University of Lethbridge

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**University of Lethbridge**

Motto	Fiat Lux (Latin: "Let there be light")
Established	1967
Type	Public
Endowment	$13 million
President	Dr. William Cade
Students	8,000+ [1]
Location	Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Campus	Urban
Colours	Blue and gold
Mascot	The pronghorn
Website	http://www.uleth.ca

The University of Lethbridge sits among the coulees on the scenic west side of the Oldman River in the city of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.

1 History
2 Academics
3 Research
4 Faculties and Schools
5 Academic and campus services
6 Athletics
7 Lore
8 See also
9 External links

[edit] History

The University was founded in 1967. Architect Arthur Erickson designed University Hall, and it opened in 1971.

In 1996, the University of Lethbridge opened campuses in Calgary and Edmonton.

[edit] Academics

Both graduate and undergraduate programmes are offered.

In 2004, the University of Lethbridge granted their first doctoral degrees. Lisa Thomson and Robbin Gibb both graduated with doctoral degrees in Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience. Earlier in the year, the Alberta government approved the expansion of the fledgling Ph.D. program to include degrees in five new areas: bio-molecular science; biosystems and biodiversity; earth, space and physical science; evolution and behaviour; and theoretical and computational science.

[edit] Research

The university has strong research programs and is nationally recognized in the sciences. It pursues significant collaborative research with two federal agriculture research centers in Lethbridge. Faculty members participate in a number of national networked centres of excellence and other collaborations in a wide range of fields. The university’s infrastructure in the sciences and information technology is accessible to undergraduate students.

[edit] Faculties and Schools

The University of Lethbridge has six faculties and schools that administer its bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees.

Faculty of Arts and Science
Faculty of Education
Faculty of Fine Arts
School of Health Sciences
Faculty of Management
School of Graduate Studies

[edit] Academic and campus services

A fully functioning FM Radio station
Advising offices in each faculty
Applied studies and co-op office
Art gallery
Bookstore
Career resources centre
Chaplaincy
Counselling centre (offers personal and career counselling, academic skills development, and coordination of services for students with special needs)
Campus Womens Centre
Native student advisor
Financial counselling
Gymnasium
Health centre
International centre
Library
Lethbridge Public Interest Research Group
Music conservatory
Olympic-sized aquatic centre
Peer Referral centre
Safewalk service
sculpture park
Student newspaper
Theatres
Weight training and equipment room
Climbing wall
Ballrooms

[edit] Athletics

The university is represented in Canadian Interuniversity Sport by the Lethbridge Pronghorns, formerly known as the Chinooks. They have men's and women's teams in basketball, ice hockey, judo, rugby, soccer, swimming, and track and field.

The university also has a thriving intramurals program.

[edit] Lore

A long-running rumour has suggested that University Hall was designed in such a way that, had the University failed, it could be converted into a prison facility. When questioned about the possibility of such a failsafe plan, the architect Arthur Erickson replied, "Nonsense; to consider that I would design an educational facility like a prison is a romantic notion of our detractors!"^{[citation needed]} The implication is derived from the excessive use of concrete in the university's early buildings.

Other campus myths include a haunted residence, aquatic centre, and radio station, the existence of a mysterious 'blood room', the large statue "Moses" being upside down, and campus wildlife being placed there by university workers.