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Subject: News Release - Athabasca University
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:33:18 -0700
From: John O'Brien <jobrien@athabascau.ca>
Athabasca University has launched a new Heritage Resources Management
Program.
Your staff and volunteers may be interested in the attached release.
If you need more information, please don't hesitate to contact me.
John O'Brien
Manager, Media Relations
Athabasca University
(403) 298-2931 - Office
(403) 990-1131 -- Cell
*
*FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE*
*January 21, 2008**
* *Athabasca University Launches Heritage Resources Management Program**
Athabasca University has launched an exciting new academic program in
Heritage Resources Management. The new program is designed to provide a
sound foundation in museum and heritage studies, giving prospective and
current heritage professionals an opportunity to build and develop their
skills.
The Heritage Resources Management Program will offer both undergraduate
and graduate routes to professional certification. Students can pursue
either the University Certificate in Heritage Resources Management or
the Graduate Diploma in Heritage Resources Management.
"The ability to preserve and conserve Canadian heritage is crucial,"
said program director Don Wetherell, a noted Alberta historian, author
and academic. "One of the strengths of the program is that it deals with
the whole of the heritage field, not just museums and interpretive
centres, but also heritage preservation, and archival practice."
Courses will be of interest to people working at heritage institutions
such as galleries, museums, historic sites, archives, interpretive
centres and parks. It will also be of special interest to the more than
40,000 Canadians who spend time each year volunteering in heritage
facilities.
"The courses are of a high level so that the certificate courses can be
used toward a Bachelor of Arts at AU and the diploma courses can be used
toward a Master of Arts in Integrated Studies degree," says Wetherell.
"Additionally, the program would be valuable for people currently
employed, for career advancement and strengthening experience."
The Heritage Resources Management Program will also provide academic
training for the Government of Alberta's Historic Resources Intern
Program. Interns at provincial heritage sites and museums will earn
formal academic credentials in heritage resources management while they
are employed in the heritage field.
"This is an exciting program that will benefit all those passionate
about Alberta's and Canada's heritage and will allow Alberta's expertise
to be shared around the world," said Frits Pannekoek, president of
Athabasca University. "We have already had enquiries from as far away as
Mozambique and Nunavut."
Athabasca University is one of the world's foremost and fastest growing
distance and e-learning centres. The university serves over 37,000
graduate and undergraduate students and offers more than 700 courses in
90 undergraduate and graduate degrees, diploma and certificate programs.
For more information about the Heritage Resources Management Program at
Athabasca University, visit the program website at
http://heritage.resources.athabascau.ca/
//Contact:
Don Wetherell, Director
Heritage Resources Management Program
Athabasca University
1-866-380-5287
donaldw@athabascau.ca
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lang="en-us"><font size="2"> staff and volunteers may be interested in
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lang="en-us"></span><a moz-do-not-send="true" name=""><span
lang="en-us"><font size="2">John O'Brien</font></span></a>
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<span lang="en-us"><font size="2">Manager, Media Relations</font></span>
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<span lang="en-us"><font size="2">Athabasca University</font></span>
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<span lang="en-us"><font size="2">(403) 298-2931 - Office</font></span>
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<span lang="en-us"><font size="2">(403) 990-1131</font></span><span
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<b style=""><span style=""><br>
</span></b><span style="">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span><b style=""><span
style=""><span style="">
</span><br>
</span></b><span style="">January
21, 2008</span><b style=""><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></b>
<br>
<b style=""><span style=""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span></b><span
style="">Athabasca University Launches Heritage
Resources Management Program</span><b style=""><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></b>
<br>
<br>
Athabasca University has launched an exciting new academic program in
Heritage
Resources Management. The new program is designed to provide a sound
foundation
in museum and heritage studies, giving prospective and current heritage
professionals an opportunity to build and develop their skills.
<br>
<br>
The Heritage Resources Management Program will offer both
undergraduate and graduate routes to professional certification.
Students can
pursue either the University Certificate in Heritage Resources
Management or
the Graduate Diploma in Heritage Resources Management.
<br>
<o:p></o:p>
<br>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“The ability to preserve
and conserve
Canadian heritage is crucial,” said program director Don Wetherell, a
noted
Alberta historian, author and academic. “One of the strengths of the
program is
that it deals with the whole of the heritage field, not just museums
and
interpretive centres, but also heritage preservation, and archival
practice.”<o:p></o:p></span>
<br>
<br>
Courses will
be of interest to people working at heritage institutions such as
galleries,
museums<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">,
historic sites, archives, interpretive centres and parks. </span><span
style=""> </span>It will also be of special interest to the
more than 40,000 Canadians who spend time each year volunteering in
heritage
facilities.
<br>
<br>
“The courses are of a high level so that the certificate
courses can be used toward a Bachelor of Arts at AU and the diploma
courses can
be used toward a Master of Arts in Integrated Studies degree,” says
Wetherell. “Additionally,
the program would be valuable for people currently employed, for career
advancement and strengthening experience.” <br>
<o:p></o:p>
<br>
The Heritage
Resources Management Program will also provide academic training for
the
Government of Alberta’s Historic Resources Intern Program. Interns at
provincial heritage sites and museums will earn formal academic
credentials in
heritage resources management while they are employed in the heritage
field. <br>
<br>
“This is an
exciting program that will benefit all those passionate about Alberta’s
and
Canada’s heritage and will allow Alberta’s expertise to be shared
around the
world,” said Frits Pannekoek, president of Athabasca University. “We
have
already had enquiries from as far away as Mozambique and Nunavut.”
<br>
<br>
Athabasca University is one of
the world’s foremost and fastest growing distance and e-learning
centres. The
university serves over 37,000 graduate and undergraduate students and
offers
more than 700 courses in 90 undergraduate and graduate degrees, diploma
and
certificate programs. <br>
<o:p></o:p>
<br>
For more information about the
Heritage Resources Management Program at Athabasca University, visit
the
program website at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://heritage.resources.athabascau.ca/">http://heritage.resources.athabascau.ca/</a>
<br style="">
<br style="">
<i style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></i><span
style="font-size: 11pt;">Contact:<span style="">
<br>
</span>Don Wetherell, Director<o:p></o:p></span>
<br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Heritage
Resources Management Program<o:p></o:p></span>
<br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Athabasca
University<o:p></o:p></span>
<br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">1-866-380-5287<o:p></o:p></span>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:donaldw@athabascau.ca">donaldw@athabascau.ca</a><span
style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span>
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