UPEI Student Union features all-woman executive for first time in fifty-year history

The UPEI Student Union (UPEISU) is celebrating its own version of the PEI Famous Five.* This year’s executive features President Emma Drake, Vice-President Academic and External Sweta Daboo, Vice-President Student Life Tessa Rogers, and Vice-President Finance and Administration Keesha Ryan, marking the first time in 50 years of UPEISU history that all four executive positions are held by women.

Trauma and Resilience Keynote with Dr. Amanda Brazil

Join the UPEI Student Union and the Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office (SV-PRO) in welcoming Dr. Amanda Brazil on Tuesday, September 10 at 12 noon in McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre, to open our "Just Check in For Consent" week (September 10 to 12) with her keynote speech about trauma and resilience. Don't miss this opportunity to de-stigmatize trauma and also put your name in for a draw to win a Fitbit watch!! 

It's Consent Week - Just Check In!

Tuesday, September 10, 2019 is the first day of "Just Check In" for Consent, a collaboration between the UPEI Student Union and the Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office (SV-PRO).  

10:00 am-1:00 pm: Start your day with a Kick-Off Fair in the Concourse of the W.A. Murphy Student Centre with tables from on-campus and off-campus resources.

Grant Thornton CEO to give first talk in UPEI Alumni Speakers Series

UPEI Faculty of Business alumnus Kevin Ladner, Executive Partner and CEO of Grant Thornton, will give the first talk in the University’s 50th anniversary Alumni Speakers Series on Wednesday, September 11, from 5–7 pm in Schurman Market Square, Don and Marion McDougall Hall.

Created to celebrate UPEI’s 50th anniversary, the Alumni Speakers Series will feature presentations by alumni from each of the eight faculties at the University. The speakers will tell their stories of success and how UPEI changed their lives.

UPEI Alumni Speaker Series: Kevin Ladner

In celebration of UPEI’s 50th anniversary, join us for a series of inspiring talks by alumni from all eight faculties. Speakers will tell their stories of success and how UPEI changed their lives.

On September 11, from 5–7 pm in Schurman Market Square, Don and Marion McDougall Hall, the Faculty of Business presents Kevin Ladner, BBA 1985, who is Executive Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Grant Thornton.

UPEI prepares for Dorian

The University of Prince Edward Island has taken measures in advance of any impact from Hurricane Dorian on PEI.

On Friday, messages were issued from both Facilities Management and IT Systems and Services (ITSS) asking faculty and staff, as well as students living in residence, to take some precautions in order to prevent possible damage to buildings and equipment.