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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.

AVC鈥檚 Diagnostic Services Unit has received funding from Agriculture and Agri-Food to develop new diagnostic tests that are more effective, more sensitive, and less expensive for detecting bovine and swine viruses.

17吃瓜 is accepting nominations until Friday, February 12 for the inaugural . The Diamond Awards celebrate students鈥� personal development and achievement outside the classroom by recognizing positive contributions to campus life and the external community. 

The 17吃瓜 Panther Subway Athletes of the Week for the week of February 1-7 are Sam Sweet, Women鈥檚 Hockey, and Nelson Armstrong, 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. 

With only four games remaining in the regular season, the 17吃瓜 Men鈥檚 Hockey Panthers face a tough test this weekend, as they look to solidify their playoff positioning. Having clinched postseason berths already, the Acadia Axemen (17-5-2) and the Saint Mary鈥檚 Huskies (15-7-2) travel to the Island鈥檚 capital with hopes of spoiling 17吃瓜鈥檚 chances to compete for an AUS title.

17吃瓜 President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz signed two memorandums of understanding so far this week, with Chitkara University and Punjab Agricultural University, as part of an Ontario-PEI trade mission to India.