Erika Eiffel, nÃ©e LaBrie, is a US citizen of Italian descent. She has also lived in Japan during the early stages of her career in world-class archery, and trained as an offiâ¦cer in the US military until her career was cut short by a serious sexual assault when she famously defended herself with a Japanese training sword.
First universities in the Western Hemisphere. The first universities in the Western Hemisphere were established by the Spaniards: the University of Santo Domingo (1538) in what is now the Dominican Republic and the University of MichoacÃ¡n (1539) in Mexico.
University of Oxford â Oxford, England. An exact date the actual university was founded is unknown, but it is known that teaching has existed since 1096. Oxford is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. 7. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia â Modena, Italy. It was founded in 1175 but has faded in and out â in 1338 the medieval university was replaced by three public lectureships but no degrees were awarded.