UPEI hosts record crowd at New Year's Levee

Fred Hyndman, UPEI Board of Governors Chair, and Dr. Alaa Abd-El-Aziz, UPEI President-designate greet their Honours, Barbara Hagerman, Lieutenant-Governor of Prince Edward Island and Mr. Hagerman.
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Posted on Tuesday, 4 January 2011

Wade MacLauchlan, UPEI President; Fred Hyndman, UPEI Board of Governors Chair; Perlene Morrison, UPEI Alumni Association President; and President-designate Dr. Alaa Abd-El-Aziz welcomed over 500 alumni and friends in Don and Marion McDougall Hall at the UPEI New Year's Levee held Saturday, January 1, 2011.

This year's event marked the second time for the levee to be held on the UPEI campus-- prior to McDougall Hall being built, it was held downtown.Members of the Prince Edward Island Regiment travel through the receiving line at the UPEI New Year's levee.Members of the Prince Edward Island Regiment travel through the receiving line at the UPEI New Year's levee.

Visitors included the Honourable Barbara A. Hagerman, Lieutenant-Governor of Prince Edward Island; Members of Parliament, Shawn Murphy and Wayne Easter; Premier Robert Ghiz, and several members of his caucus; members of the Prince Edward Island Regiment; a cadet corps from HMCS Queen Charlotte; and UPEI Student Union President, Rob Livingstone.