In July 2011, the family of Harry and Marjorie MacLauchlan of Stanhope, PEI made another leadership gift to UPEI to create a substantial program of awards to encourage and recognize student writing achievement. The gift is to honour H. Wade MacLauchlan’s twelve years of service as UPEI president and vice-chancellor, and to recognize the importance of effective writing as a foundational skill for academic success and lifelong learning. The MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing is the largest such student-oriented program in Canada. There are up to 57 prizes available for returning undergraduate students who produced outstanding written work in the previous academic year (September 1 – August 31), as a substantive role in their academic course work or for the broader community audience, and who showed most improvement through a writing support program coordinated through the Webster Centre. Dr. Robert F. Gilmour Jr., Vice-President Academic and Research, cordially invites you to attend the 2016 edition of the MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing Celebration. Please join members of the MacLauchlan family, guest author Deirdre Kessler, and the UPEI community on Friday, November 18, 2016 at 1:30 pm in Schurman Market Square, Don and Marion McDougall Hall to celebrate the achievements of UPEI students.