UNB Faculty Club

Name: UNB Faculty Club

Previous/other names: N/A

Prominent date(s) of activity:

History: The Faculty Club was a response to the rapid growth of the University following the Second World War. As the faculty grew in number it became more fragmented and dispersed across campus into "faculties" - the Faculty Club was an attempt to provide the UNB Faculty with a common meeting ground. The Observatory was refurbished and furnished with a coffee bar and furniture.

A decade later, the Faculty Club was moved to the third floor of the Old Arts Building.

After a steady decline in membership, in 1983 the Faculty Club space was converted to the University Club, which was open to all without any membership.

Activities: Originally, faculty paid a membership fee for Faculty Club priveleges. Memberships were available to the faculty and staff of UNB, the Teachers' College, and Saint Thomas University

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Source(s):

• The Brunswickan, vol. 72, no. 2, 16 October 1952, p. 1.
• Montague, Susan. A Pictoral History of the University of New Brunswick. University of New Brunswick, 1992, p. 255.

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