Athletics
Women’s Basketball announces new community tournament
UPEI Women’s Basketball announced recently that a new community basketball tournament—the first annual Subway Panther Pride 3v3 basketball tournament—will take place on Sunday, September 29 at UPEI’s Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre and Colonel Gray High School. The tournament will raise funds for the UPEI Women’s Basketball program in support of their exhibition game schedule and athletic financial awards.
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UPEI women’s rugby weekend update
The UPEI women’s rugby team had a very successful exhibition weekend hosted by StFX in Truro on Saturday August 31. UPEI came out on top in their first game against Acadia University’s second team winning 17–7. They then went on to play against Dalhousie University’s club team, winning 53–0.
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Events
UPEI Music 2013–14 concert season begins September 8
The UPEI Department of Music is pleased to announce their 2013–14 concert season. This year’s series offers an exciting blend of faculty, local, regional, and national artists and several international guests. Highlights include the winner of the 2013 Eckhardt-Gramatté National Competition, pianist Everett Hopfner; the eclectic music of Diomira with accordion, piano, and percussion; the virtuoso guitar playing of Eduardo Menozzi Costa; and an evening of superlative jazz with the Mike Murley Septet.
The season opens on Sunday, September 8 at 7:30pm in UPEI’s Dr. Steel Recital Hall with Duo :nota bene: featuring violinist Eva Steinschaden and pianist Alexander Vavtar. The two musicians, both graduates of the Mozarteum University, have concentrated primarily on music of the Viennese Classical School.
Program Evaluation workshop—October 3
Faculty and graduate students interested in program evaluation are welcome to attend a program evaluation workshop offered by the Canadian Evaluation Society, PEI Chapter. Keynote speakers include focus group gurus, Dr. Richard Krueger and Dr. Mary Anne Casey. UPEI's own Dr. Blake Jelley is also one of the featured presenters. For more information, contact Dr. Tess Miller at (902) 620-5072 or tmiller@upei.ca
Celebrating 2013, the Year of Korea in Canada
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Korea-Canada Diplomatic Relations. It's formally recognized by both governments as “the Year of Korea in Canada” and “the Year of Canada in Korea.” A special presentation by Mr. Hee-yong Cho, South Korean Ambassador to Canada will take place on Thursday, September 12, 3:30–4:20 pm, in the Faculty Lounge, Main Building. Mr. Cho will introduce the past, present, and future of Korea-Canada diplomatic relations and discuss a strategic partnership between two nations by identifying new ways to enhance South Korea’s relationships with Atlantic Canada. He will educate UPEI students, faculty, staff, and the general public about this vital topic and its international implications for educational, business, or career opportunities and benefits in PEI or South Korea.
The presentation is co-hosted by UPEI's Faculty of Arts—Asian Studies, History, and Political Science. For more information, please contact Susie Jay at 566-0480, jay@upei.ca; or Professor Edward Chung at 566-0324, chung@upei.ca
All are welcome to attend!
Award-winning authors at UPEI
UPEI’s Winter’s Tales Authors’ Reading Series kicks off the 2013 season with the talented Susan Glickman and Julie Bruck, who will read on Thursday, September 26, at 7:30 pm in the Faculty Lounge, UPEI Main Building. Bruck won the 2012 Governor General’s Award for poetry, and Glickman is a talented poet, fiction writer, and young adult novelist.
Their reading is sponsored by the UPEI English Department with funding from the Canada Council for the Arts and League of Canadian Poets.
A reception and book signing will follow. Admission is free.
UPEI welcomes new students to campus
The University of Prince Edward Island welcomed hundreds of new students and their families during this weekend’s welcome events including International Welcome Day, UPEI’s Welcome Day, and the kick-off to UPEI Student Union’s O-Week. “Welcome Day is an opportunity for students to come together, meet their peers, professors, UPEI staff and faculty, and get all of their UPEI questions answered,” said Manager of Student Affairs Treena Smith. “By getting familiarized with campus before classes begin, students alleviate their stress and uncertainty. It’s an exciting day for all involved.”
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People
This past summer, UPEI had the great pleasure of sending six students to our new partner school, Dankook University (DKU), South Korea. These students—Maggie, Kelsie, Lindsay, Brett, Peter, and Chris—all taught conversational English to small groups of DKU Korean students for the first three weeks under a very popular international program known as the English Village.
About one hundred other students from American, Canadian, British, Australian, and German universities also participated in this special program with generous hospitality and financial support. UPEI students all appreciated this teaching experience while enjoying various field trips and Korean-international cultural activities.
Upon completion of the English Village Program, our students and others were also very pleased to have successfully completed an additional four weeks of academic study taught in English (and Korean if necessary) by DKU professors as well as invited international professors including our very own, Dr. Edward Chung (Religious Studies and Asian Studies). This was indeed a wonderfully unique and pleasant experience of international teaching, learning, mentorship, and friendship—the first of its kind for UPEI students. We look forward to the continued success of this International Summer School in the years to come! UPEI is also welcoming students from DKU to UPEI for the Fall 2013 semester.
James (Jim) Palmer, UPEI honorary degree recipient at the 2011 Palmer Conference.
UPEI extends condolences on the passing of Jim Palmer
The University of Prince Edward Island extends its condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of honorary degree recipient James (Jim) Palmer. Palmer, who was granted an honorary doctor of laws degree in 1998 from UPEI, passed away on August 27 at the age of 84 at his home in Calgary.
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Research
UK climate expert holds training workshop at UPEI
Professor Rob Wilby of Loughborough University in the United Kingdom ran a two-day training course at UPEI for researchers to use advanced tools for downscaling climate data. Wilby co-developed the climate scenario tool SDSM (Statistical DownScaling Model), which has been used successfully in more than 170 documented studies worldwide in the past decade.
Participants in the training workshop included university researchers, public servants, and private consultants from across Canada and as far away as Romania. The course was hosted by the Climate Research Lab at UPEI. For more information, contact climate@upei.ca
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