UPEI has announced the winners of its recent online contest, ‘Win with UPEI', that handed out $10,000-originally slated to purchase advertising-in bursaries, as well as other prizes. The Faculty of Education received 2,519 votes out of 10,495 total votes, and received the largest proportion of bursary dollars-$2,402. Veterinary Medicine was a close second,...

It was announced today that head coach Carly Clarke has added Danielle MacDonald, Marie-Christine Parent, and Amy Gough to the UPEI women's basketball roster for the upcoming 2010-11 season. MacDonald, a 5'4' guard from Memorial High School in Sydney, Cape Breton is sure to create havoc on the defensive end. A feisty and energetic player, she is a great ‘on ball'...

The Prince Edward Island premiere of the film "Poor No More" along with a question/answer period with executive producer David Langille will take place on July 14 at 7 pm at AVC Lecture Theatre A, UPEI. Sponsored by CUPE and other anti-poverty groups including PEI Working Group for a Livable Income, Poverty Bites, and McKillop Centre for Social Justice, the film offers...

The University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI), in partnership with the City of Charlottetown and Province of Prince Edward Island, is hosting an athletics training camp festival from July 7-18 for several international teams competing at the 2010 IAAF World Junior Athletics Championships in Moncton, New Brunswick later this month. 'We are very excited to host five countries as...

The first class of Bachelor of Education (BEd) (Kindergarten) students are attending a week-long orientation on the UPEI campus to help them adjust to the university environment. In September 2010, educators who have been hired as kindergarten teachers will begin a part-time BEd program as part of the move to the new K-12 public school system. The orientation week was kicked off by remarks...

The Centre for Health and Biotech Management Research, Three Oaks Innovations Inc., and the PEI BioAlliance will present Dan Darnley, Vice President and Chief Intellectual Property Officer at Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Dr. Jonathon O'Brien, Chair, Intellectual Property Practice Group at Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn on Thursday, July 8, as the second installment of the...

Teams from the Webster Centre and the Department of Athletics competed along with corporate teams at the Rick Hansen Wheels in Motion event at the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre on Friday, June 25. Coordinated by the Canadian Paraplegic Association on PEI (CPA-PEI), the event is part of a national Rick Hansen Foundation initiative to support community projects that impact the quality of...

The Tourism Research Centre in the School of Business at UPEI has released encouraging research on visitors who come to Prince Edward Island to participate in a meeting or conference - further supporting investment in this market. In 2009, PEI hosted 200 meetings and conventions that contributed almost $19.5 million to PEI's economy. The events were classified into three categories:...

Martha Trivett, a Grade 11 student at Charlottetown Rural High School, is the winner of the 2010 Pearson College Scholarship for Prince Edward Island. This prestigious award covers full tuition and residence for two years of study at the Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific in British Columbia. The selection committee for the PEI scholarship was comprised of UPEI's Tamara Leary,...

The Sport Information Resource Centre (SIRC) recently selected a paper written by Dr. Sean Hennessey, Dr. Dongkoo Yun, and Dr. Roberta MacDonald for a SIRC Research Award. The paper, ‘The Economic Impact of Golf to a Tourist Destination,' won the ‘Impact of Sport on a Community' category. The award includes a cash prize of $2,000. 'This is great news for both the...