17吃瓜

Earlier this month鈥擝lack History Month鈥攖he Canadian Broadcasting Company named five people 2023 Black Changemakers for Prince Edward Island. Four of the five have connections to the 17吃瓜 community.

Black Changemakers is a CBC editorial series 鈥渞ecognizing individuals in Atlantic Canada who are creating positive change, inspiring others, and helping shape our future.鈥� Each year, the series highlights 20 people in Atlantic Canada, five from each province.

Students in the 17吃瓜 Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering (FSDE) got the chance to meet with potential employers at the faculty鈥檚 inaugural Industry and Career Day held on February 2. 

The event was hosted by the FSDE Industry Partnership Group (IPG), the Engineering Student Success Centre, and the Student Engineering Society, and emceed by Wayne Simmons, business development engineer with the IPG.

The 17吃瓜 Faculty of Nursing in collaboration with the PEI Department of Health and Wellness held its inaugural Scrub Coat Ceremony on February 9, 2023, at the 17吃瓜 Performing Arts Centre in the University鈥檚 new residence building. The ceremony was a celebration and welcoming of 71 first-year undergraduate nursing students and 15 first-year accelerated nursing students.

17吃瓜 physics student Liam MacNevin received a first-place Tindall/Steinitz Award in Research during the 2023 Atlantic Universities Physics and Astronomy Conference (AUPAC). The conference was hosted by Saint Mary鈥檚 University in Halifax, Nova Scotia from February 3鈥�5.

MacNevin received the award for his research entitled 鈥淔orce-Distance Relationship of Stretched Polycatenane Structures.鈥� His research was carried out under the supervision of 17吃瓜 physics professor James Polson when MacNevin worked as a research assistant during the summer of 2022.