Saturday, September 15, 2007

St. Stephen's University


I thought it would be good to give a bit more information about the school I'm studying at... some interesting facts, some insights and maybe I'll even got to some personal opinion.

We'll start with some insight into the school...
-Called St. Stephen's University (SSU), located in the small town of St. Stephen, New Brunswick
-Established in the early seventies
-Offers a Bachelor of Arts program and also a Master's in Ministry
-Also offers a One year diploma in worship leadership (which looks really cool by the way)
-Seeks to reach more than the academic and vocational needs by their want to build and equip individuals with "feeling minds and thinking hearts"


Some interesting facts...
-SSU sits overlooking the St. Croix river, which just further down-river was the landing site of some of the earliest settlers to north America at the turn of the 17th century
-Park Hall, the main building of SSU, was built in 1866, a year before Canada's Confederation
-When first purchased for use of a university in the 1970s Park Hall was condemned, on the vurge of destruction, but has since been (and continues to be) slowly and carefully restored
-Other buildings of SSU are built in the same age and style as Park Hall, Todd Hall looks very much like the house you would expect the Adam's Family to take up residence
-St. Stephen is a border-town, right across the river is Calais, Maine and from the campus it takes about five minutes to find oneself on the US side checking out shops

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Mr. Mond!!

Do you miss us??
We miss you!!
Enjoy your new home and put waaaaaaay more pics on your BLOG!!

Caroline Ubels

Anonymous said...

Raymond... so jealous... it is absolutely beautiful! You're in my thoughts and prayers! We miss you so much!