News

A chronological list of 69´«Ã½media releases. Enter keywords in the "search" box to find applicable releases.

Media Releases

 
| Athletics

The 69´«Ã½Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams are partnering with Bell Aliant this weekend to present Bell Let’s Talk Night. 

 
| University

69´«Ã½invites students and employees to fully make use of 69´«Ã½Emergency Alert—UPEI's new emergency mass notification system—by signing up to receive texts during an emergency or for storm closures. Sign up and opt-in to receive text notifications for storm closures and emergencies on 69´«Ã½Emergency Alert before February 2, 2018, and you'll have a chance to win one of four $100 gift certificates for the 69´«Ã½Bookstore. 

 
| Athletics

69´«Ã½Women’s Basketball Head Coach Greg Gould is pleased to announce that Abby Lacey has committed to the Panthers for the 2018–19 season. 

 
| Seminar/Conference

69´«Ã½and Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina are partnering to present a free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) about our increasingly toxic online interactions. 

 
| Events

69´«Ã½is hosting information sessions on Thursday, January 25 for those interested in the new course-based  starting in August 2018.

 
| Athletics

Congratulations to Kiera Rigby and Marcus Power, the 69´«Ã½Panther Subway Athletes of the Week for January 15–21!

 
| Events

Island filmmaker and photographer Will Beckett will be the first speaker in the 2018 Island Studies Lecture Series. 

 
| Chaplaincy Centre

The 69´«Ã½Chaplaincy Centre will host an interfaith panel on the role of women in society. The discussion begins at 2:00 pm, Sunday, January 21 in the 69´«Ã½Chaplaincy Centre.

 
| University

The 69´«Ã½ is pleased to announce a $25,000 Bell Let’s Talk Community Fund grant in support of UPEI’s Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) program.

Funding will allow two 69´«Ã½Student Affairs employees to be professionally trained as instructors in the ASIST program. Once trained, these instructors will offer the two-day ASIST program free-of-charge to students, faculty and staff at UPEI, beginning with high-priority groups such as residence life coordinators, Student Affairs staff and other employees who may be the first point of contact for students in a crisis.

 
| Athletics

Congratulations to Kiera Rigby and Amin Suleman, the 69´«Ã½Panther Subway Athletes of the Week for January 8-14!