Connecticut are Quinnipiac University, Fairfield University, Central Connecticut State University, Sacred Heart University, and the University of Hartford. The name "Connecticut" originated with the Mohegan word "quonehtacut", meaning "place of long tidal river". Connecticut's official nickname is "The Constitution State", adopted in 1959 and based on its colonial constitution of 1638–1639 which was the first in America and, arguably, the world. Connecticut is also unofficially known as "The Nutmeg State," whose origin is unknown. It may have come from its sailors returning from voyages with nutmeg, which was a very valuable spice in the 18th and 19th centuries. It may have
Western Connecticut State University the only university in Connecticut that offers a policy debate team. In the 2013 season team Kylah Broughton and Eugene Ben Allen won the CEDA regional championship and also the team was awarded first and fifth Speaker Award. In 2013 the new team's website was published http://debate.wcsu.edu/. Western Connecticut State University is a member university of the International Student Exchange Program. Through this program, qualified students may select to study at one of more than 300 foreign universities, located across 50 different countries. Students may spend either one semester, a full year, or a summer session abroad, and the courses