UPEI's Faculty of Arts received a Canadian Forces Liaison Council (CFLC) provincial award in the 'Support to Student Reservists (Post Secondary Institutions)' category during a special award ceremony and reception on March 7. UPEI alumnus and reservist with the Prince Edward Island Regiment, Sergeant Ben Miller, nominated the faculty who supported both his education and military...

UPEI's executive MBA (EMBA) program and the PEI Business Women's Association are partnering on an event which focuses on workplace bullying. The presentation and networking event takes place on Wednesday, March 13, 5:00-7:00 pm in Schurman Market Square, Don and Marion McDougall Hall. Jodi Murphy, a UPEI EMBA graduate and teacher with the Prince Edward Island English Language...

Ashley MacDonald is a well known name to UPEI women's rugby. UPEI is excited to announce that the former Panther is coming back to the University to take on the role of assistant coach for the UPEI women's rugby team for the 2013 season. As a Panther, MacDonald was an AUS all star and AUS Rookie of the Year. In 2005, she was a CIS All-Canadian and for the next two years,...

Canada lost one of its most patriotic citizens, and the University of Prince Edward Island one of its most colourful honorary degree recipients with the passing of musical icon Stompin' Tom Connors, OC, LLD, LittD, at the age of 77 years on March 6. UPEI was pleased to present Dr. Connors with an honorary doctor of laws in 2002. The University extends its sincere condolences to his wife...

UPEI music department faculty and guests will present 'Low Brass Extravaganza' on Sunday, March 10 at 2:30 pm at UPEI's Dr. Steel Recital Hall. Professor Greg Irvine has invited his friends and colleagues in the low brass world to join him for this afternoon concert. The recital will feature special guest Michael Grose from the University of Oregon on tuba, Bob...

UPEI's Deontay (D.J.) Smith was named Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Rookie of the Year today in an official release by the CIS. Smith will be presented with the Dr. Peter Mullins Trophy-CIS Rookie of the Year at the All-Canadians Awards Presentation on March 9 in Ottawa, Ontario. Smith, a native of North Preston, Nova Scotia is the first UPEI athlete to receive the honour...

The second event of the UPEI student conference series-'Difficult Dialogues'-takes place on Thursday, March 14, 5:30-7:00 pm in AVC Lecture Theatre A. The event will feature a screening of the short film 'Toilet Training'-a documentary following several transgendered people as they talk about the struggles they had growing up as transgendered...

UPEI percussionist Branden Kelly will present his senior recital 'Percussion Works' on Friday, March 8 at 7:30 pm at UPEI's Dr. Steel Recital Hall. Kelly, a Cornwall native in his fourth year of his bachelor of music education degree, has enjoyed many successful performances over the past few years. He was one of two PEI representatives in the 2012 Canadian National...

Nadine Haddad & Morgan Wagner: Sing me a Story - Two Junior Recitals originally scheduled for Sunday, March 3, at 7:30 pm, Dr. Steel Recital Hall is postponed to Thursday, March 21, at 7:30 pm, due to illness. The UPEI Department of Music Recital Series presents a recital featuring third-year students Nadine Haddad, soprano, and Morgan Wagner, soprano, assisted by Frances...

UPEI alumnus Bob Hanf will present 'Leadership, A Call to Service' on Tuesday, March 5, 1:00-2:15 pm in the Duffy Science Centre, Room 135, as part of the University 100 Vern Smitheram and Andy Robb Leadership Development Series-Winter 2013. Hanf was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Nova Scotia Power Inc. in January 2013. Prior to his new position at Nova...