Acadia University
| Acadia University | |
|---|---|
| founding | 1838 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place |
Wolfville , Canada
|
| president | Peter J. Ricketts |
| Students | 3,485 |
| Employee | 248 |
| Annual budget | $ 40 million |
| Networks | OUT |
| Website | www.acadiau.ca |
The Acadia University is a state university , the predominantly undergraduate courses specialized, but in some areas even master and doctoral degree programs offered. It is located in Wolfville in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia .
After university ranking by Maclean's it is one of the best universities in the country, the undergraduate offering programs.
history
In 1838, Baptists created Queen's College as an extension of the Horton Academy founded in Horton in 1828 . Three years later the name was changed to Acadia College and in 1891 it was converted into a university.
building
The Ladies' Seminary , a three-story building in the Second Empire style, is located on the current campus of the university . The building housed the oldest higher education institution for women in Nova Scotia. The building was declared a National Historic Site of Canada on November 23, 1997 .
Faculties
- Faculty of Arts
- Faculty of Pure & Applied Science
- Faculty of Professional Studies
- Faculty of Theology
Well-known teachers
- Arthur Newcombe Bourns (* 1919) - chemistry
- James De Mille (1833–1880) - classical literature
- Eugen Gmeiner (1927–1977) - organ playing
- Carlyle Smith Beals (1899-1979) - Physics
- Robert Turner (1920–2012) - music
Well-known graduates
- Edgar Archibald (1885–1968), agricultural scientist and politician
- Norman Atkins (1934-2010), Canadian Senator
- Gordon Lockhart Bennett (1912-2000), politician
- Arthur Newcombe Bourns (born 1919), chemist, President of McMaster University
- Bob Cameron (born 1954), Canadian football player
- Dalton Camp (1920–2002), journalist and politician
- Brendan Croskerry (* 1985), musician
- Paul Corkum (* before 1965), physicist
- Charles Aubrey Eaton (1868–1953), politician
- Gregory Edgecombe (* 1964), paleontologist
- Robbie Harrison , teacher and politician, Member of the Nova Scotia House of Representatives
- Joanne Kelly (* 1978), actress
- Peter MacKay (* 1965), lawyer and politician
- Stephen McHattie (born 1947), actor
- Austin Loomer Rand (1905-1982), ornithologist
- Jacob Gould Schurman (1854–1942), university professor and diplomat
- John Wallace de Beque Farris (1878-1970), Canadian Senator
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ University Rankings 2016: Primarily Undergraduate , macleans.ca , November 4, 2015.
- ^ Ladies' Seminary National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed October 7, 2015 .
Coordinates: 45 ° 5 ′ 16 ″ N , 64 ° 21 ′ 58 ″ W.