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Providence College and Theological Seminary or Prov is an interdenominational Christian College located just 50 kilometers south-east of Winnipeg in Otterburne, Manitoba. The goal of Providence is to teach students how to think, live, and serve in the church and society. Providence is currently accredited by The Association for Biblical Higher Education (ABHE). Providence offers 171 courses that are transferable to the University of Manitoba, and many courses transfer to Brandon University, the University of Winnipeg and other Canadian Univeristies.

The college is located along the banks of the beautful Rat River, has a nine hole disc golf (frolf) course, a bit of a forest with bridle path, and several hundred college students. Presumably for reasons of convenience and the historically uncomfortable winters of Manitoba, all classes, the library, the cafeteria, the bookstore, the offices, and the gym are all located in one building. In 1970, Winnipeg Bible College acquired the Otterburne campus, formerly a Catholic high school, and eventually changed its name to Providence College and Theological Seminary. Prov also has several residence halls: Bergen Hall houses approximately 110 men of the school and features a broken down hot tub and sauna; Eichhorst, Cundy, Sweet, and Pierce halls house the approximately 130 women of Providence for the 2006-2007 academic year.

Providence is the home of the Freemen, who compete in both the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) and the Association of Christian College Athletics (ACCA), as well as the Central Plains Athletic Conference (CPAC). Providence has teams for Men's and Women's basketball, volleyball, soccer, and hockey. Intermural sports include touch football and floor hockey in the fall semester and basketball and indoor soccer in the winter semester.

Providence College is home to several music and drama teams, performing all different kinds of repertoire in varied settings. The music teams are the College Singers, the school's chamber choir, Veritas, a small vocal ensemble, the College Choir, a large choir that performs only at Christmas, the Instrumental Ensemble, a small chamber ensemble that sometimes plays with the College Singers, Straight Ahead, a jazz band, Aslan's Child, a "plugged-in" worship band, and Once Lost, a worship band with a more acoustic feel. The drama teams are the Prov Players, a five-to-six-member drama team that performs everything from short skits to monologues to improv performances, and Speechless, a small mime troupe. There is also a yearly drama production, as well as short one-act plays put on by performing arts students.

• Providence College - official website
• Providence Athletics - official athletics website
• Providence Freemen Hockey

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