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Media Releases
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The University of Prince Edward
Island has appointed Dr. Donald L. Reynolds (DVM, PhD,
Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Microbiologists) to the
position of Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine for the Atlantic Veterinary College.
Dr. Reynolds' six-year term will begin in August 2008.
"The
91探花 community is very pleased to welcome Dr. Reynolds to our campus and...
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The 91探花鈥檚
women鈥檚 Panthers volleyball team will feature two new up-and-coming athletes in
the 2008鈥2009 season.
Coach
Lynn Boudreau is thrilled that she successfully recruited Lena Pitsanuk, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and
Olivia Dolphin, of Elmwood,
Prince Edward Island, for the
team.
Pitsanuk
plays volleyball for Dakota Collegiate where she is also a scholar-...
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An Atlantic Canada research project called 'Retention of Aboriginal Students in Atlantic Canada's Post-secondary Institutions: An analysis of the supports available to Aboriginal students' has been initiated by the 91探花 (91探花) in partnership with the Association of Atlantic Universities (AAU).
The Canadian Council on Learning will provide $55,000 in...
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During a recent visit to PEI, Gerald Keddy, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and to the Minister of International Trade, toured the new School of Business and Centre for Enterprise & Entrepreneurship at 91探花.
Faculty and staff are planning to move into the new building at the end of April. 91探花 aims to offer the first classes in the new...
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With the recent establishment of the $2,000 George Coles provincial bursary, Prince Edward Island undergraduate students entering first-year full-time studies have more reason than ever to attend 91探花.
The new bursary program was announced in the P.E.I. Throne Speech earlier this month. Premier Robert Ghiz announced more details, including the eligibility criteria, on April 17.
In addition to...
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The University
of Prince Edward Island
will confer honorary degrees on four outstanding citizens, Wayne D. Gray, Nona
Macdonald Heaslip, James Carter and Joe Ng, at two convocations on Saturday, May
10, in the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre.
Carter and Gray will receive their honorary degrees during
the morning ceremony, which will start at 10 a.m. Macdonald Heaslip and Ng will
be awarded their...
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Starting in January 2009, the University
of Prince Edward Island鈥檚 School of Nursing will offer an accelerated
nursing degree program for people who have university degrees and want to enter
the nursing profession.
The provincial government announced funding support for the program in the
throne speech on Friday, April 4.
Dr. Kim Critchley, dean of the 91探花 School of Nursing, is
thrilled...
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The Tourism Research
Centre (TRC) at 91探花鈥檚 School of Business today announced the release of a
report profiling Ontario visitors to P.E.I. during the summer of 2007.
Results show more visitors from Ontario than from all markets outside of CanadaOntario
take long vacations and spend a significant portion of this time in P.E.I.
Although they had the lowest per-person per-night spending of any...
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Over the past few months, over 120 third-year
marketing students at 91探花鈥檚 School
of Business have been
learning first-hand the business of bioscience. Working with six local bioscience
companies, 25 teams of business students have been designing winning marketing
strategies for the companies鈥 products and services, to be used in their
national and international promotion and sales activities....
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The Centre for Life-Long Learning (CLLL) at 91探花 is bringing
solutions to a nationwide trend as it offers a workshop entitled 鈥淚nspiring a
Multi-Generational Workforce鈥 on April 9 on the campus.
Designed for those who seek to learn more about managing a
multi-generational workforce, this workshop will bring new approaches to
working with teams made up of members from all generations. The...