Acadia University - External Relations News

Before her death, long-time educator Pauline Spence of Liverpool, Nova Scotia made provisions in her will to keep her love of teaching alive with the establishment of an endowed bursary fund of more than $1 million. 

“The Rath Professorship in Entrepreneurship brings added prestige to a critical aspect of business education at Acadia,” says Dr. Heather Hemming, Interim Vice-President, Academic.

The 5^th Annual Acadia Alumni Butler Memorial Golf Tournament was held on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017 at Eagle Ridge Golf Club in Georgetown, ON.

Three alumnae have created the Dream Chaser Change Maker Award to provide financial support to an Acadia student and donate in their name to a UNICEF education program. 

Move-In Day at Acadia University was Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017 and, as usual, alumni were out in force to welcome new students to campus and help them get settled into residence.

Mental illness can affect anyone, and good leaders learn about it and accept it. This was Acadia alumnus Jason Pitre’s (’96) message to more than 100 people in the K.C. Irving Environmental Science Centre on August 26.