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CampusLIVE is a college community website based out of Amherst, Massachusetts, specializing in the creation of customizable homepages for student populations at college campuses throughout the United States. The free-access website is privately owned and operated by CampusLIVE, Inc. Users can join their online college community through use of a log-in, and use the numerous available widgets including Search Engines, Weather, Food Finder, Facebook application, Local Guide, News, Email, and Schedule Maker tool. It is used as a portal for students to access resources on and off-campus.

Jared Stenquist, Boris Revsin, and Jeff Cassidy founded the company when they were students at UMass Amherst (1). The team was featured in the September issue of BusinessWeek Online's 2008's "Best Entrepreneurs 25 and Under." The team ranked #3 in the nation through national voting (2).

The company is considered "LIVE" at 34 college campuses including:

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 * Amherst College
 * Anna Maria College
 * Arizona State University
 * Assumption College
 * Becker College
 * Bentley University
 * Boston College
 * Brandeis University
 * Clark University
 * Colgate University
 * College of Charleston
 * Endicott College
 * Fairfield College
 * George Mason University
 * Georgetown University
 * Hampshire College
 * Holy Cross College
 * Merrimack College
 * Northeastern University
 * Plymouth State
 * Quinsigamond Community College
 * Sacred Heart University
 * Smith College
 * Springfield College
 * Temple University
 * University of Connecticut
 * University of Massachusetts
 * University of Miami
 * University of Rhode Island
 * University of Vermont
 * Western New England College
 * Westfield State
 * Worcester Polytechnic Institute
 * Worcester State

(1) http://media.www.dailycampus.com/media/storage/paper340/news/2007/10/03/News/Putting.Your.World.wide.Web.On.One.Page-3008476.shtml

(2) http://images.businessweek.com/ss/08/09/0926_best_entrepreneurs2008/4.htm

(3) http://www.campuslive.com