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Newpy, a social networking app created by fourth-year 17吃瓜 Business student Erin O鈥橦alloran and her sister Alana, won the top national prize at the (NBIF) Breakthru competition. Breakthru is a biennial start-up competition where more than 60 teams compete for the chance to win $300,000 in business funding.

Newpy is a social network app for posting photos of products that are hidden inside digital packaging. The digital packaging designs grab attention and spark curiosity as to what is inside. Newpy offers two types of digital packaging鈥攙ariety, which are ever-changing, unique designs to reflect the user鈥檚 interests, and custom, which are specifically tailored to reflect a company鈥檚 brand. Custom digital packaging showcases the company鈥檚 name or logo directly on the packaging. Companies will now have a choice: they can choose to hope that good photos of their products are taken, or they can guarantee with Newpy that every photo posted will grow their brand.

鈥淭his is an amazing win and the culmination of an innovative entrepreneurial project,鈥� said Dr. Juergen Krause, dean of 17吃瓜鈥檚 Faculty of Business. 鈥淲e are very proud and wish the O鈥橦alloran sisters great success with their start-up Newpy.鈥�

The O鈥橦allorans were awarded first place last evening at a gala dinner in Fredericton, New Brunswick.

Congratulations, Erin!

The 17吃瓜 prides itself on people, excellence, and impact and is committed to assisting students reach their full potential in both the classroom and community. With roots stemming from two founding institutions鈥擯rince of Wales College and Saint Dunstan鈥檚 University鈥�17吃瓜 has a reputation for academic excellence, research innovation, and creating positive impacts locally, nationally, and internationally. 17吃瓜 is the only degree granting institution in the province and is proud to be a key contributor to the growth and prosperity of Prince Edward Island.

The School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences (SMCS) at 17吃瓜 recently held its fourth annual Pi Day event. Originally planned for Pi Day (March 14, or 3.14鈥攚hich is almost Pi), the event was held a day late due to weather. The event included an integration tournament, a trivia challenge, and (of course) pie.

Sixteen of 17吃瓜鈥檚 top SMCS students competed in the integration tournament. Students went head-to-head to see who could solve integrals fastest. Spectators cheered on students as they raced against each other and against the clock to solve integrals such as:

First-year student Taruna Boodhun won the integration tournament and was bestowed the title of Magnifluent (Isaac Newton, one of the inventors of Calculus, referred to what we now call integrals as fluents, so the winner of the integration tournament earns the title of Magnifluent in his honour). Will Taylor-Melanson was the other finalist, while Justin White and Jad Naaman were the other semifinalists.  Sponsored by AARMS (Atlantic Association for Research in the Mathematical Sciences), the top finishers in the integration tournament were awarded $400 in prizes (and cool SMCS T-shirts). Congratulations to Taruna, Will, Justin, and Jad.

鈥淲hile it is mainly a fun event, it allows students to demonstrate their skills, and the skill level at this year鈥檚 integration tournament was exceptional,鈥� said Dr. Gordon MacDonald, associate dean of the SMCS. 鈥淭here is very high demand for graduates from SMCS programs in mathematical and computational sciences, and this year鈥檚 integration tournament provides evidence that our students are top-notch.鈥�

In between rounds of the integration tournament, attendees participated in the SMCS trivia challenge. The trivia featured questions about mathematical and computational sciences in popular in the past year. Congratulations to Team Angele, who came out on top. Team Angele won SMCS T-shirts and a monetary prize.

The event was organized by SMCS faculty member Dr. Shafiqul Islam and was emceed by Dr.  MacDonald. Other SMCS faculty members volunteered as judges, technical support, and pie wranglers. The winner of the 17吃瓜鈥檚 first integration tournament, Morgan Erskine, returned as a celebrity judge.

The 17吃瓜 prides itself on people, excellence, and impact and is committed to assisting students reach their full potential in both the classroom and community. With roots stemming from two founding institutions鈥擯rince of Wales College and Saint Dunstan鈥檚 University鈥�17吃瓜 has a reputation for academic excellence, research innovation, and creating positive impacts locally, nationally, and internationally. 17吃瓜 is the only degree granting institution in the province and is proud to be a key contributor to the growth and prosperity of Prince Edward Island.

