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Acadia University is a predominantly undergraduate university located in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada with some graduate programs at the master's level and one at the doctoral level.
The enabling legislation consists of: Acadia University Act and the Amended Acadia University Act 2000.
Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia.
Acadia University is located in the town of Wolfville, Nova Scotia, approximately 100 kilometres northwest of Halifax, Nova Scotia the provincial capital.
In 2010, Acadia was ranked second in Maclean's Magazine for Best Overall in the Primarily Undergraduate University category.
Acadia also received several A-level grades in the 2010 Globe and Mail Canadian University Report, receiving highest marks in six of seventeen categories.
University Hall at Acadia University
University Hall at Acadia University
Acadia University, established at Wolfville, Nova Scotia in 1838 has a strong Baptist religious affiliation.
Acadia College awarded its first degrees in 1843 and became Acadia University in 1891, established by the Acadia University Act.
Many individuals who have made significant contributions to Acadia University, including the first president John Pryor, were members of the First Baptist Church Halifax congregation.
Clara Belle Marshall, from Mount Hanley, Nova Scotia, became the first woman to graduate from Acadia University in 1879.
are landmark buildings on the campus of Acadia University.
Two granite shafts, which are part of the War Memorial Gymnasium complex at Acadia University, are dedicated to the university's war dead.

Acadia and /
Today, Acadia is used to refer to regions of North America that are historically associated with the lands, descendants, and / or culture of the former French region.
Acadia / New England Border: Kennebec River, Maine
* Studio Acadie / Acadia Studio based in Moncton, headed by Executive Producer: Jacques Turgeon and Producer: Maryse Chapdelaine
A fur trading post was established on the site from 1651 – 1659, but Île Royale languished under French rule as attention was focused on the St. Lawrence River / Great Lakes colony of Canada ( which then comprised parts of what is now Quebec, Ontario, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois ), Louisiana ( which encompassed the current Mississippi Valley states and part of Texas ), and the small agricultural settlements of mainland Acadia.
He graduated from Horton High School in Greenwich, Nova Scotia, and then went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Acadia University / Carleton University in 1987, MacKay then studied Law at Dalhousie University and was called to the Nova Scotia Bar in June 1991.
* Acadia Valley-Prairie Elevator Museum, former Alberta Wheat Pool converted into a tea house / museum.
Much of the local conflict was orchestrated by the Governor of Acadia and Baron de St Castin, who raided Protestant villages along the Acadia / New England border at the Kennebec River in present-day Maine.
During Queen Anne's War, the members of the Wabanaki Confederacy from Acadia raided Protestant settlements along the Acadia / New England border in present-day Maine in the Northeast Coast Campaign ( 1703 ).
Much of the conflict of this war happened along the Acadia / New England border.
After the Siege of Louisbourg ( 1745 ), the Wabanaki Confederacy members from Acadia conducted a campaign against British civilians along the New England / Acadia border.
In the 150 years prior to the founding of Halifax in 1749, Port-Royal / Annapolis Royal was the capital of Acadia and later Nova Scotia for most decades.
On this campaign against Acadia, Church also raided Castine, Maine, Grand Pre, and Pisiguit ( present-day Windsor / Falmouth ).
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Acadia and was
Acadia began as an extension of Horton Academy ( 1828 ), which was founded in Horton, Nova Scotia, by Baptists from Nova Scotia and Queen's College ( 1838 ).
The College was later named Acadia College.
The name " Queen's College " was denied to the Baptist school, so it was renamed " Acadia College " in 1841, in reference to the history of the area as an Acadian settlement.
Emmerson Hall, Acadia University, was originally built 1913 as Emerson Memorial Library and shows strong Beaux Arts influences.
A memorial pipe organ in Convovation Hall, Acadia University is dedicated to the members of Acadia University killed during the First World War A book of remembrance in Manning Chapel, Acadia University was unveiled on 1 March 1998 through the efforts of the Wolfville Historical Society
The mandate of the commission was to determine how well the current Advantage program meets the needs of students, faculty, and staff and to examine how the role of technology in the postsecondary environment has changed at Acadia, and elsewhere.
The commission was asked to recommend changes and enhancements to the Acadia Advantage that would benefit the entire university community and ensure its sustainability.
The University was also advised to unbundle its tuition structure so that the cost of an Acadia education is more detailed and students can understand how their investment in the future of the school is allotted.
In 1974, Acadia was granted a coat of arms designed by the College of Arms in London, England.
In 1613, Virginian raiders captured Port Royale, and in 1621 Acadia was ceded to Scotland's Sir William Alexander who renamed it Nova Scotia.
By 1632, Acadia was returned from Scotland to France under the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, and the Port Royale settlement was moved to the site of nearby present-day Annapolis Royal.
Colonial administration by France throughout the history of Acadia was contemptuous at best.
Throughout these wars, New England was allied with the Iroquois Confederacy and Acadia was allied with the Wabanaki Confederacy.
After the New England Conquest of Acadia in 1710, mainland Nova Scotia was under the control of New England, but both present-day New Brunswick and virtually all of present-day Maine remained contested territory between New England and New France.
What is now New Brunswick was still a part of the French colony of Acadia.
As part of the French colony of Acadia, the island was called " Île Saint-Jean ".
To regain Acadia, Ramezay was sent from Quebec to the region to join forces with the Duc d ' Anville Expedition.
The 1755 British capture of Fort Beauséjour on the border separating Nova Scotia from Acadia was followed by its policy to deport the French inhabitants.

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