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The Golden Bears first won a U Sports men's volleyball championship in 1981 and have won nine national championships in total, including the most recent in 2024, which is tied for the most out of all of the U Sports men's volleyball programs. [19] The program has also featured 17 Canada West conference champions, most recently in 2024. [20]
Old Arts Building, University of Alberta campus, designed by Percy Erskine Nobbs & Frank Darling 1909–10.. The university was chartered in 1906 in Edmonton, Alberta as a single, public provincial university through the University Act, [13] passed during the first session of the then-new Legislative Assembly, with Premier Alexander C. Rutherford as the legislation's sponsor.
Alberta has won 29 championships since 1973, more than all other schools combined, including 13 of 15 from 2001 to 2015. The result of which has been that the Golden Bears are the most successful program in U Sports, with 16 national championships and 44 tournament appearances, far more than the next best schools (as of 2024). [4]
In 2010, the city of Lewisville created the Old Town Transit-Oriented Development Master Plan to organize and promote development around the station and greater Old Town Lewisville area. [5] The plan was later revised in 2017 and 2023. [6] The A-train's opening ceremony, dubbed the "Rock n' Rail Station Celebration", took place on June 18, 2011 ...
The University of Alberta was founded in 1908, but a free-standing library branch, Rutherford Library, did not open until 1951. [3] The university's founder, Alexander Cameron Rutherford, and its first president, Henry Marshall Tory, worked with faculty members and the first librarian, Eugenie Archibald, to select the first purchases to start the University Library in 1908. [4]
The UASU was founded in 1908 following the opening of the University of Alberta. Despite the university having a small student body of only 45 students, the original UASU consisted of eight elected representatives.
Twin Peaks was founded in 2005 by Randy Dewitt and Scott Gordon in Lewisville, Texas. [ 3 ] [ 6 ] Dewitt, who had previously helped Brinker International develop Rockfish Seafood, noted a thriving sports-bar market and decided to create a chain with a mountain-lodge motif and attractive servers. [ 6 ]
The University of Alberta Faculty of Engineering is one of the largest engineering schools in Canada in terms of size, international impact, and reputation. [3] The faculty is home to 1 Canada Excellence Research Chair, 16 Canada Research Chairs, 13 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council chairs, and 5 Foundation Supported Chairs.