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Media Releases

 
| Athletics

Bruce Donaldson, head coach of the UPEI Women’s Hockey team, is pleased to announce Jolena Gillard has committed to the Panthers for the 2018–2019 season. 

 
| Athletics

John LaBoyne, coach of UPEI’s Women’s Rugby team, is pleased to announce Katlyn Berkelaar has committed to the Panthers for the 2018–2019 season.

 
| University

The University of Prince Edward Island recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to formalize the working relationship between the L.M. Montgomery Institute and Parks Canada.

 
| Atlantic Veterinary College

AVC honoured staff members for excellence and retiring faculty and staff during its annual ice cream social on June 28.

 
| Athletics

Bruce Donaldson, coach of the UPEI Women’s Hockey team, is pleased to announce that Sydney Lyndon has confirmed she will play for the Panthers for the 2018–2019 season.

 
| Atlantic Veterinary College

AVC now has a new website that makes donating to the College quick and easy. Supporters can click on Give to AVC on the front page of the College’s main website to go to the donation website. 

 
| Atlantic Veterinary College

It’s not usual to see a horse in the parking lot of the PEI Provincial Palliative Care Centre—except when Billy, the Norwegian Fjord horse, comes to visit. Sixteen-year-old Billy is owned by Dr. Mary McNiven, professor of animal science at the Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC). For over three years, she has been bringing Billy to visit patients in the Centre. 

 
| Athletics

Graeme McDonald, head coach of the UPEI Women’s Soccer team, is pleased to announce that Maddie Hurley has committed to the Panthers. Hurley competed on five provincial teams and was named the 2016 PEI Soccer Association Junior Female Player of the Year.

 
| Atlantic Veterinary College

Dr. Kathleen MacMillan, AVC Equine Ambulatory Service, will give a community workshop on Wednesday, July 11, about strangles in AVC’s Lecture Theatre A at 7 p.m.

 
| Academics

The Faculty of Nursing at the University of Prince Edward Island has been granted the maximum seven-year accreditation from the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN), the national accrediting body for nursing education in Canada.