Two groups of fourth-year UPEI business students taking a strategic management course gained first-hand experience working in the real-life business world this semester. The students took the course, a requirement for their degrees, from business professors Gary Evans and Juergen Krause. The course provides business students with opportunities to explore strategic thinking, analysis and...

The Tourism Research Centre (TRC) at the School of Business at the University of PEI is pleased to announce the release of a new report discussing the results of a 2007 travel experience survey. This survey was distributed to a panel comprised of people who had requested information from Tourism PEI about visiting PEI. 'This survey is interesting because at one point all of these panel...

Health Minister Doug Currie, and Charlene Stevenson and Brian Doucette, of the Canadian Paraplegic Association-PEI Division (CPA-PEI), recently presented Paul Cudmore, UPEI Accessibility Committee, with a cheque for renovations to Main Building. With financial assistance from the CPA-PEI, UPEI will make the Main Building, the oldest building on campus, more accessible for people who have...

The Social Economy and Sustainability Research Network invites the public to attend a wine and cheese reception on December 12, from 3 to 5 p.m. in Schurman Market Square in Don and Marion McDougall Hall at the University of Prince Edward Island. This event will showcase poster presentations on work that is done through community-university research partnerships here on P.E.I. and across...

In May 2008, teams from the University of British Columbia and Atlantic Veterinary College excavated the 20-year-old remains of a blue whale near Tignish.  Join us as AVC Wildlife Pathologist, Dr. Pierre-Yves Daoust, speaks about his experience, using the excavation to illustrate some remarkable adaptations of these magnificent animals to their environment.  A question and answer session will...

Wireless internet access is now available in all academic buildings on the University of Prince Edward Island’s campus. To extend wireless access across UPEI, Computer Services increased the number of wireless access points on campus from 25 to 100. Prior to this expansion, which was completed in early November, wireless access was available only in select areas on campus, such as the Robertson...

Dr. Vianne Timmons, who served as vice-president Academic Development at UPEI from 2001 to 2008, has named one of the Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada in 2008. Timmons joined UPEI in 1996 as dean of the Faculty of Education and was named vice-president Academic Development in 2001. She became president and vice-chancellor of the University of Regina in July of 2008. She will chair the...

Students in the University of Prince Edward Island’s cooperative education program were recognized recently for their excellent work during an awards ceremony held in the Don and Marion McDougall Hall. The highlight of the event was the presentation of the annual co-op student of the year awards. Johanna Egan, who graduated with her business degree in May of 2008, won the 2007 Business...

The University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) is achieving its key targets, led by impressive gains in enrolment and research, but it cannot rest on its laurels, said President Wade MacLauchlan in his annual University Update on Thursday. MacLauchlan spoke to university students, faculty and staff, and members of the public in the Alex H. MacKinnon Auditorium, Don and Marion McDougall...

During this final week of Panther Sport at the end of an exciting fall semester, UPEI student-athletes are reaching out to help people in the community who are in need. They are asking Panther hockey supporters who plan to attend Thursday night's game against SMU to make cash and food donations to the PEI Food Bank. And they are encouraging basketball fans who are going to the women's and men'...