Dr. Alaa Abd-El-Aziz, President and Vice-Chancellor of 17吃瓜, joined Premier H. Wade MacLauchlan's mission to China. Dr. Abd-El-Aziz met the president of Hainan University to discuss a new partnership agreement to facilitate faculty and student exchange opportunities. Hainan University is interested in new programs that have been recently established at 17吃瓜, including the School of Sustainable Design Engineering, the Applied Communications, Leadership, and Culture program, the School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, and the Climate Research Lab. There is also a growing interest in 17吃瓜鈥檚 School of Nursing, and Faculties of Business, Arts, and Education.

In Shanghai, the president spoke with the administrative staff of a new PEI K-12 school based on the PEI curriculum. This school will provide great opportunities to attract international students who want to study at 17吃瓜. He also connected with 17吃瓜 partners at CanAchieve China. 

In Beijing, Dr. Abd-El-Aziz and Premier MacLauchlan met with Canada鈥檚 Ambassador to China, John MacCallum. The group discussed strengthening Canada鈥檚 relationship with China through education, industry, and tourism.

The 17吃瓜 prides itself on people, excellence, and impact and is committed to assisting students reach their full potential in both the classroom and community. With roots stemming from two founding institutions鈥擯rince of Wales College and Saint Dunstan鈥檚 University鈥�17吃瓜 has a reputation for academic excellence, research innovation, and creating positive impacts locally, nationally, and internationally. 17吃瓜 is the only degree granting institution in the province and is proud to be a key contributor to the growth and prosperity of Prince Edward Island.

Dr. Alfonso L贸pez, professor emeritus, and Dr. Shannon Martinson, assistant professor, AVC鈥檚 Department of Pathology and Microbiology, are authors of a chapter in the recently published sixth edition of Pathologic Basis of Veterinary Disease.

Published by Elsevier, Pathologic Basis of Veterinary Disease is the preferred pathology textbook for DVM students in Canada, the United States, and many other countries. With over 2,100 full-color figures and illustrations, the book covers both general and systemic pathology, stressing diseases of domestic animal species and covering the mechanisms of disease development and the resulting functional and structural changes in the host.

Drs. L贸pez and Martinson wrote the chapter about the pathology of the respiratory tract, which illustrates many gross and microscopic pictures taken from routine post-mortem cases done at AVC鈥檚 Diagnostic Services. Congratulations, Drs. L贸pez and Martinson!

By: Dr. John VanLeeuwen, Atlantic Veterinary College, 17吃瓜

The 2017 Farmers Helping Farmers-AVC three-week senior veterinary student course in Kenya was a resounding success. Over 500 smallholder dairy farmers received education and services in cattle health management; over 650 animals were given individual treatments or health management interventions; and another 130 animals were treated for identified health concerns.

鈥淭he work done by veterinarians and veterinary students during this course enhanced the health of the animals and improved sustainable livelihoods of the rural Kenyan people, who demonstrated their appreciation time and again with gifts of mangoes, bananas, eggs, and even a couple 40 kg bags of potatoes,鈥� says Dr. John VanLeeuwen, course coordinator and professor of ruminant health management at AVC. 鈥淭hey have so little, but they always want to say thank you somehow鈥攚hich really makes you appreciate what you have in Canada.鈥�

Seven veterinary students (Christine Makena, Sophie Masika, Francis Njoroge, and Edward Musemi, of Kenya, and Natalie Dow, Terra Macdonald, and Matt MacFarlane, of AVC) and many animal health personnel received clinical training in the treatment and health management of dairy cattle on smallholder farms.

The major health problems observed included infectious diseases (over 20 cases of East Coast fever and 13 coughing cattle), parasite infestations, udder infections, and insufficient nutrition, leading to low milk production, poor reproduction, and inadequate growth. We also saw numerous down cows and off-feed cow problems, many reproductive checks, and miscellaneous conditions.

The Canadian and Kenyan veterinary students exchanged information about their respective countries and the great challenges of international development work, self-sustainability, veterinary medicine, and producing and marketing milk in poor, remote areas of Kenya, as well as new techniques and theories of dairy cattle health management.

