St. Thomas University (New Brunswick)
St. Thomas University (
STU) is a
Catholic liberal arts university located in
Fredericton, New Brunswick. It offers degrees exclusively at the undergraduate level for approximately 3,000 students in
liberal arts,
humanities,
education and
social work.
The university was founded by the
Roman Catholic Church in
1910 in
Chatham, New Brunswick, but moved to a new campus in Fredericton's "College Hill" neighbourhood, adjacent to the
University of New Brunswick in
1964. The two institutions now share facilities for their student unions, libraries, and athletics, and they have a common heating plant. This move was controversial at the time, since it was made by the Bishop of Saint John without consulting the Catholics of the
Miramichi River valley, who had contributed heavily to the university's construction and had financially supported it for many years.
The university gained international headlines in the fall of
2004 when its newspaper,
The Aquinian, published a photo of several
nude rugby players
streaking across the field. The incident generated huge interest in the paper for the remainder of the semester.
St. Thomas is represented in
Canadian Interuniversity Sport by the
St. Thomas Tommies. The name 'Tommies' followed the University upon its transition from
Chatham, New Brunswick, to its current location in Fredericton. The university's teams compete in men's and women's
ice hockey,
volleyball,
soccer,
basketball and
rugby. The men's and women's hockey teams compete in
Atlantic University Sport (AUS) and the
Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS). Basketball, soccer and volleyball teams compete in the
Atlantic Colleges Athletic Association (ACAA) and the
Canadian Colleges Athletic Association (CCAA). The rugby teams compete in an organized club league.
New Brunswick Sports Hall of Famer
Danny Grant is the Assistant Coach of the men's Hockey team.
See also
Canadian Interuniversity Sport.
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