{"id":968,"date":"2017-11-18T09:17:25","date_gmt":"2017-11-18T17:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/library\/?p=968"},"modified":"2017-11-16T14:57:27","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T22:57:27","slug":"it-was-fifty-five-years-ago-today-first-classes-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/library\/2017\/11\/18\/it-was-fifty-five-years-ago-today-first-classes-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"It was fifty-five years ago today… first classes underway!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In 1963, the Trinity Junior College Choir, pictured above, featured fifteen of the seventeen students enrolled at the College.<\/p><\/div>\n

Fall 2017 marks the 55th anniversary of the first classes at Trinity Western, TWU Archivist Sylvia Stopforth, reminds us.<\/p>\n

Classes officially began on September 17, 1962,\u00a0 with a total of\u00a0 17 students enrolled.\u00a0This 55-year milestone has already passed us by,\u00a0 but\u00a0 you can read about those early years on TWU’s timeline<\/a>.\u00a0 As well you can listen to\u00a0 (or read<\/p>\n

Also, you can listen to (or read transcripts of) oral history interviews<\/a> conducted with 5 of the first 17 students available.<\/p>\n

For more information about TWU history, contact Sylvia Stopforth at the Archive.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fall 2017 marks the 55th anniversary of the first classes at Trinity Western, TWU Archivist Sylvia Stopforth, reminds us. Classes officially began on September 17, 1962,\u00a0 with a total of\u00a0 17 students enrolled.\u00a0This 55-year milestone has already passed us by,\u00a0 but\u00a0 you can read about those early years on TWU’s timeline.\u00a0 As well you can […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":116,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"It was fifty-five years ago today... first classes underway!","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[21,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-twu-history","category-uncategorized","post-preview"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8PcsH-fC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11498,"url":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/library\/2026\/01\/13\/featured-titles-january-13-2026\/","url_meta":{"origin":968,"position":0},"title":"Featured Titles: January 13, 2026","author":"Jennifer Sheen","date":"January 13, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is a selection of titles recently added to our collection. \u00a0A short guide to spiritual formation : finding life in truth, goodness, beauty, and community \/Alex Sosler ; foreword by Russell Moore.\u00a0 Weaving together church history, theology, and devotional practice, this introductory guide to spiritual formation retrieves the traditions\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/create.twu.ca\/library\/files\/2026\/01\/othumb-9.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11401,"url":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/library\/2025\/11\/04\/featured-titles-tuesday-november-4-2025\/","url_meta":{"origin":968,"position":1},"title":"Featured Titles Tuesday, November 4, 2025","author":"Jennifer Sheen","date":"November 4, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is a collection of titles recently added to the collection. \u00a0 An introduction to discourse analysis : theory and method \/James Paul Gee.\u00a0 Gee's Introduction to Discourse Analysis: Theory and Method (5th edition) provides a comprehensive guide to conducting discourse analysis. 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