AVC now has a new website that makes donating to the College quick and easy. Supporters can click on Give to AVC on the front page of the College’s main website to go to the donation website. 

It’s not usual to see a horse in the parking lot of the PEI Provincial Palliative Care Centre—except when Billy, the Norwegian Fjord horse, comes to visit. Sixteen-year-old Billy is owned by Dr. Mary McNiven, professor of animal science at the Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC). For over three years, she has been bringing Billy to visit patients in the Centre. 

Graeme McDonald, head coach of the UPEI Women’s Soccer team, is pleased to announce that Maddie Hurley has committed to the Panthers. Hurley competed on five provincial teams and was named the 2016 PEI Soccer Association Junior Female Player of the Year.

Dr. Kathleen MacMillan, AVC Equine Ambulatory Service, will give a community workshop on Wednesday, July 11, about strangles in AVC’s Lecture Theatre A at 7 p.m.

The Faculty of Nursing at the University of Prince Edward Island has been granted the maximum seven-year accreditation from the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN), the national accrediting body for nursing education in Canada.

The UPEI Active Living Lab and UPEI Athletics and Recreation are seeking women with breast cancer, or who have previously had breast cancer, to participate in a free eight-week walking program in July and August. 

The 13^th biennial conference of the L.M. Montgomery Institute (LMMI) established three new awards to honour special contributions to the mission of the institute. 

Participants of the 13^th biennial conference of the L.M. Montgomery Institute recently planted a tree on UPEI campus in recognition of the relationship between Japan and Prince Edward Island. 

Mebesius is one of 48 students from across Canada heading to the University of Prince Edward Island for the award-winning program SHAD, which takes place at 16 host universities from coast to coast. 

The Atlantic Veterinary College at UPEI will hold a community workshop on Wednesday, July 11, about strangles, a highly contagious bacterial infection that affects the upper respiratory system of the horse. The presentation will take place in AVC’s Lecture Theatre A at 7 p.m.