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Kent Stetson, a distinguished Island author, will offer a two-tiered, sixteen-hour workshop at 17³Ô¹Ï for writers of drama and prose fiction at various stages of their practice. Stetson is a Member of the Order of Canada, Governor General's Award laureate, and this year's recipient of the 17³Ô¹Ï Alumni Association's Distinguished Alumni Award. Stetson's workshop, entitled...

17³Ô¹Ï Men's Hockey Head Coach Forbes MacPherson is pleased to welcome Mark Carragher to the Panther coaching staff. Carragher was most recently the head coach of the Kensington Monaghan Farms Wild major midget team in 2013-14 (of the NB-PEI Major Midget League), and also coached its predecessor, the Cornwall Thunder, in 2012-13. Both teams won the provincial major midget...

17³Ô¹Ï, SDU, and PWC alumni will reunite this weekend through a variety of events during Summer Reunion Weekend 2014, July 24-27. Summer reunion events include an Alumni, Faculty, and Staff All Years' Mixer on Friday, July 25, 3:00-5:00 pm in the Alumni Tent, 17³Ô¹Ï Quadrangle; the 30th Annual SDU Mass, 7:30 pm in the Dr. Steel Recital Hall; the SDU All Years' Reception, 8:30 pm in...

The Concussion Injury Research and Evaluation Clinic at 17³Ô¹Ï is looking for participants between the ages of 9 and 25 who are physically active and/or involved in organized sport to participate in research that investigates concussion and return-to-play. Study participants must be available for two (2) hour-long testing appointments spaced at least two weeks apart. Visit upei.ca/concussion for...

How will coastal erosion affect your community? 17³Ô¹Ï's Climate Research Lab is touring Prince Edward Island Communities this month to demonstrate its Coastal Impacts Visualization Environment tool, better known as CLIVE. Dr. Adam Fenech will lead discussions about coastal erosion and sea-level rise, and the risk to homes, cottages, roads, and communities. CLIVE allows users to manipulate a...

The Old Belle River Church and 17³Ô¹Ï will present an encore performance of A Solitary Clarinettist on Friday, July 25 at 8:00 pm. Performed by 17³Ô¹Ï clarinet professor Karem J. Simon, this performance is unique in that it will feature a diverse selection of music performed by one clarinettist only; no other collaborative musicians will be involved. This recital is an extraordinary experience as it...

17³Ô¹Ï's Office of International Relations, in conjunction with Assistant Professor Melissa MacEachern, is seeking feedback from international students who have either applied, registered, or are currently enrolled at 17³Ô¹Ï. The survey only takes minutes to complete and will establish and confirm the contributing factors as to why students from around the world select 17³Ô¹Ï as their post-...

17³Ô¹Ï Men's Hockey Head Coach Forbes MacPherson is pleased to announce the addition of the Peterborough Petes' Nelson Armstrong, one of the top-scoring defencemen from the Ontario Hockey League, to the Panthers. Born in Peterborough, Armstrong put together his best season in 2013-14 with 9 goals and 36 assists for 45 points. Armstrong added four assists in the playoffs for the...

17³Ô¹Ï Women's Rugby Coach Shannon Atkins is very pleased to announce that Lauren Sheidow is joining the Panthers for 2014-15. 'Lauren is a powerful player that will add strength to the scrum,' commented Coach Atkins. 'It is really important for 17³Ô¹Ï to have the top Island players, like Lauren, playing for us to maintain the competition level necessary for success....

With the adoption of the 17³Ô¹Ï Strategic Plan 2013-2018 earlier this year, the University is poised to become a leader in offering experiential learning opportunities. 17³Ô¹Ï has looked at a variety of ways to best support students in seizing these opportunities and has decided to group several existing functions under a centralized office. Vice-President Academic Christian Lacroix is excited to...