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| 西蒙弗雷泽大学 | |
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| 校訓 | Nous sommes prêts (法文: "我們已經準備好了") |
| 建立時間 | 1965年 |
| 學校類型 | 公立 |
| 位置 | 不列颠哥伦比亚省本那比市 |
| 學生數量 | 22,000名本科生 3,300名研究生 |
| 校園環境 | 海灣，山區，森林 |
| 校園面積 | 1.7平方公里；離海平面400米 |
| 附屬校園 | 溫哥華市中心、素里市 |
| 大學顏色 | 紅色、略帶紅色的深藍色 |
| 吉祥物 | 蘇格蘭獵犬 |
西蒙弗雷泽大学（Simon Fraser University，簡稱SFU）坐落於加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省鄰近溫哥華的本那比市內，它一共分為六個科系，分別為：應用科學、人文與社會科學、工商管理、教育、健康科學、及科學。
西蒙弗雷泽是以探索溫哥華地區的探險者西蒙·弗雷泽命名，於1965年成立。
與大多數加拿大大學一樣，SFU是一所公立大學，所經營的費用是由納稅人（56%）和學費（39%）提供。
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[编辑] 學府聲譽
SFU曾五次在Maclean's Magazine的年度大學排名榜上被評為加拿大最佳綜合學府(1993年、1996年、1997年、1998年與2000年)，另外亦經常是該雜誌全國性大學評估的首選之一。
從建校開始，SFU就擁有激進的名聲。在最初的幾年內已就教授在校內討論敏感話題與靜坐造成了不穩定。雖然這股風氣已經逐漸減退，但總括來說SFU依然被認為是強烈的左翼校園。
六十年代的學生激進份子更掀起了一場“文化大革命”去提倡加拿大大學管治的民主。1967年5月，SFU成為了加拿大第一所讓學生加入理事會的大學。[1]
SFU的激進思想使它創設了創新的與富彈性的課程。舉例說，在1968年SFU成為全加拿大第一所為在職經理增設EMBA課程的學府；SFU在1991年也是加拿大學府中最先提供社會學碩士課程的。
SFU學生的種族成分也跟別的大學有分別，這是受本那比的族群比例與7%國際學生所影響。
[编辑] 人口與校內名人
SFU現時大約有25,000名學生以及3,337名研究生。[2] 該大學於近年來人口有所增長，現時校友人數達到82,307名。另外有715名教職員和1,091名職員在校內工作。除了某些人力資源部和高級行政人員以外，所有SFU職員都隸屬於五個工會組織的其中一個。
SFU的學生會叫作Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS)，所有SFU學生為其會員。它是Canadian Federation of Students的會員之一。
本地與國際知名人士包括奧運選手Daniel Igali、攝影師及前總理特魯多的前妻瑪格麗特·辛科萊，以及卑詩省省長簡嘉年、杜新志和金寶爾。 香港名导谷德昭亦在这所学校毕业。
泰瑞·福克斯曾在SFU人體運動系就讀，也是學校籃球次要代表隊的隊員。他在18歲時被驗出患有骨癌，導致他的右腿被切除。福克斯隨後發起了希望馬拉松以作籌款與及提高人們對癌症的認識。SFU在2001年頒發了一個名譽學位給泰瑞·福克斯基金會的名譽主席，也是福克斯的母親。
[编辑] 著名校友
SFU在1967年頒發了一個名譽法學博士學位給馬歇爾·麥可盧恩。
在2004年4月20日，SFU授名譽學位予三名诺贝尔和平奖得主，分別為: 第十四世達賴喇嘛、聖公會前任大主教杜圖，與人權活躍份子希林·伊巴迪。
此外SFU也有一些著名校友，當中包括滑雪選手、舞蹈家、編舞家、經濟學家與藝術家等。
[编辑] 校園位置及設施
Simon Fraser University has three campuses: Its main campus in Burnaby, a satellite campus in Vancouver's Downtown at Harbour Centre, and the new SFU Surrey campus. It is also a partner institution of the Great Northern Way Campus in Vancouver.
