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The ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ is offering a free, five-week course called ‘Experience U' to introduce students to the university experience - and to answer some of the questions often asked by new students. Designed to be a primer that will give students an overview of university and a context for the preparations and decisions they will need to make, the course is...

The second annual ‘Sport Legacy Celebration' took place Thursday at the ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ honouring Panther Sport - past, present, and future. Former ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ basketball Panther, Curtis Robinson (1991-96) was inducted into the ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ Sports Hall of Fame while Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Academic All-Canadians from the last varsity season and named financial...

Molly Peacock, internationally-acclaimed poet, anthologist, and author of the best-selling memoir Paradise, Piece by Piece, will read and discuss her work on Monday, October 17, at 7:30 p.m. in the ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ Faculty Lounge, Main Building. A reception and book signing will follow. Admission is free. Peacock has published six books of poetry, in the United States, England, and Canada, and her poems...

The ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ Sports Hall of Fame committee has announced that it will induct men's basketball standout Curtis Robinson on Thursday, October 13, 2011 during the ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ Sport Legacy Dinner. Curtis Robinson was a five-year member (1991-1996) with the ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ men's basketball team. A team leader who captured not only ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ awards but AUAA and CIAU awards throughout his Panther career, he was named...

The ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ men's hockey team will take on StFX at the Cavendish Farms Wellness Centre in exhibition play, Saturday, October 8, at 3:00 pm. The pre-season game represents one of the few times the Panthers have played a home game off-campus and the first time playing in the new Montague facility. Proceeds from the game will support the Montague Volunteer Fire Brigade (MVFB)'s multiyear...

ProfitLearn PEI, in association with the RCMP, is hosting a forum called 'Fraud Prevention: Tips, Trends & Tactics' on Thursday, October 6 from 8:30 am-12:30 pm at the Confederation Centre of the Arts. Small businesses and not-for profit groups are encouraged to attend this half-day session that will assist owner-managers to minimize the risk of becoming victims of internal crime, and...

The City of Charlottetown and the PEI Writers' Guild are pleased to offer the Pen & Inkling festival to celebrate the literary arts on Prince Edward Island and throughout Canada. Two of the festival's guests are made possible through partnerships with ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´. Co-presented by ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´'s English Department, Wayne Johnston will read at the Confederation Centre on Tuesday, September...

One way that the ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ honours its rich heritage and traditions is acknowledging people who have contributed to it in an exceptional way, naming them ‘founders.' Recognizing founders is an opportunity to welcome members of the ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ community to campus and at the same time honour those who have made contributions over the years. The 2011 founders are Mr....

‘Celebrate' was the theme all across the ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ campus this weekend with a myriad of varsity games, open houses and community-partnered events, and certainly was the prevailing feeling at the installation of Dr. Alaa Abd-El-Aziz where he became ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´'s sixth president and vice-chancellor. Open to the public, the installation ceremony took place...

Newfoundland author Wayne Johnston, one of Canada's most popular, critically heralded, and internationally successful novelists, will open the 2011 Pen and Inkling Literary Festival in Charlottetown with a public reading at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery on Tuesday, September 27, at 7:30 pm. Admission is free. A reception and book signing will follow. Johnston will read from his new...