UPEI Research Breakfast

The 26th Research Breakfast will feature presentations from two UPEI faculty members: Dr. Jo-Ann MacDonald, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing will present "Raising Youth Voices: Development of a Nursing Intervention to Promote Optimal Skills for the Prevention of STIs". Dr. William Whelan, Canada Research Chair in Biomedical Optics, Professor and Chair of the Department of Physics, Faculty of Science will present "Listening to Cancers with Photoacoustics". Please contact Jane McKay for tickets 566-0307.

University 100 / 103 UPEI Stories Showcase

UPEI will celebrate 25 years of University 100 during the '3rd Annual University 100 and University 103 UPEI Stories Showcase' on Friday, March 25 at Schurman Market Square, Don and Marion McDougall Hall. The event begins at 1:30 pm— UPEI President Wade MacLauchlan will deliver an introduction to the annual showcase, themed "highlighting students' voices", with student presentations getting underway at 2:00 pm. Acknowledgements and refreshments will follow at 3:00 pm. All are welcome to attend.

"Raised Expectations" Fundraising Dinner and Celebration

President Wade MacLauchlan will complete 12 years of service as president of UPEI at the end of June. To celebrate our University's accomplishments under his outstanding leadership, a special event is taking place on June 10, beginning at 6:00 pm, in the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre. The “Raised Expectations” Fundraising Dinner and Celebration will be a wonderful opportunity for our faculty, staff, students, friends and families to share more than a decade of UPEI memories. The evening will include a reception and buffet dinner, a fundraising auction, "raise the roof" entertainment by Island musicians, and a dance. Proceeds from the evening will support the creation of the H. Wade MacLauchlan Raised Expectations Awards. They will be presented to selected PEI students entering UPEI who have shown the greatest academic improvement in their high school years. For more information, or to order tickets, please visit upei.ca/raisedexpectations.