Every spring, the University of Prince Edward Island holds Convocation ceremonies to celebrate and award degrees and diplomas to its graduating students. UPEI strives to make Convocation a special time for graduates as well as their families and friends.

The UPEI 50^th Anniversary Alumni Speakers Series and the UPEI Faculty of Arts are pleased to present an evening with the Honourable Percy Downe (BA, ’77), the first graduate of the University of Prince Edward Island to serve in the Senate of Canada.

Join us for a workshop on “Talking to the Media” with Bruce Rainnie, president and CEO of the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame in Halifax and former host of CBC PEI’s supper-hour news program, Compass.

Recent UPEI grad Timara Uhlig won Best Undergraduate Student Poster Presentation in the Physical, Theoretical, and Computational Chemistry Division of the 2019 Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, held this summer in Quebec City.

The Engineers Without Borders UPEI chapter is hosting a Sustainable Future Conference on October 26.

The UPEI community is saddened by the death of retired professor of physics Earl LePage Wonnacott who passed away on Friday, October 18, 2019.

More than 120 student-athletes from the University of Prince Edward Island pitched in to help with the 2019 PEI Marathon.

UPEI’s Department of Music and Debut Atlantic are hosting Bev & Marc for a super-energy, dynamic performance with eclectic programming.

Congratulations to Braylan MacEachern and Ignacio “Nacho” Sanchez, the UPEI Panther Subway Athletes of the Week for October 14 to 20.

Congratulations to Janel MacKay and Simon Hofley, the UPEI Panther Subway Athletes of the Week for September 30 to October 6 October 7 to 14.