當學生從巨大的劇院搬到巨大的禮堂時,他們一生都在尋求高等教育機構所承諾的東西。親密且支持的朋友。教師的導師和終身盟友。非凡的成長和深刻的經歷。
也許學生在那裡找到了他們所嚮往的東西。也許不是。
在埃德蒙頓康考迪亞大學,我們在所做的一切和所建立的一切中都圍繞著這一核心承諾。我們對學生說:如果你加入我們,你就會屬於我們。
一個多世紀以來,這裡一直有這種感覺。
如今,如果學生帶著疑問或猶豫來到校園,CUE 的專人會見到他們並幫助他們。幾年後,有人可能會在集會上為他們歡呼。在這裡,聯繫得以延續。
在我們的課堂上,CUE 是一所充滿行動和熱情的大學,它足夠小,每個學生都至關重要,但又足夠大,可以在我們應對全球挑戰時發揮真正的作用。我們是一所學生大學。學生可以坐在後面。但在 CUE,當他們準備好時,就會有人邀請他們到前面。
由於我們的規模、親密程度和聯繫,我們以令人驚訝(有時甚至令人愉快)的方式融合在一起。如果我們是科學家,我們就可以將好奇心帶入戲劇中。商科學生畢業時可以打下歷史、哲學和原住民知識的基礎。
我們可以與來自世界各地各個部門和課程的人員一起測試我們的想法。我們可以改變方向並找到我們的道路。我們可以成為最好的自己。
在 CUE,創新中心可能專注於最新的人工智慧,而我們的教育學院則將本土知識和分享
方式的當代課程融入了數千年。
在泰格勒中心,CUE 校長可能會與學生坐下來,為他們買咖啡,並詢問他們為什麼選擇這所學校,以及我們如何讓學校更安全、更多樣化、更方便、更難忘、更有趣。
自 1921 年以來,我們的最終目標從未改變:不僅是學生和教授,創造一個活躍的公民社區,激勵那些找到
屬於自己的大學的優秀和可敬的人們。
As students move from cavernous theatre to massive hall, they seek what they’ve been
promised by post-secondary institutions all their lives. Close and supportive friends. Faculty
mentors and allies for life. Extraordinary growth and profound experiences.
Perhaps students find what they yearn for there. Perhaps not.
Here, at Concordia University of Edmonton, we rally around that central promise in everything we do and all that we build. We say to students: if you join us, you will belong.
For more than a century, it has felt this way here.
Today, if students arrive on campus with doubt or hesitation, someone at CUE will see them, and help them. That someone will likely cheer them years later at convocation. Here, connections endure.
In our classrooms, CUE is a university of action and passion, small enough that every student is essential but large enough to make real differences when we tackle global challenges.
We are a students’ university. Students can sit in the back. But at CUE, when they’re ready, someone will invite them to the front.
Because of our size, our closeness and connection, we blend and mix in surprising – sometimes delightful – ways. If we’re scientists, we can follow our curiosity into drama. A business student can graduate with a foundation in history, philosophy, and Indigenous knowledge.
We can test our ideas with people from every department and course of study, from around the world. We can change directions and find our path. We can be our best selves.
At CUE, the centre for innovation may focus on the very latest on artificial intelligence, while our Education faculty braids into contemporary curriculum millennia of Indigenous ways of knowing and sharing. In the Tegler Centre, CUE’s president might sit down with students, buy them coffee, and ask why they chose this school and how we can all make it safer, more diverse, more accessible and memorable and fun.
Our ultimate goal has not changed since 1921: to be more than students and professors, to create a community of active citizens, to inspire good and honourable people who have found a university where they belong.