Northwest Territories

This area includes the only diamond mines in Canada. The university also has the largest dues-paying alumni association in the world with over 156,100 members. Another land claims agreement with the Dogrib nation created a region within the NWT called Tli Cho, between Great Bear and Great Slave Lakes, which will give the Dogrib their own legislative bodies, taxes, resource royalties, and other affairs, though the NWT will still maintain control over such areas as health and education. Penn State has more than 460,000 living alumni that are located in all 50 states and many countries around the world. Land claims in the NWT culminated with the creation of the Inuit homeland of Nunavut, the result of the largest land claim in Canadian history.
. Another issue is historic racial tension based on the bloody history between the Dene and the Inuit, who nevertheless have taken recent steps towards reconciliation. This two-level 10,000-square-foot museum is located adjacent to Beaver Stadium.^[10].

Their cancer rates skyrocketed due to lack of safety procedures that were available to their white colleagues. The University also opened a new Penn State All-Sports Museum in February 2002. Aboriginal issues in the NWT include the fate of the Dene who, in the 1940s, were employed to carry radioactive uranium ore from the mines on Great Bear Lake. The ballpark will be oriented to the east, offering views of Mount Nittany. The member of Parliament for the Western Arctic, the riding that comprises Northwest Territories, is Dennis Bevington. Construction of the new ballpark is expected to be complete in June 2006. The Premier of Northwest Territories is Joe Handley. It will be host to both the university baseball team as well as the State College Spikes, a minor league baseball team.

The legislature then began electing a cabinet and Government Leader later known as the Premier. Currently, ground has been broken for the construction of a new baseball stadium named Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. The Commissioner had full governmental powers until 1980 when the territories were given greater self government. Additionally, the university operates two golf courses for the golf teams, students, faculty and the general public, known as the Penn State Golf Courses. The head of state for the territories is a Commissioner appointed by the federal government. Most of the other indoor teams play at Rec Hall, which was previously the long term home for the basketball teams as well. The territory's most recent general election was on November 24, 2003. The men's and women's basketball teams play in the Bryce Jordan Center.

Seven MLAs are also chosen as cabinet ministers, with the remainder forming the opposition. The school also is home to one of the nation's best indoor tracks, named the Horace Ashenfelter Indoor Facility. After each general election, the new parliament elects a premier and speaker by secret ballot. Penn State has been a powerhouse in fencing, winning 9 national championships in the sport since 1990. This group is composed of one member elected from each of the nineteen constituencies. Penn State's women's volleyball team has won 8 Big Ten championships in 14 years, including the 2003 & 2004 titles, and was the NCAA division I national champion in 1999. It is a consensus government called the Legislative Assembly. In 1994, Penn State became the first team outside of the state of California to win a NCAA division I national championship in men's volleyball.

Unlike provincial governments, the Government of Northwest Territories does not have political parties, except for the period between 1898 and 1905. The school has a strong history in both men's and women's volleyball. Unlike lieutenant-governors, the commissioner is not a formal representative of the Queen of Canada. Penn State has many notable achievements in other sports. Since 1985 the Commissioner no longer chairs meetings of the Executive Council (or cabinet) and the federal government has instructed commissioners to behave like a provincial lieutenant-governor. They are for the Governor's Victory Bell with the University of Minnesota and the season-ending Land Grant Trophy game versus Michigan State University. The position used to be more administrative and governmental but with the devolution of more and more powers to the elected assembly since 1967 the position has become symbolic. Penn State plays in two football "trophy games" with other members of the Big Ten.

The Commissioner of NWT is the chief executive and is appointed by the federal Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. It took 3 overtimes and 5 hours before Penn State kicked a game-winning field goal for a 26-23 victory. [3] Devolution of powers to the territory was an issue in the 20th general election in 2003, and has been ever since the territory began electing members in 1881. These two coaches faced one another in the 2006 FedEx Orange Bowl. During his term, Premier Kakfwi pushed to have the federal government accord more rights to the territory, including having a greater share of the returns from the territory's natural resources go to the territory. He has led Penn State to 354 victories, placing him second for all-time Division I-A wins, trailing only Florida State's Bobby Bowden with 359. As a territory, Northwest Territories has fewer rights than the provinces do. Joe Paterno has been the head coach for the Nittany Lion football team since 1966.

