Joshua Tay University

Joshua Tay University (JTU) is a university that has a semi-friendly rivalry with McQuaid University. Their programs and backgrounds were similar, so they competed for the same students. It is one of the few schools in the area Georgia hasn't taught at. Among its buildings are the Turner Science Building.

## Appearance

A stereotypical New England college. It has a grassy quad in the middle with aged trees and a fountain that probably hadn't worked since the trees were planed. It has a mixture of stately older buildings and brick monstrosities that probably had superior writing. It has fliers posted everywhere to advertise the weekend movie, available tutors, and pizza delivery joints. The campus is not walled.

## Known Students and Employees

* Allen Reece (former student)
* Edward Vinton (student)
* Rich Kirkland (former student)
* Corrina Melville Kirkland (former student)
* Dr. Jocasta Kirkland (employee when alive)
* Dr. Mary Kirkland (employee)
* Dr. Donald Kirkland (employee)
* Charles Peyton (former employee)
* Jim Michaels (former employee)
* Unnamed chancellor (employee)
* Ox (former student)
* Sara Weiss (former employee)

## Sequential History

### A Skeleton In The Family

Charles tells Georgia that he teaches a Vietnam era class and a Scandinavian class at JTU the semester of Jocasta Kirkland's murder. Sid tells Georgia that Jocasta was a professor emeritus at JTU. When Georgia takes Sid to get sexed, Yo discovers the ID code in Sid's skull. Georgia asks if it could be from JTU because Jocasta taught at JTU, and Yo said it couldn't be because the code sequence doesn't fit the sequence she knew from when she worked on JTU loner specimens. Georgia theorizes that Sid could've been a JTU student when he was alive. Georgia attends Jocasta's memorial service at JTU's chapel and learns about Donald, Mary, Corrie, Jocasta, and Jim Michaels. JTU is stripped as the origin of Sid's skeleton. Georgia wonders if Sid would recognize the JTU campus, and Sid looks at its website to find photos. Looking over his shoulder, Georgia thinks that JTU must've had a busy a building program as McQuaid. They learn that Sid was at JTU even though he didn't come from there, and they theorize that Rich could tell them where he came from. When they go to see Rich, he recalls that he was at the Joshua Tay University chapter of Theta Chi, and he and Georgia talk about the pranks Rich used to pull as a student. Georgia is reluctant to ask somebody at JTU about Sid's Id number in case they laid claim to him, and she ends up asking Sara Weiss about it because she once worked at JTU. Sara checks the ID with a friend and takes the info back to Georgia, saying it was a JTU file number, seemingly disproving Yo's previous claim about it not being a JTU code. JTU computers have more details about specimens and they're a stickler for vetting specimens. Georgia later theorizes that Sid was murdered at JTU. Georgia sneaks Sid into JTU via Charles dropping off the bacon suitcase so Sid can look at the files to research his ID number. When Sara finds Sid in Georgia's bag through her snooping, she says if anyone should press charges against Georgia, it's JTU because Georgia stole the skeleton, forcing Georgia to tell more of how she came across the skeleton. David and Mary call Georgia to JTU so they can examine the skeleton and ensure it's not the specimen that is missing, despite her fear that they decide Sid belongs to JTU after all. Thankfully, they conclude that Sid is not the missing skeleton, and let Georgia keep him, despite Mary wanting her to donate Sid to JTU. They uncover that whoever killed Sid was trying to hide a body, and they're likely the one who substituted Sid's skeleton for Patty's. Georgia and Sid assume that Sid was a JTU student, and they need to check out JTU students who went missing from 1981-1982. Georgia and Sid make use of JTU yearbooks in their search. They expand to looking at a guy who went missing in 1980. They use the JTU alumni site to look up Corrina Melville Kirkland. They wonder why Jocasta looked for a student at McQuaid and not JTU. Sid tricks Charles into dropping him at JTU again and Georgia goes searching for him, only to be attacked by Jim Michaels. Jim Michaels says that Georgia can go about her life on the fringes of academia as long as she stayed away from JTU, but Georgia knows he won't actually let her go.

### The Skeleton Takes A Bow

In a typo at the start of the novel, Georgia mistakenly recalls that she came back to Pennycross for a job at JTU, when she really came back for a job at McQuaid.

### The Skeleton Paints A Picture

Carolina Craig asks Georgia about her past experiences with murders, and she knows that something happened at Joshua Tay University. Caroline and Dahna later ask Georgia more about her mystery things, such as the one at Joshua Tay University.