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词条 St. Thomas University (New Brunswick)
释义

  1. Relationship with the UNB

  2. Academics

  3. Scholarships and bursaries

  4. Research

  5. Campus life

  6. St. Thomas University Presidents and Vice Chancellors

  7. Notable alumni

  8. See also

  9. References

  10. Further reading

  11. External links

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}}St. Thomas University (STU) is a Catholic liberal arts university located in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. It is a primarily undergraduate university offering bachelor's degrees in the arts (humanities and social sciences), education, and social work to approximately 1,900 students. The average class size is 30 and no class is larger than 60.[4]

The university offers a number of unique programs including recognized majors in Criminology, Journalism, Human Rights, and Communications and Public Policy. St. Thomas is the home of the Frank McKenna Centre for Communications and Public Policy.[5] The university is unique in Canada for its sole focus on liberal arts and its commitment to social justice.

Relationship with the UNB

St. Thomas University and the University of New Brunswick's Fredericton campus are located in the College Hill neighbourhood in Fredericton. The two institutions share facilities for their student unions, libraries, athletics, and a common heating plant and building maintenance services. Students from STU are permitted to take a certain number of classes at UNB and vice versa. However, STU and UNBF itself are financially and academically separate. STU is able to offer many amenities other smaller schools cannot, in large part to its UNB partnership. The two universities enjoy a good-natured rivalry.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}

Academics

STU offers the following programmes to students:

Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Applied Arts, Bachelor of Education, Bachelor of Social Work.[6]

STU offers the following degrees to students:

Anthropology, Catholic Studies, Communications and Public Policy, Criminology & Criminal Justice, Economics, Education, English Language and Literature (with the option to additionally concentrate in Creative Writing or Drama), Environment and Society, Fine Arts, French, Gerontology, Great Books, History, Human Rights, Humanities, Interdisciplinary Studies, International Relations, Irish Studies, Journalism, Mathematics, Media Studies, Native Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies, Romance Languages, Science and Technology Studies, Social Work, Sociology, Spanish, Women's Studies and Gender Studies.

Scholarships and bursaries

The Government of Canada sponsors an Aboriginal Bursaries Search Tool that lists over 680 scholarships, bursaries, and other incentives offered by governments, universities, and industry to support Aboriginal post-secondary participation. St. Thomas University scholarships for Aboriginal, First Nations and Métis students include: ATV Media Scholarship.[7]

Research

At St. Thomas University, there are 6 focal areas of research: qualitative analysis, human rights and social justice, New Brunswick studies/Atlantic region, narrative studies, global and international studies, and on learning and teaching. The university holds Canada Research Chairs (with the associated research centres) in New Brunswick studies, social justice, qualitative analysis, and narrative. The university is home to the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Narrative.[8]

Campus life

There are six academic buildings on campus housing classrooms and faculty offices. They are: James Dunn Hall, Edmund Casey Hall, George Martin Hall, Brian Mulroney Hall, Holy Cross House, and Margaret Norrie McCain Hall.

STU's athletic facility is called the J.B. O'Keefe Centre.

There are five residence buildings at St. Thomas University. Three are located on campus (Harrington and Vanier Halls, and Holy Cross House), while two are located a short distance away (Chatham and Rigby Halls).

The university maintains its own campus police force. Campus police members are students who are hired annually by the University to maintain security at campus events.[9]

The student newspaper, The Aquinian, is available on campus and around the city during the regular academic year.

St. Thomas University Presidents and Vice Chancellors

  • Very Rev. Nicholas Roche, C.S.B., 1910–1911
  • Very Rev. William J. Roach, C.S.B., 1911–1919
  • Very Rev. Frederick Meader, C.S.B., 1920–1923
  • Very Rev. Raymond Hawkes, 1923–1927
  • Most. Rev. James M. Hill, D.D., 1928–1945
  • Very Rev. Charles V. O'Hanley, 1945–1948
  • Very Rev. A.L. McFadden, 1948–1961
  • Rev. Msgr. Donald C. Duffie, 1961–1975
  • Rev. Msgr. George W. Martin, 1975–1990
  • Dr. Daniel W. O'Brien, 1990–2006
  • Dr. Michael Higgins, 2006–2009
  • Mr. Dennis Cochrane, 2010–2011
  • Prof. Dawn Russell, 2011–present

