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The Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre at the ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï will be filled with proud graduates, families, and friends on Saturday, May 8, as they celebrate Convocation Day 2010. Over 675 students will receive their degrees, diplomas, and certificates during two ceremonies, at 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Honorary degrees will be conferred upon Patrick G. Binns and Harry E. Snow...

ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï President and Vice-Chancellor H. Wade MacLauchlan will be stepping down in 2011. All alumni of the ºÚÁϳԹÏ, St. Dunstan's University, and Prince of Wales College are invited to provide their input as ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï develops the search criteria for a new president. An alumni consultation meeting will take place in the KCI Chemistry Centre at ºÚÁϳԹÏ, lecture theatre 128, on...

A former member of the ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï Panthers men's hockey team, Vince "Vinnie" Scott, 23, died as result of a motor vehicle accident Wednesday morning outside St. Catherines, Ontario. A native of Mississauga, Scott most recently had played with Brock University after playing two seasons, 2007 and 2008, with ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï and four seasons with the Erie Otters of the Ontario Hockey League...

The PEI Department of Education and Early Childhood Development and Dr. Tess Miller, Faculty of Education at the ºÚÁϳԹÏ, have analyzed the results of the Grade 9 Provincial Mathematics Common Assessment to identify problem areas for students. Dr. Miller is a psychometrician who has specialized in large-scale assessment and mathematics education. Dr. Miller presented...

A gala book launch and poetry celebration will be held at the Haviland Club in Charlottetown, on Saturday, May 8, at 7:30-9:30 p.m. The gala is hosted by the ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï English Department and PEI Writers' Guild. Hugh MacDonald, the Island's new Poet Laureate, will lead off the evening. David Helwig, recent recipient of the Order of Canada for his distinguished literary career, will launch...

Five community organizations have partnered with the Family and Nutritional Sciences department at ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï over the past few months to help university students develop their skills in planning, implementing, and evaluating programs for health promotion and family education. In return, the participating organizations have benefitted from the sessions and activities that were presented...

After three years as the head coach and two years as assistant coach of the ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï women's rugby team, Mary Jane 'MJ' Webster has resigned due to other rugby and personal commitments. 'After five years with the program, I felt it was time to step aside as it's important to allow for fresh ideas and a fresh approach to continue the growth of the program,...

The Institute of Island Studies at the ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï has released a survey report entitled, "Quality of Island Life: Tyne Valley and Surrounding Areas, 2006.' For further information, or to arrange a media interview, please contact Dr. Irene Novaczek at (902) 566-0386 or inovaczek@upei.ca.

Four ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï graduate students have each received a Dr. J. Regis Duffy Graduate Scholarship in Science, valued at $12,500. The new scholarships have been established by scientist and entrepreneur, Dr. J. Regis Duffy, who has a long-time connection to ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï as an alumnus, faculty member, and former chair of the Board of Governors. 'The establishment of this prestigious new graduate scholarship...

The PEI government has appointed eleven people to the inaugural board of directors to oversee Health PEI, the province's new health services authority. They were selected from more than 130 applicants. Four of the board members are ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï alumni and/or faculty. They are James T. Revell, Dr. Stephen O'Brien, Phyllis Horne, and Dr. Donna Murnaghan. In 2009,...