I can't really bring any herbs, by the way. The ground is frozen, so I wasn't able to transplant any of mine. *sniff*
Did you just get seeds, or did you find a place with seedlings? I had limited luck getting sage and oregano to grow from seeds, but many of the other plants did fine. Parsley did GREAT, for example.
Seeds. I'll try, and if they don't work I'll look for seedlings.
What department is the college job with? It might be that the engineering department has stricter requirements than, say, the English department.