UPEI Athletics and Recreation congratulates Panther student-athlete and curler Veronica Smith on being selected as the Curl PEI Junior Female Athlete of the Year. Smith, a second-year business student at UPEI, received the award last week at the annual Curl PEI/ADL/Sport PEI Awards which were presented prior to Curl PEI's Annual General Meeting hosted at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht...

UPEI Athletics and Recreation is proud to announce its Panther Academy's 2014 Summer Camp offerings. This year marks the second year of Panther Academy and the 22nd year of Panther Camps offered at UPEI. At Panther Academy, there is something for everyone! Whether you like playing sports, or perhaps have a flair for the arts, maybe you like to experiment in the kitchen, or enjoy building...

Are you looking to add value to your organization? If so, this is your opportunity to participate in a rewarding and meaningful program that will allow you to expand your workforce with energetic, bilingual students, at little cost to your business. UPEI's Languages at Work program-a part of the Explore Program-takes place from June 30-August 22, and invites you to get...

UPEI Men's Basketball Head Coach Tim Kendrick is pleased to announce the addition of Nova Scotian Jake Kendrick and Charlottetown native Kyle Welton to the Panthers roster for the 2014 season. Kendrick, a six-foot-one guard and son of Coach Kendrick, will join the Panthers basketball team as a red shirt to work on his development, while six-foot-four Welton will be looking to crack the...

UPEI's School of Nursing hosted two days of discussion, dialogue, and research about the value of the Registered Nurse in creating transformative change in health care at the Atlantic Region Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (ARCASN) research conference and the UPEI School of Nursing/Health PEI Nursing Research Day. Dr. Gina Browne, a distinguished researcher and founding director...

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...