The big winners at the 67th Tony Awards have given Carnegie Mellon University a reason to party. Seven alumni from the university were conferred with a Tony in categories including lighting, costume design and performers thus creating an all time record for the university. The good news coincides with the university's theatre department's 100 year anniversary celebration.

Billy Porter, Patina Miller and Judith Light were awarded with acting Tonys, Ann Roth received the prize for the best costume design, partners Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer took home the best lighting design for a play and Martin Platt won the tony in the producer category of the best play winner, 'Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.'

"We've had a bumper crop," said Peter Cooke, head of the university's school of drama. "I'm just delighted that they received rewards from their peers. It was just a terrific night."

This year, the university has surpassed Yale University School of Drama, which had four Tony winners Sunday: costume designer William Ivey Long, actor Courtney B. Vance, set designer John Lee Beatty and playwright Christopher Durang.

Looking at the overall figures, the Carnegie Mellon has dismal records in comparison to Yale. The university graduates have received about 30 Tonys till date, while Yale has at least 97 Tonys in its kitty.

The Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama was established in 1914 and is the country's first dram degree-granting institution.

"It's a very rigorous program but I have to say it's one of the best in the country because they really just prepare you in all avenues of this business," said Miller, who graduated in 2006. "You do everything. The actors sing. The musical theater students do as much acting as the actors. We were all very well rounded in all aspects of theater."

Miller said that the alumni network is very strong and her teachers still keep in touch with her after seven years since her graduation.

''I put everything down to the faculty. The faculty is everything in a theater school,'' said Cooke. ''You can have great buildings or lousy buildings. But the person at the front of the class needs to know more than person sitting in the chair. That's how it works.''