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91̽»¨ women's hockey Head Coach Bruce Donaldson is pleased to announce Calgary native Cornelia Geib is joining the Women's Hockey team this fall. Geib played with the Calgary Flyers Midget AAA team this past season and served as team captain. An offensive player who participated in 32 games accumulating 15 goals and 18 assists for 33 points, Geib was selected to participate in...

91̽»¨ men's basketball Head Coach Tim Kendrick is pleased to announce that 5'10' guard Ellis Ffrench, a transfer student from St. FX, has committed to join the program for the final two years of his eligibility. Ffrench is very familiar with Coach Kendrick, having played for him throughout his high school career at Horton High School, in Nova Scotia, and was an integral part of two...

In another cost-cutting move, the 91̽»¨ has eliminated the senior administrative position of Assistant Vice-President Graduate Studies. Services offered to graduate students services and postdoctoral fellows by the Office of Graduate Studies will continue from its new location within the Research Services department. The Assistant Vice-President, 3M Canada Teaching...

91̽»¨ women's rugby Head Coach Shannon Atkins is pleased to welcome Island native Leah Corrigan to the Panther program for the 2013-14 season. 'Leah is a hard runner and powerful tackler; she can run on angles and read the opposition,' said Atkins. 'Her powerful running will be a welcome addition to the backline which has been depleted this past year.' A...

91̽»¨ women's rugby head coach Shannon Atkins is pleased to welcome two Island rugby players to the Panther lineup-Sidney Corrigan and Holly Hartlen. Corrigan, a native of Sherwood plays wide side flanker for the Charlottetown Rural Raiders rugby team, while Hartlen of Summerside plays for the Three Oaks Axewomen. 'Sidney is aggressive, dominant, and fast on the...

In the fall of 2012, a research team at 91̽»¨ launched a website where the public could report their sightings of red foxes on Prince Edward Island. Today, the team behind upei.ca/redfox launches a new crowd-funding project to help fund the next stages of their research so that we can improve our understanding of one of PEI's largest predators. 'A fox-sightings map gave us information...

The 11th annual Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS)/91̽»¨ Math Camp was recently held on campus May 3-5. The Math Camp is a national initiative that sponsors close to two dozen regional camps across Canada. 91̽»¨'s Math Camp is the main community outreach activity of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. This year, the camp hosted a group of sixteen students-ten...

The 91̽»¨ Department of Athletics and Recreation was especially proud on Saturday during the afternoon convocation when 91̽»¨ women's hockey player Jaime Lynn Donaldson was named the first recipient of the Rory Beck Outstanding Academic and Athletic Leadership Award. Friends and family created this award to honour the late Rory Beck's passion for sports and his belief that...

This year's Presidential Recognition Awards of Merit and 25-year Service awards were presented to staff and faculty at a special ceremony on Monday, May 6. The awards recognized outstanding performance and dedication to students and our community-on-campus, provincially, and globally. The Presidential Recognition Awards of Merit for Faculty and Librarians are awarded based on teaching...

*For a complete list of graduates, click here A record 954 graduates were conferred with degrees, diplomas, and certificates as they crossed the stage at 91̽»¨'s convocation on Saturday, May 11. The Class of 2013 and their proud families and friends gathered to celebrate in the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre for two ceremonies-the first beginning at 10:00 am and the second one at 2:30 pm...