鈥淭his year was a notable year in that we broke some records. We had the largest single seminar attendance of 158 people,鈥� says Dr. VanLeeuwen. 鈥淲e also had the largest single day deworming session at our walk-in clinic, where despite modest handling facilities, we managed to deworm 590 cattle. In fact, we ran out of some types of dewormer but fortunately had other multi-purpose types that would still do the trick.鈥�

During the last week, the team was joined by veterinarians, Drs. Jessica Gonzalez, Laura Kutryk, and Klaas and Karen Leppelman, supported by Vets without Borders-Canada (VWB). The VWB vets, working with a different Kenyan dairy group, had just arrived in Kenya, and so VanLeeuwen helped to orient them to the Kenyan dairy industry and provided additional training on how to handle veterinary problems from a Canadian perspective but in a Kenyan context.

Various veterinary pharmaceutical companies, including Bimeda, Boehringer, Merck, and Vetoquinol, provided products for the project, which enabled the veterinary team to provide suitable treatments for the animals that they encountered. The team appreciated the financial support from Merck Canada Inc. and members of the Atlantic cattle and veterinary community, including veterinary clinics in Antigonish, Cornwall, and Montague; Berwick Animal Hospital; Downsview Vet Hospital; Fundy Vets; Ross Vet Services; and Drs. Laura Field, Mike Walker, Andrea Dube, Marc Verschoor, Martha Sweeting, John Drake, Sandra MacConkey, and Genevieve Luca.

Thank you again to all our supporters for your assistance in making this possible.
 

Dr. Peter Childs will be the first of two keynote speakers at , presented by E365, held at the 17吃瓜 School of Sustainable Design Engineering on April 21 to 23. Dr. Childs is the head of Dyson School of Design Engineering at Imperial College London, UK. His general interests include robotics, creativity tools and innovation, design process and design rationale, fluid flow and heat transfer鈥攑articularly rotating flow, and sustainable energy component, concept, and system design. He has co-authored books on rural-urban migration, inclusive sports, and sports technology. Peter Childs will give his keynote address to the public at Atlantic Green Expo on Friday, April 21 at 5:30 pm. 

鈥淎n important element of Atlantic Green Expo will be the 17吃瓜 SSDE Student Design Expo on Friday afternoon, which will coincide with the industry portion of the show,鈥� says Allan Dale, director of Industry Partnerships at 17吃瓜 School of Sustainable Design Engineering. 鈥淲hat better way to connect the academic component with the applied business side of sustainable design than to have a leader in both realms share his ideas? Peter Childs is the person to do that. His background speaks for itself.鈥�

Atlantic Green Expo starts on Friday, April 21 at 1:00 pm with the Student Design Expo beginning at 2:00 pm. All events are open to the public and admission is free. Atlantic Green Expo gives the public a chance to learn more about sustainable products and services available in the Atlantic region, with exhibitors displaying clean tech options, eco-friendly products, and environmental practices.

Find more information at .

Atlantic Green Expo is an initiative of PEI-based company E365, in partnership with Transform Events & Consulting, 17吃瓜鈥檚 Climate Research Lab, the 17吃瓜 School of Sustainable Design Engineering, and Sierra Club Canada, PEI Chapter.

The 17吃瓜 prides itself on people, excellence, and impact and is committed to assisting students reach their full potential in both the classroom and community. With roots stemming from two founding institutions鈥擯rince of Wales College and Saint Dunstan鈥檚 University鈥�17吃瓜 has a reputation for academic excellence, research innovation, and creating positive impacts locally, nationally, and internationally. 17吃瓜 is the only degree granting institution in the province and is proud to be a key contributor to the growth and prosperity of Prince Edward Island.

Three years ago, Dr. Etienne C么t茅, professor of cardiology at AVC, was asked to co-edit the eighth edition of the Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine, widely recognized as the most authoritative textbook for small animal internal medicine.

Created in 1975 by Dr. Stephen Ettinger, considered the trailblazer of veterinary specialty medicine, the Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine is the internationally acclaimed 鈥済old standard鈥� textbook in small animal medicine, with its unparalleled coverage of the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases affecting dogs and cats. For the first three editions, Dr. Ettinger was the sole editor, and for the next four, Dr. Edward Feldman was co-editor with Dr. Ettinger.

鈥淭o be asked by Drs. Ettinger and Feldman to co-edit the latest edition of this essential textbook is a career-defining highlight for me,鈥� says Dr. C么t茅, who has contributed to the book as an author since the fifth edition. He estimates that he spent about 3,500 hours working on the book over the past three years.

Published by Elsevier, this two-volume edition includes the latest information on topical issues such as clinical genomics, coexisting cardiac and renal diseases, minimally invasive interventional procedures, distinguishing behavioral disorders from neurologic disease, feeding tube placement, evidence-based medicine, and differentiating intoxications from nontoxicological illness, to name a few.

