- University of Winnipeg
Infobox_University
name = University of Winnipeg
motto = "Lux et Veritas Floreant"
(Let Light and Truth Flourish)
established = 1871 Manitoba College. Subsequent names, Wesley College (1881), United College (1938), and now, The University of Winnipeg (1967-present)
type = Public
president=Lloyd Axworthy
city =Winnipeg
state =Manitoba
country =Canada
undergrad = 9,219 [cite web
title =The University of Winnipeg
work =The Directory of Canadian Universities
publisher =Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
date =
url =http://www.aucc.ca/can_uni/our_universities/winnipeg_e.html
accessdate =2007-07-24 ]
postgrad = small number of
staff= approx. 300
campus = Urban
mascot = Wesley Coyote
free_label = Sports team
free =Winnipeg Wesmen
affiliations = AUCC, IAU, ATS, CIS, CWUAA, UArctic,Campus Manitoba
website= [http://www.uwinnipeg.ca www.uwinnipeg.ca]The University of Winnipeg (U of W) is a
public university inWinnipeg ,Manitoba ,Canada that focuses primarily onundergraduate education. The U of W's founding colleges wereManitoba College and Wesley College, which merged to form United College in1938 . The University of Winnipeg was established in1967 when United College received its charter.The University of Winnipeg also contains a high school called the
University of Winnipeg Collegiate .It was ranked by graduates in Maclean's magazine University Graduate Survey (November 15, 2004) in the Top Ten of all Canadian universities when asked about their “Entire Educational Experience.”
History
The U of W's founding colleges were
Manitoba College and Wesley College, which merged to form United College in1938 . The University of Winnipeg was established in1967 when United College received its charter.United College was formed in 1938 from the union of Manitoba College, founded in 1871, Yellow College in 1875 and Wesley College, founded in 1888. Originally affiliated with theUniversity of Manitoba , United College received its charter in 1967 and became the University of Winnipeg.Campus
As a university in the downtown of a large urban centre, the University of Winnipeg is playing a role in the downtown renewal. Recent initiatives, for example, include a newly renovated theatre, recreation complex, and student-run cafe.
The University of Winnipeg is also expanding its student housing. Currently, university housing exists in several houses within minutes of the campus, several floors of dormitory style accommodations in a seniors complex near the university, and bachelor and one bedroom apartments.
In 2008, the university announced that Raymond L. McFeetors, Chairman of The Great West Life Assurance Company, had donated $2.67 Million for a dormitory to built on newly acquired property west of the campus. [cite web|url=http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/release-080502. |title = Ray McFeetors, Great West Life |author = University of Winnipeg |accessdate=2008-07-13] The money came from his personal resources and from Great West Life. The dormitory will be called McFeetors Hall: Great-West Life Student Residence.
Wesley Hall, a stone-clad brick structure built in 1894-95, is on the Registry of Historic Places of Canada [http://www.historicplaces.ca/visit-visite/affichage-display.aspx?id=8224 Wesley Hall Registry of Historic Places of Canada ]
Organization
The University of Winnipeg is a provincially and privately funded post-secondary institution with undergraduate and selected graduate programs, as well as a Division of Continuing Education and a high school division.
It has had six presidents since 1967.
*Dr. Wilfred Lockhart (1967-1971)
*Henry Duckworth (1971-1981)
*Robin Farquhar (1981-1989)
*Marsha Hanen (1989-1999}
*Constance Rooke (1999-2003)
*Lloyd Axworthy (2004 to present)Academic
tudents and faculty
Students at the University are represented by the
University of Winnipeg Students' Association . [http://www.theuwsa.ca]CKUW is thestudent radio station based out of the University of Winnipeg.The Uniter is the campus newspaper. [http://theuniter.ca]Faculties
*Faculty of Theology
*Faculty of Arts & Science
*Faculty of Business & Economics
*Faculty of Education
*Faculty of Environmental Design
*Faculty of Graduate Studies
*Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation Studies
*Faculty of Science
*Faculty of Social Work
*Faculty of Theatre/FilmCentres
*Centre for Academic Writing (CAW)
*Centre for Distributed / Distance Learning (CDDL)
*Centre for Forest Interdisciplinary Research (C-FIR)
*Centre for Innovation in Teaching & Learning (CITL)
*Centre for Research in Young People's Texts and Cultures (CRYTC)
*Centre for Rupert's Land Studies
*Centre for Sustainable TransportationAthletics
The university is represented in
Canadian Interuniversity Sport by theWinnipeg Wesmen .Aboriginal Students
The University of Winnipeg offers several programs and services to Aboriginal people. The University of Winnipeg offers a Bachelor of Arts in Aboriginal Governance with a Master’s Degree in Aboriginal Governance. The University of Winnipeg provides special first-year bridging programs for Aboriginal students. Academic councillors, tutors, and Aboriginal Elders are present on campus to provide academic and social supports. Through its Wii Chiiwaaknak Learning Centre, Eco-Kids Program and Eco-U Summer Camp services, the University of Winnipeg conducts outreach to Aboriginal communities to talk to potential students. To assist with the transition after university to a career, the University of Winnipeg participates in an Aboriginal Lynx Career and Employment Project led by University of Calgary. [ [http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/cms-filesystem-action?file=pdfs/conferences/2007/aboriginal-rt-spring-report.pdf. The University of Winnipeg ] ]
Noted alumni
*
Lloyd Axworthy - politician and current UW President
*Tom Axworthy - Canadian Civil Servant
*David Bergen - Award Winning Author (B.Ed 1985)
*Bill Blaikie - NDP politician
*Margaret Bloodworth - National Security Advisor (BA 1970)
*Ruby Dhalla - Brampton Liberal MP
*Chantal Kreviazuk - singer/songwriter
*Margaret Laurence - Canadian novelist and short story writer.
*Guy Maddin - film director
*Don Newman - Award-Winning Journalist
*John Paskievich - film director and photographer
*Howard Pawley - former Premier of Manitoba
*Fred Penner - children's entertainer
*Lyall Powers - Professor of English,University of Winnipeg
*Susan Thompson - former mayor of Winnipeg
*Brad Roberts - pop singer,Crash Test Dummies
*Donald John Roberts - Economist, Stanford Academic (BA Hons 1967)
*Bill Richardson - CBC radio hostUniversity History
* Allen G. Bedford 'The University of Winnipeg: A History of the Founding Colleges' (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1976)
References
ee also
*
List of universities in Manitoba
*Higher education in Manitoba
*Education in Canada
*List of evangelical seminaries and theological colleges External links
* [http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/ University of Winnipeg (official site)]
* [http://www.theuwsa.ca/ The University of Winnipeg Students' Association]
* [http://www.uwteach.org/ University of Winnipeg Education After Degree Class of 2005]
* [http://www.aucc.ca/can_uni/our_universities/winnipeg_e.html University of Winnipeg]
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