The UPEI campus community is invited to participate in the “Access for All UPEI” event on January 13, 2025, from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm, in McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre, to raise awareness of and advocate for improved accessibility on campus for students.

Two UPEI Men’s Hockey student-athletes and head coach Forbes MacPherson are headed to the international stage. Panthers captain Kurtis Henry and assistant captain Kaleb Pearson have been selected to play with Team Canada’s hockey team at the 2025 International University Sports Federation (FISU) World Games in Italy this month. MacPherson will serve as an assistant coach—his second time coaching in the FISU World Games. 

President Rodgers will kick off a series of President's Town Halls on January 15, 2025. The first topic is an update on the development of UPEI's strategic plan for 2025–2030. All UPEI community members are invited to attend.

The UPEI Panthers are looking forward to a week of competition at home and away to start the new year. 

Dr. Wendy Rodgers updated the campus community on the search for a new Vice-President, People and Culture. The Advisory Selection Committee will host finalist candidate A on January 9 and finalist candidate B on January 16 for on-campus visits.

On behalf of the Advisory Selection Committee for the Vice-President, Administration and Finance, Dr. Wendy Rodgers invites members of the campus community to an in-person vision presentation by finalist candidate "A" on Wednesday, January 8, 2025.

Festive greetings and good wishes filled the air as guests were welcomed to the New Year’s Day Levee held by the University of Prince Edward Island and the UPEI Alumni Association on Wednesday, January 1, 2025, in the Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering building. 

The UPEI Board of Governors approved several changes to the international student tuition deposits, as recommended by the Finance and Audit Committee, for students who apply to UPEI after December 3, 2024.

Dr. Xander Wang, a professor in UPEI’s Applied Climate Change and Adaptation program and director of the UPEI Climate Smart Lab, has been awarded the prestigious American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) Charles S. Falkenberg Award for his outstanding contributions to the advancement of geospatial data visualization technology to increase public awareness of climate change.

Students in Dr. Stacey MacKinnon’s fourth-year Psychology of Good and Evil class wrapped up their fall semester by hosting a UPEI Pathways to Peace Day in late November in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre.