Algoma University College
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Algoma University College is a postsecondary institution in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, offering undergraduate university degrees in more than 25 academic programs.
Algoma is a affiliated college of Laurentian University in Greater Sudbury. It is likely that the school will eventually be chartered as an independent university in its own right, as Nipissing University in North Bay (also formerly an affiliated college of Laurentian) was in 1992.
Algoma provides three and four year Bachelor's degrees in disciplines such as English, history, psychology and fine arts. A new Integrated Technologies building recently opened in 2005, which plays host to the newly added Master of Computer Games Technology program in conjunction with the University of Abertay Dundee, Scotland. It also houses a new cafeteria, student centre, and Pub/Bar named 'The Speak Easy'.
The university has a sports centre, the George Leach centre, which has a 200 metre indoor track as well as numerous basketball, volleyball and tennis courts, and exercise facilities.
The student population has increased substantially in recent years and Algoma now has about 1200 students. It is also affiliated with the Algoma Conservatory of Music, which offers music lessons to about 1000 students in the community.
[edit] History
Once an Anishnabek Residential School, Algoma College officially opened in September of 1967. Initially its program was limited to the first year of studies for both the Bachelor of Arts, and the Bachelor of Science degree programs. It wasn't until 1972 that the College offered the entire three-year program. In 1975 the college purchased Shingwauk Hall and 37 acres of land including property along the St. Mary's River front. In 1989 the Arthur A. Wishart library opened, followed by expansion in 1992 with the opening of the George Leach Centre. Student residence buildings were constructed in 1995 and later expanded in 2001. 2005 was a significant year for the school, as a 6 million dollar technology wing saw expansion unprecedented in the school's young past. Included in the wing is state-of-the-art technology and computer labs, the 'Great West Life Amphitheatre' (a 250+ seat lecture hall), a new student centre, cafeteria, faculty offices, bookstore/campus shop, and a new pub ([1])..
