UPEI Takes Centre Stage in Calgary November 3

The University of Prince Edward Island takes centre stage at Calgary’s Glencoe Club on Saturday, November 3, when the Friends of UPEI gather to celebrate their university! This year’s event includes a fabulous dinner, a live and a silent auction, and music and stories by Hedgerow, one of P.E.I.'s best-known entertainment troupes.

Since the Friends of UPEI began in 1998, the group has raised over $600,000 for scholarships for students attending UPEI, invested through the Calgary Foundation that funds UPEI scholarships and bursaries in perpetuity. Since its beginning, the group has awarded almost $150,000 in scholarships to students attending UPEI.

Anyone interested in more information about the Friends of UPEI in Calgary should contact Kevin Lewis, Advancement Services, (902) 894-2888 or krlewis@upei.ca.

Visit this link to see what scholarship winner Lauren Wonfor, now in her second year, says about her first year at UPEI.

What some of our 2007 scholarship winners say about UPEI:

I came to UPEI because I wanted to attend a smaller university. I figured it would be a great opportunity to go to the Maritimes because I love the Island. I am glad I chose UPEI because f the small class sizes. You are not just a number to professors; they really care about your learning.-- Amy Hennebery, third-year English and Chemistry

Having been born and raised in Calgary, I chose UPEI because I wanted nothing more than to escape the huge city and live somewhere nice and quiet and small and peaceful. In the summer of my grade 11 year, my family travelled to PEI as part of a Maritime holiday, and I instantly fell in love with the Island. I decided right then that that was where I wanted to go to university. Four years later, I am still enamored with the Island. -- Caitlin Vavasour-Williams, fourth-year Biology (environmental ecology and wildlife conservation)

My mother is an alumna here and she really liked the idea of me attending UPEI. Initially I chose the school because of the small class sizes, which sounded perfect to me. I also have some family here, so a chance to be close to my grandmother was also very tempting. Now that I’m here, I choose to stay because of the small campus, great people, and excellent professors. All in all, it is just a great school! -- Joey Greco, second-year Business