St. Thomas More College

Infobox University


name = St. Thomas More College
motto = Caput Nostrum Christus
("Christ is our Head")
established = 1936
type = Public / Catholic
president= Rev. George Smith, csb
city = Saskatoon
state = Saskatchewan
country = Canada
undergrad = 2,294 full and part time
postgrad =
staff= 44
colours = Burgundy color box|#800000; gold color box|#FDD017; black color box|#000000
campus = Urban
mascot =
affiliations = AUCC, IAU, CIS, ACU
free_label = Type
free = Federated College of the University of Saskatchewan
website= [http://www.stmcollege.ca/ www.stmcollege.ca]

St. Thomas More College (STM), is a Catholic, undergraduate, liberal arts college located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, and is a federated college of the University of Saskatchewan.

History

St. Thomas More College (STM), named for St. Thomas More, is the only federated college at the University of Saskatchewan. The college was established by the Basilian Fathers in 1936, on the invitation of the president of the University of Saskatchewan to the Catholic bishop of Saskatoon. The Congregation of St. Basil is a Roman Catholic religious organization of ordained priests with headquarters in Toronto, Ontario. This congregation is different from the Order of St. Basil the Great, which is an Eastern Catholic monastic religious order based in Rome and serving primarily Ukrainian Catholics.

The Roman Catholic Basilian Fathers initiated the operation of Catholic colleges associated with non-denominational universities throughout Canada. The college was incorporated by an act of the Legislature of Saskatchewan in 1943, following formal approval by the senate and board of governors of the university. The act was amended in 1972 and 2001. The college is administratively and financially autonomous from the university. It receives direct provincial grants and is accountable to the provincial government. In 2006, the General Council of the Basilian Fathers announced that they will not be making any further appointments of Basilian priests to the college. Once the three priests currently working in the college leave, the college essentially will cease to have a Basilian identity. New discussions are taking place at the college regarding how to maintain its Catholic identity and character once the Basilian Fathers have left the college.

Programs

St. Thomas More is academically integrated within the University of Saskatchewan and shares in the university’s mandate and mission of post-secondary education. The college’s students receive University of Saskatchewan degrees, as STM, itself, does not grant degrees. The college cooperates with the College of Arts & Science in preparing students for all BA and B.Sc degrees, as well as the BFA and B.Mus degrees. Students in the College of Arts & Science may enroll through St. Thomas More College, and admission requirements, as well as fees, for both are the same. Enrollment in STM does not restrict choice of program or courses, and students may enroll even if none of their classes in a given year are taught by the college. The college provides opportunities to explore and to live Christian values but imposes no obligation in this area. The college faculty are members of the faculty of the College of Arts & Science and of the university council. Faculty appointments and promotion require the approval of the university to ensure that St. Thomas More classes are equivalent in standards to other university classes. STM employs full-time tenured, non-tenured, and part-time sessional faculty on its academic staff. The college at present offers classes in these departments of arts and science: Archeology, Economics, English, Languages & Linguistics, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies and Anthropology, and Sociology. These have the same number as those offered by the corresponding department of the College of Arts & Science.

ee also

*Higher education in Saskatchewan
*List of colleges and universities in Saskatchewan

External links

* [http://www.stmcollege.ca/ St. Thomas More College Website]
* [http://www.aucc.ca/can_uni/our_universities/st-thomas_more_e.html St. Thomas More College]
* [http://www.usask.ca/ University of Saskatchewan Website]