UPEI’s Faculty of Business will hold an information session for those interested in its Executive MBA program. The event will be Thursday, March 14 at 5:00 pm at The Gallery in The Guild in Charlottetown.

UPEI’s EMBA program offers a high-quality learning experience for working business professionals. The program is designed for those working in, or aspiring to work, in a management or leadership position. Classes are offered bi-weekly on Fridays and Saturdays with the option to complete the program in 20 months.

Learn more about the program and application process, have your questions answered, and meet with staff from the Faculty of Business.

To reserve a seat, contact 902 566-6474 or mba@upei.ca.

For more information about UPEI’s Executive MBA program, please visit upei.ca/business/emba or contact the MBA Coordinator at 902-566-6474.

The University of Prince Edward Island prides itself on people, excellence, and impact and is committed to assisting students reach their full potential in both the classroom and community. With roots stemming from two founding institutions—Prince of Wales College and Saint Dunstan’s University—UPEI has a reputation for academic excellence, research innovation, and creating positive impacts locally, nationally, and internationally. UPEI is the only degree granting institution in the province and is proud to be a key contributor to the growth and prosperity of Prince Edward Island.

We are proud to announce Dr. Tim Goddard, a professor in the Faculty of Education, is the 2019 recipient of the UPEI Faculty of Graduate Studies Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Mentorship. Dr. Goddard has been an active and successful mentor for many graduate students since joining UPEI in 2008.

The nomination letter written by several of his current and past graduate students describe him in glowing terms.

“Dr. Goddard has a natural ability to make his students feel capable and heard while challenging assumptions and providing a different perspective,” wrote one nominator. “Students leave Dr. Goddard’s office and classes feeling focused and prepared, and most importantly, ready to tackle their research projects with confidence.”

As part of this award, Dr. Goddard becomes the UPEI nominee to the Canadian Association of Graduate Studies Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Mentorship. Dr. Goddard will also be featured as a keynote speaker at the UPEI Graduate Studies and Research Conference in May.

Congratulations, Tim, from all of your colleagues and students on this well-deserved recognition!

The University of Prince Edward Island prides itself on people, excellence, and impact and is committed to assisting students reach their full potential in both the classroom and community. With roots stemming from two founding institutions—Prince of Wales College and Saint Dunstan’s University—UPEI has a reputation for academic excellence, research innovation, and creating positive impacts locally, nationally, and internationally. UPEI is the only degree granting institution in the province and is proud to be a key contributor to the growth and prosperity of Prince Edward Island.

Every week, UPEI Athletics and Recreation recognizes two student-athletes for their achievements and dedication to their respective sports. Congratulations to Bailey Smith and Damon MacDonald, the UPEI Panther Subway Athletes of the Week for February 18 to 24!

Bailey Smith is a third-year nursing student from Mount Stewart, PEI and a sprinter on the UPEI Track & Field team. Smith won the 60-metre dash at the AUS Track & Field Championship over the weekend, setting a new personal best and breaking the AUS record with a time of 7.58 seconds. “Bailey Smith won her third consecutive AUS 60-metre title, her second consecutive AUS female track athlete of the year, and put an exclamation mark on her season by setting an AUS record in the 60-metre,” said coach Colin MacAdam. “The 60-metre competition was complicated by a timing error, meaning she ran three races in under three hours and managed the record on the final race. Next stop is the U SPORTS championship in Winnipeg, where she enters as the number-two 60-metre runner in the country.”

Damon MacDonald is a fourth-year business student from Stratford, PEI and a sprinter on the UPEI Track & Field team. MacDonald finished fifth in the men’s 60-metre dash at the AUS Track & Field Championship over the weekend with a time of 7.19 seconds. He also finished fifth in the 300-metre race with a time of 37.18 seconds. “Damon MacDonald has had a great season, and he capped it by qualifying for both the 60-metre and 300-metre finals at the AUS championships,” said coach MacAdam. “Damon finished fifth in the 60-metre race, which featured three of the top 15 runners in the country.”

Go Panthers Go!

The Honourable Wade MacLauchlan, premier of Prince Edward Island, recently presented Dr. Susan Dawson, professor of anatomy at AVC, with a certificate in recognition of her 2019 3M National Teaching Award. Dr. Dawson is the seventh faculty member at UPEI to be named a 3M National Teaching Fellow. Other 3M National Teaching Fellows are Dr. Shannon Murray and Dr. Brent MacLaine, Department of English; Dr. Brian Wagner, Department of Chemistry; Dr. Philip Smith, Department of Psychology; Dr. Fiona Walton, Faculty of Education; and Dr. Etienne Côté, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. 

