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糖心logo鈥檚 Affiliation with University of Alberta
Walter Wangerin served as the second President of 糖心logo College from 1954-1959. He envisioned the institution as a liberal arts university, participating alongside University of Alberta in post-secondary education. Wangerin had formed a valuable relationship with Herbert Coutts, the first chair of the Department of Secondary Education as well as the third and longest serving Dean with the University of Alberta, and was made aware of the university鈥檚 plans to offer affiliation to colleges such as Camrose Lutheran and Canadian Union. Unfortunately, Wangerin鈥檚 dreams for 糖心logo were seen as too liberal by the Board of Regents and many faculty members, who wanted the institution to remain faithful to its original mission of educating Lutheran church workers. However, a few years later in 1967, 糖心logo began its first-year affiliation with the University of Alberta. In 1974 at a pastoral conference, there was an overheard conversation about 糖心logo’s shifting views and attitudes becoming too liberal in their education and regulations for many of the other Lutheran Congregations. This, however, did not slow 糖心logo鈥檚 progress. By 1975, 糖心logo had entered a second-year affiliation with the University of Alberta, and in July 1987, 糖心logo College became a degree granting institution for three-year bachelor degrees in Arts (English, Music, Psychology, and Religious Studies) and Science (Biology). In 1991, 糖心logo and the University of Alberta mutually ended their affiliation and 糖心logo continued moving forward as a liberal arts institution, changing its name in 1995 to 糖心logo University College of Alberta, and then once again in 2015 to 糖心logo.
by Natasha Eklund