Spotlights

UPEI is a place built on stories, from student success, to faculty and staff honours, to ground-breaking research. In UPEI Spotlights, you can read and watch videos about the important things that make UPEI unique.

Featured Story

May 1, 2024 | Students, Success Story

Our Stories

Chris Vessey
Aug 25, 2022 | Faculty

Chris Vessey is a Systems Administrator, Laboratory Instructor, and a Sessional Instructor in the School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences at UPEI. Older than dirt itself, he’s been around UPEI in a teaching capacity since 2000, but also had a stint from 1990 to 1995 as a User Services Support Technician in what is now called ITSS.

Dr. Mike MacLellan
Aug 22, 2022 | Profile

Dr. Mike MacLellan, Associate Professor for UPEI’s Kinesiology program, joined the Department of Applied Human Sciences in 2018. The main goal of his teaching approach is to develop innovative leaders who will make meaningful contributions to the community following graduation.

upei math graduate shannan hill
Jul 28, 2022 | Students, Success Story

An Honours student with a minor in Business, Shannan graduated in 2022.

portrait photo of pathways to academic success program facilitator Simone Brechin
Jul 8, 2022 | Profile

In addition to her work with PAS, Simone supports student programming in the Mawi'omi Indigenous Student Centre and UPEI Campus Life Program.

upei lab technician and instructor megan glover in a laboratory
Jun 22, 2022 | Profile, Success Story

As a Laboratory Technician in both Engineering and Physics, Megan supports student learning through instruction and supervision of engineering science and physics activities in laboratory settings. She provides support to faculty with the design and set-up of lab activities, and she also maintains the equipment used in teaching laboratories and organizes outreach activities.