AVC’s Broad Spectrum Student Chapter has been awarded a 2018 Veterinary Medical Student Leadership Grant from the Pride Veterinary Medical Community (PrideVMC).

PrideVMC, formerly LGVMA, awards $1,000 leadership grants to Broad Spectrum veterinary student chapters for leadership activities and programs that are aligned with its organizational mission and vision.

AVC’s Broad Spectrum Chapter plans to get students and faculty more involved and to bring inclusivity with the LGBTQIA+ members of the AVC community, said chapter president Natalie Tocco, Class of 2020. The chapter plans to use the funding to hold a Colour Run in the fall of this year; have a round-table discussion with faculty and students about being LGBTQIA+ in veterinary medicine; and host a lecture on homosexuality in the animal kingdom.

PrideVMC (formerly LGVMA) is the oldest professional organization that fosters acceptance, inclusivity and leadership for veterinarians, veterinary technicians, and veterinary students, of all sexual orientations and gender identities, and their allies, through community development, professional advocacy, and personal empowerment.
 

The UPEI Music Department Recital Series presents “Compelling Works for the Contemporary Saxophone Duo,” featuring duo Nicole Strum and Tristan De Borba on Friday, March 1, at 7:30 pm in the Dr. Steel Recital Hall of UPEI’s Steel Building. Saxophonists Nicole Strum and Tristan De Borba will perform works by Monnakgotla, Stockhausen, Lauba, Labadie, Scelsi, Fournier, and Lemay using soprano, alto, and tenor saxophones.

Tristan De Borba, an applied saxophone instructor at Acadia University, is one of Canada’s preeminent classical and contemporary saxophonists and is quickly gaining a reputation as an innovative and engaging musician with versatility and sensitive musicianship, orchestral saxophonist, and pedagogue across Canada. De Borba is a founding member of the Brogue Saxophone Quartet and half of the recently founded Strum-De Borba duo with fellow saxophonist Nicole Strum. He has a strong interest in the music of our time.

Canadian saxophonist Nicole Strum was awarded the Diplôme Professionel de Perfectionnement Musical from the Conservatoire de Bordeaux, where she studied with Marie-Bernadette Charrier. While in Bordeaux, she collaborated with composer José-Luis Campana on a premiere for saxophone quartet and percussion, which was featured in the September 2005 edition of the Association des Saxophonistes Les Cahiers du Saxophone. She is a graduate of the Université Européenne de Saxophone in Gap, France, where she studied with Claude Delangle, Jean-Denis Michat, Arno Bornkamp, and Vincent David. In North America, she studied with Stan Fisher, Jeremy Brown, and Steven Stusek, earning a DMA from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, in 2012.

Tickets are $25 or $10 for students and are available at the door.

The University of Prince Edward Island prides itself on people, excellence, and impact and is committed to assisting students reach their full potential in both the classroom and community. With roots stemming from two founding institutions—Prince of Wales College and Saint Dunstan’s University—UPEI has a reputation for academic excellence, research innovation, and creating positive impacts locally, nationally, and internationally. UPEI is the only degree granting institution in the province and is proud to be a key contributor to the growth and prosperity of Prince Edward Island.

Dr. Charlie Pye, veterinary dermatologist at AVC, will give a public workshop on Tuesday, March 19, at 7 pm, on common medical conditions that can cause excessive scratching in our canine companions and explain what treatments can be used to help them. The workshop will take place at the Atlantic Veterinary College at UPEI in Lecture Theatre A. Everyone is welcome. Admission is free, and refreshments will be served. For information, contact (902) 566-6786.

The Master in Global Affairs cohort, which started at UPEI in September, 2018, is now taking classes at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid. The students were received in the Spanish Parliament this month for a discussion with former Secretary of State for International Cooperation and Member of Parliament María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos. In this enriching meeting, the MGA students were able to discuss with MP Rodríguez about the geopolitical implications of Brexit, Catalonia, the upcoming European elections, and how to address the challenges of globalization by promoting multilateralism and sustainability.

The University of Prince Edward Island prides itself on people, excellence, and impact and is committed to assisting students reach their full potential in both the classroom and community. With roots stemming from two founding institutions—Prince of Wales College and Saint Dunstan’s University—UPEI has a reputation for academic excellence, research innovation, and creating positive impacts locally, nationally, and internationally. UPEI is the only degree granting institution in the province and is proud to be a key contributor to the growth and prosperity of Prince Edward Island.

