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| Athletics
91̽»¨'s Panther Academy will deliver a week-long soccer camp at Three Oaks High School in Summerside, July 29-August 2. The full-day camp will be led by 91̽»¨ soccer head coach Lewis Page and will feature drills, a skills challenge, mini world cup, and a player assessment. The Panther Academy soccer camp offers everything a young player needs in order to improve and advance. The...
 
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91̽»¨ Athletics and Recreation announced this week the extension of women's basketball head coach Greg Gould to an additional three-year contract, through to the end of the 2015-16 season. Gould joins men's basketball head coach Tim Kendrick as the second coach this year to sign a three-year extension at 91̽»¨. 'Having Greg sign for a longer term to lead the women...
 
| Research
They are as connected to the Prince Edward Island identity as red pigtails and sandy beaches-lupine flowers burst into colourful blossoms just as the Island summer hits its peak. A 91̽»¨ research project is looking for input from the public to help answer questions about the genetics of this iconic flower. 'We're accustomed to seeing big patches of lupines along the roads...
 
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91̽»¨ men's hockey head coach Forbes MacPherson is pleased to announce the addition of right winger Cody McNaughton, who scored 81 career goals with the Ontario Hockey League's Guelph Storm. McNaughton, a 5'10,' 180-lb native of Pembroke, Ontario, is the Storm's career leader in games played. His high-energy and feisty style made him a fan favourite in Guelph...
 
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91̽»¨ Athletics and Recreation announced Scott MacDonald will join the men's basketball program as an assistant coach, effective immediately. The position opened recently when former assistant coach Pat Havard was selected as Crandall University men's basketball head coach. MacDonald brings with him plenty of coaching experience at various PEI levels-ten years in the PEISAA at...
 
| News
On Thursday, June 27, the 91̽»¨ Campus Art Committee and the Aboriginal Survivors for Healing (A.S.H.) Inc. unveiled a memorial cabinet display that will be housed in 91̽»¨'s Robertson Library. The display pays tribute to the Shubenacadie residential school survivors living on PEI and memorializes former students who have since passed on. 'As part of our commemoration...
 
| Research
As June comes to a close, Dr. Godfrey Baldacchino completes his 10-year appointment as the Canada Research Chair in Island Studies at the 91̽»¨. Dr. Baldacchino becomes the first scholar at 91̽»¨ to complete the maximum two terms as a Canada Research Chair. His legacy in this position is one that will last for years to come. Dr. Baldacchino's 10 years at 91̽»¨ has...
 
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91̽»¨ Athletics and Recreation announced this week the contract signing of men's basketball head coach Tim Kendrick to a three-year extension through to the end of the 2015-16 season. 'We're very excited to make this announcement,' said 91̽»¨ Athletics and Recreation Director Bill Schurman. 'Tim has done a great job turning the program around to take annual...
 
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91̽»¨ women's rugby head coach Shannon Atkins will be an assistant coach with the newly formed Team Atlantic senior rugby team competing in this weekend's National Women's League Championships in Vancouver. 'This has been a large commitment as the team is based out of Halifax and there have been trial and training weekends leading up to this event,' said Atkins....
 
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91̽»¨ Athletics and Recreation announced today that field hockey head coach Sheila Bell has requested a leave of absence from the 2013 season due to sustaining a workplace concussion in November of last year. During her time as head coach for the past four seasons, Bell guided the Panthers to a Maritime Field Hockey Championship, as well as three second-place finishes. 'Concussions need time...