ABU changes name
New Brunswick’s Atlantic Baptist University (ABU) is changing its name to Crandall University in hopes of attracting a more diverse pool of applicants in the coming years.
“Through the name change, the university is seeking to overcome perception issues that continuously distort people’s understanding of the university,” said ABU president Brian MacArthur.
Zimbabwean activist speaks at Carleton
Beatrice Mtetwa spoke at two on-campus events at Carleton Sept. 9 ( Photo: Adam Dietrich )
New School for African Studies
New to Carleton this year is the Institute of African Studies, offering courses that bring together issues of African history, politics literatures, media, societies, and other topics. Carleton is the only Canadian university to have an Institute of African Studies offering a degree.
“[The program] is helping to mobilize the growing expertise in Africa at Carleton and the growing interest in the national culture,” said Blair Rutherford, the director of the Institute of African Studies.
Carleton centre offers EU ‘civil society’ exchanges
This year Carleton’s Centre for Voluntary Sector Research and Development (CVSRD), which provides exchange opportunities focused on social development and civil society, will be offering student exchanges to the European Union (EU) for the first time.
Exchanges are now offered in Italy, Germany and the United Kingdom, in addition to those previously offered to Mexico and the United States.
Students start petition to leave CFS
A group of Carleton students, organized by fourth-year journalism student Dean Tester, is petitioning to remove Carleton University Students’ Association (CUSA) from membership in the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS), according to a statement it released Sept. 9.
The aim of the CFS, formed at Carleton in 1981, is to represent the collective interest of students by joining student unions from various universities and colleges across Canada.
