UPEI will soon be home to a Chair in L.M. Montgomery Studies and Communication, Leadership, and Culture.

Two UPEI students are attending the Daughters of the Vote National Leadership Forum that will mark the 100th anniversary of the first Canadian women attaining the right to vote. One young woman from every federal constituency in Canada was selected to represent her community and share her vision for Canada.

Dean Man’s Cell Phone runs March 22 to March 25 in the Faculty Lounge of UPEI’s SDU Main Building. The doors open at 7:00 pm for a 7:30 pm start.

Congratulations to Kiera Rigby (Women’s Basketball), the UPEI Panther Subway Athlete of the week for February 21-26!

Erin O’Halloran, a fourth-year student in UPEI’s Faculty of Business, is a member of one of two national finalist teams in the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF) Breakthru competition.

The next lecture presented by The PEI History of Medicine Society features Dr. Jean Mitchell, associate professor of anthropology at UPEI. 

Students in UPEI’s Department of Applied Human Sciences are hosting a panel discussion about food insecurity on Prince Edward Island. “A healthy ‘food Island’ for all? Food insecurity and healthy public policy: a call to action” will be held 7:00 pm, March 13 in the Wanda Wyatt Lecture Theatre in UPEI’s K.C. Irving Chemistry Centre. All are welcome.

The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) is currently underway for first- and fourth-year students at the University of Prince Edward Island.

University of Prince Edward Island Women’s Basketball head coach Greg Gould is pleased to announce Reese Baxendale has committed to the Panthers for the 2017-18 season.

The AVC Wildlife Service will hold its first Midwinter Pub Night for Wildlife at Upstreet Craft Brewing, 41 Allen Street, Charlottetown, on Thursday, March 2, 2017, from 7–11 p.m.