California is home to many private universities that offer first-rate educations with the experience of small-class settings. Many of these schools have splendid campuses and highly ranked, individual academic programs.

Stanford University

Stanford ranks as the fifth-best university in the nation, according to U.S. News &World Report as well as fourth-best private university according to Global Language Monitor and eighth according to Forbes. The school is known for its dedication to research in both the sciences and the humanities. Stanford takes much pride in an 18.7 billion dollars donated fund and 5,100 sponsored research projects.

University of the Pacific

Stockton-based University of the Pacific is home to many ranked programs.   The university itself is ranked 112th on U.S. News &World Report’s list of top universities in the nation, as well as fifth for ethnic (民族的) diversity. The undergraduate engineering programs are also in the top 20, according to 2011 rankings.

University of Southern California

The University of Southern California ranks 15th on Global Language Monitor’s list and 23rd on U.S. News &World Report’s list of top universities. USC has more international students than any other university in the United States. This school is renowned for its high academic achievements.

University of La Verne

The University of La Verne is a small, private school with a total undergraduate enrollment of only 2,449. Only 33 percent of students live on campus, and many classes contain less than 20 students, which is its main draw. This university is ranked 161st on U.S. News &World Report’s list of top universities in the nation.

Heroes Stamp Design Competition

Welcome to the Heroes Stamp Design Competition! Children aged 4-14years are invited to design a stamp. Eight designs will be chosen for this stamp series from the Royal Mail. One of the designs could be yours. There are 120 great prizes on offer for area winners and runners-up. Plus, cash prizes for the winning schools too.

Stamp Designing

The stamp design will be based on your hero or heroes of the coronavirus pandemic. The past year has been very difficult for so many people. There are countless frontline workers and volunteers who have continued to work tirelessly to keep the country moving.

Being a stamp designer is a very skilled job. One of the jobs of a stamp designer is to reduce the size of a picture to fit the stamp. When designing your stamp, have a think about what kind of image of your hero or heroes would make a good miniature (微型的) design for a stamp. The final stamps produced will be about 3.7cm wide×3.5cm high.

Things to consider

 Your stamp design must be drawn on the official competition entry form (报名表) which your teacher will give you.

 Your design must be your own original work.

 Drawings must be flat, so please don’t stick any materials or textures (纹理) to your design.

 Please use lots of colour (no black and white images) in your design.

 Please avoid using highlighter pens (荧光笔).

Good Luck

The closing date for the competition is 28th May. Please ask your teacher, or parent, for one of the official entry forms. You’re then ready to start designing! We can’t wait to see all of the amazing designs from gifted children across the country.

Good Luck!

Job for You!