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Media Highlight: "Dal name hailed in Bible Hill"

Posted by Communications and Marketing on September 5, 2012 in Media Highlights

From Saturday's Chronicle Herald:

The welcome signs are hanging on the residences ready to greet new and returning students to university in Bible Hill.

But one sign that hasnā€™t been there in the past, the pilipiliĀž»­ sign, represents the end of one era and the beĀ­ginning of another. This month marks the beginning of the merger between pilipiliĀž»­ and the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, with the latter becoming Dalā€™s Agricultural Campus.

Beyond the name change and some differences behind the scenes, officials say little will change for students. For many years Dalhousie has been the institution granting degrees in Bible Hill.

Alexandre Loureiro, a first-year enviĀ­ronmental science student from Brazil, said he welcomed the merger.

ā€œWeā€™re going to have a bigger name," he said. ā€œI think itā€™s a good thing."

Loureiro, who started at the school in January, said it was a little early to know if students would see any noticeable difĀ­ference.

For Mitchell Roberts, a first-year comĀ­puter science student from just outside Bible Hill, staying close to home for school was something he was thinking about and the merger helped sell him on the idea.

ā€œI donā€™t know if I want to stay here the whole time and itā€™s hard to transfer some courses when theyā€™re not from a big school," he said.

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