The Technical University of British Columbia, (TechBC), a technical university created by the New Democratic government of British Columbia, was closed in 2002; some of its programs and students were transferred to SFU and became the core of SFU Surrey.
The main campus is 1.7 km² located atop Burnaby Mountain, at an elevation of 400 metres. This campus was designed by Arthur Erickson and Geoffrey Massey after the pair won a design competition in 1963. The campus is somewhat unusual architecturally in its avoidance of multistory buildings. The library on the main campus is called the W. A. C. Bennett Library, named after the Social Credit Premier of B.C. who established it.
At present, the part of Burnaby Mountain below SFU is a park/conservation area. Apart from SFU and associated industrial/technical research park Discovery Park, there had been little development until recently. In 2003, the university commenced construction on a model, sustainable community on approximately 200 acres adjacent to the campus, atop the mountain. The name is UniverCity. The site will contain up to 4500 residential units in a number of neighbourhoods, along with a new town centre, schools, parks and other amenities. As of January 2006, approximately 585 homes, and The Cornerstone building, which includes restaurants, shops and services are already complete. Another 400 homes are under construction, and the community is beginning to attract international attention for some of its innovative and sustainable features, including the first community transit pass program in Canada, legalized secondary suites providing affordable housing for students and others, an exemplary stormwater management system, and its prohibition on multi-national retailers in the town centre.
The main campus was selected to be the site of a world-class speed skating oval for the 2010 Winter Olympics; however the 2010 organizing committee changed its minds and decided it will now be built in nearby city Richmond, British Columbia.
The university has a theatre, an archeological museum and three art galleries.
SFU also works with other universities and agencies to operate joint research facilities. These include Bamfield Marine Station, a major centre for teaching and research in marine biology; TRIUMF, a powerful cyclotron used in subatomic physics and chemistry research; MITACS, headquarters of this Network of Centres of Excellence for 26 universities and 75 companies.
[编辑] 研究
Long known as an innovative teaching university, SFU has moved toward research excellence. The university has recently created a new faculty of health sciences, invented the world's fastest bipolar transistor, and investigated the impact of technology on the nation's health sector. Scholarly research has been recognized with prestigious awards, including Governor-General's, Grawemeyer, Guggenheim, Manning and Pulitzer awards, Canada Council Killam research fellowships, NSERC industrial chairs, and gold medals from the Science Council of BC. In 2003-04 SFU faculty won $53,574,852 in research grants and contracts, most through open competition outside the province.[3]
[编辑] 校園及體育活動
The student newspaper The Peak was established soon after the university opened, and is widely circulated throughout the Lower Mainland.
The school's sports teams are called the Simon Fraser Clan, and the mascot is a Scottish Terrier. In sports and other competitions, there tends to be a strong rivalry between SFU and The University of British Columbia. SFU's Clan Athletics competes in Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) and the USA-based National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). SFU has 16 varsity sport teams and 300 athletes. Football, men's and women's basketball, women's volleyball and women's wrestling compete for CIS championships only. Men's and women's soccer, men's golf, women's softball, men's and women's swimming and diving, men's and women's cross-country and men's and women's track and field compete for NAIA championships only. Men's wrestling competes for championships of both organizations. SFU has won the NAIA NACDA Director's Cup five times, as well as other awards. Many SFU athletes have also participated in the Olympics. Medal winners include Daniel Igali (gold, wrestling), Jeff Thue (wrestling, silver), Sue Holloway (canoe, gold), Bob Molle (wrestling, silver), Chris Rinke (wrestling, bronze), Hugh Fisher (canoe, gold), Garry MacDonald (swimming, silver), and Bruce Roberston (swimming, silver & bronze).
The university's bagpipe band performs well in international competitions and is one of the university's most famous attractions. It has won most major titles: the World Pipe Band Championship [1995, 1996, 1999, 2001], the World Drum Corps Championship [1999, 2004], the North American Championship [1982, 2002], the 2001 Australian Pipe Band Championship.[4]
[编辑] 交通
SFU's main campus' relatively remote location has long posed a transportation problem for its student body. This situation has, however, been significantly improved by the recent expansion of Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system and the introduction of a low-fare university fare card, the U-Pass. There is now a SkyTrain station at the base of the mountain. The downtown Harbour Centre campus is across from the Waterfront SkyTrain station. The SFU Surrey campus is at Central City next to the Surrey Central SkyTrain station. Most Simon Fraser students are commuters who live in the area, but residence housing facilities accommodate 1500 students, with 249 more units planned for completion in 2005.
