17³Ô¹Ï Spotlights

17³Ô¹Ï is a place built on stories—from student success, to faculty and staff honours, to ground-breaking research. In 17³Ô¹Ï Spotlights, you can read and watch videos about the important things that make 17³Ô¹Ï unique.

Our Stories

Zoe Furlotte at the Canadian centre for climate change and adaptation
| Students, 17³Ô¹Ï Viewbook

Zoe discovered a passion for studying climate change at 17³Ô¹Ï after moving to the Island from New Brunswick.

upei engineering student prabhakar bholah standing in the faculty of sustainable design engineering building
| Students, 17³Ô¹Ï Viewbook

Following his father's advice to study in North America, Prabhakar travelled from Mauritius to join 17³Ô¹Ï's unique engineering program.

alex gallant-wood working in a kitchen laboratory
| Success Story

"If given the chance to choose again, I would 100% pick 17³Ô¹Ï’s Foods and Nutrition and Dietetic Internship programs!"

Chris Vessey
| Faculty

Chris Vessey is a Systems Administrator, Laboratory Instructor, and a Sessional Instructor in the School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences at 17³Ô¹Ï. Older than dirt itself, he’s been around 17³Ô¹Ï in a teaching capacity since 2000, but also had a stint from 1990 to 1995 as a User Services Support Technician in what is now called ITSS.

Dr. Mike MacLellan
| Profile, Faculty

Dr. Mike MacLellan, Associate Professor for 17³Ô¹Ï’s Kinesiology program, joined the Department of Applied Human Sciences in 2018. The main goal of his teaching approach is to develop innovative leaders who will make meaningful contributions to the community following graduation.