Major Territorial Mines. The school has long been know as "Linebacker U" for the number of quality linebackers that it has produced. However, their exploitation has raised environmental concerns, not least the potential havoc that a spill from tailings ponds would cause to unspoiled wilderness areas such as the Nahanni National Park Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The largest crowd ever at Beaver Stadium was on September 14, 2002, as 110,753 watched the Nittany Lions defeat the University of Nebraska by a score of 40-7. In particular, NWT diamonds are touted as an ethical alternative that allays risks of supporting conflicts by purchasing blood diamonds. The stadium is the second largest in the country with a seating capacity of over 107,282. The territory enjoys vast geological resources including diamonds, gold, and natural gas. Penn State has a large football following and attracts tens of thousands of visitors to its campus, the area around which is also known as "Happy Valley," for tailgating and games on autumn Saturdays in Beaver Stadium.

[1] [2] In Inuktitut, Northwest Territories are referred to as ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᖅ (Nunatsiaq), "beautiful land.". The team's fight song is "Fight On State" and other notable songs played at athletic endeavors include the Alma Mater and "Nittany Lion". This name arguably became more appropriate following division, than it was when the territory extended far into Canada's northeast. In men's volleyball, Penn State participates in the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (EIVA). The idea is favoured by former premier Stephen Kakfwi among others, but a poll conducted prior to division showed strong support for retaining the name "Northwest Territories". It participates in the NCAA Division I-A and in the Big Ten Conference for most sports. One proposal is "Denendeh" ("our land" in Dene). However, these colors when used on the football team's uniforms would fade to dark blue and white and so the decision was made to permanently change the colors to the now familiar navy blue and white.

There was some discussion of changing the name of Northwest Territories after the separation of Nunavut, possibly to a term from an Aboriginal language. The school's official colors were originally black and pink. Finally, on April 1, 1999, the eastern three-fifths of Northwest Territories (including all of Keewatin district and much of Mackenzie and Franklin) became a separate territory called Nunavut. Penn State's mascot is the Nittany Lion. Between 1925 and 1999, the Northwest Territories measured 3 439 296 km² – larger than India. The Trophy, which has been presented by the John Philip Sousa Foundation since 1982, is regarded as the nation's highest accolade for collegiate bands. In 1912 the Government of Canada dropped the hyphen in North-West Territories name to Northwest Territories. In 2005, the Penn State Blue Band was honored with the Sudler Trophy.

However, in 1925 the boundaries of the NWT were extended all the way to the North Pole on the sector principle, vastly expanding its territory onto the northern ice cap. In addition, WPSU-FM (radio) and WPSU-TV (television) originate their broadcasts from the Penn State campus. This left only the districts of Mackenzie, Franklin (which absorbed the remnants of Ungava in 1920), and Keewatin. The student run radio station is WKPS The LION 90.7 FM. The provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan were created in 1905, and Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec acquired the last of their modern territories from the NWT in 1912. The university yearbook is named La Vie. Quebec was also extended, in 1898, and Yukon was made a separate territory in the same year to deal with the Klondike Gold Rush, and remove the NWT government from administering the sudden boom of population, economic activity and influx of non-Canadians. In addition to the traditional paper publication, The Collegian went online as The Digital Collegian, starting in summer of 1996.

In the meantime, Ontario was enlarged northwestward in 1882. The student run newspaper is The Daily Collegian. See also: Districts of Northwest Territories. This event has inspired many similar events at other universities throughout the country. Keewatin would be returned to NWT in 1905. Dancers dance for 48 hours straight, raising millions of dollars for pediatric cancer care and research, generally through the Four Diamonds Fund. In 1882 and again in 1896, the remaining portion was divided into the following districts (corresponding to the following modern-day areas):. Every February, thousands of students participate in the Penn State Dance Marathon (Thon), the largest student-run philanthropy in the world.

In 1876, the District of Keewatin, at the centre of the territory, was separated from it. It is also the home to LateNight Penn State, an endeavor designed to provide weekend entertainment in an alcohol-free environment. In 1882 Regina in the then-District of Assiniboia became the territorial capital; after Alberta and Saskatchewan became provinces in 1905 Regina became the provincial capital of the new province of Saskatchewan. Most of the student organizations are headquartered at the Hetzel Union Building (HUB), which underwent significant renovations and enlargement beginning in 1997. By the time British Columbia joined confederation in 1871, it had already been granted the portion of the North-Western Territory south of 60 degrees north and west of 120 degrees west. 11-13% of the University Park population is affiliated with a Greek organization. The province of Manitoba was created in 1870, a tiny square around Winnipeg, and then enlarged in 1881 to a square region composing the modern province's south. Over seven hundred student organizations exist ^[9], as well as the largest Greek systems in the country.

