Name Change for Red Deer College as it becomes Red Deer University

Red Deer College in Red Deer, Alberta announced this week that the province approved a change in name to Red Deer University.  

One year ago in March 2018, Premier Rachel Notley and Minister of Advanced Education, Marlin Schmidt indicated that the institution could offer its own degrees and begin the journey to become a university.

Founded as Red Deer Junior College in 1963, the institution changed its name to Red Deer College by 1970.

You can view Red Deer's timeline of institutional milestones with links to separate sketches for each decade. 

CBC also posted "Red Deer College to become Red Deer University," with reporting by Sarah Rieger.