Education in Fredericton - St. Thomas University, Lansbridge University, University of Fredericton, New Brunswick School District 01 (Paperback)

Chapters: St. Thomas University, Lansbridge University, University of Fredericton, New Brunswick School District 01, Maritime College of Forest Technology, New Brunswick Teachers' College, New Brunswick School District 18. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: St. Thomas University (STU) is jointly a public and Roman Catholic liberal arts university located in Fredericton, New Brunswick. It offers degrees exclusively at the undergraduate level for approximately 3,000 students in the liberal arts, humanities, journalism, education, and social work. Lawrence Durling and Patrick Malcolmson serve as the university's Vice-Presidents, with Larry Batt as the Registrar. Dr. Malcolmson will be followed by Dr. Barry Craig as the new Vice-President: Academic (effective July 1st, 2010). The university's president and vice chancellor is Dennis Cochrane on an interim basis until July 1, 2011, replacing former president and vice chancellor Dr. Michael W. Higgins. The origin of St. Thomas University dates back to 1910. At that time, the Most Reverend Thomas F. Barry, Bishop of Chatham, invited the Basilian Fathers of Toronto to assume charge of an institution in Chatham, New Brunswick, providing education for boys at the secondary and junior college levels. The institution was called St. Thomas College. The Basilian Fathers remained at St. Thomas until 1923. That year the school was placed under the direction of the clergy of the Diocese of Chatham. In 1938, the Diocese of Chatham became the Diocese of Bathurst. In 1959, a section of Northumberland County, including within its territorial limits St. Thomas College, was transferred from the Diocese of Bathurst to the Diocese of Saint John. From 1910 until 1934, St. Thomas College retained its original status as a Hig...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=177697