After the transfer, the territories were gradually whittled away. The National Research Council (NRC) rated Penn State's Department of Geography number one in the United States in 1995. The name of the territory is traced to North-Western Territory, a region named for the geographical location relative to Rupert's Land. News Best Graduate Schools 2006, Penn State ranks. It also excluded the Arctic Islands except the southern half of Baffin Island; these remained under direct British rule until 1880. According to U.S. This immense region comprised all of modern Canada except British Columbia, the coast of the Great Lakes, the Saint Lawrence River valley and the southern third of Quebec, the Maritimes, Newfoundland, and the Labrador coast. News Best Colleges 2006 ^[6], Penn State nationally ranks ^[7]:.

The territory was created in 1870, when the Hudson's Bay Company transferred Rupert's Land and North-Western Territory to the government of Canada – forming the Northwest Territories. According to U.S. They decided that if French was to be an official language, then so must the other languages in the territories. and the #39 university in the world. The executive council appointed a special committee of MLAs to study the matter. Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Academic Ranking of World Universities 2005 ranks Penn State - University Park as the #30 university in the U.S. Some native members walked out of the assembly, protesting that they would not be permitted to speak their own language. The Washington Monthly ranks Penn State as the #6 national university in the country.

In the early 1980s, the government of Northwest Territories was again under pressure by the federal government to reintroduce French as an official language. The Fiske Guide to Colleges 2006 gives Penn State - University Park an academic rating of 4.5 stars out of 5. After some conflict with Ottawa and a decisive vote on January 19, 1892, the issue was put to rest as an English-only territory. The Public Ivies: America's Flagship Public Universities, a book published by Greene's Guides, included Penn State among the Public Ivies, public universities that purportedly offer an academic experience of Ivy League or close caliber combined with affordably priced tuition. The members voted on more than one occasion to nullify and make English the only language used in the assembly.
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French was made an official language in 1877 by the appointed government, after lengthy and bitter debate resulting from a speech from the throne in 1888 by Lt. ^[4]. Citizens of the NWT have a right to use any of the above languages:. The university library system began with a modest 1500 book library in Old Main, which has grown to its current 4.8 million volumes, in addition to nearly 500,000 maps, over 5 million microforms, and nearly 160,000 films and videos. The territory's Official Languages Act recognizes eight official languages, more than any other political division in Canada:. The Penn State University Libraries are ranked twelfth among research libraries in North America. . 80% of first-year classes have 50 or fewer students, and classes are even smaller for upperclassmen and for all students at other campuses.

The highest point is Mount Nirvana near the border with Yukon at elevation 2773 m (9098 ft). When the medical school, college of technology, and law school are included, the ratio is 15:1. In the Arctic Archipelago, the Northwest Territories includes Banks Island, Parry Peninsula, Prince Patrick Island, and parts of Victoria Island and Melville Island. The student to faculty ratio at Penn State campuses is 16:1. Geographical features include the vast Great Bear and Great Slave Lakes, as well as the immense Mackenzie River and the canyons of the Nahanni River, a national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Penn State is known for its Geography (#1 graduate program - National Research Council, 2001), Meteorology, and Geosciences programs, in the College of Earth & Mineral Sciences. Its capital has been Yellowknife since 1967; see also List of Northwest Territories capitals and List of communities in Northwest Territories. Over 10,000 students are enrolled in the university's graduate school, and over 70,000 degrees have been awarded since the school was founded in 1922 ^[3].

It has an area of 1,171,918 square kilometres and a population of 42,944 as of January 1, 2005. In 2003 the university devoted $545 million to research, ranking it 12th in the nation ^[2], and its researchers received nearly $400 million in outside grants toward their projects. Located in northern Canada, it is east of Yukon, west and south of Nunavut (Canada's two other territories), and north of British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan. The Smeal College of Business is AACSB accredited in business and is one of only four Pennsylvania schools to be AACSB accredited in accounting. The Northwest Territories (NWT; French, les Territoires du Nord-Ouest) is a territory of Canada. Penn State is a research university, known for its breadth of programs in engineering, architecture, economics, business, and the sciences. Colomac Mine - 1990-1992, 1994-1997 (gold). Penn State Great Valley School of Graduate Professional Studies is a special mission campus offering master's degrees, master's certification, and continuing professional education.

Salmita Mine - 1983-1987 (gold). Some of the larger campuses offer degree programs, while others only offer introductory courses. Tundra Mine - 1964-1968 (gold). Penn State operates 19 Commonwealth Campuses throughout the state, where over 60% of Penn State first-year students begin their education. Terra Mine - 1969-1985 (silver and copper). About 5000 students, or 12% of the total student population, are of minority ethnicity, and another 3000 are international students. Rayrock Mine - 1957-1959 (uranium). Slightly more than 54% of the students are male, and approximately 25% are from outside of Pennsylvania.