Students from 16 of the world’s top international business schools converged on UPEI for the 24^th Network of International Business Schools (NIBS) Worldwide Case Competition championship. Over a week of intense competition, students drew on every ounce of skill, training, and teamwork they had to prove they are the best of the best.

NIBS is a worldwide association of business schools united by a belief in the importance of global perspective, cultural insight, and international experience in management education. Founded in 1993, the organization has more than 70 member institutions in over 30 countries.

Following a qualifying round that took place in November 2018, the top 16 teams advanced to the championship round last week at UPEI. Teams competed in a series of head-to-head matches, with as little as three hours between the time they received their cases and the moment they presented their solutions to expert judges.

“The 2019 Championship Round of the NIBS worldwide case competition provided us with the opportunity to showcase the UPEI Faculty of Business, the City of Charlottetown, and the Province of Prince Edward Island to over 80 students and team coaches from nine different countries,” said Dr. Jurgen Krause, dean of the Faculty of Business at UPEI. “The week-long event opened with a welcome by the Honourable Wade MacLauchlan, Premier of Prince Edward Island, included a tour of the Island, and closed with a gala reception at the Confederation Centre of the Arts. NIBS 2019 was a resounding success, and the competitors, their coaches, and other attendees were full of praise for the event organizers here at UPEI, our guest judges, and the overall event program. It is not surprising, then, that many of them want to return to experience what PEI has to offer in the summer!”

The success of the week was thanks in no small part to Mary Whitrow, Case Competitions Program Coordinator at UPEI. Whitrow was honoured with the NIBS Distinguished Service Award in recognition of her outstanding contribution as organizer of the 24th NIBS competition.

“Hosting NIBS was an amazing experience for all involved,” said Whitrow. “The organizing committee and volunteers put their heart and soul into this event and made it memorable for everyone attending. The sense of community created and fostered at each NIBS competition is truly special. Thank you to the NIBS board for their encouragement and guidance in this process. We are honoured to have hosted this once-in-a-lifetime event with their support."

UPEI’s NIBS team, made up of Faculty of Business students Hani Mayaleh, Taylor Meek, Alec Brown, and Olivia Lantz, gave a spectacular effort, but the championship this time around went to worthy competitors from the University of Guelph-Humber.

“NIBS was my biggest academic challenge in my university years, as well as the most valuable experiential learning experience so far,” said Lantz, a fourth-year student from Charlottetown.

“NIBS was a tough and fun experience all at the same time,” said Brown, a Charlottetown native in his fourth year of the BBA (Accounting) program. “The week was filled with hours of analyzing cases and preparing presentations, as well as meeting and eating with others from around the world.”

“NIBS was perhaps the most challenging week of my university career, but also the most rewarding in terms of the international friendships that were made and the learning experiences,” said Hani Mayaleh, a native of Syria currently in his third-year of the BBA program, specializing in Finance and Accounting.

“I am beyond grateful for my experience at NIBS!” said Taylor Meek, a fourth-year BBA student from Charlottetown, specializing in Accounting. “The opportunity to network at an international level and compete against the best resulted in an unforgettable week.”

The University of Prince Edward Island prides itself on people, excellence, and impact and is committed to assisting students reach their full potential in both the classroom and community. With roots stemming from two founding institutions—Prince of Wales College and Saint Dunstan’s University—UPEI has a reputation for academic excellence, research innovation, and creating positive impacts locally, nationally, and internationally. UPEI is the only degree granting institution in the province and is proud to be a key contributor to the growth and prosperity of Prince Edward Island.

Twenty years after winning their last championship, UPEI’s women’s basketball team is hoping to repeat history this weekend.

The Panthers had their most successful regular season in more than two decades, finishing with an impressive 17-3 record. For the first time in 30 years, they had a perfect 10-0 home record, while capturing a bye in the opening round of the playoffs.

UPEI’s impressive season was headlined by their smothering defence. Leading the way was third-year centre Carolina Del Santo, who earned her second straight AUS Defensive Player of the Year award, as she led the country in rebounds (265) and blocks (48). She was also named an AUS first-team all-star for the first time. Teammate and floor general Jenna Mae Ellsworth was also recognized for her stellar season, capturing her third consecutive AUS second-team all-star nod. She led the team in scoring with 16.7 points per game.

The team is two wins away from a championship. If they can continue to play with the same defensive intensity and get big performances from key players, there’s a real chance that a title will make its way back to Prince Edward Island.

For students, there are 30 floor tickets ($10) remaining. Please contact Leigh Read at lread@upei.ca or (902) 394-0927.

All other tickets can be purchased online at www.ticketatlantic.com.

Go Panthers Go!

Submitted by Thomas Becker