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| Athletics
91̽»¨ Athletics and Recreation announced the 91̽»¨ Panther Athletes of the Week for the week of October 21-27. 91̽»¨ Athletics and Recreation showcases these talented athletes to recognize their hard work and dedication to their respective sports throughout the season. 91̽»¨ Athletes of the Week are also nominated to Atlantic University Sport and Canadian Interuniversity Sport for possible...
 
| Music
The 91̽»¨ Wind Symphony under the direction of Dr. Karem J. Simon, will be performing on Sunday, November 3 at 2:00 pm at Three Oaks High School in Summerside. This recital is done collaboratively with the TOSH Band program, which will also be featured. For this performance, the Wind Symphony has taken on some very ambitious repertoire. Among the featured works is 'Endurance' by the...
 
| Students
91̽»¨ students are going door to door in surrounding neighborhoods to collect non-perishable food items on Thursday, October 31 from 4:15-7:00 pm in support of 91̽»¨'s food bank. 'Trick or Eat' is a national Halloween food drive organized by Meal Exchange, a registered charity that empowers student leaders to address hunger in their communities. Since 1993, the charity...
 
| News
91̽»¨ will host a public meeting to release the findings and recommendations of the external review that was conducted to examine the Institute of Island Studies and its interconnectivity with other 91̽»¨ and community programs. Mike Randall of Engage Atlantic will lead a moderated discussion on each of the six categories of recommendations. The terms of reference and membership of the Island...
 
| News
The Lucy Maud Montgomery Institute (LMMI) extends congratulations to Alice Munro, winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize for Literature. Munro is the first Literature laureate to base her writing career in Canada, and has cited Lucy Maud Montgomery's work as an important influence in her early life, from which she would later draw so much of the inspiration for her own peerless short fiction....
 
| Students
91̽»¨'s second 'Difficult Dialogues' student conference series event on transgender topics takes place on Friday, October 25, 5:30-7:00 pm in AVC Lecture Theatre A. The event features a transgender 101 presentation to introduce people to the idea of transgender, and what it means to be a transgendered individual. There will also be a presentation from the PEI Human Rights...
 
| Music
Canadian pianist Everett Hopfner, first-prize winner of the 36th Eckhardt-Gramatté (E-Gré) National Music Competition, will be performing at 91̽»¨'s Dr. Steel Recital Hall on Tuesday, October 29 at 7:30 pm. Hopfner is a proud native of Ste. Rose du Lac, Manitoba, celebrated for his passionate and inventive performances of contemporary repertoire. He has been based in Germany...
 
| Athletics
91̽»¨ Athletics and Recreation is proud to host the 2013 Subway Atlantic University Sport (AUS) Women's Rugby Championship, October 26-27, at 91̽»¨ Alumni Canada Games Place. The championship will consist of two semifinal games on Saturday afternoon, with the final championship match scheduled for Sunday at 2:00 pm. On Friday, September 20, teams will be treated to an AUS awards...
 
| Athletics
91̽»¨ Athletics and Recreation announced the 91̽»¨ Panther Athletes of the Week for the week of October 14-20. 91̽»¨ Athletics and Recreation showcases these talented athletes to recognize their hard work and dedication to their respective sports throughout the season. Some of 91̽»¨'s Athletes of the Week also receive greater recognition through Atlantic University Sport and Canadian...
 
| Research
Dr. Ron MacDonald, a researcher and associate professor of education, along with high school science teachers David Ramsay and Jennifer Halupa, and PhD student Selvi Roy, presented their findings in a study that piloted a project-based learning approach to teaching high school science curriculum in a classroom setting. Project-based learning steps away from the traditional top-down, teacher-...