The second Nunavut Master of Education (MEd) cohort of thirteen students will graduate in Iqaluit on Saturday, June 1 at a special convocation celebration. Two elders will also receive honorary degrees. The program, co-taught by alumnae and instructors with experience in Nunavut, was delivered in Nunavut with the exception of two summer courses at UPEI, giving participants an opportunity to...

The UPEI Alumni Association is now accepting nominations for their Distinguished Alumni Awards. These awards are presented to graduates for their outstanding contribution to knowledge, the arts, the community, the university, or humanity. The Inspiring Young Alumni Award is presented to a graduate, under the age of 40, who has shown outstanding determination in achieving success at a young age....

On Monday, May 6, UPEI faculty members were honoured at Faculty Recognition Night held in the Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall. The evening was a time to celebrate and honour faculty achievements. Opening remarks were delivered by Betty Jeffery, President of the Faculty Association, while closing remarks were delivered by UPEI President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz. The annual event, co-...

UPEI women's hockey Head Coach Bruce Donaldson is pleased to announce Calgary native Cornelia Geib is joining the Women's Hockey team this fall. Geib played with the Calgary Flyers Midget AAA team this past season and served as team captain. An offensive player who participated in 32 games accumulating 15 goals and 18 assists for 33 points, Geib was selected to participate in...

UPEI men's basketball Head Coach Tim Kendrick is pleased to announce that 5'10' guard Ellis Ffrench, a transfer student from St. FX, has committed to join the program for the final two years of his eligibility. Ffrench is very familiar with Coach Kendrick, having played for him throughout his high school career at Horton High School, in Nova Scotia, and was an integral part of two...

In another cost-cutting move, the University of Prince Edward Island has eliminated the senior administrative position of Assistant Vice-President Graduate Studies. Services offered to graduate students services and postdoctoral fellows by the Office of Graduate Studies will continue from its new location within the Research Services department. The Assistant Vice-President, 3M Canada Teaching...

UPEI women's rugby Head Coach Shannon Atkins is pleased to welcome Island native Leah Corrigan to the Panther program for the 2013-14 season. 'Leah is a hard runner and powerful tackler; she can run on angles and read the opposition,' said Atkins. 'Her powerful running will be a welcome addition to the backline which has been depleted this past year.' A...

UPEI women's rugby head coach Shannon Atkins is pleased to welcome two Island rugby players to the Panther lineup-Sidney Corrigan and Holly Hartlen. Corrigan, a native of Sherwood plays wide side flanker for the Charlottetown Rural Raiders rugby team, while Hartlen of Summerside plays for the Three Oaks Axewomen. 'Sidney is aggressive, dominant, and fast on the...

In the fall of 2012, a research team at UPEI launched a website where the public could report their sightings of red foxes on Prince Edward Island. Today, the team behind upei.ca/redfox launches a new crowd-funding project to help fund the next stages of their research so that we can improve our understanding of one of PEI's largest predators. 'A fox-sightings map gave us information...

The 11th annual Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS)/UPEI Math Camp was recently held on campus May 3-5. The Math Camp is a national initiative that sponsors close to two dozen regional camps across Canada. UPEI's Math Camp is the main community outreach activity of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. This year, the camp hosted a group of sixteen students-ten...