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Five business students recently took part in the Inter-Collegiate Business Competition (I.C.B.C.) hosted at Queen's University, in Kingston, Ontario. ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú brought an ethics team and a business policy team to compete in Canada's premier undergraduate business case competition. The ethics team, consisting of Duncan Sturz and Kathleen Van Ekris, were awarded second place, while the...

The ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú announced the creation of a new position today: Vice-President Student Affairs. This role enhances relationships between the departments and areas that serve and support students, ensuring that a dedicated voice supporting positive student experience operates directly within the senior management team. Dr. Wendy Carroll, currently Associate Professor in the...

Six students from ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú's bachelor of applied science in radiography (BScR) program were awarded the top and second- place prizes in a recent Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists (CAMRT) video and photo contest. Marla MacAusland, Krista Betts (MacDonald), Sue Donahoe, Lisa Norton, Holly Manning and Rob DeWolfe entered CAMRT's ‘Very Image of Care'...

The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Canada's Minister of State for Science and Technology, recently announced a new Canada Research Chair at the ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú's Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC). Dr. Sophie St-Hilaire joins ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú as the Canada Research Chair in Integrated Health Research for Sustainable Aquaculture. Dr. St-Hilaire moves her research to the AVC from...

From Sunday, May 27 to Wednesday, May 30, 2012, the ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú will host the annual conference of the Atlantic Association of College and University Student Services (AACUSS). Every spring, professionals who work directly with students at post-secondary institutions across the Atlantic provinces gather to share best practices, professional development, and research....

ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú Environmental Studies 409B students are hosting the first student-led environmental symposium on January 12 in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre. The symposium will focus on the true costs of what we eat, wear, and use. The students will present posters that relate to their term papers which discuss true costs and impacts on the local, national, and global economies. The poster presentation...

ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú President Alaa Abd-El-Aziz was amazed by the turnout and warm greetings at ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú's New Year's Day levee. This was his first time hosting a ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú levee since his installation as ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú's sixth president. He mentioned that when most people speak about PEI, they often forget to give credit to the amazing community and its people, 'This is what makes PEI a special place...

The Centre for Conflict Resolution Studies at ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú hosted a graduation on November 29 to award the Certificate in Conflict Resolution Studies. Among the 42 graduates were 22 women who participated in the program through the Supporting, Training and Enhancing Problem Solving Skills (STEPS) for Women project. The STEPS project was created to extensively train women engaged in community...

Limited service will be provided from December 26, 2011, through January 2, 2012, inclusive. Office hours and regular business will resume on Tuesday, January 3, 2012. The following lists some limited holiday hours: • Security services will continue 24 hours a day • Shipping/Receiving and mail services will resume regular hours on January 3, 2012 • Department of...

A new award has been established to honour ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú's football tradition and to support a ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú student athlete. Marcus Dunphy, a fourth year arts student, is the first recipient of the ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú Football Alumni Scholarship, awarded annually to a qualifying ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú student athlete playing on the Holland Hurricanes Community Football Team. Dunphy, who hails from Souris, PEI, anchored the Hurricanes...