Happy Holidays!

Please enjoy a few Mount A holiday memories from years gone by - thanks to those who submitted photos.

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Happy holidays and best wishes for a memorable 2011!

Mount Allison in the House of Commons

The Hon. Dominic LeBlanc's Statement in the House of Commons on December 16th 2010, congratulating Mount Allison University.

President Campbell on CTV

Mount Allison President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Robert Campbell chats with CTV News Channel's Marcia MacMillan about the University's leading record as the top undergraduate school in Canada in the annual Maclean's University rankings.

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We're #1 (again)

For the fourth year in a row, Mount Allison has been named the top primarily undergraduate school in Canada by Maclean’s magazine in its annual University Rankings Issue.

Mount Allison has been ranked Canada’s No. 1 undergraduate university by Maclean’s a record 14 times in the past 20 years and has never placed lower than second.

Mount Allison ranked highly in many categories in the 2010 Maclean’s rankings including the national reputation survey. The University placed second in its category for “Best Overall” and first for “Highest Quality.”

The University believes that rankings and surveys such as those produced by Maclean’s and the Globe and Mail, provide helpful information that aids students and their families in their evaluation of universities.

Playoff football returns to Mount Allison on Saturday

Football fever has taken over at Mount Allison as the University prepares to host its first home playoff game in 12 years. Athletics and Recreation Director Pierre Arsenault says the team's success this year is the result of many years of hard work by coaching staff, players, and the University's administration.

Read more in the Times & Transcript (November 3, 2010).

Making a mark on the music world

In high school, Matt Brennan ('02) was encouraged to do what he felt most passionate about — and that was music — but he says he became starved for reading books and chose to study English and philosophy at Mount Allison.

His Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Edinburgh is entitled “Researching Live Music in the UK.” The project looks at the development of the live music industry in Britain since 1950, from which his team will be writing a three-volume history.

Along with his music scholarship, Matt is a member of a three-piece band called Zoey Van Goey. The band has signed to a Scottish label and put out its first album.

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Mansbridge meets with student journalists

During a visit to campus on October 15, Chancellor Peter Mansbridge met with the staff of Mount Allison's student newspaper The Argosy.

Editor in Chief Noah Kowalski says, "It was a great experience to have a chance to sit down with one of Canada's leading journalists. Over lunch we discussed everything from Twitter to Justin Bieber. The hour and a half flew by while he shared his insights into the future of journalism in Canada. He also asked us questions about the student experience in Sackville and gave us suggestions for future Argosy articles. It was an incredible opportunity and something none of us will forget."