Wilfrid Laurier University
| Wilfrid Laurier University | |
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| motto | Veritas Omnia Vincit |
| founding | 1911 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place | Waterloo , Brantford , and Kitchener , Canada |
| president | Max Blouw |
| Students | 19,000 |
| Employee | 493 research assistants |
| Networks | OUA |
| Website | www.wlu.ca |
The Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU) is a Canadian university in the city Waterloo (province of Ontario ).
Course offer
Around 19,000 students are enrolled in various courses. The courses are spread over the
- Faculty of Arts
- Faculty of Science
- Faculty of Music
- School of Business & Economics
history
The current university was founded in 1911 as an Evangelical Lutheran educational institution, the Evangelical Lutheran Seminary . Later the name changed several times. In 1973 it was renamed from Waterloo Lutheran University to Wilfrid Laurier University . The namesake is the former Canadian Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier .
The number of students has risen sharply for several years, so that a second campus has now been built in Brantford.
University sports
The university teams compete as Laurier Golden Hawks in various OUA leagues . Only the women's ice hockey team plays in the RSEQ .
In 2005, the men's football team of the WLU won the Vanier Cup (Canadian university championship of the CIS ) for the second time . Other successful programs are women's ice hockey with numerous provincial championships, the women's curling team and the two soccer teams with numerous national titles.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Wilfrid Laurier University: About Laurier. History . at www.wlu.ca (English).
- ^ Wilfrid Laurier University: Campuses and Locations . at www.wlu.ca (English).
Coordinates: 43 ° 28 ′ 28 " N , 80 ° 31 ′ 41" W.