[编辑] 宿舍
- New Residence
- Three 8-floor towers, tailored for first year students
- Co-ed traditional residences
- Accommodating 713 students in single rooms
- Madge Hogarth House
- Women-only traditional residences
- Accommodating 66 female students in single rooms
- No longer occupied (As of Fall 2005)
- Shell House
- Co-ed traditional residences
- Both private rooms and double rooms (shared) are available
- Accommodating 143 students
- McTaggart-Cowan Hall
- Co-ed traditional residences
- Accommodating 200 students in single rooms
- Townhouse Complex (quad units)
- Nine buildings each consists of eleven townhouse units
- Each unit has four bedrooms
- Accommodating 396 students
- Hamilton Hall
- Studio residences available to graduate students only
- Accommodating 104 students
- Louis Riel House
- Residences for families, couples, and single parents
- Consisting of 148 one-bedroom and 61 two-bedroom apartments
- New Residence Dining Hall
- Since New Residence and Madge Hogarth House have no kitchen facilities, students in these residences are on a required meal plan offered in the New Residence Dining Hall. The students are given what is essentially a debit card, to be used in the residence cafeteria and several other campus cafeterias. Purchases at the non-residence cafeterias are limited to $280 per semester.
In the fall of 2004, the first term the meal plan was put into effect, anger over both high residence cafeteria costs and a clause stating unused funds would be lost at the end of each term prompted a sit-in at the residence office, as well as some media coverage. The plan was then hastily amended, allowing funds from that semester to carry over to the next term. However, no permanent changes were made and prices at the cafeteria remained constant.
[编辑] 學校管理
[编辑] 會議
The Convocation is composed of all faculty members, senators, and graduates (degree holders, including honorary alumni) of the university. Its main function is to elect the Chancellor (who acts as Chair of Convocation) and four Convocation Senators. Convocation ceremonies are held annually to confer degrees (including honorary degrees) as well as award diplomas and certificates.
[编辑] 董事會
The Board is composed of the Chancellor, the President, two student members, two faculty members, one staff member, and eight individuals appointed by the British Columbia government. Traditionally, the Board is chaired by one of the government appointees. The Board is responsible for the general management and governance of the university.
[编辑] 理事會
The Senate is composed of the Chancellor, the President, Vice-President, Academic, Vice-President, Research, Deans of Faculties, Dean of Graduate Studies, Dean of Continuing Studies, Associate Vice-President, Academic, University Librarian, Registrar (as Senate secretary), 14 student members, 28 faculty members, and 4 convocation members (who are not faculty members). The Senate is chaired by the President. The academic governance of the university is vested in the Senate.
[编辑] 名譽校長
The Chancellor is elected by and from Convocation for a three-year term, which can be renewed once. The main responsibilities of the Chancellor are to confer degrees and represent the university in formal functions.
[编辑] 校長與副校長
The President and Vice-Chancellor is appointed by the Board of Governors based on a selection process jointly established by the Board of Governors and the Senate of the university. As Chief Executive Officer and Chair of Senate, the President is responsible for the day-to-day administration of the university.
