• In the fall of 1982, Sarah Palin attended Hawaii Pacific
University in Honolulu but by the end of the freshman year she
transferred out to North Idaho College, Coeur d'Alene in the
spring of 1983
 
• According to a biography titled 'Sarah' by Kaylene
Johnson, "Palin and three friends went to the University of
Hawaii at Hilo after graduation from high school in Alaska in
1982. But they left after a few weeks because of the constant
rain there."
 
• In the fall of 1984, she turned to University of Idaho
in Moscow, leaving it for Matanuska-Susitna Community College in
Palmer, Alaska during the fall of 1985. She later returned to the
University of Idaho in 1986 where she received her Bachelor's
degree in communications with an emphasis in journalism in 1987.
 
• Palin once said that her curiosity and love of writing
made journalism a natural choice. "I was always asking everyone
the questions, and I still am today."
 
• The Alumni Association of North Idaho College recently
conferred upon her the Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award in
June 2008.
 
• In an effort to finance her way through college, Palin
entered beauty competitions in her early twenties, aiming for the
Miss America title. She was titled Miss Wasilla in 1984 and
finished third in the Miss Alaska pageant, winning the "Miss
Congeniality" award and a college scholarship.
 
• In tune with her ambition to be a sport commentator and
television presenter, soon after graduation Palin worked as a
sportscaster for KTUU-TV in Anchorage and as sports reporter for
the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman.
		

• In 1965, Romney graduated with honors from the Cranbrook
School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
 
• He then joined Brigham Young University where he
graduated in 1971 as valedictorian, earning his Bachelor of Arts
degree summa cum laude in English.
 
• His next stop was Stanford University where he studied
for two quarters and later served for thirty months in France as
a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints.
 
• In 1975, Romney graduated from a prestigious joint Juris
Doctor / Master of Business Administration program coordinated
between Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School.
 
• Romney graduated cum laude from the Harvard Law School
and was named a Baker Scholar for graduating in the top five
percent of his business school class.
 
• After completing his joint degree in law and business at
Harvard University, Romney remained in Massachusetts and began
his career as a businessman in Boston Consulting Group.
 
• Like his father, Romney is credited with saving the
management consulting company, Bain & Company from a financial
collapse. He took over as chief executive officer in 1990 and
restructured the firm's employee stock-ownership plan,
real-estate deals and bank loans, while increasing fiscal
transparency.
 
• In 1998, Romney left Bain Capital to serve as the
President and CEO of the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Games
Organizing Committee.
 
• Romney later moved to Utah and worked his magic on the
2002 Winter Olympics, positioning himself to run for the position
of Governor of Massachusetts as a results-oriented pragmatist.