News

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Media Releases

| Alumni

The ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú Department of Alumni and Engagement hosted a social night on Tuesday, April 9 at the Fox & Crow, W.A. Murphy Student Centre. The event was held to help welcome the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú Class of 2024 to the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú alumni family and was open to all 2024 graduates and ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú, Saint Dunstan’s University, and Prince of Wales College alumni.

| People

In February 2024, the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú Engineering Brigades Club traveled to Honduras where they designed a water system for the rural community of La Brea.

| Academics

Dr. Suzanne Kresta, a native of PEI, has been appointed as the Dean of the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering for a five-year term, effective September 1, 2024. 

| Events

On Wednesday, April 10, six ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú business student teams will pitch their start-up businesses for a share of $62,000 in prize money during the MacLauchlan Panther Pitch Competition. The event, which is open to the public, will take place from 4:00 to 8:30 pm in Don and Marion McDougall Hall, Room 242.

| Students

The ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú Student Union has commissioned a survey of students from post-secondary institutions across PEI to learn more about their housing experience.

| Atlantic Veterinary College

The Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) at the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú (ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú) recently bid farewell to seven of its most beloved staff members in a heartwarming retirement party.

| University

The Honourable Diane F. Griffin was installed as the tenth Chancellor of the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú during a ceremony held at the University on Friday, April 5. She was unanimously elected to the volunteer position earlier this year by ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú’s Board of Governors.

| Athletics

ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú’s Department of Athletics and Recreation celebrated the 2023–24 season at the annual ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú Panther Celebration—Athletic Awards Gala on Friday, April 5, recognizing outstanding student-athletes who have excelled in sport, the classroom, and the community.

| Events

Yukon poet and fiction writer Joanna Lilley will give a public reading as part of an Atlantic Canada tour in the Faculty Lounge, SDU Main Building, ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú on Tuesday, April 16, at 7:00 pm.

| University

The Honourable Catherine Callbeck, former Chancellor of the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú, has been named Chancellor Emerita in recognition of her outstanding service to the University from 2018 to 2023.