The book includes contributions by 310 authors from 21 countries around the world. Distinguishing features include a library of 517 original videos of characteristic symptoms, clinical procedures, and imaging loops; references accessible online instantly via a QR code at the end of each chapter; and two new sections: minimally invasive interventions and management of pairs of diseases that have opposite treatments (divergent comorbidities).

For Dr. Martha Mellish, 鈥渋t鈥檚 all horses all the time.鈥�

A member of AVC鈥檚 Class of 2005, Dr. Mellish recently joined the Atlantic Veterinary College as an assistant professor in the College鈥檚 Ambulatory Equine Service (AES), responsible for teaching veterinary students, and providing veterinary and theriogenology services to AES clients.

Dr. Mellish grew up in New Perth, PEI, where her parents, Ken and Teresa Mellish, operated a dairy farm. After graduating from high school, she attended the pre-veterinary program at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College (NSAC) in Truro, Nova Scotia. She didn鈥檛 really think about becoming a veterinarian until, while attending NSAC, she had a meeting with Dr. Wendell Grasse, director of AVC鈥檚 Veterinary Teaching Hospital at the time.

鈥淒r. Grasse inspired me to consider veterinary medicine as a profession,鈥� she said. 鈥淚 am so glad that I listened to him and became a veterinarian.鈥�

She became interested in large animal medicine while at AVC, but it wasn't until her fourth year that she decided to specialize in equine medicine. Her experience at the VTH and external equine rotations led her to focus on horses, including equine theriogenology. She is board-certified through the American College of Theriogenologists.

Her interest in equine medicine came as no surprise to her family and friends. Horses have been an important part of her life since she was a child. She recently earned her USDF Silver Medal for competing successfully at Prix St. George level in dressage. She is currently riding Fantango NPF, a seven-year-old Dutch Warmblood horse bred for her by her father.

Dr. Mellish said she loved her time as a student at AVC. She felt excited and challenged by the educational program offered, and she enjoyed the close bond formed among her classmates. One major highlight for her was meeting her husband, Dr. Dave McRuer, also a member of the Class of 2005. The two met and began dating when they worked at AVC between their first and second years, and married in 2010.

After graduating from AVC, she completed a year-long internship at a private equine clinic in Virginia. For the next ten years, she worked in private practice in that state, with a six-month stint in Australia when she was between positions. Her husband provided veterinary care to wild animals at the Wildlife Center of Virginia.

When asked what brought her back to AVC, Dr. Mellish said it was a combination of family and the opportunity for professional growth. Her family lives on PEI, and her husband鈥檚 in Nova Scotia. Their son Keith, age two-and-a-half, will get to know his grandparents and other family members.

She is looking forward to sharing her knowledge and expertise with students at AVC as they work toward their own careers in veterinary medicine.

17吃瓜鈥檚 Department of Athletics and Recreation celebrated the 2016鈥�17 season at the 48th annual 17吃瓜 Athletic Awards Gala on Saturday, April 1, recognizing outstanding student athletes who have excelled in sport, the classroom, and serving the community. The 17吃瓜 Alumni Association鈥檚 Outstanding Athlete of the Year awards went to men鈥檚 soccer fullback Mark Ashlee and women鈥檚 hockey goalie Marie-Soleil Deschenes.

The event, held at the Rodd Charlottetown Hotel, included student-athletes, coaches, staff, along with members of the University community, alumni, donors, sponsors, and booster club supporters.

In addition to the Athlete of the Year awards, club and varsity team awards were presented. The Most Valuable Player (MVP) and Rookie of the Year award winners from each team include (note that the MVP is listed first followed by Rookie of the Year):

Women鈥檚 volleyball: Karli Aucoin, Alessandra Corno
Men鈥檚 rugby: James Coyle, Isaac Kirkland
Women鈥檚 rugby: Holly Jones, Tara Campbell
Field hockey: Sydney Stavert, Karleigh MacEwen
Men鈥檚 soccer: Mark Ashlee, Mohamed Jaber
Women鈥檚 soccer: Jen Balderston, Amanda Stanyer
Men鈥檚 hockey: Cody Payne, Cody Payne
Women鈥檚 hockey: Marie-Soleil Deschenes, Sydnee Baker
Men鈥檚 basketball: Tyler Scott, Logan MacDonald
Women鈥檚 basketball: Kara Rigby, Jenna Mae Ellsworth
Track and field: (female) Bailey Smith, Kylee Wallace; (male) Damon MacDonald, Darcy Norton
Swimming: (female) Rebekah Nitschmann, (no Rookie of the Year awarded); (male) Matthew Smith, Pieter VanLeeuwen
Cross country: (female) Rebecca Doyle, Emma Moore; (male) Jeremy Thompson, Alex MacFadyen
Junior varsity women鈥檚 hockey: Jessie Howard, Rebecca Mosher

