UPEI men’s soccer recruits Kasper Lasia
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UPEI men’s soccer coach Lewis Page may have found his midfielder of the future in Ottawa native Kasper Lasia. Lasia joins a team that suddenly became young at a pivotal position now that Ignacio Sanchez and Lucas Ross have graduated, but Page is confident in the young footballer. “Kasper is a real box-to-box midfielder,” he said. “He’s good in the air, he can defend, and he’s an excellent passer of the ball.” |
Let’s celebrate the UPEI Class of 2020, May 15!
The Class of 2020 from the University of Prince Edward Island is one for the history books. The 2019–2020 academic year began with celebrating UPEI’s 50th anniversary and ended in the midst of a global pandemic which kept students, faculty, and staff physically apart. Graduating students persevered. They put in the work; they gave their time, they demonstrated their intelligence and creativity, and they succeeded!
Message from the President: UPEI’s Operational Ease-Back Plan
Dear Members of the University Community,
UPEI’s Jenna Mae Ellsworth named AUS Female Athlete of the Year
The following was originally released by Atlantic University Sport (AUS).
Charlottetown, PEI (May 6, 2020)—UPEI Panthers women's basketball player Jenna Mae Ellsworth has been named the AUS Female Athlete of the Year.
Message from the President: Planning the way forward
UPEI Faculty of Education’s Barbara Jane Brewster awarded doctoral fellowship from SSHRC
Barbara Jane Brewster, a PhD student in UPEI’s Faculty of Education, has been awarded a doctoral fellowship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). The $80,000 fellowship will allow Brewster to continue her research in the area of mathematics anxiety.
Faculty of Business Enactus team places in virtual competition
Students from the UPEI Faculty of Business recently competed in the Enactus Canada Regional Exposition. The regional competition was held virtually this year due to COVID-19 restrictions. The Enactus UPEI team participated in three categories and took home hardware in each.
Students submitted five-minute video presentations for each challenge, narrated by two students from the team. The results were announced in a live stream hosted on Enactus Canada’s Facebook page.
Take a bow, Joel
His was not the typical path to the NHL. But then again, Joel Ward is not a typical hockey player.
UPEI salutes one of its finest as Ward retires from his career as a player in the NHL. Ward is hanging up his skates after an impressive 726 games with the Minnesota Wild, the Nashville Predators, the Washington Capitals, and finally the San Jose Sharks. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from UPEI in 2006 and was named an Inspiring Young Alumni in 2016.
Read or listen to H. Wade MacLauchlan’s biography of Alex B. Campbell for free
The Robertson Library, in cooperation with UPEI President Emeritus H. Wade MacLauchlan, is offering a free download of the ebook and audiobook versions of MacLauchlan’s biography of Premier Alex B. Campbell. Alex B. Campbell: The Prince Edward Island Premier Who Rocked The Cradle tells the story of Prince Edward Island’s longest-serving premier and the youngest person elected first minister in Canada in the 20th century.
Panthers bolster backline with addition of Roselyn Kushko
The backfield of UPEI women’s soccer team will look vastly different now that Danielle Younker and Jennifer Balderston have completed their fifth year of eligibility. Not only are the Panthers losing all-star calibre talent, but they are losing two leaders. The door is open for rookie defender Roselyn Kushko, from Russell, Ontario, to take one of those vacant spots and cement herself as a cornerstone for the team.