[编辑] 系、部門、學院
Academic programs are co-ordinated and offered by faculties. Each faculty is headed by a dean. In large faculties, such as Arts and Social Sciences, academic administration is subdivided into departments and schools. Generally, traditional academic disciplines are offered by departments, whereas disciplines of applied or professional natures are offered by schools. 現有的學院、系、部門包括:
[编辑] 歷任校監及校長
[编辑] 校監
- Dr. Gordon M. Shrum (1964年1月1日—1968年5月31日)
- Dr. Kenneth P. Caple (1968年6月1日—1975年5月31日)
- Dr. Jack Diamond (1975年6月1日—1978年5月31日)
- Dr. Paul T. Cote (1978年6月1日—1984年6月15日)
- Dr. William M. Hamilton (1984年6月15日—1987年5月31日)
- Ms. Barbara J. Rae (1987年6月5日—1993年6月4日)
- Dr. Joseph Segal (1993年6月5日—1999年6月4日)
- Dr. Milton K. Wong (黃光遠博士) (1999年6月5日—2005年5月31日)
- Mr. Brandt Louie (雷震瀛先生) (2005年6月1日—現在)
[编辑] 校長
- Dr. Patrick McTaggart-Cowan (1964年1月1日—1968年5月31日)
- Dr. John F. Ellis (臨時署任) (1968年6月1日—1968年6月5日)
- Prof. Archie MacPherson (1968年6月5日—1968年7月29日)
- Dr. Kenneth Strand (署任) (1968年8月1日—1969年7月31日)
- Dr. Lalit Srivastava (署任) (1969年8月1日—1969年9月8日)
- Dr. Kenneth Strand (1969年9月8日—1974年8月31日)
- Dr. Pauline Jewett (1974年9月1日—1978年10月9日) [放假：1978年10月9日—1978年12月31日]
- Dr. Daniel R. Birch (署任) (1978年10月19日—1978年12月31日)
- Dr. K. George Pedersen (1979年1月1日—1983年3月31日)
- Dr. J.W. George Ivany (署任) (1983年4月1日—1983年8月31日)
- Dr. William G. Saywell (1983年9月1日—1993年3月1日)
- Dr. Robert C. Brown (署任) (1993年3月1日—1993年8月1日)
- Dr. John O. Stubbs (1993年8月1日—1998年1月31日) [放假：1997年6月9日—1998年1月1日]
- Dr. David P. Gagan (署任) (1997年6月9日—1997年9月14日)
- Dr. Jack P. Blaney (臨時) (1997年9月15日—1998年1月31日)
- Dr. Jack P. Blaney (1998年2月1日—2000年11月30日)
- Dr. Michael Stevenson (2000年12月1日—現在)[5]
[编辑] 素里市分校
SFU Surrey is a satellite campus of Simon Fraser University. It was opened in September 2002 to absorb the students and programs of the former Technical University of British Columbia when the latter institution was closed by the BC Liberal government. It has since expanded to house the Surrey operations of other SFU programs.
SFU Surrey is temporarily located in the lower portion of the Surrey Central City mall. In the fall of 2006, SFU will open its new permanent Surrey campus. The new facility will be located in Central City, an award-winning architectural complex adjacent to the Surrey Central SkyTrain station.
[编辑] 課程
Programs at the SFU Surrey campus are offered by the Faculties of: Applied Science, Arts and Social Sciences, Business Administration, Education, and Science.
- Applied Science: TechOne (first year) , Computing Science, Interactive Arts and Technology
- Business Administration (concentrations in Entrepreneurship, Management and Technology, Finance, and Marketing are at the Surrey campus)
- Arts and Social Science: Explorations in the Liberal Arts (first two years of an Arts major)
- Education offers PDP programs for high school teachers.
- Science: Science Year One, Life Sciences Year Two, and Mathematics
[编辑] Tech One
Typically students start out in a program called TechOne, consisting of six core courses over two semesters: Interactive Arts and Technologies (IAT 100 and IAT 101), Foundations of Teamwork and Communications (TECH100 and TECH101), and Introduction to Programming (CMPT 120 (Python) and CMPT 125 (Java)). They must also choose one Math (MATH 151/157 (Calculus), or MACM 101, (Discrete and Combinational Mathematics)). On top of these core courses, they must also choose three electives. Once they sign up for TechOne, they are guaranteed course spots and share all the corecourses with similar peers. Alternatively, while they are taking core courses, students are allowed to take electives at the campus in Burnaby. It is about 40 minutes to transport between the two campuses.
[编辑] Campus-specific Degrees
The campus also provides degrees in the sections of its business faculty, computer science faculty, and its very own School of Interactive Arts (SIAT).
[编辑] 參閱
- 西蒙弗雷泽學生會（Simon Fraser Student Society）
- The Peak
- The Buzz (SFU)
