[7] In February 1922, St. Francis Xavier University's War Memorial Rink, with a brick exterior and wooden interior, opened.

[9] A metal plaque, unveiled on 5 May 1984, was dedicated by the university's class of 1984, in honour of those students killed in armed conflict while defending the liberty of Canadians.

Graduate training based on the German-inspired American model of specialized course work and the completion of a research thesis was introduced.

[citation needed] Between 2000 and 2004, more St Francis Xavier students, on a per capita basis, have received Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) awards for post-secondary study than any other university in Canada.

[citation needed] St. Francis Xavier offers over $2 million annually in merit-based scholarships and financial aid to its new and current undergraduates.

Applicants are also automatically considered for larger merit-based scholarships ranging from $12,000 to $32,000 (Merit, Phillip W. Oland, J.P. McArthy, Canadian, President's).

[18] StFX offers scholarships to students of Indigenous and African Nova Scotia descent thanks to support from the Jeannine Deveau Educational Equity Endowment.

Deveau, a StFX graduate from 1944, created the endowment to help remove financial barriers that typically prevent students from minority racialized populations in Nova Scotia from accessing post-secondary education.

The ring is awarded on December 3 (Saint Francis Xavier's feast day) of each year before the students' graduation.

The X-Women teams include basketball, cross country, track and field, hockey, rugby and soccer.