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The Canadian Journal of Education (CJE)/Revue canadienne de l'éducation (RCE) has published its first issue since being housed at the Centre for Education Research at the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú. 'The journal provides the opportunity for a variety of scholars and community advocates from across the country to share important educational research findings and ideas...

ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú alumna and former ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú lecturer, Dr. Betty Anne Younker has been named the new dean of the Don Wright Faculty of Music at the University of Western Ontario. Younker will begin her five-year term on August 1. Younker is currently at University of Michigan, where she is associate dean for academic affairs and associate professor of music (music education) in the School of Music, Theatre &...

The ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú will soon be launching an exciting new international exchange program that will give student an opportunity to attend universities in the United States and Mexico. A new NAFTA initiative, the ‘Program for North American Mobility' will partner ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú with five other universities in Canada, Mexico, and the US to create a consortium that focuses on...

A recent CD recording of O Canada by the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú Wind Symphony is now being played in public schools across Prince Edward Island and is receiving rave reviews. O Canada became part of this academic year's ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú Wind Symphony programming when they were invited to be part of the inaugural concert at the new Montague Regional High School in October. There, the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú group collaborated with the high...

The Honourable Robert Vessey, minister of Tourism and Culture, ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú President Wade MacLauchlan, and University Librarian Mark Leggott cut the 'virtual' ribbon today for IslandArchives.ca, the website home of the digitization process and resulting collections maintained by the Robertson Library at ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú. The website encompasses a number of collections related to Prince Edward Island and...

On Friday, April 15, ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú engineering students will display their designs and network with community and engineering industry members at the 2011 Engineering Design Expo. As part of their engineering design class in the three-year engineering diploma program at ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú, students formed into groups and were partnered with various mentor organizations. Ranging from government...

Jeff Price, from TuneCore, and one of the global leading experts on the digital music era, will deliver the keynote address at East Coast Music Week 2011 as part of ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú's Chief Justice Thane Campbell Lectureship in Law series. Price will address the audience on Friday, April 15 at 4:30 pm in the Elfin-Pekeha Room at the Delta Prince Edward. Richard Kurial, dean of Arts at ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú, expressed...

The Atlantic Canada Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Society recently awarded scholarships to ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú students, Graham McNabb and Travis Bertram. Based on academic performance, the scholarships are awarded to those who plan to write the CFA Level I exam in the current calendar year. McNabb and Bertram are both enrolled in the Business Administration program at...

Four ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú mathematics students finished in the top 25 per cent in the 71st annual William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition to earn ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú its first-ever ranking. Sam Arnold, Stephen Chandler, Jiaxin Cui, and Spencer Matheson participated in the December 4th contest, the most prestigious mathematics competition for undergraduate students in North America. ...

ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú President Wade MacLauchlan says today's provincial budget, that includes a 3 per cent increase to ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú's operating grant, will help to address cost pressures, plus growth in enrolments and research. 'ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú appreciates the increase in support from government,' MacLauchlan said. 'Today's provincial budget affirms the University's role and mandate, and...