Crandall University

Crandall University
Motto	Cristus Praeeminens
Motto in English	Christ First
Established	1949
Type	Baptist, private
Chancellor	Jack Stultz
President	Dr. Bruce G. Fawcett
Admin. staff	27 full-time, 3 sessional, 2 adjunct, and 27 part-time faculty, 39 other staff
Students	~700 full-time equivalency
Location	Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Campus	Urban
Sports teams	Chargers: Men's and Women's Basketball, Women's Soccer Mets: Men's Baseball
Colours	blue      and gold
Affiliations	Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches Acadia Divinity College CCCU Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, CUSID,
Website	http://www.crandallu.ca/

Coordinates: 46°8′2.15″N 64°51′42.86″W / 46.1339306°N 64.8619056°W / 46.1339306; -64.8619056 Crandall University is a small Liberal Arts university located in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Crandall is operated by the Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches.

The Charity

Crandall University 106736150RR0001 was registered as a charitable organization in Canada on 1967-01-01. The primary areas in which the charity is now carrying on programs to achieve its charitable purposes, ranked according to the percentage of time and resources devoted to each program area follow:

• Universities and colleges 100%

The charity carried on charitable programs to further its charitable purpose(s) (as defined in its governing documents) this fiscal period:

• provides Bachelor degrees in Arts, Business Administration, Science and Education.
• provides certificate programs in Arts and Education ^[1]

History

The school was founded in 1949 under the name United Baptist Bible Training School (UBBTS), and served as both a secondary school and a Bible school. Over two decades, the focus of the school gradually shifted toward post-secondary programs. In 1968, UBBTS became a Bible and junior Christian liberal arts college, and in 1970 the name was changed to Atlantic Baptist College (ABC). A sustained campaign to expand the school's faculty and improve the level of education resulted in ABC being able to grant full Bachelor of Arts degrees in 1983.^[2] Its campus at this time was located along the Salisbury Road, west of Moncton's central business district.

The institution moved to a new campus constructed on the Gorge Road, north of the central business district, in 1996. The name was also changed to Atlantic Baptist University, a reflection of expanded student enrollment and academic accreditation. ABU sports teams play under the name Blue Tide. The institution was the first, and thus far only, English university in Moncton. The Atlantic Baptist University Act was passed by the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in 2008.^[3]

In 2009, plans for a $24 million expansion to the campus, including a new academic building, a second residence and a sports complex were unveiled. Construction is currently underway. The expansion will allow the student enrollment to increase to 1200.

On August 21, 2009 it was announced that the institution had changed its name to Crandall University in honour of Rev. Joseph Crandall, a pioneering Baptist minister in New Brunswick.^[4] In 2011 Crandall University got a new mascot for the changes to the school in 2011.

Programs

• Bachelor of Business Administration
• Bachelor of Education
  • Technical Education
• Bachelor of Arts
  • Biblical Studies
  • Communications
  • English
  • History
  • Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Modern Languages
    • French
  • Organizational Management
  • Psychology
  • Religious Studies
  • Sociology
• Bachelor of Science
  • Biology

Notable alumni

• Ken LeBlanc, Entrepreneur

See also

• Ralph Richardson, first chancellor of the university

Christianity portal

References

External links

• Crandall University Homepage

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