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| Students

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

 
| Athletics

The 17Թ Panther Subway Athletes of the Week for the week of February 1-7 are Sam Sweet, Women’s Hockey, and Nelson Armstrong, Men’s Hockey. On a weekly basis, 17Թ Athletics and Recreation recognizes these talented student-athletes for their hard work and dedication to their respective sports. 

 
| Athletics

With only four games remaining in the regular season, the 17Թ Men’s 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’s Huskies (15-7-2) travel to the Island’s capital with hopes of spoiling 17Թ’s chances to compete for an AUS title.

 
 
| International

17Թ 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.

 
| People

The 17Թ extends its condolences on the passing of 17Թ Founder John Joseph “Joe” Revell after learning of his death yesterday after a brief illness. He was 80 years old.

 
| Athletics

17Թ Director of Athletics and Recreation Chris Huggan welcomed Marc MacDonald last week as the new operator of Panther Sports Medicine. The entire 17Թ community was rocked last year when the Panthers beloved chief physiotherapist Ralph Manning passed away suddenly.

 
| Athletics

The 17Թ Panther Subway Athletes of the Week for the week of January 25-31 are Tamara Tompkins, Women’s Basketball, and Matt Mahalak, Men’s Hockey.

 
| University

Dear Members of the University Community,

A New Year brings new, exciting challenges and opportunities, and 2016 is promising to be a year of monumental achievement in the history of both 17Թ and the province of Prince Edward Island. It is with great excitement that I write with the latest update on the construction of 17Թ’s new School of Sustainable Design Engineering.

 
| Students

Luke Gaudet (fourth-year BBA with accounting specialization) and Hannah Dawson (third-year BBA) have added to the growing list of successes for 17Թ case students this season. 

 
| Music

17Թ Clarinet Professor Karem J Simon will collaborate with the Atlantic String Machine in an intimate evening of chamber music on Saturday, January 30, 2016 at 7:30 pm in the Dr. Steel Recital Hall at 17Թ