In the wake of Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) releasing its annual data collection on athletic scholarships, the University of Prince Edward Island announced Friday that it provided $255,019 in athletic awards to student-athletes in 2011-12. This represents a 61% increase over the amount given in the 2005-06 season. 'It's important to let the community know...

UPEI men's basketball head coach Tim Kendrick is pleased to announce that Citadel High School's Jayden Nordin will suit up for the Panthers beginning next season. Nordin was a former high school teammate of current Panther Deontay (DJ) Smith. The six-foot guard has been a Metro League all-star, and was named a first-team all-star at last year's U17 National Championship, while...

Eliza MacLauchlan, a fourth-year arts student and varsity field hockey player at UPEI, will spend six weeks this summer volunteering in Guatemala. MacLauchlan is the fifth student from UPEI to be selected to represent Canada in the last four years for the International Seminar, supported by World University Service of Canada (WUSC), and managed by the Uniterra program. From July 8-August 19...

The St. Dunstan's University (SDU) class of 1963 will celebrate its 50th reunion at this year's UPEI Summer Reunion Weekend, July 24-28. Alumni who have reached special milestones will be joined by Prince of Wales College (PWC), SDU, and UPEI alumni from all years of graduation for a fun-filled 'long' weekend. The always-popular Panther Golf Classic alumni golf...

On June 20, 1908, a parcel containing the newly published Anne of Green Gables arrived in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, addressed to L.M. Montgomery. It was her first novel and would go on to be a world classic. Prince Edward Island has been forever marked by the rest of the story of Anne Shirley and her author, Maud Montgomery. This year, 105 years later, on Thursday, June 20, at 7:00 pm, an...

UPEI women's rugby head coach Shannon Atkins is pleased to announce Megan Thorpe has committed to the University of Prince Edward Island and will join the Panthers in the fall. The Saint John, N.B. native is the recipient of a full tuition academic scholarship from UPEI. Co-captain and outside centre for the Kennebecasis Valley High School (KVHS) rugby team, the high achieving student...

UPEI Men's Hockey Head Coach Forbes MacPherson is pleased to announce the addition of Brock Beukeboom, a 6'2', 215-lb defenceman from the Ontario Hockey League (OHL)'s Guelph Storm. A native of Uxbridge, Ontario, Beukeboom said committing to UPEI was an easy decision. 'When we were eliminated from the OHL playoffs, I sat down with my family and talked with people who...

Last month, UPEI's Rebecca Nieuwhof and Alexa Ellis were awarded the top prize and an honourable mention, respectfully, at the 2013 Estey Undergraduate Essay Competition. The national competition is held annually and is hosted by the Centre for Accounting Ethics at the University of Waterloo. Both Nieuwhof and Ellis were honoured in Montreal at the Canadian Academic Accounting...

The Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) Charlottetown-a national, non-profit organization of nearly 10,000 female university graduates across Canada-has established graduate scholarships for UPEI students. CFUW Charlottetown has committed over $300,000 for UPEI students wishing to pursue their education in post-graduate programs. Beginning in January 2014, CFUW...

The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Canada's minister of state for science and technology, announced today the most recent round of Leaders Opportunity Fund (LOF) awards from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). Included in that announcement was phase II funding for the Qualitative Research Lab (QRLab) at the University of Prince Edward Island, under the direction of Dr. Kate Tilleczek,...