Memorial University of Newfoundland
| Memorial University of Newfoundland | |
|---|---|
| motto | Provehito In Altum |
| founding | 1925 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place |
St. John's (Newfoundland) Canada Offices: Corner Brook, Stephenville, Old Harlow (England)
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| president | Gary Kachanoski |
| Students | 18,913 |
| Employee | 1144 permanent + 850 seasonal |
| Annual budget | $ 62 million |
| Networks | AUCC , CARL , IAU , COU , AUS , CUSID , Fields Institute , CBIE , CUP , UArktis , NIBS |
| Website | www.mun.ca |
The Memorial University of Newfoundland , (short: Memorial University or "MUN") is a Canadian state university based in St. John's (Newfoundland) . It has other campuses in Newfoundland and Labrador . Over 18,000 students are enrolled at the university. This makes the university the largest in the Canadian Atlantic provinces .
history
The university was founded in 1925 as Memorial University College (MUC). The college was named in memory of the fallen Newfoundlanders in World War I , and this was later expanded to include those who fell in World War II . The campus was built on Parade Street in St. John's. The first president of the university was JL Paton. The university started with two-year courses and the first year with around 57 students. In the 1940s the number of students rose to over 400. In 1933 the college merged with another college and received grants from the Carnegie Corporation of New York Foundation. In 1949 Memorial University College was granted full university status by the provincial government. In 1961, 1400 students were studying at the university. In 1969 the university opened a campus in Great Britain.
Departments
The university has six departments in the areas:
- Business administration
- Teaching position
- medicine
- Natural sciences
- Engineering
- Arts
as well as the following schools for the areas:
- Graduate Studies,
- Music,
- Nursing,
- Pharmacy,
- Human kinetics ,
- Recreation,
- Social work
Campus facilities
The university operates four campuses in Newfoundland and Labrador and the UK.
- St. John's Campus and Marine Institute in St. John's Newfoundland, Canada
- Grenfell Campus in Corner Brook , Newfoundland, Canada
- Harlow, Essex , UK
Well-known graduates
- Mark Nichols , Canadian curler
- Brad Gushue , Canadian curler
- Danny Williams , Canadian politician, lawyer and entrepreneur
- Rick Hillier , General of the Canadian Forces
- Shiva Balak Misra , discoverer of the fossils field of Mistaken Point
- Molly Kool , Canadian-American captain
Scholarships
In addition to other grants, the university awards grants for studies in the German-speaking area. The HH Jackson Travel Scholarship in German honors MUN professor Herbert Hugh Jackson, who came from Vienna and has taught German and Russian at MUN since 1951. The prize was donated when he retired in 1983.
literature
- Mel Baker, Memorial University archivist 'Celebrate Memorial: A Pictorial History of Memorial University of Newfoundland' (St. John's Newfoundland: Memorial University Press 1999)
- Malcolm MacLeod. 'A Bridge Built Halfway: A History of Memorial University College, 1925–1950.' Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1990.
- JA Meaden, 'Queen's College, Newfoundland' (St John's Newfoundland: Memorial University Press, 1947)
Web links
- Memorial University of Newfoundland's unofficial student website
- The Muse Memorial University's student newspaper
Footnotes
- ^ List of IAU Members. In: iau-aiu.net. International Association of Universities, accessed July 24, 2019 .
- ^ MUN scholarship
- ↑ Jackson, Life and Work