Post-secondary startup for another term has campuses in the region buzzing, and that includes St. Peter’s College in Muenster. The historic Benedictine college affiliated with USask welcomes students back with a host of activities and all the hospitality it's become known for.
“For welcome week, we did Sweet Treats in the student lounge with goodies from Danish Oven,” said Student Services Officer Kassie Moisan. “There is also the bonfire night with weather permitting, we’ll have dodgeball in the gym, and Monday is our first movie night kick off.
The fall 2025 term also welcomes the latest intake of the Nursing College program established to educate nursing trainees in rural Saskatchewan where their services are especially required. They’ll join their third-year cohort and a large class of nursing hopefuls in the pre-professional program.
“It’s most definitely a popular program, and it’s one that seems to keep growing,” Moisan confirms.
Other programs include a large contingent of engineers, students geared to education who are entering the teaching profession, other pre-professional programs, along with those pursuing arts and science degrees.
The College also has plans to continue its community engagement and outreach programs with the popular Opportunities Edge Career Expo and Health Link, hosted in cooperation with the Saskatchewan Health Authority.
“Opportunities Edge will be happening the first Wednesday of October, as always,” confirmed Jordan Keller with Student Services. “It will be a fun packed day with lots of presentations and a big exhibition hall in the gymnasium.”
Opportunties Edge, this year on October 1, brings together high school students from the area along with local employers and industries and post-secondary opportunities from across western Canada for a one-day all-encompassing experience.
Health Link focuses on health care fields including medicine, nursing, diagnostic imaging, therapies and many other avenues. Presenters are practitioners and experts in health care affiliated with services provided by the Saskatchewan Health Authority. That one-day event comes a little later in October.
Moisan says this year will also see an increased number of outside speakers attending the College to present on a variety of topics. Student Services is making plans for an Indigenous elder to present at the end of September in conjunction with the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation.
All of this is provided in an atmosphere that accommodates many first-time post-secondary students in a small and close-knit environment. This year, fifteen students have chosen to take advantage of the College’s on-site residences that provide full meal plans and 24-hour access to the College. It’s part of the reason that students from throughout the province – and from as far away as BC – have elected to attend St. Peter’s College.
“There’s definitely small class sizes which leads to strong interpersonal connections with your professors and more one on one time,” says Moisan. “It makes for a smoother transition from high school, and it preps students to understand what it's going to be like to go to the main campus.”
All the events happening at St. Peter’s College are available on the calendar at their new website.