Assumption University (Windsor)

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established = 1857
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type = privately operated, autonomous university at University of Windsor
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city = Windsor
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province = Ontario
country = Canada
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Assumption University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada has a heritage reaching back to 1857 and is the parent of the University of Windsor, administered by the Congregation of St. Basil, the Basilian Fathers. It was known as Assumption College until changing its name in 1956. When the University of Windsor was established in 1963, Assumption University entered into federation with the newly formed University of Windsor and became the Catholic university within the University of Windsor.

Assumption is a privately operated, autonomous university separate from the University of Windsor and yet an integral part of it. It has retained its degree granting powers and graduates students within the area of theology, as well as granting honorary degrees.

History

Its history dates back to the founding of Assumption College in 1857. In 1919 Assumption College in Windsor affiliated with the University of Western Ontario. [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0008264 University of Western Ontario ] ] Originally, Assumption was one the largest colleges associated with the University of Western Ontario. In 1940, a labour school was established at Assumption.

In 1950, Assumption College welcomed its first women students and in 1953, it ended its affiliation with the University of Western Ontario and became an independent institution through an Act of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. In 1956, the College changed its name to Assumption University and accepted as an affiliate the non-denominational Essex College. In 1957, [http://www.uwindsor.ca/canterbury Canterbury College] became the first Anglican college in the world to affiliate with a Roman Catholic University. Assumption College in Windsor evolved into the University of Windsor.

References

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* [http://www.assumptionu.ca/history.htm History of Assumption University]

External links

* [http://www.assumptionu.ca/ Assumption University official site]