Two developments about Aurora College have appeared in the news recently. The college recently announced that it would be offering a new general studies program that will give students a head start on their university journey without needing to leave the NWT. Students will be able to earn up to 60 credits for comprehensive undergraduate-level courses in a variety of areas of study, which can then be used to enter one of Aurora’s forthcoming bachelors programs or transferred to another program or institution. Meanwhile, the Yellowknife Chamber of Commerce has urged the Government of the Northwest Territories to move quickly on a proposal to house the college’s new campus in the city’s Centre Square Mall. The chamber says that housing the campus in Yellowknife’s centre would both serve to revitalize the city’s downtown, while costing a fraction of the funds that would have been required to build a campus on Tin Can Hill. The proposal has reportedly been before NWT for over 12 months.
