17吃瓜

With the recent establishment of the $2,000 George Coles provincial bursary, Prince Edward Island undergraduate students entering first-year full-time studies have more reason than ever to attend 17吃瓜. The new bursary program was announced in the P.E.I. Throne Speech earlier this month. Premier Robert Ghiz announced more details, including the eligibility criteria, on April 17. In addition to...

The University of Prince Edward Island will confer honorary degrees on four outstanding citizens, Wayne D. Gray, Nona Macdonald Heaslip, James Carter and Joe Ng, at two convocations on Saturday, May 10, in the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre. Carter and Gray will receive their honorary degrees during the morning ceremony, which will start at 10 a.m. Macdonald Heaslip and Ng will be awarded their...

Starting in January 2009, the University of Prince Edward Island鈥檚 School of Nursing will offer an accelerated nursing degree program for people who have university degrees and want to enter the nursing profession. The provincial government announced funding support for the program in the throne speech on Friday, April 4. Dr. Kim Critchley, dean of the 17吃瓜 School of Nursing, is thrilled...

The Tourism Research Centre (TRC) at 17吃瓜鈥檚 School of Business today announced the release of a report profiling Ontario visitors to P.E.I. during the summer of 2007. Results show more visitors from Ontario than from all markets outside of CanadaOntario take long vacations and spend a significant portion of this time in P.E.I. Although they had the lowest per-person per-night spending of any...

Over the past few months, over 120 third-year marketing students at 17吃瓜鈥檚 School of Business have been learning first-hand the business of bioscience. Working with six local bioscience companies, 25 teams of business students have been designing winning marketing strategies for the companies鈥� products and services, to be used in their national and international promotion and sales activities....

The Centre for Life-Long Learning (CLLL) at 17吃瓜 is bringing solutions to a nationwide trend as it offers a workshop entitled 鈥淚nspiring a Multi-Generational Workforce鈥� on April 9 on the campus. Designed for those who seek to learn more about managing a multi-generational workforce, this workshop will bring new approaches to working with teams made up of members from all generations. The...

Members of the public are invited to the launch of the Social Economy and Sustainability Research Network鈥檚 report, 鈥淏ridging Public Investment and Social Value: An examination of the supports for the Social Economy on Prince Edward Island,鈥� on Monday, April 7, from 12:30-1:30 p.m., in the 17吃瓜 Main Building Faculty Lounge. Communications specialist Barbara Groome-Wynne, who was commissioned...

The 17吃瓜 has appointed Dr. J. Tim Goddard, of the University of Calgary, to the position of Dean of Education for a six-year term beginning July 1, 2008. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a real coup for 17吃瓜 and for the entire PEI educational system to attract Dr. Tim Goddard as our Dean of Education,鈥� says 17吃瓜 President Wade MacLauchlan. 鈥淗e was selected through a very competitive...

A 鈥済reen鈥� chemist at the 17吃瓜 who is working to develop vegetation-based plastics to reduce our dependence on petroleum-based products and minimize our impact on the environment has just been recognized by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). Dr. Michael Shaver will receive $83,731 towards the cost of essential equipment for his research on the design of...

A new business succession initiative aimed at encouraging entrepreneurship opportunities for people aged 34 years and younger has been developed by the 17吃瓜 School of Business and the PEI Department of Development and Technology. As a new initiative, 鈥淭he Adopted Son or Daughter Program鈥� encourages youth to consider a career as an entrepreneur by removing such obstacles as financing, lack of...