The first class of Bachelor of Education (BEd) (Kindergarten) students are attending a week-long orientation on the UPEI campus to help them adjust to the university environment. In September 2010, educators who have been hired as kindergarten teachers will begin a part-time BEd program as part of the move to the new K-12 public school system. The orientation week was kicked off by remarks...

The Centre for Health and Biotech Management Research, Three Oaks Innovations Inc., and the PEI BioAlliance will present Dan Darnley, Vice President and Chief Intellectual Property Officer at Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Dr. Jonathon O'Brien, Chair, Intellectual Property Practice Group at Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn on Thursday, July 8, as the second installment of the...

Teams from the Webster Centre and the Department of Athletics competed along with corporate teams at the Rick Hansen Wheels in Motion event at the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre on Friday, June 25. Coordinated by the Canadian Paraplegic Association on PEI (CPA-PEI), the event is part of a national Rick Hansen Foundation initiative to support community projects that impact the quality of...

The Tourism Research Centre in the School of Business at UPEI has released encouraging research on visitors who come to Prince Edward Island to participate in a meeting or conference - further supporting investment in this market. In 2009, PEI hosted 200 meetings and conventions that contributed almost $19.5 million to PEI's economy. The events were classified into three categories:...

Martha Trivett, a Grade 11 student at Charlottetown Rural High School, is the winner of the 2010 Pearson College Scholarship for Prince Edward Island. This prestigious award covers full tuition and residence for two years of study at the Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific in British Columbia. The selection committee for the PEI scholarship was comprised of UPEI's Tamara Leary,...

The Sport Information Resource Centre (SIRC) recently selected a paper written by Dr. Sean Hennessey, Dr. Dongkoo Yun, and Dr. Roberta MacDonald for a SIRC Research Award. The paper, ‘The Economic Impact of Golf to a Tourist Destination,' won the ‘Impact of Sport on a Community' category. The award includes a cash prize of $2,000. 'This is great news for both the...

Dr. Benjamin Lefebvre, of Waterloo, Ontario and one of the world's leading experts on Lucy Maud Montgomery, was reappointed as Visiting Scholar for the institute bearing the famed PEI writer's name, the L.M. Montgomery Institute (LMMI). Mark Leggott, Institute chair and University Librarian, announced the year-long appointment during his welcoming remarks at the 2010 L.M. Montgomery...

UPEI officials are pleased with high employment and education ‘satisfaction' statistics detailed in a report issued in Halifax today by the Maritime Provinces Higher Education Commission. Using data captured in 2008, the study called, ‘Five Years On: A Survey of Class of 2003 Maritime University Graduates', focused on graduates who completed their...

New UPEI Women's Rugby head coach Shannon Atkins announced her coaching staff for the 2010-11 season today. Assistant coaches will be former Panthers, Madelon Cheverie and Dawn Paynter. Madelon Cheverie graduated in 2006 from UPEI with a Bachelor of Science and went on to the University of Waterloo, receiving a Masters of Science in Health Studies and Gerontology. She...

The Tourism Research Centre in the School of Business at UPEI has released research results concerning culinary tourism on behalf of Tourism and Culture PEI. The report provides information about visitors' attitudes, motivations and travel behaviour as it relates to culinary experiences when travelling. The report shows that visitors to PEI enjoy a wide variety of food and food-related...