Notable alumni

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  • Guy Arseneault – Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick and former member of parliament
  • Lewis C. Ayles – former justice of the Court of Appeal of New Brunswick and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
  • Daniel Joseph Bohan – 7th Catholic Archbishop of Regina
  • Frank Branch – 56th Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
  • T.J. Burke – former cabinet minister and Attorney General of New Brunswick
  • Greg Byrne – former cabinet minister and Attorney General of New Brunswick
  • Roger Clinch – former member of parliament
  • Chris Collins – 67th Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
  • Ivan Court – 65th Mayor of Saint John, New Brunswick
  • Matt DeCourcey – member of parliament
  • James Doyle – former Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
  • Mike Eagles – former NHL hockey player
  • Sheree Fitch – author, poet
  • Harry Forestell – journalist
  • Raymond Fraser – author
  • Shawn Graham – 31st Premier of New Brunswick
  • Stephen Horsman – former Deputy Premier of New Brunswick and cabinet minister
  • Al J. Kavanaugh – former Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
  • J. Fraser Kerr – former Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
  • Carl Killen – former New Brunswick MLA
  • Kelly Lamrock – former cabinet minister and Attorney General of New Brunswick
  • Carolyn Layden-Stevenson – Justice of the Federal Court of Appeal (Canada)
  • Claudius I. L. Légère – former judge and Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
  • Paul Benedict Lordon – former MLA
  • Sandra Lovelace Nicholas – senator
  • George W. Martin – former President of St. Thomas University and Catholic priest
  • Joseph R. Martin – former MLA and Mayor of Chatham, New Brunswick
  • Frederic McGrand – physician, senator, MLA and 42nd Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
  • John Killeen McKee – former judge and Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
  • Michael McKee – former judge, provincial cabinet minister, and New Brunswick MLA
  • Ralph George McInerney – former New Brunswick MLA
  • Brian Mulroney – 18th Prime Minister of Canada, (alumnus of St. Thomas College, Chatham)[10]
  • Joseph Leonard O'Brien – former Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, 38th Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, member of parliament, and 21st Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
  • Candy Palmater – lawyer, comedian, aboriginal and gay rights activist
  • Al Pittman – poet, playwright
  • David Adams Richards – senator, author, screenwriter
  • Carmel Robichaud – former provincial cabinet minister and New Brunswick MLA
  • Dawn Russell – President of St. Thomas University, former Dalhousie University Dean of Law
  • Anna Silk – actress
  • Jake Stewart – Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
  • Greg Thompson – New Brunswick MLA; former federal cabinet minister and member of parliament
  • Lyman Ward – actor
  • Doug Young – former federal and provincial cabinet minister, former Leader of the Liberal Party of New Brunswick

See also

  • Higher education in New Brunswick
  • List of universities in New Brunswick
  • Atlantic University Sport
  • Canadian Interuniversity Sport
  • The Thomists (21-piece big band based at the university)

References

1. ^Psalm 119, Verse 66
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://w3.stu.ca/stu/about/mission/default.aspx |title=Mission statement |publisher=St. Thomas University |date=2014 |website=www.stu.ca |accessdate=28 October 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028093255/http://w3.stu.ca/stu/about/mission/default.aspx |archivedate=28 October 2014 |df= }}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.atlanticuniversities.ca/sites/default/files/documents/AAUFactsFiguresEnrolments/Full%20Time%202016.pdf|title=Full-time plus Part-time Enrollment|date=2016-10-01|publisher=Association of Atlantic Universities|accessdate=2017-01-20}}
4. ^{{cite web|title=St Thomas University|url=http://www.aucc.ca/canadian-universities/our-universities/st-thomas-university/|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826114053/http://www.aucc.ca/canadian-universities/our-universities/st-thomas-university/|archivedate=2014-08-26|df=}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=Frank McKenna donates $1M to STU|publisher=CBC News New Brunswick|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/frank-mckenna-donates-1m-to-stu-1.1341228}}
6. ^St. Thomas University Programmes {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405213900/http://w3.stu.ca/stu/futurestudents/programmes/overview.aspx |date=2012-04-05 }}
7. ^St. Thomas University Overview of Scholarships {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131020149/http://w3.stu.ca/stu/futurestudents/scholarships/overview.aspx |date=2013-01-31 }}
8. ^{{cite web |title=Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Narrative |url=http://stu-sites.ca/cirn/ |publisher=St. Thomas University |accessdate=March 25, 2019}}
9. ^Employment on Campus
10. ^{{cite web|title=CBC Digital Archives: "Looking Back on the Mulroney Years."|url=http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/looking-back-on-the-mulroney-years/}}

Further reading

  • Fraser, J. A. "By Force of Circumstance": A History of St. Thomas University. Fredericton: Miramichi Press, 1970.
  • Spray, William and Anthony Rhinelander. Church, Politics, and STU: The Relocation of St. Thomas University from Chatham to Fredericton. Fredericton, NB: STU, 2014.

External links

  • {{Official|http://www.stu.ca/}}
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