All are welcome to join friends, colleagues, and members of the community at a campus social to say thank you and farewell to Wade MacLauchlan, after 12 years of dedicated service as president of the University of Prince Edward Island. Strawberry shortcake and lemonade will be served! Thursday, June 23, 3:00-5:00 pm Main Quadrangle, UPEI Campus (Rain location: McMillan Hall, W. A. Murphy...

University of Prince Edward Island Chancellor Bill Andrew and his wife, Denise (Klarenbach) Andrew, visited campus June 20 to announce their donation of $750,000 for the UPEI School of Nursing/Family and Nutritional Sciences building capital campaign and to meet with students, faculty, and staff who have benefitted from their generosity to UPEI. In appreciation of this new and generous gift...

Citing personal reasons, Matthew Davies announced at a recent team meeting that he would be stepping down as head coach of the UPEI Men's Basketball Panthers. Davies had completed his fifth season with the program. UPEI Director of Athletics Ron Annear said, 'Matt has made a life change decision to pursue other interests. Certainly it was a tough decision for Matt to make, but one...

(The following is jointly released by Certified Management Accountants of Canada and the University of Prince Edward Island.) Certified Management Accountants of Canada (CMA Canada), the world leader in shaping strategic management accounting® professionals to lead successful enterprises in the global marketplace, has awarded for a five-year period the accreditation of the Bachelor of...

The University of Prince Edward Island is looking for an Island artist who would like to help beautify the Robertson Library by transforming the look of the nine existing cement pillars scattered throughout the current Learning Commons area, on the Library's main floor. With that purpose, the Library is sponsoring a ‘Public Art Competition' in order to acquire works of art for...

Researchers and educators who are interested in using multimedia in education in a cultural context will be able to take part in a conference at UPEI called 'Harnessing Images, Text and Sound for Education in the Context of Culture, Multimedia, Technology and Cognition' (Hits for Education: CMTC). The event takes place on the UPEI campus from July 26 to 28. Participants will share...

UPEI graduate and Governor General's Award Winner for Children's Literature, Rachna Gilmore, will read from her new book, That Boy Red, on Saturday, June 18, 2:00 p.m. at Confederation Centre Public Library. The poignant episodic novel is sure to remind readers of another red-haired Island youngster, Anne Shirley, though That Boy Red is set during the Depression. Celebrating and...

Six students to intern in Kenya this summer University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) President Wade MacLauchlan and Jeff Wichtel, president of the PEI-based non-governmental organization, Farmers Helping Farmers (FHF), recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to formalize a long-standing, informal relationship between the two organizations that spans a decade. The five-year agreement...

The Registrar's Office at UPEI has developed a contingency plan should there be a strike/work stoppage at Canada Post. This plan outlines how the Registrar's Office will communicate with students during the strike and prevents any disruption in the application and admission process. Of most interest to students now is information regarding offers of admission for the September...

Dean of the UPEI School of Business, Dr. Roberta MacDonald, and UPEI President Wade MacLauchlan were both made honorary members of the Greater Charlottetown Area Chamber of Commerce at the organization's recent Annual General Meeting and President's Luncheon. MacDonald and MacLauchlan were recognized as outstanding leaders in the academic community who have demonstrated great vision and...