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Many students at 17³Ô¹Ï will see a five per cent increase in their pay cheques this month. 17³Ô¹Ï recently approved a new basic hourly rate of $9.52 for student employees, effective October 1. 17³Ô¹Ï employs students in a variety of roles - from dog walkers to lab assistants to graduate student researchers working on projects that help them develop new skills related to their studies. Students...

The 17³Ô¹Ï Men's Hockey team will play its only Island pre-season game on Saturday when they take on the defending national champions Saint Mary's Huskies at Credit Union Place. Game time is 7 pm. It is the first game in Summerside for 17³Ô¹Ï in a number of years. The Atlantic University Sport (AUS) hockey conference is the best in the country and there will be a number of familiar faces in both line...

Soccer goalkeeper Chanelle Roy of the 17³Ô¹Ï Panthers is the BlackBerry Canadian Interuniversity Sport female athlete of the week for the period ending Sept. 26, 2010. Roy is a third-year science student from Bathurst, N.B., and recorded back-to-back shutouts over the weekend as the Panthers (3-0-3) remained undefeated in conference play with a 1-0 win over UNB (1-2-1) and a scoreless...

The Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island, the Honourable Barbara A. Hagerman, presented 17³Ô¹Ï's new coat of arms to a well-represented University community at the Founders' Day ceremony, September 24. 'It is with pride that I unveil, on behalf of Her Majesty and the Canadian Heraldic Authority, the coat of arms for the 17³Ô¹Ï,' said Her...

17³Ô¹Ï Nursing students (Kenyan Internship) were recently presented the 2010 Farmers Helping Farmers Youth Award at the organization's annual meeting. The annual award recognizes individuals and youth groups who have made outstanding contributions to public awareness about Farmers Helping Farmers (FHF) and its work in Kenya. The nursing students included: Ashley Caulier, Marley Bruce, Rianne...

All twelve of Innovation PEI's 2010 Graduate and Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program winners come from the 17³Ô¹Ï and its Atlantic Veterinary College - including ten active students, and two applications to attract graduate and post-doctoral students. Now in its second year, the program is providing multi-year funding to 23 17³Ô¹Ï students in total. 'In...

The 17³Ô¹Ï (17³Ô¹Ï) celebrated its extensive history and looked forward to a bright future at its eleventh annual Founders' Day ceremony on Friday, September 24. A special component of the ceremony was when PEI's Lieutenant Governor, the Honourable Barbara A. Hagerman, who also serves as Visitor to the University, presented and unveiled 17³Ô¹Ï's new Coat...

The first ‘Sport Legacy Celebration' took place Thursday at the 17³Ô¹Ï (17³Ô¹Ï) to honour Panther Sport - past, present, and future. The evening combined some traditional events with new components, all to celebrate the legacies that Panther Sport creates and inspire current student-athletes. RBC Olympian Rowan Barrett was the keynote speaker....

The Centre for Life-Long Learning at 17³Ô¹Ï has partnered with Inverlie Consulting to bring international stress management and trauma expert, Dr. David Berceli to Charlottetown. Dr. Berceli will present a public workshop on Tension Release Exercise at Murphy's Community Centre, Tuesday, October 5 from 10:00 am - 4:30 pm. The workshop is ideally suited for health professionals including...

Defenceman Mathew Maione, the newest recruit for the 17³Ô¹Ï Men's Hockey team, will provide some offensive upside from the blue line. 'Matt is an extremely focused, determined, and disciplined individual. He competes very hard, and will add some offensive punch to our attack,' says 17³Ô¹Ï head coach Forbie MacPherson. 'He came to us late in the recruiting season. Through...