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Ron Annear has worked at every level of the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú athletics program, from student-athlete to Acting Director. Now the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú Board of Governors has appointed him to the position of full-time Director of Athletics. The appointment takes effect immediately and will last until April 2009. The announcement comes at the end of an exciting fall season for the soccer Panthers that saw ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú carry off three...

John and Barbara Poole, an Edmonton couple with PEI roots, have generously donated $50,000 to the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú (ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú), for a new graduate research scholarship. The Ernest E. and Gertrude Annear Poole Memorial Scholarship will assist ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú research graduate students studying watershed integrity. This year's recipient of the $2,000 scholarship is Pamela MacDonald. Watershed...

Anne Compton, an alumna of Prince of Wales College (PWC'69), has been awarded the Governor General's Literary Award in Poetry for 2005. The winners were announced in Montreal on November 16. Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michand#228;elle Jean, Governor General of Canada, will present the awards at Rideau Hall on Wednesday, November 23. In describing Anne Compton's award-winning book,...

Amy Connolly and Ryan Anstey were named CIS Soccer Players of the Year this past weekend. Connolly, a fifth-year sociology and English major from Charlottetown, received the Chantal Navert Memorial Award, presented annually to the most outstanding player. She travelled to Edmonton to receive her award. The Panthers co-captain scored four goals for the second consecutive season in 2005. She was at...

Bill LeClair is a successful Calgary real estate lawyer who has never forgotten his Prince Edward Island roots. Although it is 35 years since he graduated in Business from ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú, he is still immensely proud of the institution that gave him his first degree. So much so that for the past eight years he has been energetically raising funds to support ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú students. "I've been working with Islanders...

Today, November 7, the Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) of the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú (ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú) confirmed arrangement for an and#145;ultimate gift' from Donna and Richard Hassard. The Hassards, AVC campaign co-chairs presented the College with a generous donation of $12,000 per year, a portion of which will be used for life insurance premiums on a $1-million policy. The proceeds of the...

The major AUS soccer awards were released on November 3. ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú players captured three out of six major awards. Male AUS Soccer MVP is Ryan Anstey, Female AUS Soccer MVP is Amy Connolly, and Female AUS Soccer Rookie of the Year is Tessa Roche. See details below: Women's Soccer Major Awards Announced-Two Panthers ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú-Amy Connolly - Atlantic University Sport is pleased to announce the 2005 women's...

The Atlantic Veterinary College at the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú recognized its students, faculty and staff on November 3 at the Annual AVC Recognition Night. More than 200 people gathered to honour the hard work and dedication of those who received awards. "Our Recognition Night is a chance to acknowledge the hard work our students, staff, and faculty in all that they do here at the...

ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú continues to establish itself as one of the top undergraduate research universities in Canada. Research Infosource Inc., a consulting firm which monitors Canadian universities' success in research development, has released the figures from its Top 50 Research Universities List 2005. The report designates ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú as one of three "Research Universities of the Year." "These full-service...

As Parliament begins discussing bill C-407, which calls for the legalization of assisted suicide, a provocative new book by an internationally-acclaimed Canadian historian of medicine is bound to inform the coming debate. In Life, Death, God, and Medicine: A Concise History of Euthanasia (Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2005), ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú history professor Ian Dowbiggin exposes the many disturbing...