This MedLibrary.org supplementary page on Algoma University is provided directly from the open source Wikipedia as a service to our readers. Please see the note below on authorship of this content, as well as the Wikipedia usage guidelines. To search for other content from our encyclopedia supplement, please use the form below:
Related Sponsors
| Algoma University | |
|---|---|
 |
|
|
|
|
| Motto: | "Truth, Knowledge and Wisdom" |
| Established: | 1967 |
| Type: | Public |
| President: | Dr. Celia Ross |
| Faculty: | 38 |
| Undergraduates: | 1200 |
| Postgraduates: | 07 |
| Location: | Sault Ste. Marie, ON, Canada |
| Campus: | urban |
| Mascot: | Thunderbirds |
| Website: | www.algomau.ca |
Algoma University (AU) is a postsecondary institution in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, offering undergraduate university degrees in more than 25 academic programs. The student population has increased substantially in recent years and Algoma now has about 1200 students.
From its founding in 1967 until June 18, 2008, Algoma was an affiliated college of Laurentian University in Sudbury, and was officially known as Algoma University College.
Contents |
History
On the site of a former Anishnabek residential school, Algoma College officially opened in September 1967. Initially its program was limited to the first year of studies for both the Bachelor of Arts, and the Bachelor of Science degree programs. It wasn't until 1972 that the college offered the entire three-year program.
Algoma's independence from Laurentian University was first proposed in 1994. The original proposal would have seen the school renamed Shingwauk University, but was not ultimately pursued by the MTCU.
On May 31, 2007, the government of Ontario announced that it would introduce legislation to charter Algoma as a fully independent university. After the government passed the Algoma University Act, it was given royal assent by David Onley, the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, on June 18, 2008.1. Nipissing University in North Bay, also formerly an affiliated college of Laurentian, similarly received status as an independent university in 1992.
Shingwauk will be the name of a new federated institution dedicated to Anishnaabe education.
Programs
Algoma provides three and four year Bachelor's degrees in disciplines such as English, history, psychology, sociology, biology, business, computer science and fine arts. A new integrated technologies building recently opened in 2005, which plays host to the newly added Master of Computer Games Technology program in conjunction with the University of Abertay Dundee, Scotland. It also houses a new cafeteria, student centre, and student pub named 'The Speak Easy'.
Partnerships
The Algoma Conservatory of Music, which offers music lessons to about 1000 students in the community has a working relationship with AU.
Concurrently with AU's charter as an independent university, Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig (University), an Anishinaabe cultural and linguistic federated school is poised to open in the fall of 2008.2
Buildings and features
The university has a sports centre, the George Leach Centre, which has a 200 metre indoor track as well as numerous basketball, volleyball and tennis courts, and exercise facilities.
In 1975 the college purchased Shingwauk Hall, the building that housed the aforementioned residential school, and 37 acres (150,000 m2) of land including property along the St. Mary's River front. In 1989 the Arthur A. Wishart library opened, followed by expansion in 1992 with the opening of the George Leach Centre. Student residence buildings were constructed in 1995 and later expanded in 2001.
2005 was a significant year for the school, as a $6 million technology wing saw expansion unprecedented in the school's young past. Included in the wing are state-of-the-art technology and computer labs, the 'Great West Life Amphitheatre' (a 250+ seat lecture hall), a new student centre, cafeteria, faculty offices, a bookstore and campus shop, and a new pub.3
Student life
The university's student newspaper is The Sentient. The university does not currently have a campus radio station, although several students and faculty participate in the production of Thunderbird Six, a series of podcasts about the university. Some individual Algoma students have also volunteered for WLSO, the college radio station of Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.
The university also publishes an annual literary journal, Algoma Ink.
References
External links
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Algoma University |
- Algoma University
- thunderbird six, the AU podcast
- Algoma University profile at the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia content modification information:
- This page was last modified on 11 November 2008, at 15:30.
Wikipedia Authorship and Review
Wikipedia content provided here is not reviewed directly by MedLibrary.org. Wikipedia content is authored by an open community of volunteers and is not produced by or in any way affiliated with MedLibrary.org.
Wikipedia Usage Guidelines
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article on "Algoma University".
The URL for this specific entry is:
All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details). Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.