Members of UPEI's Class of 2012, along with their family and friends, will gather in the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre on Saturday, May 12, to celebrate convocation, the biggest event of the academic year. Over 900 students, the largest graduating class to date, will receive degrees, diplomas, and certificates during two ceremonies, the first beginning at 10:00 am and the second at 2:30 pm....

With a difficult financial landscape facing institutions and organizations across Prince Edward Island, the UPEI Board of Governors was pleased to approve a balanced operating budget for 2012-13 at its May 8 meeting. The University addressed its budget with a goal of minimizing the impact on students during these fiscally challenging times. The 'bare bones' budget is based on specific...

Dr. Barbara Campbell, Director of UPEI's Webster Centre, Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, and interim Presidential Advisor International Relations, received a prestigious award at the Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada (SWAAC) Conference held in Montreal recently. Campbell received this year's SWAAC Recognition Award, an award granted each year to a member who has...

UPEI welcomed 20 high school students from 10 local high schools to campus over the weekend as they took part in UPEI's annual Math Camp. The event, organized by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and co-sponsored by the Canadian Mathematical Society, took place May 4-6. The students involved are among the best math students in the province and the camp is an opportunity for them...

Fiddler's UPEI Dream Team consisting of UPEI men's basketball coaches-Tim Kendrick, Marvin Rhyno, and Patrick Havard-are working to drop a total combined weight loss of 100 pounds from May 4 to September 4, as part of a weight loss challenge to get healthy, and raise funds for their team's upcoming exhibition season. The whole idea for the challenge arose when...

Bonnie Stewart, a PhD student at UPEI, whose thesis explores the trend of online learning, is studying the benefits of Massive Open Online Courses (Moocs) in higher education. Her work recently garnered attention in two highly reputable news sources-The Guardian (UK) and Inside Higher Ed. Stewart believes that online learning will complement traditional learning rather than replace it...

Prince of Wales College alumnae and UPEI honorary graduand Sister Mary Olga McKenna passed away on Tuesday, May 1. The well-loved member of the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, passed peacefully at Caritas Residence in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Born in Charlottetown, Sister McKenna can trace her forebears back to some of the first settlers from Monaghan County who came to PEI. She was...

UPEI's first students in the Nurse Practitioner stream of the two-year Master of Nursing program (MN)- Laurie Brehaut, Marion MacDonald, and Kelsey MacPhee- have completed their first year of study. Upon successful completion of their second year, and after writing their national certification, they will be the first NP students to receive didactic and clinical advanced practice...

The University of Prince Edward Island graduates and their families and friends are invited to a gathering to celebrate-in prayer and song-the accomplishments of the Class of 2012. The event will take place on Sunday, May 6 at 6:30 pm at the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre. Mass celebrants will be The Most Reverend Richard J. Grecco, Bishop of the Diocese of Charlottetown, and...

The UPEI women's hockey team received a 2012 RBC Play Hockey grant of $10,000 for their 'Newcomers Play Hockey' program to help keep hockey vibrant in Charlottetown. UPEI kicked off their program this week during the Esso Cup, Canada's National Female Midget Championship being held in Charlottetown. 'Newcomers Play Hockey'-a concept developed by...