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Monday, November 5, 2012
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Te re s a M A LLA M / Fre e Pre s s
Haille Zelinski gets a good sniff of a bath bomb from the Happy Hippo Bath booth at the 36th annual Studio Fair on Friday. The juried event showcased the wares of 93 juried artisans from the northern region and across the country.
Maclean’s ranks UNBC No. 2
Maclean’s Magazine released the results of its annual ranking Thursday and UNBC tied its highest ranking ever, placing second among 19 small, “primarily undergraduate” Canadian universities. Mt. Allison, more than 150 years older than UNBC, placed first. This is the eighth straight year UNBC has been ranked the best university in its category west of Atlantic Canada. “We have terrific faculty, fantastic students, great relationships with communities throughout the North, and a wonderful
environment for teaching and research. It’s no wonder UNBC continues to perform well in Maclean’s,” said UNBC President George Iwama in a press release. “All those associated with UNBC should take pride in their university.” In its selection of UNBC, Maclean’s cited UNBC’s favorable student-teacher ratio and research funding. “The University of Northern British Columbia’s second-place finish is an even bigger story. UNBC, an 18-year-old school, debuted
at ninth place 14 years ago. This year it has the highest total research dollars, and the second best student-faculty ratio, impressive for such a young school.” Maclean’s considers 13 indicators of the quality of students, faculty, libraries and finances to assess 49 universities. Each is placed in one of three categories— Medical/Doctoral, Comprehensive, or Primarily Undergraduate—to recognize differences in size, programming, and research activity.