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The University of New Brunswick ('''UNB''') is one of the top ten comprehensive universities in Canada and it is located in the province of New Brunswick . The university has two main campuses, the principal campus founded in 1785 in Fredericton and a smaller campus which was opened in Saint John in 1964 . In addition, there are two small satellite health sciences campuses located in Moncton and Bathurst . UNB is the oldest English language university in Canada and was the first public university in North America. (The University Of Georgia was established the same year.) UNB offers over 60 degrees at the Undergraduate and Graduate levels with a total student enrollment of approximately 12,000 between the two principal campuses. Also co-located on the UNB Fredericton (UNBF) campus is St. Thomas University (STU). Both campuses comprise Fredericton's "College Hill" neighbourhood. The UNB Saint John (UNBSJ) campus is located in Tucker Park in the Millidgeville neighbourhood, several kilometres north of the city's central business district and offers spectacular views of the Kennebecasis River and Grand Bay. New Brunswick's largest health care facility, Saint John Regional Hospital, is located adjacent to the UNBSJ campus. Both campuses have undergone significant expansion over the years with many prominent buildings at UNBF and UNBSJ being the recipient of funding from Lord Beaverbrook and other prominent industrialists and philanthropists. UNB's largest expansion coincided with the Baby Boom , and its Fredericton campus tripled in size. In 1973 the New Brunswick Teachers' College (now the Faculty of Education) was absorbed into UNB. The growth of the UNBSJ campus is particularly notable, considering it began in 1964 with only 96 students, spread around buildings in Saint John's central business district. By the late 1960s , the Saint John Law School was moved to UNBF to become UNB's Faculty of Law, and in 1968 UNBSJ moved into its new campus at Tucker Park. Currently UNBF has approximately 9,000 students while UNBSJ has 3,000 although UNBSJ is currently growing at a faster rate. UNB is notable for having Canada's first university-level engineering program, established in 1855 and the first engineers graduating in 1857. The University was the only institution to grant President John. F Kennedy an Honourary Doctorate in his own lifetime. FORGING OUR FUTURES CAMPAIGN On June 9th, 2005, UNB launched its largest ever fund-raising campaign called the 'Forging Our Futures' campaign. The target is set at raising 85 million dollars. At the time this was written, the campaign has raised 66 million dollars. Major contributions have come from the province of New Brunswick, the city of Saint John and McCain Foods Limited among others. The campaign aims to help UNB cement its place as a leading Canadian university. HISTORICAL CAMPUS Sir Howard Douglas Hall, which is commonly known as the 'Old Arts' building on the Fredericton campus, is the oldest university building still in use in Canada. The lobby of the building resembles a small museum due to the historic documents and other artifacts stored there. The Edwin Jacob chapel is also located in the lobby of the Sir Howard Douglas Hall. The 'Great Hallways' of this building are filled with history as they are lined with portraits of past presidents of the university. The first astronomical observatory in Canada, the Brydone-Jack observatory lies adjacent to Sir Howard Douglas Hall and was first operational in 1851. The observatory was named after William Brydone-Jack, a professor of mathematics and later president of the university. Due to the work done by Brydone-Jack at this observatory, Fredericton was the first location in Canada that had its longitude accurately determined. INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING The Institute of Biomedical Engineering (IBME) on the Fredericton campus is one of the leading research institutes in biomedical engineering in Canada. It was founded in 1965 as the Bio-Engineering Institute, making it one of the oldest research institutes to be solely dedicated to the field of biomedical engineering. The institute is also the region's prosthetic fitting centre where amputees are fitted with state-of-the-art intelligent artificial limbs. The institute also carries out research in the field of myoelectric signal processing, biomedical instrumentation and human motion analysis. The IBME also developed the UNB Test of Prosthetic Function which is used by researchers all over the world. Although the institute does not offer degrees in biomedical engineering, students at UNB usually enroll in one of the other faculties of engineering such as electrical or mechanical and pursue their research in biomedical engineering at the IBME. RESIDENCE UNB has a strong tradition of residences, with long-established customs and events. The most famous of these is the annual Great Pumpkin Sacrafice, currently in existence for 33 years in Harrison House. The Pumpkin is carried around campus, blessed and then hurled off the roof. It symbolises hope for a good academic harvest. It began when Marc Milner, now Dr Milner of UNB History Department began to throw pumpkins off the roof when inebriated over Halloween. The tradition has continued and expanded, despite the best efforts of the University administration to close it down. The event is followed by a massive party off-campus. ATHLETICS UNB Fredericton is represented in Canadian Interuniversity Sport by the UNB Varsity Reds while UNBSJ is represented by UNBSJ Seawolves . UNBF used to have different names for each individual sport's team; for instance, the men's swim team was the Beavers, and the hockey team was the Red Devils. NOTABLE ALUMNI Anne Murray - Grammy winning singer Gururaj Deshpande - Co-founder and Chairman of Sycamore Networks, Inc. Bliss Carman - 19th century canadian poet Sir Charles G.D. Roberts - 19th century canadian poet Allison McCain - Chairman of the Board of McCain Foods Limited M. Patrick Gillin - President and CEO, Gillin Engineering and Construction Limited David Ganong - President of Ganong Brothers Limited FACULTIES UNB Fredericton
UNB Saint John
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