UPEI's annual Presidential Recognition Awards of Merit and 25-Year Service awards were presented to staff and faculty at a special ceremony on Wednesday, May 7. The awards, created by UPEI President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz, recognize outstanding performance and dedication to students and our community-on-campus, provincially, and globally. Later that evening, the UPEI...

The University of Prince Edward Island was deeply saddened to hear the news last month of the passing of honorary degree recipient and highly respected Nunavut Elder Dr. Donald Uluadluak. He passed away on Thursday, April 24 at the age of 81 and is survived by his wife Ruth, 13 children, and large extended family. Dr. Uluadluak received an honorary degree at last year's special convocation...

UPEI Athletics and Recreation is pleased to announce this year's Stewart McKelvey Panther Classic Golf Tournament is returning to PEI's beautiful Green Gables Golf Course on July 25. The annual event generates support for student-athletes at UPEI, and last year raised $11,683. Tournament organizer Brian King comments, 'The support for this event is wonderful and the golf course...

UPEI's Lucy Maud Montgomery Institute (LMMI)'s 11th biennial conference-'L.M. Montgomery and War'-will take place June 25-29 in Charlottetown. The conference will include open discussions on war, conflict, the Canadian Home Front, gender roles, and more. Keynote speakers include distinguished historian Jonathan Vance; Montgomery scholar, LMMI founder, and...

UPEI sends its congratulations to editor Dr. Richard Lemm for the PEI Book Award for Riptides: New Island Fiction. The collection of 23 short stories, published by Acorn Press, took home the honour at the Atlantic Book Awards Gala in Charlottetown on Wednesday, May 21. Dr. Lemm is a professor of English at UPEI. Among the authors in the collection are several writers from the UPEI...

UPEI's Department of Education would like to extend special congratulations to its 84 Bachelor of Education Kindergarten graduates who crossed the stage on May 10. In 2010, kindergarten moved from private governance into the PEI public school system. Educators working in kindergarten at that time were given a unique opportunity to pursue a modified Bachelor of Education degree specialized...

The Honourable Gail Shea, Canada's Minister for Fisheries and Oceans, on behalf of the Hon. Ed Holder, Minister of State for Science and Technology, formally announced today the awarding of a new Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Young Lives in Global & Local Contexts at the University of Prince Edward Island. The chair was awarded by the CRC Secretariat and Social Sciences and Humanities...

Join us for the launch of 'Some weather we're having! 2015 PEI Weather Trivia Calendar' written by Don Jardine and Dr. Adam Fenech and published by UPEI's Climate Research Lab. The launch takes place from 7-9 pm, May 20 at the Carriage House Beaconsfield Historic House in Charlottetown. Prince Edward Island history comes to life in this first-ever PEI weather trivia...

The University of Prince Edward Island conferred degrees, diplomas, and certificates on a record 1,006 graduates as they crossed the stage at convocation ceremonies on Saturday, May 10. The Class of 2014 and their proud families and friends gathered to celebrate in the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre for two ceremonies-the first beginning at 10:00 am and the second at 2:30 pm. Newly installed...

On Friday, May 2 UPEI hosted a brand new science camp-'Girls Get WISE' (Women in Science and Engineering) which aimed at exposing participants to hands-on science activities and career information, and attracting female students to science, engineering, and technology fields. The camp saw 52 students from grades 7-9 in attendance from schools all across Prince Edward Island....