UPEI Athletics and Recreation announced today that field hockey head coach Sheila Bell has requested a leave of absence from the 2013 season due to sustaining a workplace concussion in November of last year. During her time as head coach for the past four seasons, Bell guided the Panthers to a Maritime Field Hockey Championship, as well as three second-place finishes. 'Concussions need time...

UPEI clarinet professor Karem J. Simon will collaborate with organist Leo Marchildon in performance on Tuesday, June 25 at 1:00 pm at St. Dunstan's Basilica in Charlottetown. The program will feature several works for clarinet alone, a solo organ piece, and a transcription of Alessandro Marcello's Oboe Concerto. Admission is by donation. For more information, contact ksimon@upei.ca...

In the wake of Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) releasing its annual data collection on athletic scholarships, the University of Prince Edward Island announced Friday that it provided $255,019 in athletic awards to student-athletes in 2011-12. This represents a 61% increase over the amount given in the 2005-06 season. 'It's important to let the community know...

UPEI men's basketball head coach Tim Kendrick is pleased to announce that Citadel High School's Jayden Nordin will suit up for the Panthers beginning next season. Nordin was a former high school teammate of current Panther Deontay (DJ) Smith. The six-foot guard has been a Metro League all-star, and was named a first-team all-star at last year's U17 National Championship, while...

Eliza MacLauchlan, a fourth-year arts student and varsity field hockey player at UPEI, will spend six weeks this summer volunteering in Guatemala. MacLauchlan is the fifth student from UPEI to be selected to represent Canada in the last four years for the International Seminar, supported by World University Service of Canada (WUSC), and managed by the Uniterra program. From July 8-August 19...

The St. Dunstan's University (SDU) class of 1963 will celebrate its 50th reunion at this year's UPEI Summer Reunion Weekend, July 24-28. Alumni who have reached special milestones will be joined by Prince of Wales College (PWC), SDU, and UPEI alumni from all years of graduation for a fun-filled 'long' weekend. The always-popular Panther Golf Classic alumni golf...

On June 20, 1908, a parcel containing the newly published Anne of Green Gables arrived in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, addressed to L.M. Montgomery. It was her first novel and would go on to be a world classic. Prince Edward Island has been forever marked by the rest of the story of Anne Shirley and her author, Maud Montgomery. This year, 105 years later, on Thursday, June 20, at 7:00 pm, an...

UPEI women's rugby head coach Shannon Atkins is pleased to announce Megan Thorpe has committed to the University of Prince Edward Island and will join the Panthers in the fall. The Saint John, N.B. native is the recipient of a full tuition academic scholarship from UPEI. Co-captain and outside centre for the Kennebecasis Valley High School (KVHS) rugby team, the high achieving student...

UPEI Men's Hockey Head Coach Forbes MacPherson is pleased to announce the addition of Brock Beukeboom, a 6'2', 215-lb defenceman from the Ontario Hockey League (OHL)'s Guelph Storm. A native of Uxbridge, Ontario, Beukeboom said committing to UPEI was an easy decision. 'When we were eliminated from the OHL playoffs, I sat down with my family and talked with people who...

Last month, UPEI's Rebecca Nieuwhof and Alexa Ellis were awarded the top prize and an honourable mention, respectfully, at the 2013 Estey Undergraduate Essay Competition. The national competition is held annually and is hosted by the Centre for Accounting Ethics at the University of Waterloo. Both Nieuwhof and Ellis were honoured in Montreal at the Canadian Academic Accounting...