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Posted: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 06:12
Dr. Vianne Timmons, UPEI's vice-president of academic development, is pleased to announce the appointment of Kathleen Kielly, from the University of Northern British Columbia, to the position of registrar effective July 1, 2008.
'We are thrilled that Ms. Kielly is taking on this very important position,' says Timmons, who is currently acting registrar. 'Our focus is on...
Posted: Monday, April 21, 2008 - 10:03
The Tourism Research Centre (TRC) at UPEI's School of Business today announced the release of a report profiling Quebec visitors to P.E.I. during the summer of 2007.
Results show Quebec providing the third-highest volume of visitors after Ontario and the Maritime provinces. According to the data, visitors from Quebec tend to take shorter holidays than other non-Maritime visitors, but spend...
Posted: Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 09:36
The University of Prince Edward
Island has appointed Dr. Donald L. Reynolds (DVM, PhD,
Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Microbiologists) to the
position of Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine for the Atlantic Veterinary College.
Dr. Reynolds' six-year term will begin in August 2008.
"The
UPEI community is very pleased to welcome Dr. Reynolds to our campus and...
Posted: Friday, April 11, 2008 - 07:45
The University of Prince Edward Island’s
women’s Panthers volleyball team will feature two new up-and-coming athletes in
the 2008–2009 season.
Coach
Lynn Boudreau is thrilled that she successfully recruited Lena Pitsanuk, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and
Olivia Dolphin, of Elmwood,
Prince Edward Island, for the
team.
Pitsanuk
plays volleyball for Dakota Collegiate where she is also a scholar-...
Posted: Friday, April 11, 2008 - 06:23
An Atlantic Canada research project called 'Retention of Aboriginal Students in Atlantic Canada's Post-secondary Institutions: An analysis of the supports available to Aboriginal students' has been initiated by the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) in partnership with the Association of Atlantic Universities (AAU).
The Canadian Council on Learning will provide $55,000 in...
Posted: Thursday, April 10, 2008 - 07:06
During a recent visit to PEI, Gerald Keddy, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and to the Minister of International Trade, toured the new School of Business and Centre for Enterprise & Entrepreneurship at UPEI.
Faculty and staff are planning to move into the new building at the end of April. UPEI aims to offer the first classes in the new...
Posted: Wednesday, April 9, 2008 - 12:15
With the recent establishment of the $2,000 George Coles provincial bursary, Prince Edward Island undergraduate students entering first-year full-time studies have more reason than ever to attend UPEI.
The new bursary program was announced in the P.E.I. Throne Speech earlier this month. Premier Robert Ghiz announced more details, including the eligibility criteria, on April 17.
In addition to...
Posted: Monday, April 7, 2008 - 09:09
The University
of Prince Edward Island
will confer honorary degrees on four outstanding citizens, Wayne D. Gray, Nona
Macdonald Heaslip, James Carter and Joe Ng, at two convocations on Saturday, May
10, in the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre.
Carter and Gray will receive their honorary degrees during
the morning ceremony, which will start at 10 a.m. Macdonald Heaslip and Ng will
be awarded their...
Posted: Monday, April 7, 2008 - 05:11
Starting in January 2009, the University
of Prince Edward Island’s School of Nursing will offer an accelerated
nursing degree program for people who have university degrees and want to enter
the nursing profession.
The provincial government announced funding support for the program in the
throne speech on Friday, April 4.
Dr. Kim Critchley, dean of the UPEI School of Nursing, is
thrilled...
Posted: Friday, April 4, 2008 - 12:01
The Tourism Research
Centre (TRC) at UPEI’s School of Business today announced the release of a
report profiling Ontario visitors to P.E.I. during the summer of 2007.
Results show more visitors from Ontario than from all markets outside of CanadaOntario
take long vacations and spend a significant portion of this time in P.E.I.
Although they had the lowest per-person per-night spending of any...
