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Screening of documentary, "The Woman Who Loves Giraffes"

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The Atlantic Veterinary College is pleased to welcome Dr. Anne Innis Dagg for a documentary screening of “The Woman Who Loves Giraffes,” as well as a question-and-answer session on Wednesday, May 25, from 7–9 p.m. ADT.

"The BIS program provides an excellent opportunity for students who have work and life experience."

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What brought you to UPEI? In other words, why did you choose to study here?

I’ve lived all my life on PEI, so UPEI was very high on my list of options. I checked out similar degree programs at universities and colleges from Ontario to Newfoundland and Labrador and found that the structure of UPEI’s Bachelor of Integrated Studies pathway suited my needs the best. There were a variety of online courses and other hybrid classes that I could take, so I only had to be on campus on weekends to write exams, which was perfect for me.

Two student leaders head 2022 Grad Week and NSO

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UPEI’s Departments of Student Affairs and Recruitment and First Year Advising are excited to announce that, for the first time, the Grad Week and New Student Orientation (NSO) programs will be led by two exceptional student leaders during the 2022 cycle.

Grad Week and NSO Coordinator Nathan Lacroix is a fourth-year biology student who will graduate with his Bachelor of Science degree on Friday, May 13.

UPEI holds first in-person Convocation in two years

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UPEI's 2022 valedictorians — The valedictorians for UPEI’s 2022 Convocation ceremonies are (left to right) Tolulope Oginni (Faculty of Business and Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering, May 11), Dr.

New Faculty installs Indigenous tipi on Charlottetown campus; offers Indigenous Teachings course

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The University of Prince Edward Island’s Charlottetown campus is now home to a temporary, cone-shaped Indigenous structure, known as a tipi, that has been erected between the Kelley Memorial Building and the W.A. Murphy Student Centre.

Atlantic Veterinary College has strong representation at Atlantic Provinces Veterinary Conference

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The Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) at the University of Prince Edward Island participated in the Atlantic Provinces Veterinary Conference (APVC) that was held in Halifax, Nova Scotia from April 22 to 24, 2022.

APVC is an annual education conference for veterinary medicine that invites close to nine hundred veterinarians, veterinary students, veterinary technologists, hospital and clinic managers, and front office staff from all four Atlantic provinces.

AVC cardiologist invested as a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology

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The Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) at the University of Prince Edward Island is pleased to congratulate Dr. Étienne Côté on being invested as a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (ACC).

Traditionally, fellowship has been reserved for human-medicine physicians, but in 2019 the designation was expanded to recognize distinguished leaders in the cardiovascular community in non-physician professions. Côté is the first ACC Fellow at AVC and one of only five veterinarians in the world who have been elected as an ACC Fellow.

UPEI student receives 2022 3M National Student Fellowship Award

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Sarah Freeburn, a fourth-year student in UPEI’s Diversity and Social Justice Studies program, has been awarded a 2022 3M National Student Fellowship Award by STLHE (Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education).