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ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú 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....

ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú 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...

ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú clarinet professor Karem J. Simon will collaborate with organist Leo Marchildon in performance on Tuesday, June 25 at 1:00 pm at St. Dunstan's Basilica in Charlottetown. The program will feature several works for clarinet alone, a solo organ piece, and a transcription of Alessandro Marcello's Oboe Concerto. Admission is by donation. For more information, contact ksimon@upei.ca...

In the wake of Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) releasing its annual data collection on athletic scholarships, the ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú announced Friday that it provided $255,019 in athletic awards to student-athletes in 2011-12. This represents a 61% increase over the amount given in the 2005-06 season. 'It's important to let the community know...

ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú men's basketball head coach Tim Kendrick is pleased to announce that Citadel High School's Jayden Nordin will suit up for the Panthers beginning next season. Nordin was a former high school teammate of current Panther Deontay (DJ) Smith. The six-foot guard has been a Metro League all-star, and was named a first-team all-star at last year's U17 National Championship, while...

Eliza MacLauchlan, a fourth-year arts student and varsity field hockey player at ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú, will spend six weeks this summer volunteering in Guatemala. MacLauchlan is the fifth student from ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú to be selected to represent Canada in the last four years for the International Seminar, supported by World University Service of Canada (WUSC), and managed by the Uniterra program. From July 8-August 19...

The St. Dunstan's University (SDU) class of 1963 will celebrate its 50th reunion at this year's ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú Summer Reunion Weekend, July 24-28. Alumni who have reached special milestones will be joined by Prince of Wales College (PWC), SDU, and ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú alumni from all years of graduation for a fun-filled 'long' weekend. The always-popular Panther Golf Classic alumni golf...

On June 20, 1908, a parcel containing the newly published Anne of Green Gables arrived in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, addressed to L.M. Montgomery. It was her first novel and would go on to be a world classic. Prince Edward Island has been forever marked by the rest of the story of Anne Shirley and her author, Maud Montgomery. This year, 105 years later, on Thursday, June 20, at 7:00 pm, an...

ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú women's rugby head coach Shannon Atkins is pleased to announce Megan Thorpe has committed to the ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú and will join the Panthers in the fall. The Saint John, N.B. native is the recipient of a full tuition academic scholarship from ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú. Co-captain and outside centre for the Kennebecasis Valley High School (KVHS) rugby team, the high achieving student...

ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú Men's Hockey Head Coach Forbes MacPherson is pleased to announce the addition of Brock Beukeboom, a 6'2', 215-lb defenceman from the Ontario Hockey League (OHL)'s Guelph Storm. A native of Uxbridge, Ontario, Beukeboom said committing to ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú was an easy decision. 'When we were eliminated from the OHL playoffs, I sat down with my family and talked with people who...