Luther College (Saskatchewan)

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Luther College at the University of Regina
Established	1914
Type	Federated college of the University of Regina
President	Dr. Bruce Perlson
Dean	Dr. Mary Vetter
Faculty	30
Students	500
Location	Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Website	http://www.luthercollege.edu/

Luther College is a college and high school located in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. The university portion of Luther College is located on the campus of the University of Regina and is a federated college. The high school is located at a separate site in Northwest Regina. There are approximately 500 students and 30 full-time faculty members at the university college; creating a 10 to 1 teacher student ratio. As a federated college, Luther College is administratively and financially independent, but the college's university students receive their degree from and may take courses at the University of Regina.

Contents 1 History 2 High School 3 Tution Fees - 2006/2007 4 Athletics 5 Notable people 6 Chapel 7 External links

[edit] History

Luther College was founded in 1914 as Luther Academy, with classrooms and dormitory space for 32 male students in Melville, Saskatchewan. Women first enrolled as non-residential students in 1920. In 1926, the school relocated to a larger campus in Regina and began offering university level courses. The college used to be officially federated with the University of Saskatchewan in 1968, and opened new residence halls and academic buildings on the University of Regina campus in 1971. The high school continues to occupy the 1926 campus.

[edit] High School

Luther College Highschool is one of the few private highschools in Saskatchewan.

Luther College strives to ...

- Maintain a Christ-enforced atmosphere in the total life of the College

- Assist students in developing a creative and active integration of faith, learning and culture

- Assist students to probe the dimensions of the Christian Gospel in relation to their own lives and to society

-Provide opportunities for Christian worship, study and fellowship

-Give counsel and guidance to students who desire to enter church-related vocations

(Direct quotes from Luther College Website)

[edit] Tution Fees - 2006/2007

Day Students

Saskatchewan Grade 9 - $3350 (After 200$ bursary)

Saskatchewan Grade 10-12 - $3350

International Students

Grade 9 - $8840 (After 200$ bursary)

Grade 10-12 - $9040

For more information please visit the Luther College Website

[edit] Athletics

Luther College also has a long history of athletics. The school has a wide variety of athletics including, football, golf, volleyball, soccer, basketball, baseball, curling, hockey, cross country running, track and field and softball. The school is also home to one of the longest running tournaments in Western Canada; L.I.T. which is a basketball tournament held in February every year since 1953, it is now in its 55th year. Luther as host team has played in every L.I.T. except one, wining four titles in 1953, 1984, 1990 and 2006. For more information visit the Luther College website.

[edit] Notable people

• Henry Taube, 1933 high school alumni, winner of the 1983 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• Ed Robinson, 1953-2006 LIT announcer

[edit] Chapel

Students engage in a daily religious service with Pastor Larry Fry.

[edit] External links

• Luther College Website