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Starting in the fall of 2008, the University of Prince Edward Island will offer an executive-style Master of Business Administration program designed for people in the workforce who are interested in pursuing graduate studies. Offered through the university’s School of Business Administration, this exciting new program is directed at people who currently work, or who want to work, in a...

The ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ is maintaining its student enrolment levels in a highly competitive environment for Maritime universities. Statistics from the 2006–07 academic year just released by the Maritime Provinces Higher Education Commission show declining enrolments at most major universities across the region but an overall increase at ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ. Its enrolment numbers grew for full-...

The ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ women’s soccer program, in conjunction with SOS Children’s Villages, will host the longest-ever continual soccer match held on Island soil in the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre on Saturday, March 15, starting at 10 a.m. The women’s soccer team hopes to raise over $2,500 during its fourth annual 12-hour, co-ed soccer game. All proceeds raised for this event will go to SOS Children’s...

The Tourism Research Centre (TRC) at the School of Business of the University of PEI today announced the release of a report profiling visitors from the Maritime Provinces from the summer of 2007. The report is the second in a series of short reports based on data presented in 'Overall Results of the 2007 Exit Survey' for the main tourism season of June 27 to September 30. The PEI...

The ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ will hold its annual Graduate Studies and Research Days from March 11 to 14. Open to the public, this event showcases the work of graduate students from the faculties of Arts, Science and Veterinary Medicine. The Faculty of Arts research day takes place on Tuesday, March 11, in the Main Building Faculty Lounge, with presentations by students in the Master...

For the second time in three years, first- and fourth-year students at ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ are being given the opportunity to have a direct impact on their university education through the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), a national study that asks about the student experience inside and outside the classroom. ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ is one of three dozen Canadian universities that take part in the survey. In 2006...

The newly renovated study area in the Robertson Library was the location for a special ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ book celebration recently. Three professors from the Faculty of Arts presented excerpts from their latest books and led a public discussion about ideas that ranged from the evolutionary dynamics of interpersonal relations, to female migration, to the link between mental health and architecture. Malcolm...

When the ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ's new 48,000 square foot School of Business Administration opens later this year, one of the facility's main features will bear the name of one of the Island's most prominent business families. The business school's dramatic, two-level entrance will be called the Schurman Market Square in recognition of the contribution made...

The ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ officially welcomed Island native and ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ graduate Dr. William Whelan as Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Biomedical Optics at a reception in the Duffy Science Centre recently. 'We are delighted that Dr. Bill Whelan has joined ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ as a Canada Research Chair, and that this honour is going to a ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ graduate,' said ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ President Wade...

The public is invited to attend a presentation called 'Access of students with learning disabilities to higher education: Issues and Solutions' by Dr. Carla DiGiorgio on March 7, at 4:30 p.m., in the Main Building, Room 040, at the ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ (ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ). The Social Economy and Sustainability Research Network, Subnode 2: Inclusion and Empowerment, based at the...