Random web search reveals Joss on the alumni page of Wesleyan U.

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"I simply do not believe there’s a better Film Studies Department in the world. The in-depth analysis of filmmaking and genre is presented with brilliance and clarity by professors who know so much they just might have to be killed. The major gave me an understanding of the art, the necessary requirement for any kind of creator. The alumni community has an uncommon cohesion; people united not just by an alma mater, but by the elevating experience of having studied with true visionaries, fed off a shared creative energy, and watched some really weird flicks."

—Joss Whedon, creator, producer, and director of TV’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly


http://www.wesleyan.edu/filmstudies/alumni.html

Disclaimer: I did not go to Wesleyan and have never been there. I just found this amusing.