UPEI's Jackie Skinner was a 2012 National Nicol Entrepreneurial Award Finalist and she took part in the recent National Nicol Award Competition and Gala Dinner held in Ottawa. Skinner's business was one of six showcased at the Nicol National finals in front of a panel distinguished judges. Skinner's business, Chapter 13 Designs will take unsold designer clothing that currently ends up in...

UPEI Business 391 students finished the semester on a strong note, as their Strategic Management course provided them with the opportunity to analyze a privately owned and operated waste management company interested in pursuing coffee pellet and bio-solid products. Each year, UPEI's Business 391: Strategic Management course provides its students with opportunities to analyze real...

On Wednesday night, UPEI Athletics and Recreation celebrated their 43rd year by recognizing their student athletes at the annual UPEI Panthers Athletic Awards ceremony held in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre. The Alumni Athletes of the Year Awards went to swimmer Janet Gamble and men's basketball star Manock Lual. Gamble being out of the CIS for some time, came into the 2011-12 season...

The University of Prince Edward Island will confer honorary degrees on historian and academic Michael Bliss; business person, politician and administrator Frank Zakem, and lawyer Derek Key during Convocation on Saturday, May 12. Senate approved the honorary graduands at a meeting earlier this year in accordance with University policy that states honorary doctorates of laws will be presented to...

Linden MacIntyre, distinguished Canadian journalist, broadcaster, and novelist, will read from his new novel, Why Men Lie, on Wednesday, April 11 at 7:30 pm, in the Confederation Centre Art Gallery. MacIntyre has won nine Gemini Awards, an International Emmy, an ACTRA Award, and numerous other honours for his writing and journalistic excellence. Born in Newfoundland, and raised in Cape Breton,...

The Prince Edward Island BioAlliance, in partnership with the University of Prince Edward Island and Innovation PEI, recently held its 5th Annual Bioscience Business Marketing Competition for students from Dr. Susan Graham's Business Marketing Course at the University of Prince Edward Island. Over 22 teams totalling more than 120 students were judged on the marketing strategies they...

The UPEI Hockey Mommas Paderno Challenge Cup recently brought together female hockey teams from the Atlantic region to raise an impressive $8,000 for breast health programs in PEI. The fundraiser, known as 'the' tournament for female hockey players 35+ in Atlantic Canada, took place March 30 to April 1. The UPEI Hockey Mommas Paderno Challenge Cup fosters the development of women...

The 2011-2012 UPEI Recital Series will end on a high note on Tuesday, April 3rd when the UPEI Jazz Ensemble is joined by vocalists, jazz violin and the UPEI Percussion Ensemble. Under the direction of well-known percussionist and instructor Dave Shephard, vocalists Brittany Banks, Hannah Rollwage and Noah MacDougall will join the band to present jazz standards ('Satin Doll' and...

This year's Atlantic Inorganic Discussion Weekend (AIDW) took place in Charlottetown on March 23-25. Research Professor and Associate Professor of Chemistry Dr. Michael Shaver and one of this year's organizers said, "The weekend has a longstanding tradition as a centerpiece in bringing together inorganic chemists from across Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and PEI and...

After serving the University of Prince Edward Island in several volunteer leadership capacities, Fred Hyndman will retire as Chair of the Board of Governors on May 31, 2012. He will be replaced, effective June 1, 2012, by Tom Cullen, currently Vice-Chair of the Board. The Board unanimously endorsed Cullen's nomination at a meeting held March 29, 2012. Fred Hyndman, managing director...