December 24, 2008
Posted by Ted Avery
UOIT grapples with its identity crisis
UOIT grapples with its identity crisis
UOIT is still trying to think of a good new name. Here’s an excerpt from the article:
… individuals were asked to decide between potential names like: Central Ontario University, Lakeridge University, McLaughlin University, the University of Oshawa, Ontario Lakeridge University, Technology University of Ontario.
I’m disappointed with the suggestions so far, but I can’t really think of anything better. I think Lakeridge and McLaughlin are improvements, but still not much better. Amy England, president of the student association, gives the impression students might be against the name change, but I don’t know a single person who thinks that UOIT is a good name for the school. Hopefully something outstanding pops out in the coming months.
6 Comments
January 20, 2009
How about OUST; Ontario University of Science and Technology?
January 21, 2009
Is it too late to comment on this such that you'll see?
I have thought of two perfect names:
1) University of Ontario
2) Ontario Institute of Technology
Either one is a vast improvement.
January 21, 2009
It's never too late! I get e-mails for every comment I receive.
My personal opinion (and that of the school according to some articles I've read) is the I.T. part is the issue, as it associates our school with being a noname schools you always see on TV, like Devry and those other schools that like to use the I.T. part in their name. I'd be perfectly happen with your first suggestion that drops the I.T. part entirely!
January 23, 2009
What it will ultimately come done to is how graduates and professors succeed. If a member of UOIT becomes the next Prime Minister, or the President of a company like Blackberry (and this happens two or three or four times) it won't matter if our school is named University for the Rest of Us–people will respect the institution.
The I.T. comes from our original pitch to the Ontario Government–The “M.I.T. of the North”. Saying Massachusetts Institute of Technology isn't so easy either, but again, no one cares because they've consistently done things worth writing home about. That being said, the abbreviation MIT is easier to say than UOIT.
University of Ontario sounds more Canadian to me, and it also seems like the obvious choice that wasn't picked. Every province except for Nova Scotia and Ontario have a university named after the province.
January 23, 2009
What it will ultimately come done to is how graduates and professors succeed. If a member of UOIT becomes the next Prime Minister, or the President of a company like Blackberry (and this happens two or three or four times) it won't matter if our school is named University for the Rest of Us–people will respect the institution.
The I.T. comes from our original pitch to the Ontario Government–The “M.I.T. of the North”. Saying Massachusetts Institute of Technology isn't so easy either, but again, no one cares because they've consistently done things worth writing home about. That being said, the abbreviation MIT is easier to say than UOIT.
University of Ontario sounds more Canadian to me, and it also seems like the obvious choice that wasn't picked. Every province except for Nova Scotia and Ontario have a university named after the province.
January 23, 2009
What it will ultimately come done to is how graduates and professors succeed. If a member of UOIT becomes the next Prime Minister, or the President of a company like Blackberry (and this happens two or three or four times) it won't matter if our school is named University for the Rest of Us–people will respect the institution.
The I.T. comes from our original pitch to the Ontario Government–The “M.I.T. of the North”. Saying Massachusetts Institute of Technology isn't so easy either, but again, no one cares because they've consistently done things worth writing home about. That being said, the abbreviation MIT is easier to say than UOIT.
University of Ontario sounds more Canadian to me, and it also seems like the obvious choice that wasn't picked. Every province except for Nova Scotia and Ontario have a university named after the province.
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