T15:51:34","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T19:51:34","slug":"kentucky-monthly-features-fun-facts-about-transylvania-in-august-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2019\/08\/kentucky-monthly-features-fun-facts-about-transylvania-in-august-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky Monthly features fun facts about Transylvania in August issue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Fact7b_Transylvania-810x608.jpg\" alt=\"Transylvania Kissing Tree\" class=\"wp-image-7225\" width=\"700\" height=\"456\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>August means back-to-school across the Commonwealth, and a statewide news and lifestyle magazine is featuring facts you \u201cprobably didn\u2019t know about Kentucky colleges and universities\u201d in its newest issue. Kentucky Monthly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kentuckymonthly.com\/lifestyle\/education\/57-things-you-probably-didn%E2%80%99t-know-about-kentucky-colleges-a\/\">highlights some fun facts about Transylvania in the publication<\/a>, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Fact7_Transylvania-810x578.jpg\" alt=\"Transylvania Kissing Tree\" class=\"wp-image-7224\" width=\"339\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/08\/Fact7_Transylvania-810x578.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/08\/Fact7_Transylvania-350x250.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/08\/Fact7_Transylvania-730x521.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/08\/Fact7_Transylvania-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/08\/Fact7_Transylvania-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/08\/Fact7_Transylvania-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/08\/Fact7_Transylvania.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 339px) 100vw, 339px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Transylvania University\u2019s Kissing Tree is a white ash estimated to be 270 years old \u2014 more than three decades older than the university itself. Alumni tell many stories about the customs surrounding the tree, which has made several lists of the \u201cmost romantic college traditions,\u201d but the most prevalent seems to be that it functioned as a giant piece of mistletoe for the students. If you and your main squeeze found yourselves under its protective branches, college officials would look the other way while you stole a kiss.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Founded in 1780, Transylvania is Kentucky\u2019s first and the nation\u2019s 16th oldest university. Transylvania\u2019s name, meaning \u201cacross the woods\u201d in Latin, stems from the university\u2019s founding in the heavily forested region of western Virginia known as the Transylvania Colony, which became most of Kentucky in 1792.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Fact5_Transylvania_Football.jpg\" alt=\"Transylvania University Football\" class=\"wp-image-7222\" width=\"212\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/08\/Fact5_Transylvania_Football.jpg 781w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/08\/Fact5_Transylvania_Football-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/08\/Fact5_Transylvania_Football-730x548.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/08\/Fact5_Transylvania_Football-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/08\/Fact5_Transylvania_Football-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Also featured is a photo of one of Transylvania\u2019s original football teams. The first recorded intercollegiate football game in Kentucky was played in Lexington in April 1880. Transylvania \u2014 then known as Kentucky University \u2014 beat Centre College 13.75 to 0. Today, the athletics program continues to be integral to the university\u2019s educational mission \u2014 just under half of Transy\u2019s students participate on at least one of the Pioneers\u2019 27 intercollegiate teams. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Fact6_Transyvlania_Hairball.jpg\" alt=\"Transylvania Immense Hairball\" class=\"wp-image-7223\" width=\"224\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/08\/Fact6_Transyvlania_Hairball.jpg 721w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/08\/Fact6_Transyvlania_Hairball-317x350.jpg 317w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/08\/Fact6_Transyvlania_Hairball-661x730.jpg 661w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/08\/Fact6_Transyvlania_Hairball-272x300.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>What\u2019s another fun fact you might not know about Transy?\u00a0 We have a giant hairball with its own Twitter account \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/immensehairball\">@ImmenseHairball<\/a> \u2014 and presidential ties. Donated to the university by Abraham Lincoln\u2019s brother-in-law in 1848, the 14\u201d hairball is one of the unique items in Transylvania\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.transy.edu\/aboutspec\/MoosnickMuseum\">Moosnick Medical and Science Museum<\/a>. The collection of medical equipment and training tools were state-of-the-art in the 18th and 19th centuries. The museum is open by appointment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/kentuckymonthlymagazine\/docs\/august_2019_\">You can view an online issue of the full magazine here. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kentucky Monthly, a statewide news and lifestyle magazine, highlights some fun facts about Transylvania in its August issue. 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