Instructor Spotlights

Read more about 17吃瓜's faculty members and instructors and their amazing achievements!

17吃瓜鈥檚 Dr. Andrew Zinck receives regional teaching and educational leadership award

Dr. Wendy Rodgers (left), president and vice-chancellor of 17吃瓜 congratulates Dr. Andrew Zinck, a professor in the 17吃瓜 Department of Music, on winning the AAU鈥檚 2025 Distinguished Teaching Award.
Music, Faculty of Arts

Dr. Andrew Zinck, a professor in the 17吃瓜 Department of Music, was presented with the Association of Atlantic Universities鈥� (AAU) 2025 Distinguished Teaching Award at the AAU鈥檚 fall meeting held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on September 23.

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17吃瓜 simulation coordinator Kerie Murphy
| Faculty
"Being at 17吃瓜 means joining a close-knit, student-focused learning community"

Meet Kerie Murphy, Simulation Coordinator with the Faculty of Nursing and 17吃瓜 Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Master of Nursing alumna.

17吃瓜 clinical instructor Valerie Reddin
| Faculty
"Being an educator is not just a role鈥攊t's a privilege and responsibility I deeply cherish."

Valerie Reddin is an experienced clinical instructor with 17吃瓜's Faculty of Nursing and Faculty of Medicine.

Indigenous language instructor Doris Googoo
| Faculty
"I am committed to sharing knowledge about the Mi鈥檏maw language and culture."

Meet Doris Googoo, Mi'kmaw language instructor with 17吃瓜's Faculty of Indigenous Knowledge, Education, Research, and Applied Studies.

17吃瓜 grad student and instructor Bethany Vessey in her office
| Faculty, Alumni, Graduate Students
"17吃瓜 has always been a supportive and collaborative academic environment."

Bethany Vessey is the Professional Practice Coordinator for 17吃瓜's Dietetic Internship program, and a graduate student in the Master of Applied Health Services Research program

17吃瓜 instructor Ryan Drew
| Faculty, Alumni
"17吃瓜 is a bustling community of scholarship and extraordinary teaching."

Ryan Drew is an artist, researcher, 17吃瓜 alumnus, and sessional instructor in the Faculty of Arts.

Dr. Max Schaefer outside the Charlottetown Library
| Faculty, Profile
"17吃瓜 has the potential to grow still more, and to help students do the same."

Meet Dr. Max Schaefer, professor of philosophy in the 17吃瓜 Faculty of Arts.

Dr. Magdalena von Eccher outside Steel Recital Hall at 17吃瓜
| Faculty, Profile
"My work is endlessly fascinating, and I love it."

Meet Dr. Magdalena von Eccher, performing artist and assistant professor in 17吃瓜's Music department.

a dietitian in a commercial kitchen
| Faculty, Alumni
"I've never left the campus since being a student. 17吃瓜 feels like my second home!"

Meet Faye Murphy-Gallant, 17吃瓜 graduate and Foods and Nutrition laboratory instructor.

17吃瓜 climate researcher and professor Dr. Xander Wang
| Faculty, Graduate Students
"Let鈥檚 work together to build a climate-smart future for many generations to come!"

Meet Dr. Xander Wang, climate researcher and professor in 17吃瓜's Applied Climate Change and Adaptation program.

a welder standing behind a work table
| Campus Spotlight
"An opportunity to start the most unique Engineering school in Canada? I'm in."

"Sometimes I do get weird and special requests from all sorts of people as we build all sorts of machines and prototypes鈥攖hat's what makes my job so unique."

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