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The Advancing Interdisciplinary Research in Singing (AIRS) Research Team will host its third annual AIRS SingingWorkshop on the 91̽»¨ campus and at the Confederation Centre of the Arts from July 21 to 22, 2011. The workshop's title, 'With Voices-We Unite,' sums up the purpose of the event-to cover a variety of topics interconnected...

Shannon Atkins, head coach of the 91̽»¨ Women's Rugby team, is thrilled to announce that Payson Saunders, from Truro, Nova Scotia, is coming to the 91̽»¨ this fall. Saunders, captain with the Nova Scotia high school championship team, Cobequid Education Centre (CEC), scored over 50 points in the high school season, and was named the team's most valuable...

All are welcome to join friends, colleagues, and members of the community at a campus social to say thank you and farewell to Wade MacLauchlan, after 12 years of dedicated service as president of the 91̽»¨. Strawberry shortcake and lemonade will be served! Thursday, June 23, 3:00-5:00 pm Main Quadrangle, 91̽»¨ Campus (Rain location: McMillan Hall, W. A. Murphy...

91̽»¨ Chancellor Bill Andrew and his wife, Denise (Klarenbach) Andrew, visited campus June 20 to announce their donation of $750,000 for the 91̽»¨ School of Nursing/Family and Nutritional Sciences building capital campaign and to meet with students, faculty, and staff who have benefitted from their generosity to 91̽»¨. In appreciation of this new and generous gift...

Citing personal reasons, Matthew Davies announced at a recent team meeting that he would be stepping down as head coach of the 91̽»¨ Men's Basketball Panthers. Davies had completed his fifth season with the program. 91̽»¨ Director of Athletics Ron Annear said, 'Matt has made a life change decision to pursue other interests. Certainly it was a tough decision for Matt to make, but one...

(The following is jointly released by Certified Management Accountants of Canada and the 91̽»¨.) Certified Management Accountants of Canada (CMA Canada), the world leader in shaping strategic management accounting® professionals to lead successful enterprises in the global marketplace, has awarded for a five-year period the accreditation of the Bachelor of...

The 91̽»¨ is looking for an Island artist who would like to help beautify the Robertson Library by transforming the look of the nine existing cement pillars scattered throughout the current Learning Commons area, on the Library's main floor. With that purpose, the Library is sponsoring a ‘Public Art Competition' in order to acquire works of art for...

Researchers and educators who are interested in using multimedia in education in a cultural context will be able to take part in a conference at 91̽»¨ called 'Harnessing Images, Text and Sound for Education in the Context of Culture, Multimedia, Technology and Cognition' (Hits for Education: CMTC). The event takes place on the 91̽»¨ campus from July 26 to 28. Participants will share...

91̽»¨ graduate and Governor General's Award Winner for Children's Literature, Rachna Gilmore, will read from her new book, That Boy Red, on Saturday, June 18, 2:00 p.m. at Confederation Centre Public Library. The poignant episodic novel is sure to remind readers of another red-haired Island youngster, Anne Shirley, though That Boy Red is set during the Depression. Celebrating and...

Six students to intern in Kenya this summer 91̽»¨ (91̽»¨) President Wade MacLauchlan and Jeff Wichtel, president of the PEI-based non-governmental organization, Farmers Helping Farmers (FHF), recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to formalize a long-standing, informal relationship between the two organizations that spans a decade. The five-year agreement...