Acadia ALERT - Campus Closed (Weather)

Today, Monday, February 23, 2026, Acadia University will remain closed, with the exception of residences and Wheelock Dining Hall, due to the forecasted weather. Wheelock Dining Hall may adjust their hours due to the weather and any change in hours will be communicated through Residence Life.

Employees and students are not expected to come to campus and only employees deemed essential are required to report to work. Non-essential employees are not expected to work during the closure. Any events scheduled for today will be postponed or cancelled.

Updates will be posted on www.acadiau.ca and pre-recorded on Acadia’s Information Line: 902-585-4636 (585-INFO). If you need emergency-related information, please contact the Department of Safety and Security by dialing 88 on all 585-phone systems, or by calling 902-585-1103.

If you have any questions, please contact:

Acadia University

Department of Safety & Security

902-585-1103

security@acadiau.ca

(Monday February 23, 2026 @ 5:55 am)

Acadia Computer Science Team Top Canadian Team

At the APICS Math/CS conference on October 15 two Acadia teams competed against 18 other Atlantic provinces university teams in our local computer programming competition.  Team Acadia Blue (Matthew Penney, Alex Sanford and Ryan Wooden) came second, and Acadia Red (Jake Bruce, Tyler Corbin and Lucas Mannell) came sixth.  Acadia was the only university to place two teams in the top six.

By virtue of being in the top two, Acadia Blue was able to move on to the next competition, the Northeast North America Regional Contest. That competition was held on November 6, 2010 in Rochester, New York.  While perennial favourite MIT won again, Acadia Blue took seventh place by solving two problems in 217 minutes.

Acadia Blue beat ALL OTHER Canadian teams at the competition (McGill, St. Marys and UNB), and was only one minute behind the sixth-place team.

Left-right - Jim Diamond (coach), Alex Sanford, Matthew Penney, Ryan Wooden, Tyler Corbin, Jake Bruce
Missing: Lucas Mannell and Haiyi Zhang (assistant coach).

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