Facts about Waterloo Lutheran University, 1969, p. 3

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-French House, a campus residence for nine girls and a resident lecturer, provides a unique living-learning experience for students majoring in the language. -Faculty and staff members serve as consultants, speakers, lecturers and writers for professional, church and community agencies. Many serve as resource persons for television and radio programs dealing with matters of community interest. -Outstanding lecturers, such as the Hon. Paul Martin and Canadian diplomat Chester Ronning, are brought to campus by the Cultural Affairs Committee, on which both faculty and students serve. These lectures are open to the general public and some have drawn overflow crowds to the large Theatre-Auditorium. -The University Alumni Association sponsors concerts by famous artists, such as jazz pianist Oscar Peterson and concert violinist Shmuel Ashkenasi. -Alumni of WLU are taking their places in business, commerce, industry, teaching, the church and many other professions and callings. The active Alumni Association has a national executive and local chapters. -The alumni support the building program through their annual loyalty fund and provide scholarships, student medals. Graduating classes pledge annually for special projects. -Parents of students across the country have banded together to inform themselves of activities at the University through the Parents Association, formed in the fall of 1963. It has a national executive and several local chapters. -Parents Orientation Day and Family Day provide parents, other family members and friends with a close-up look at the university. Those attending meet professors, watch demonstrations and taste campus food. -The WLU Women's Auxiliary provides furnishings, quilts and bedding for residences, books for the library, bursaries for students, and graduation prizes for seminary students. Members act as hostesses at many campus events. -Official publications of the university are the calendars of the various constituent schools; and The Campus, an eight-page newspaper published five times a year. -A National Development Fund raises monies from individuals, companies and foundations to provide new teaching facilities on the campus. Support from those who believe in the University's philosophy of education are needed since WLU is not eligible for the full-range of financial support, being church related. -WLU conducts a six-week summer session in two centres — Waterloo and Orillia. Enrolment has risen from 87 in the initial 1960 session to nearly 2,000 now. Students have a wide range of courses to select from with many taught by department heads or senior faculty. -Extension courses are offered in five centres: Waterloo, Walkerton, Brampton, Orangeville and Orillia. Nearly 2,400 are enrolled in the extension courses, just about equalling the full-time undergraduate enrolment. WLU is one of the few universities in Canada to serve such a large extension student body.

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