Dr. Peter Ricketts, Acadia's President and Vice-Chancellor, shares the story of Acadia's founding and how our mission is as relevant today as it was in 1838.

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There have been three versions of Acadia's iconic University Hall. The First College Hall (left) opened in 1844 and the Second College Hall opened in 1879. Ironically both were destroyed by fire on December 2 in 1877 and 1920 respectively. 

The current University Hall opened in 1925.

See photos of all three College Halls.

In 1996, Acadia pioneered the use of mobile computing technology in a post-secondary educational environment.

With the Acadia Advantage, Acadia became a laureate of Washington’s Smithsonian Institution, part of the National Museum of American History permanent research collection, and the only Canadian university in the Education and Academia category of the Computerworld Smithsonian Award.