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The 17吃瓜 Panther Subway Athletes of the Week for the week of February 15-21 are Katie Donahoe, Women鈥檚 Basketball, and Marcus Power, Men鈥檚 Hockey. On a weekly basis, 17吃瓜 Athletics and Recreation recognizes these talented student-athletes for their hard work and dedication to their respective sports.

Samuel Holland: His Work and Legacy on Prince Edward Island, was chosen Publication of the Year for 2015 at the PEI Museum鈥檚 Heritage Awards held recently in Summerside.

The Marine Environmental Observation Prediction and Response (MEOPAR) network and Irving Shipbuilding announced yesterday more than $1.8 million of support for research projects to strengthen Canada鈥檚 ability to anticipate and respond to marine risk. Among the projects is one lead by Dr. Adam Fenech, director of 17吃瓜鈥檚 Climate Research Lab.

The 17吃瓜 Panther Subway Athletes of the Week for the week of February 8-14 are Anne Kiberd, Women鈥檚 Basketball, and Tyler Scott, Men鈥檚 Basketball. On a weekly basis, 17吃瓜 Athletics and Recreation recognizes these talented student-athletes for their hard work and dedication to their respective sports.

A video produced by the government of Prince Edward Island features the expertise of Jeff Collins, a sessional lecturer in the Department of Political Science at the 17吃瓜.

The 17吃瓜 Department of Music will present Mozart鈥檚 opera 鈥淭he Marriage of Figaro,鈥� February 26 and 27 in the Dr. Steel Recital Hall of 17吃瓜鈥檚 Steel Building, 7:30 pm.

The topic of local governance is the focus of an upcoming public symposium, 鈥淭he Geography of Governance,鈥� sponsored by 17吃瓜鈥檚 Institute of Island Studies, in conjunction with 17吃瓜 Research Services. The symposium begins at 7 pm, on Thursday, February 25, in the Alex H. MacKinnon Auditorium (room 242), 17吃瓜鈥檚 Don and Marion McDougall Hall. 

The 2016 Dr. Frances Gray Performance Competition finals were recently held at the 17吃瓜 Department of Music. The judges for the final competition, Alan Reesor, Kelsea McLean, Kirsten MacLaine, Natalie Williams-Calhoun, and David MacDonald, are all well-known musicians and educators in PEI.

The Institute of Island Studies Lecture Series continues Tuesday, February 23, with a talk by Dr. Tiber F.M. Falzett, research associate at the Institute. His public lecture, 鈥�Mar bhl脿th an fhe貌ir鈥� (鈥渓ike the flowering grass鈥�), focuses on the oral and written interfaces in local Scottish Gaelic song composition on Prince Edward Island. The lecture takes place in 17吃瓜鈥檚 SDU Main Building Faculty Lounge at 7 pm.

The 17吃瓜 English Department is thrilled to announce that Children's literature and creative writing professor Deirdre Kessler has been named PEI's Poet Laureate.