Teacher Features

Showcasing Events of the Union College Education Program

Dr. Joseph R. Allison, the Chair of the Division of Human Development at Union College, which includes the Education Program, just returned from an annual visit to Canadian University College where he met with the School of Education faculty to review and discuss the events leading to the end of this collaborative venture.

The original partnership began in 1979 and since 1997, Union College and our sister college Canadian University College in Lacombe, Alberta, Canada, have conducted a joint program for education majors whereby the graduates from the Canadian campus receive transcripts from Union College in order to obtain Nebraska State Teacher’s Certificates. This collaboration qualified those graduates after 1997, who applied, to request a Letter of Professional Standing in the Canadian Province where they desired to teach.

This 29 year agreement between Union College and Canadian University College comes to an end in April 2007 when the last students under the program graduate.

A new agreement between the Canadian government and Canadian University College now allows graduates from that college to obtain certificates directly from the province where they will teach.