Cantung Mine - 1962-1986, 2002-2003, 2005-current (tungsten). Approximately 34,000 undergraduate students and 6000 graduate students study at University Park. Pine Point Mine - 1964-1988 (lead and zinc). With an acceptance rate of 58%, it is the most selective campus in the Penn State system. Diavik Diamond Mine - 2003-current (diamonds). The flagship of Penn State's 24 campuses, University Park, is found next to State College, just east of the geographic center of the state. Ekati Diamond Mine - 1998-current (diamonds). In 2004, Penn State started celebrating its 150th anniversary, since 2005 marks the University's sesquicentennial.

Echo Bay Mine - 1964-1975 (silver and copper). To make up the difference, the University has turned to philanthropy, with 2003 marking the end of the Grand Destiny campaign–a seven-year effort which raised over $1.3 billion for the University. Eldorado Mine - 1933-1940, 1942-1960, 1976-1982 (radium, uranium, silver, copper). Even so, limited growth in state appropriations to the University have turned the school into the least-funded state school in the Big Ten on a per student basis. Camlaren Mine - 1962-1963, 1980-1981 (gold). Currently, the University is the largest in Pennsylvania, and in 2003, it was credited with having the largest impact on the state economy of any organization, generating over $6 billion for the state on a budget of $2.5 billion. Discovery Mine - 1950-1969 (gold). In 1989, the Pennsylvania College of Technology in Williamsport joined ranks with the University, and in 1997, so did the Dickinson School of Law.

Thompson-Lundmark Mine - 1941-1943, 1947-1949 (gold). In recent years, Penn State's role as a leader in education in Pennsylvania has become well-defined. Negus Mine - 1939-1952 (gold). As such, it belongs to the Commonwealth System of Higher Education. Ptarmigan and Tom Mine - 1941-1942, 1986-1997 (gold). In the 1970s, The Pennsylvania State University became a state-related institution. Giant Mine - 1948-2004 (gold). Additionally, in 1967, the Hershey Medical Center, a college of medicine and hospital, was established with a $50 million gift from the Hershey Trust.

Con Mine - 1938-2003 (gold). Under his leadership, which lasted from 1956-1970, the University added hundreds of acres of surrounding land, and nearly tripled enrollment to 40,000. Yukon (modern Yukon Territory). Eric Walker, the University developed rapidly. Ungava (modern-day northern Quebec and inland Labrador, as well as an offshore area in Hudson Bay);. In 1953, President Milton Eisenhower changed the school's name to The Pennsylvania State University, and under his successor, Dr. Saskatchewan (central Saskatchewan);. Around this time, Commonwealth campuses were started by President Ralph Hetzel to give an alternative to Depression-era students who were economically unable to leave home to attend college.

Mackenzie (mainland NWT and western Nunavut);. In the years that followed, Penn State grew significantly, becoming the state's largest source of baccalaureate degrees and reaching an enrollment of 5,000 in 1936. Franklin (the Arctic islands and Boothia and Melville Peninsulas);. Atherton's grave rests in front of Schwab Auditorium near Old Main, the University Park campus's central administration building, and is marked by an engraved marble block resting in front of his statue. Athabaska (northern Alberta and Saskatchewan);. Contrary to popular belief, Atherton Hall is not named after President Atherton but Frances Atherton. Assiniboia (southern Saskatchewan);. For this, Atherton is widely credited with saving Penn State from bankruptcy, and is still honored today by the name of a major road in State College and its suburbs, Atherton Street.

Alberta (southern Alberta);. Atherton also expanded the liberal arts and agriculture programs, and as a result, was rewarded with regular appropriations from the state beginning in 1887. NWT Literacy Council: Languages of the Land. Shortly after he introduced engineering studies, Penn State became one of the ten largest engineering schools in the nation. Language Commissioner of Northwest Territories. Atherton became president of the school in 1882, and began working to broaden the school's curriculum. Justifying the end of Official Billingualism in Northwest Territories. George W.

in debates and proceedings of the legislature. In the following years, enrollment fell as the school tried to balance purely agricultural studies with a more classic education, falling to 64 undergraduates in 1875, a year after the school's name changed once again to The Pennsylvania State College. in court;. In 1862, the school's name was changed to The Agricultural College of Pennsylvania, and with the passage of the Morrill Land-Grant Act, Pennsylvania selected the school in 1863 to be the state's sole land grant college. when receiving services from the government;. Centre County became the home of the new school when James Irvin of Bellefonte donated 200 acres (809,000 m²) of land—the first of 10,101 acres the University would eventually acquire. Slavey (proper). 50 of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania.

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