The UPEI Executive MBA (EMBA) program recently partnered with a local company, Newman Estate Winery, in a marketing challenge for students. Five EMBA teams in the Business 603 Marketing Management class were tasked to prepare a comprehensive marketing plan to help with the launch of two new winery products. Each group presented their marketing plan to the company, the class, and a panel of judges...

UPEI graduate students, interested in conducting field work during their studies, were treated to a visit on July 9 from Dr. Luc Mougeot of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). Dr. Mougeot spoke about funding opportunities and provided a chance for students to ask questions about field-work abroad. Session participants included Mike Coffin, PhD Environmental Science; Mahendra...

UPEI's Institute of Island Studies (IIS), in collaboration with the Nova Scotia Agricultural College's Rural Research Centre (soon to be the Rural Research Centre of Dalhousie's Faculty of Agriculture), and the Tatamagouche Centre invite the public to a lecture and discussion by Alastair McIntosh, a leading figure in Scottish land reform, and a well-known writer and broadcaster...

The University of Prince Edward Island announced today the appointment of Dr. Robert Hurta as the next Jeanne and J.-Louis Lévesque Research Professor in Nutrisciences and Health. Dr. Hurta is a molecular/cellular biologist and an associate professor of biology at UPEI. His research focuses on investigating the possible health benefits of compounds found in plant and marine sources, and in...

The University of Prince Edward Island's Board of Governors recently accepted the recommendation of the search committee for Dean of the School of Nursing. Dr. Rosemary Herbert, Associate Professor and coordinator of UPEI's Master of Nursing program, will begin her appointment immediately. 'I am pleased to announce Rosemary's appointment to the position of Dean of the...

UPEI's International Relations Office was approved as a new member of the Atlantic Council for International Cooperation (ACIC) during its annual general meeting and symposium from June 13-15. The annual event was hosted by the Coady Institute at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, and it provided an opportunity for the ACIC to select new members, including UPEI...

UPEI's varsity soccer and hockey teams are excited to announce that five-foot-ten Islander Cole MacMillan has committed to attend UPEI in September. MacMillan will join the soccer and hockey Panthers in the fall. Head coach of the men's soccer team, Lewis Page, coached MacMillan on the 2009 Canada Games team and knows him well. 'What makes him a great athlete is his...

Ryan Gallant, UPEI Student Union president from 2005-2007, was recently valedictorian at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. Gallant graduated from McGill in June 2012 with a Bachelor of Common Law and Bachelor of Civil Law (LLB and BCL). Gallant's speech was delivered in both English and French, and it highlighted the student population's diversity, universal memories...

UPEI clarinetist and professor Karem J. Simon, in collaboration with percussionist Krista Carruthers, will present multiple performances of 'Cadenzas' by Canadian composer Alexina Louie on Sunday, July 1, beginning at 2:30 pm. In a departure from typical recital protocol, 'Cadenzas' will be performed three times, in three separate campus venues. The recital will...

The Advancing Interdisciplinary Research in Singing project (AIRS) will hold its fourth annual regional workshops June 25 and 26 in UPEI's Don and Marion McDougall Hall, Room 246, from 9:00 am-5:00 pm. AIRS is an exciting seven-year research project funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada. More than 70 researchers from around the world contribute to the project...