One way that the University of Prince Edward Island honours its rich heritage and traditions is acknowledging people who have contributed to it in an exceptional way, naming them ‘founders.' Recognizing founders is an opportunity to welcome members of the UPEI community to campus and at the same time honour those who have made contributions over the years. The 2011 founders are Mr....

‘Celebrate' was the theme all across the University of Prince Edward Island campus this weekend with a myriad of varsity games, open houses and community-partnered events, and certainly was the prevailing feeling at the installation of Dr. Alaa Abd-El-Aziz where he became UPEI's sixth president and vice-chancellor. Open to the public, the installation ceremony took place...

Newfoundland author Wayne Johnston, one of Canada's most popular, critically heralded, and internationally successful novelists, will open the 2011 Pen and Inkling Literary Festival in Charlottetown with a public reading at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery on Tuesday, September 27, at 7:30 pm. Admission is free. A reception and book signing will follow. Johnston will read from his new...

Global Issues 151 and the Faculty of Education are sponsoring a lecture by Dr. Lloyd Axworthy called "Libya and the Principle of R2P." The former Canadian politician, prominent statesman, Order of Canada recipient, and international leader in the fight against the use of landmines is currently president at the University of Winnipeg. He is in Charlottetown to attend the...

The partners of BDO Canada LLP (BDO), the fifth largest single national accounting and advisory partnership in the country, recently announced a $56,000 contribution towards an annual accounting scholarship at the University of Prince Edward Island. BDO in Canada's national office, along with local PEI partners, Glen Murray, Wayne Beaton, Jennifer Dunn, and Patrick Trainor in Charlottetown...

UPEI President Alaa Abd-El-Aziz, VP Academic Jim Randall, several deans, faculty and staff, and donors and sponsors joined 300 students at the New Student Orientation (NSO) final banquet, September 8, at the Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall, to celebrate what was, according to NSO student coordinator Anastasia Smallwood, 'the most spirited NSO week ever at UPEI.' After a number of speeches...

President Alaa Abd-El-Aziz invites all members of the UPEI and Island communities to take part in any of several ‘Town Hall' meetings being held in The McCain Foundation Learning Commons (285N) at the Atlantic Veterinary College on the following dates: Wednesday, September 14, 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm Thursday, September 15, 9:30 to 11:30 am Tuesday, September 27, 7:00 to 9:00 pm Join the...

The Royal Society of Canada has named Dr. Ian Dowbiggin a fellow in the Humanities Division of the Academy of the Arts and Humanities. Dr. Dowbiggin is a professor of history at the University of Prince Edward Island. 'Your election is a telling recognition of your remarkable accomplishments and an invitation to further the leadership you have already shown in advancing knowledge and...

Even before new student orientation (NSO) officially gets underway, UPEI students, the "UPEI Shiners," are leading the way in online donations for Shinerama, the long-standing university and college fundraiser for Cystic Fibrosis Canada. Shinerama is the largest post-secondary fundraiser in Canada-with 60 university and college campuses that participate- raising more...

UPEI reoffers free admission to elementary and high school students for all home games The University of Prince Edward Island Panthers kicks off the upcoming varsity season this weekend with the first annual Mulligan Cup, an exhibition tournament featuring the UPEI men's and women's soccer teams versus the Holland College Hurricanes and Mount Allison Mounties. The tournament is named...