The J.T. 鈥淢ickey鈥� Place Awards are presented by the 17吃瓜 Student Union to student-athletes who have made a contribution to student leadership on their team and on campus. John Thomas 鈥淢ickey鈥� Place was connected not only with Athletics at 17吃瓜, but also with all aspects of campus life. These awards were given in his memory to Rebecca Chapman (women鈥檚 rugby), MacKenzie Deighan (field hockey), Cullen Mullally (men鈥檚 soccer), Jerika Gimpel (women鈥檚 soccer), Ryan MacKinnon (men鈥檚 hockey), Teagan Pringle (women鈥檚 hockey), Lorenzo Parker (men鈥檚 basketball), Kiera Rigby (women鈥檚 basketball), Angela Sande (track and field) and Kelsie Bolivar (swimming).

The Gordon and Muriel Bennett Award is given to a student (male or female) who, over four years, best combined athletic achievement and academic excellence. Women鈥檚 rugby student-athlete Holly Jones was this year鈥檚 recipient.

The W.A. Ledwell Award goes to a student-athlete who has demonstrated outstanding athletic ability in the intercollegiate program, academic excellence, and the qualities of leadership, sportsmanship and citizenship. Nelson Armstrong from men鈥檚 hockey was the recipient.

All team nominees for the Passion for Life Award, created in memory of former 17吃瓜 soccer player Rene Ayangma, were recognized, with the overall award going to women鈥檚 basketball player Kiera Rigby.

A highlight of the evening was the presentation of the inaugural Barb C. Mullaly Memorial Athletic Award in memory of the late Barb Mullaly, former director of athletics at 17吃瓜. It was presented to third-year science student Kelly Green, a member of the women鈥檚 soccer team, for her positive attitude, leadership, and mentorship.

About the 17吃瓜 Athletes of the Year

Marie-Soleil Deschenes, a goalie on the women鈥檚 hockey team, is a fifth-year science student from 脦le-Perrot, Quebec. She was named an AUS 1st Team All-Star.

Mark Ashlee, a fullback on the men鈥檚 soccer team, is a fifth-year arts student from Victoria, British Columbia. He was named an AUS 1st Team All-Star.

More than 270 young scientists from 32 Island schools will present 196 science projects at the 2017 PEI Science Fair. The event will be held Tuesday, April 4 at 17吃瓜鈥檚 Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre. The theme this year, submitted by an elementary school participant in 2016, is 鈥淪cience is Everywhere: Get Involved.鈥�

These young scientists will share their projects and experiences with about 100 volunteer judges. The line-up of projects this year covers a broad range of topics, including health sciences, physical sciences, agriculture, environment, and natural resources. More than $15,000 in prizes and awards will be handed out by the 45 community partner organizations that annually support the Fair. Five students from grades 7-12 will be selected to represent PEI at the Canada-Wide Science Fair in Regina in May, where more than $1 million in prizes and scholarships will be awarded. 

The public is invited to come by and speak with these remarkable students during the following times. For students in grades 4-6, public viewing is from 12:00-1:00 pm and the awards ceremony is 1:00-1:30 pm. For students in grades 7-12, public viewing is from 2:30-4:00 pm and the awards ceremony is 4:00-4:30 pm.

More information on the 2017 PEI Science Fair including a list of community partners can be found at: .

The 17吃瓜 prides itself on people, excellence, and impact and is committed to assisting students reach their full potential in both the classroom and community. With roots stemming from two founding institutions鈥擯rince of Wales College and Saint Dunstan鈥檚 University鈥�17吃瓜 has a reputation for academic excellence, research innovation, and creating positive impacts locally, nationally, and internationally. 17吃瓜 is the only degree granting institution in the province and is proud to be a key contributor to the growth and prosperity of Prince Edward Island.