Every week, UPEI Athletics and Recreation recognizes two student-athletes for their achievements and contributions to their respective sports. The UPEI Panther Athletes of the Week for September 18–24 are Stefania Angona (women’s cross country) and Isaac Wolters (men’s soccer).

Read about the upcoming events taking place on the UPEI campus to commemorate the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. UPEI students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to participate, learn more, and wear orange.

Dr. Stacey MacKinnon, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Prince Edward Island, was presented with the Association of Atlantic Universities’ (AAU) 2023 Anne Marie MacKinnon Educational Leadership Award at the AAU’s fall meeting on September 20.

UPEI is hosting a free Japanese Film Festival, presented by the Consulate General of Japan in Montreal and the Japan Foundation, in Don and Marion McDougall Hall, Room 242, on Friday, September 29, from 5:30 to 10:30 pm.

In this message, Interim President Keefe updates the campus community on listening sessions with smaller groups and the Action Plan Advisory Group.

UPEI Writer-in-Residence Harry Thurston, an award-winning poet, naturalist, and globe-travelling journalist, will give the 2023 UPEI Don Mazer Arts & Science Lecture at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, October 3, in Don and Marion McDougall Hall, Room 248, at UPEI.

The following message was distributed to students, faculty, and staff by email on September 22, 2023.

Students participating in the Atlantic Veterinary College’s 2023 Summer Research Leadership Program presented their posters to faculty, staff, and students on August 31.

Starting this semester, all new University of Prince Edward Island students are required to complete a mandatory non-credit course, Preventing Sexual Violence at UPEI. While the course is a graduation requirement for students starting programs in the Fall of 2023, all other UPEI students are encouraged to complete it and earn a badge on a voluntary basis.

The UPEI Panther teams are looking forward to a full weekend of events at home and away throughout UPEI Homecoming Week.