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The ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú and Holland College have developed a joint Bachelor of Wildlife Conservation program that is set to begin in September. Students who have graduated from the two-year Wildlife Conservation Technology diploma program at Holland College are now eligible to apply for entry into the new degree program at ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú. They will be required to complete 20 courses through...

The Kidney Foundation of Canada today announced $350,000 in research funding to Dr. Sunny Hartwig, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Science, at the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú's Atlantic Veterinary College. Hartwig's funding includes the foundation's Krescent New Investigator Award, a competition in which she ranked first in the country. Hartwig comes to AVC from Boston...

Nine nurses from two PEI hospitals graduated today from the critical care and emergency nursing program at the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú. They were the second group of nurses to complete this specialized professional training at ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú. Seven of their colleagues graduated last December. The graduates are Trenna Adams, Colleen Murphy, Emily Walters, Kelley Doyle, and Angela Steele from the...

Julie Bull, a graduate of the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú, is one of this year's recipients of Canada's most prestigious scholarships for doctoral students - the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship. Vanier scholarship winners are selected for their demonstrated leadership skills and high standard of scholarly achievement in graduate studies. The scholarship program is...

May 18, 2010 (Charlottetown, P.E.I)- The Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education (CCAE) has awarded ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú and the Atlantic Veterinary College top marks in two categories through its annual PRIX D'EXCELLENCE awards program. ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú won gold for Best Student Recruitment Viewbook in the highly competitive student recruitment category for its 2009-2010 edition. The award...

The Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) at the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú (ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú) confirmed its status today as a world leader in animal population health through the announcement of a new 10-million dollar research chair. 'This is an exciting day for ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú and AVC,' said university President and Vice-Chancellor Wade MacLauchlan. 'The Canada Excellence Research Chair in...

All members of the campus community are invited to engage with two leading edge e-learning speakers in the Alex H. MacKinnon lecture theatre in McDougall Hall on Wednesday, May 19, from 1:00 to 5:00 pm. The speakers are George Siemens and Alec Couros. This technology learning session will help the PEI Knowledge Exchange Network (PEI KEN) to develop strategies and plans for the advancement of ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú...

Eighteen participants from Lennox Island and Abegweit First Nations and employees of the Mi'kmaq Confederacy of PEI recently completed a 210 hour Certificate in Project Management that was delivered in Charlottetown and Summerside by the Centre for Life-Long Learning at the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú. The content was based on the Project Management Body of Knowledge and supplemented...

ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú students have until May 17 to apply for up to twenty $5000 scholarships to attend the second annual Middle East Studies Program in Egypt from July 25 to August 19. Misr International University (MIU) is partnering with ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú for the program, a four-week study period based in Cairo, and during which students learn about the culture and history of the region while gaining 2-3 credit-hour...

The first annual Graduate Research Recognition Day will take place on Tuesday, May 18, from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, in the Alex H. MacKinnon Lecture Theatre (Room 242) and Schurman Market Square in McDougall Hall. This event is being planned and presented by the Office of Graduate Studies, the Graduate Studies Advisory Committee, and the Graduate Student Association. This showcase of graduate student...