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This phrase is shouted at SHSU football games and represents Bearkat spirit.
What is “Eat ’Em Up, Kats!”
FYE stands for this.
What is First-Year Experience?
This is the fastest land animal on Earth.
What is the cheetah?
A group of fish swimming together is called a _____.
What is a school?
This holiday drink, made from milk, eggs, and sugar, is often served at Christmas.
What is eggnog?
The SHSU motto found on the university seal.
What is “The measure of a Life is its Service”?
This course introduces students to campus resources, teaches valuable student skills, and helps students make connections with peers who have similar interests and/or majors through Bearkat Learning Communities.
What is "UNIV 1101?"
Your body’s largest organ is this.
What is "Skin?"
This sea creature has three hearts and blue blood.
What is an octopus?
In Spain, people eat 12 of these at midnight on New Year’s Eve for good luck.
What are grapes?
This is the name of the SHSU student newspaper.
What is The Houstonian??
This online tool helps SHSU students track degree progress and register for classes.
What is MySam?
The inventor of the lightbulb, this man also founded General Electric.
Who is Thomas Edison?
This bird can rotate its head up to 270 degrees.
What is an owl?
This African American holiday celebrates unity, creativity, and community.
What is Kwanzaa?
This Huntsville landmark, located off I-45, stands 67 feet tall in honor of SHSU’s namesake.
What is the Sam Houston Statue (“Big Sam”)?
This annual ceremony celebrates the beginning of every Bearkat’s academic journey.
What is New Student Convocation?
The human brain is about this percentage water.
What is 75%-80%?
This animal smells like popcorn.
What is a "bearcat?"
This holiday celebrates the beginning of the Lunar New Year with fireworks and dragon dances.
What is Chinese New Year (or Lunar New Year)?
The statue of General Sam Houston faces this direction to symbolize his journey.
What is north (toward Huntsville)?
This is the common reader for the 2025-2026 school year.
What is " I Never Thought of It That Way?"
This is the only letter that does not appear in any U.S. state name.
What is Q?
This creature can survive being frozen solid and thawing out again.
What is a wood frog (or certain species of frogs)?
This holiday is on May 4th.
What is May the Fourth Be With You? [Star Wars]