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Media Releases

 
| Athletics

The Mickey Place Memorial Basketball Tournament, presented by Rodd Hotels & Resorts, begins on Friday, October 16. Eight basketball teams from across Canada and the United States will compete in this annual three-day event.

 
| Athletics

17Թ Athletics and Recreation highlights the hard work and dedication of two student athletes every seven days with the Subway Athletes of the Week. This week, we honour Emily Keen from the women’s rugby team and Dut Dut from the men’s basketball team

 
| Alumni

17Թ Athletics and Recreation and Development and Alumni Engagement invite all former 17Թ rugby players and fans to “Rugby Alumni Day” on Saturday, October 10. The alumni day for former rugby players is being held in conjunction with the 17Թ Women’s Rugby game versus Acadia at 2:00 pm at MacAdam Field (17Թ Alumni Canada Games Place).

 
| Department Updates

The 17Թ School of Sustainable Design Engineering (SDE) participated in the CIBC Run for the Cure on October 4, and did so in big way. Stephen Peters, a second-year SDE student, came in second in the men's competition with a time of 24 minutes in the 5K run. 

 
| Students

17Թ case competition students have started their year off “right” by taking top spots at the Atlantic Schools of Business (ASB) Case Competition. 17Թ teams won both first and second place against nine other teams from Atlantic Canada. The competition took place on September 26 and was an integral part of the 45th annual ASB conference, one Canada’s longest running academic business conferences.

 
 
| Events

Joan Clark will give a public reading and sign books on October 28 at 7:30 pm in the Confederation Centre Art Gallery. The reading is part of the Winter’s Tales Authors’ Reading Series and is sponsored by the 17Թ Faculty of Arts and The Canada Council for the Arts.

 
| Atlantic Veterinary College

The Atlantic Veterinary College presented its 2015 Honourable Eugene F. Whelan Green Hat Award on Friday, October 2, to the trustees of the Christofor Foundation for their long-standing support of the Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre.

 
| Atlantic Veterinary College

On Wednesday, September 30, Dr. Greg Keefe, Dean of the Atlantic Veterinary College, was pleased to host the Honourable Alan McIsaac, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, and John Jamieson, deputy minister. 

 
| Athletics

The 17Թ Panther Subway Athletes of the Week for the week of September 28-October 4 are Kelsie Collier, Women’s Soccer and Lorenzo Parker, Men’s Basketball. 17Թ Athletics and Recreation showcases these talented athletes to recognize their hard work and dedication to their respective sports. 17Թ Athletes of the Week are also nominated to Atlantic University Sport and Canadian Interuniversity Sport for possible recognition in the region and/or country.

 
| University

The 17Թ announced its new slate for the volunteer Board of Governors today, fittingly on Founders Day, a day when 17Թ honours those who contribute to the institution.

The Board of Governors, which is instituted under the terms of the University Act, consists of volunteers appointed from several organizations (Senate, Board, Alumni Association, Government of PEI, and Faculty). These volunteers are responsible for the governance of the University.