The UPEI men's soccer team is pleased to present its second annual dinner and roast on Friday, March 2. Bruce Norton will be the featured guest/‘roastee.' The event is hosted by the UPEI Friends of Men's Soccer, a group representing alumni, members of the soccer community, and PEI soccer supporters. Bruce Norton has been involved in sport at UPEI, the Prince Edward Island...

UPEI will be celebrating its fourth annual Diversity Week, January 23-27, with all events open to the public. The 2012 theme will be 'Celebrate, Educate, Motivate' with an aim to celebrate the rich diversity at UPEI, further educate and motivate the public about diversity, and personal promotion of inclusion. Ruth Freeman, Diversity Office Coordinator, is looking forward...

The Canada-Wide Science Fair is coming to Prince Edward Island this year for the first time ever! UPEI will host CWSF 2012 from May 13 to 18. The Host Committee is planning a Community Launch for the fair with an opportunity to sign up as a volunteer. Information about the CWSF and volunteer roles will be presented, as well as fun activities. This will take place from 4-6 pm...

Five business students recently took part in the Inter-Collegiate Business Competition (I.C.B.C.) hosted at Queen's University, in Kingston, Ontario. UPEI brought an ethics team and a business policy team to compete in Canada's premier undergraduate business case competition. The ethics team, consisting of Duncan Sturz and Kathleen Van Ekris, were awarded second place, while the...

The University of Prince Edward Island announced the creation of a new position today: Vice-President Student Affairs. This role enhances relationships between the departments and areas that serve and support students, ensuring that a dedicated voice supporting positive student experience operates directly within the senior management team. Dr. Wendy Carroll, currently Associate Professor in the...

Six students from UPEI's bachelor of applied science in radiography (BScR) program were awarded the top and second- place prizes in a recent Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists (CAMRT) video and photo contest. Marla MacAusland, Krista Betts (MacDonald), Sue Donahoe, Lisa Norton, Holly Manning and Rob DeWolfe entered CAMRT's ‘Very Image of Care'...

The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Canada's Minister of State for Science and Technology, recently announced a new Canada Research Chair at the University of Prince Edward Island's Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC). Dr. Sophie St-Hilaire joins UPEI as the Canada Research Chair in Integrated Health Research for Sustainable Aquaculture. Dr. St-Hilaire moves her research to the AVC from...

From Sunday, May 27 to Wednesday, May 30, 2012, the University of Prince Edward Island will host the annual conference of the Atlantic Association of College and University Student Services (AACUSS). Every spring, professionals who work directly with students at post-secondary institutions across the Atlantic provinces gather to share best practices, professional development, and research....

UPEI Environmental Studies 409B students are hosting the first student-led environmental symposium on January 12 in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre. The symposium will focus on the true costs of what we eat, wear, and use. The students will present posters that relate to their term papers which discuss true costs and impacts on the local, national, and global economies. The poster presentation...

UPEI President Alaa Abd-El-Aziz was amazed by the turnout and warm greetings at UPEI's New Year's Day levee. This was his first time hosting a UPEI levee since his installation as UPEI's sixth president. He mentioned that when most people speak about PEI, they often forget to give credit to the amazing community and its people, 'This is what makes PEI a special place...