News

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Media Releases

| People

The entire ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú community was saddened to learn of the passing of ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú Founder and retired faculty member Daryl Guignion on February 8, 2021. The flags in front of the Kelley Memorial Building have been lowered to half-mast in his memory. 

| Students

The Associate Vice-President of Students and Registrar issued a message to students to advise them of the PEI Chief Public Health Office's strong recommendation to not travel off-Island during Reading Week.

| Department Updates

The Office of Continuing Education and Professional Development at the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú is partnering with the on campus to provide French proficiency training for the Public Service Commission of Prince Edward Island.. 

 

| Community

A student in ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú’s MBA in Global Leadership program is helping connect generations during an era of isolation due to COVID-19.

| Atlantic Veterinary College

Students in AVC’s Class of 2023 are taking a big leap forward in their veterinary education this semester when they begin their hands-on technical training. An important part of their training is developing and practicing suturing skills using DASIE surgical models donated by Boehringer Ingelheim. 

| Athletics

U SPORTS, the governing body for university sport in Canada, has announced that the 14th edition of will be held virtually during the week of February 1 to 7, 2021.

 

| Students

Desiree Rehel, a student in the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú Department of Physics, won an award for an oral presentation she gave at the recent Canadian Undergraduate Physics Conference (CUPC). 

| Community

Every year in February, Black History Month is celebrated in Canada. The Black Cultural Society of PEI has a developed a month of programming planned to engage and educate about the many cultures which make up the Island’s Black community, including several events at ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú.

| Department Updates

ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú Student Affairs is excited to announce that Julie Pellissier-Lush has accepted the position of coordinator for the Mawi’omi Indigenous Student Centre on the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú campus. She will be working part-time on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.

| People

The ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú has dedicated the rooftop observatory atop Memorial Hall to the man who was instrumental to its installation more than 40 years ago.