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The B.U. Student Experience

There’s a recipe at Bishop’s that creates something truly special: 
Distance from home + a small, connected campus + diverse, multicultural students and faculty + learning across disciplines = an experience you can’t fully understand until you’re here, living it. 

Moving into college dorms is a stressful situation for most of us who are leaving home for the first time. When I started my first year at Bishop’s, I had a hard time grasping the fact that I would be living hours away from my family in an unfamiliar town. Even with all the excitement...
Campus gazebo on a summer day with a blue bicycle on the side and the edge of a red brick building behind.
I often say to people I’m a somewhat rare case as a Bishop’s student. Not only am I not from another province or country, but I’m also not just from another town either. I’m Lennoxville, born and raised. Well, technically, I was born in a hospital in Sherbrooke, but whether that does or doesn’t count...
Every time Bishop’s gets brought up at home, my friends ask about the small-town university stereotypes. So, I will be demystifying these small-town stereotypes for future Gaiters, once and for all. Truth or myth, let’s get into it. 1. You always see the exact same people everywhere I do believe at every school you will...
The experience of living on campus is arguably the most exciting part of life at Bishop’s University. If you’re reading this as a prospective student, it’s likely that you found interest in Bishop’s because of what you’ve heard about campus life here. And it’s true that this school goes through a great deal of effort...
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My story  Coming to Bishop’s has been a life-changing experience. It has been challenging, as I’m sure it is for most students, but so rewarding. For me, it started in Edmonton, when I received my acceptance to Bishop’s University. It was like a new reality suddenly set in. All my life, I’ve been in the same...
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