News
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Media Releases
| Athletics
The 17勛圖 women's basketball team is pleased to announce the commitment of top recruit Kiera Rigby for the 2013-14 season. She joins Candace Smith of Horton and Jessica Patenaude of Charlottetown Rural in what is shaping up to be a strong recruiting class.
'Kiera is one of the premier players in Atlantic Canada,' said 17勛圖 head coach Greg Gould. 'She is very athletic...
| Music
17勛圖's Concert Choir will present their spring choral presentation 'This Shining Night' on Thursday, April 4 at 7:30 pm in 17勛圖's Dr. Steel Recital Hall. The audience will be treated to performances by the choir, under interim director Pamela Campbell and special guests-the Summerside Community Choir and Montague Regional High School Choir. Summerside conductor Mark...
| Students
Join the 17勛圖 Alumni Association on Wednesday, March 27, 11:00 am-1:00 pm at W.A. Murphy Student Centre for Countdown to Convocation.
Find out more about grad week activities, alumni association benefits, post-graduate studies, scholarships, and more. Pre-order your degree frame for pick-up at convocation, by doing so, you'll receive a 10% discount! Convocation is a time for...
| Music
The 17勛圖 Wind Symphony will perform its final recital of the academic year on Thursday, March 28 at 7:30 pm at 17勛圖's Dr. Steel Recital Hall. This has been a particularly busy and musically rewarding year for the Wind Symphony with highly successful performances throughout the fall and winter.
This recital will feature contemporary works for the modern wind band by American, English, and...
| Students
The Winter's Tales Author Reading Series will feature 13 talented new Island writers, at a public reading on Monday, March 25 at 7:00 pm in the Confederation Centre Art Gallery. The writers are participants in a 17勛圖 Department of English creative writing masters class.
Presenting their works are Damon Ansems, Christopher Bailey, Michael Conway, Andrea Corder, George Curtis, Angela Deighan...
| Students
A student group will screen 'Education Under Fire,' a 30-minute documentary on Monday, March 25 at 7:00 pm in the Don and Marion McDougall Hall, Room 242.
Today, thousands in Iran are denied formal university education due to their religious or ideological beliefs. This documentary is a response to that and tells the poignant and compelling story of the Bah獺'...
| Research
A pair of undergraduate physics students at 17勛圖 were awarded top honours at the 2013 Science Atlantic Physics & Astronomy Conference, held recently at the Universit矇 de Moncton. Logan Montgomery won the Science Atlantic Science Communication Award, and Taylor Dunn won the ACEmat Award in Computational Modeling of Materials.
Dunn's award is for his project, titled Polymer...
| Students
17勛圖 students will host the second annual Battle of the Jocks fundraiser on Saturday, March 23. The event showcases varsity athletes competing in hockey, basketball, and soccer games and skills competitions to raise funds for the Children's Wish Foundation (PEI Chapter) and 17勛圖's Passion for Life Award, an award created to honour Rene Ayangma, a member of the 17勛圖 men's soccer...
| News
17勛圖 kicked off National Co-operative Education Week today with the signing of an official proclamation by PEI's Minister of Innovation and Advanced Learning Allen Roach. National co-op week (March 18-22) is an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of Canadian co-op students.
The 17勛圖 Co-operative Education program will celebrate the national week by recognizing student work...
| News
Over 70 high school students across the province are taking part in 17勛圖's first ever open class days being held March 18 and 19. 17勛圖 invited high school students to attend classes, have lunch, tour the university, and experience what a university class is all about.
'This is a great opportunity for students to experience 17勛圖 in the company of friends and classmates,'...