The University of Prince Edward Island has signed Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) today with three Kenyan universities: the University of Nairobi, Kenyatta University, and the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology. The MOUs are the first step in establishing formal exchange programs and collaborative research/study opportunities between UPEI and the three African institutions...

Today, the University of Prince Edward Island submitted an unfair labour practice complaint against the UPEI Faculty Association (FA) to the Labour Relations Board of the PEI Department of Community Services, Seniors, and Labour. It states that the Association is subverting the negotiation process by not bargaining in good faith. The University is concerned that FA negotiators have deliberately...

The UPEI Department of Music presents its Super Bowl weekend 'Faculty Recital Spectacular' on Saturday, February 5 at 7:30 pm at the Dr. Steel Recital Hall. This annual recital will feature most of UPEI's performance faculty performing as soloists and chamber musicians. Professor Frances Gray is featured prominently throughout as she will perform Ginastera's Argentinian...

When long-time Newfoundland resident John Steffler, Canada's Parliamentary Poet during 2006-2008, gives a reading, it's certain that people in the audience will ask him to read 'That Night We Were Ravenous.' This frolicking, sensuous poem begins with a near-disastrous encounter with a moose on a highway in Newfoundland, and ends with the couple back home devouring a feast...

Students in UPEI's executive-style Master of Business Administration program will explore the topic ‘hyper-localism' at the third annual Local Marketing Challenge, Saturday, February 5 from 9 am-1 pm at Don and Marion McDougall Hall in the Alex H. MacKinnon Auditorium. The Local Marketing Challenge is the final project of the Marketing Management course in the MBA Program...

UPEI recognized the long-standing support and leadership of Lou MacEachern at a reception today, naming a busy indoor thoroughfare at Don and Marion McDougall Hall in his honour. Louis W. MacEachern Market Street is located along the full length of the building and connects students to lecture theatres, classrooms and study / breakout rooms in the modern complex that hosts School of Business...

UPEI was disappointed to learn that the Faculty Association requested the province appoint a conciliation officer yesterday when there has been considerable progress made by both sides at the bargaining table. Regular meetings with the Association's negotiating committee have occurred since the Fall, as often as two to three times a week, and the University's bargaining team remains...

Before the men's game versus UNB Varsity Reds on Saturday, January 29, former Panther Wilfred MacDonald was honoured for his standout, four-year UPEI hockey career. Wilf MacDonald in his Panther playing days.The defenceman played for Panthers from 1975-80 under coaches Jack Kane and Jack Hynes and was Panther Rookie of the Year in the '75-76 season, UPEI Male Athlete of the Year...

The 2011 UPEI Career Fair will take place on campus Wednesday, February 2 from 10 am to 3 pm in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre. This year's edition has a new look as the former Education Job Fair and the Career Fair have merged into one event. School board recruiters for the Bachelor of Education program will join employers and recruiters who are seeking to hire UPEI students and...

From Monday, February 7 to Friday, February 11, the University of Prince Edward Island will celebrate International Development Week (IDW), a national event held annually to increase Canadians' awareness of their country's role in international development and to educate them about life in developing countries. For its tenth year, UPEI's IDW Planning Committee has chosen the...