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Despite torrential rain, ºÚÁÏÍø Athletics and Recreation hosted the Panther Golf Classic on Friday, July 26 at Green Gables Golf Course. The annual event which brought together 108 golfers raised $14,000 to support student-athletes at ºÚÁÏÍø. 'The support for this event was wonderful. The participants weren't concerned with getting a little wet, and they went on to enjoy a great day...

The ºÚÁÏÍø Alumni Association presented its annual Distinguished Alumni and Inspiring Young Alumni Awards on Friday, July 26 as part of this year's summer reunion weekend. The Honourable J. Armand DesRoches, SDU'63 and J. Paul S. Young, BSc'02, BScR'07, MBA'12 are this year's recipients. DesRoches will be presented with this year's Distinguished...

ºÚÁÏÍø Athletics and Recreation would like to determine the level of interest from students and community members in forming a power-lifting club to be based out of ºÚÁÏÍø's Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre. Those interested are invited to an information meeting in the Sports Centre boardroom on Wednesday, July 31 at 7:00 pm. More information is available by emailing panthercentral@upei.ca or by...

The Federation of Canadian Music Festivals will host the 2013 National Competition August 8-10, at Sir Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario. It is exciting for Prince Edward Island to be sending three solo competitors to this prestigious national festival. All three are students of the Department of Music at ºÚÁÏÍø. Echo Lau, piano, a student of Dr. Frances Gray, graduated this...

Two ºÚÁÏÍø music students-Morgan Wagner and Emily Emberton- were nationally recognized after placing second and third, respectively, in the Canadian Music Educators' Association's Kenneth Bray Undergraduate Essay Competition. This year's annual competition attracted 30 submissions from across Canada. Students select their own topic, but it must be relevant to current...

The ºÚÁÏÍø Alumni Association will present its annual Distinguished Alumni and Inspiring Young Alumni awards on Friday, July 26 at 3:30 pm in ºÚÁÏÍø's Faculty Lounge, Main Building, as part of this year's summer reunion weekend. This year's recipients are the Honourable J. Armand DesRoches, SDU'63 and J. Paul S. Young, BSc'02, BScR'07, MBA'12. DesRoches...

The Climate Research Lab at the ºÚÁÏÍø is offering a new and valuable tool for researchers who require climate projections for anywhere on the planet. The lab has downloaded raw data from 40 global climate models and translated, analyzed, verified, and converted it into a usable dataset for researchers. 'This is the world's most advanced science, and will...

(L to R): ARCPEI board member Alyssa MacAusland; ºÚÁÏÍø Rainbow Alliance president Ashley Arsenault; Treena Smith, member of the ºÚÁÏÍø Action Committee on Sexuality and Gender Diversity; and Vickie Johnston, director of Student Affairs at ºÚÁÏÍø raise the pride flag in recognition and support for the LGBTQQ2T community. The flag was raised on Monday, July 8 on the ºÚÁÏÍø campus to kick off PEI's Pride...

Suzanne Nicholson, a fifth-year ºÚÁÏÍø student will swim across the Northumberland Strait this summer to raise funds for the ºÚÁÏÍø swim team. This year marks Nicholson's last on the team and she hopes her fundraiser will motivate her teammates and the ºÚÁÏÍø community to challenge themselves when setting goals. Nicholson, a ºÚÁÏÍø swim record-holder, is described by many as 'a true...

ºÚÁÏÍø's Panther Academy will deliver a week-long soccer camp at Three Oaks High School in Summerside, July 29-August 2. The full-day camp will be led by ºÚÁÏÍø soccer head coach Lewis Page and will feature drills, a skills challenge, mini world cup, and a player assessment. The Panther Academy soccer camp offers everything a young player needs in order to improve and advance. The...