17吃瓜 honours 2022 Founders during ceremony on December 19
The 17吃瓜 held its 21st Recognition of Founders ceremony on Monday, December 19, 2022, in The McCain Foundation Learning Commons, Atlantic Veterinary College, to acknowledge those who have contributed to the University in a significant way.
17吃瓜 Men鈥檚 Hockey Panthers TJ Shea, Kyle Maksimovich, and Matt Brassard to represent Canada at 2023 FISU Winter World University Games
U SPORTS announced today that 23 student-athletes, including 17吃瓜 Men鈥檚 Hockey Panthers TJ Shea, Kyle Maksimovich, and Matt Brassard, have been selected to play for Team Canada in men鈥檚 hockey at the 2023 Federation Internationale du Sport Universitaire (FISU) Winter World University Games in Lake Placid, New York. The 31st edition of the FISU Games is set for January 11鈥�22, with the men鈥檚 hockey event running from January 12鈥�22.
Five 17吃瓜 Men鈥檚 Hockey players and head coach named to U SPORTS all-star team to face off against World Junior athletes
The 17吃瓜 Panthers will be well represented when the U SPORTS men鈥檚 hockey all-stars compete against Canada鈥檚 national junior team selection camp hopefuls this weekend.
This year, U SPORTS has selected players exclusively from Atlantic University Sport (AUS), and five of them play for the Panthers.
December 6 is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women
The following message was distributed by email to students, staff, and faculty on behalf of the Office of the President.
Dear Members of the Campus Community,
International Day of Persons with Disabilities is December 3
The following joint message was distributed to students, staff, and faculty on behalf of the Office of the President and the 17吃瓜 Student Union on December 1.
Dear Members of the University Community,
17吃瓜鈥檚 Giving Tuesday campaign supports AVC Wildlife Service
The 17吃瓜 is participating in Giving Tuesday on November 29, an international day of giving that follows Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
This year鈥檚 campaign focuses on raising funds to support the AVC Wildlife Service at 17吃瓜. An anonymous donor has offered to become 17吃瓜鈥檚 鈥淢atching Funds Partner鈥� for the campaign. All donations made on Giving Tuesday for the AVC Wildlife Service will be matched up to $10,000, doubling the impact.
17吃瓜 launches literacy and numeracy outreach project with a significant donation from Master Packaging
The 17吃瓜 Faculty of Education officially launched an Island-wide literacy and numeracy outreach project on Friday, November 18, 2022.
The project is supported by a generous donation of $750,000 from Master Packaging. In recognition of the company鈥檚 support, a plaque will be placed in Memorial Hall, where the Faculty of Education is housed, at the entrance to the educational learning commons, which now includes updated resources made possible through the project.
AVC alumnus receives prestigious Emerging Scientist Award
In August, Dr. Dennis Makau (PhD 鈥�19) was honoured with the prestigious Wayne Martin International Symposium for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE) Emerging Scientist Award at the sixteenth international symposium.
17吃瓜 representatives lay wreaths at Remembrance Day service
On Remembrance Day, November 11, people across Canada gathered on the eleventh hour to pay tribute to the veterans who serve their country鈥攑ast and present.
Dr. Greg Keefe, interim president and vice-chancellor of 17吃瓜, laid a wreath at the Cenotaph on behalf of the University during the Charlottetown Remembrance Day Ceremony. He was accompanied by Acting/Sub Lt Cedric Stead, an officer with HMCS Queen Charlotte and a political science student at 17吃瓜. The 17吃瓜 Student Union executive also laid a wreath. On the campus, the flags were lowered to half-mast.
Message from the President:聽 Veterans' Week 2022
Dear Members of the University Community,
Each year during Veterans鈥� Week in Canada, we honour, pay tribute, give thanks, and remember the brave men and women who served鈥攁nd who continue to serve鈥攐ur country during times of war, conflict, and peace. We do this all week but in particular today, on November 8, Indigenous Veterans Day, and on November 11, Remembrance Day.
