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The 69传媒 supports the concerns expressed by Universities Canada and is troubled with the United States government鈥檚 executive order issued Friday, January 27, 2017 and its impacts. This action may affect students, faculty and staff at 69传媒from several countries as it prevents them from entering the United States for 90 days.

69传媒champions our Prime Minister鈥檚 recent statement that 鈥渄iversity is our strength鈥�. 69传媒values diversity and welcomes all of our international students who represent over 65 countries. 鈥淲e are proud of our University and Island communities that embrace diversity and welcome students, faculty, and staff from around the globe,鈥� says President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz. 鈥淭his inclusivity enriches our campus and we are stronger because of it.鈥�

Falling on the heels of the United States executive order, the entire country is reeling from news of an attack on a Quebec City mosque and on some of the most intrinsic values shared by Canadians, diversity and freedom of religion.

鈥淩espect and collegiality is the foundation of our value compass, making the horrific events in Quebec City unfathomable. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends of those killed in the terrorist attack,鈥� said Abd-El-Aziz.

UPEI鈥檚 highest priority is the well-being of students, faculty, and staff and the University supports them to the fullest extent possible. Students needing support, please contact Treena Smith, Manager of Student Affairs, at trlsmith@upei.ca or Nathan Hood, 69传媒Student Union President, at president@upeisu.ca.

For faculty and staff members who may require support with regards to travel or other services, please contact Robert Gilmour, Vice-President Academic and Research, at rgilmour@upei.ca or Sue Connolly, Associate Vice-President of Human Resources and Legal at smconnolly@upei.ca.

Every week, 69传媒Athletics and Recreation recognizes two student-athletes for their hard work and dedication to their respective sports. Congratulations to Kiera Rigby (Women鈥檚 Basketball) and Dut Dut (Men鈥檚 Basketball), the 69传媒Panther Subway Athletes of the week for January 23-29!

Kiera Rigby is a fourth year Bachelor of Science student on the 69传媒Women鈥檚 Basketball team from Charlottetown. 鈥淜iera had two outstanding games on the weekend,鈥� said coach Greg Gould. 鈥淪he scored 22 points to spark the Panthers 69-65 comeback win over Acadia Friday night. She was even better Saturday in a come-from-behind win over nationally ranked Saint Mary鈥檚 University with 26 points, three rebounds, three steals, and blocking two shots.鈥�

Dut Dut is a fifth-year Bachelor of Arts student from Ottawa and a member of the 69传媒Men鈥檚 Basketball team. Dut leads the AUS in rebounds-per-game at 11.6. Despite two back-to-back losses for the Panthers, Dut had a great weekend, scoring 31 points and grabbing 32 rebounds in two games. 鈥淒ut Dut has been consistently a hard worker for us all season,鈥� said coach Tim Kendrick. 鈥淗e is a worthy candidate for Athlete of the Week.鈥�

Both basketball teams play two-game home stands this weekend against the University of New Brunswick, and the 69传媒Women鈥檚 Hockey team takes on St. Francis Xavier University and Saint Mary鈥檚 University on home ice. The Subway AUS Swimming Championships will be held at the Bell Aliant Centre on the 69传媒campus February 10-12. Find more details at gopanthersgo.ca.

Two teams from UPEI鈥檚 School of Business had excellent showings at the recent Inter-Collegiate Business Competition (ICBC) at Queens University in Kingston, Ontario. ICBC is Canada鈥檚 longest-running undergraduate business case competition, with participants competing in eight divisions: accounting, business policy, ethics, debate, finance, human resources, marketing, and management of information systems. One of UPEI鈥檚 teams placed first in the marketing division; a second team came in third in ethics.

UPEI鈥檚 case teams competed in a preliminary round in October against dozens of teams from around the world. Students were presented a case of real-world problems faced by a business and were tasked with providing a written analysis and solution. UPEI鈥檚 strong showing in the fall earned it an invitation to participate in the final round in the marketing and ethics categories.

鈥淲e are proud to have had teams qualify in two categories in the final round of such a prestigious competition,鈥� said Dr. Juergen Krause, dean of UPEI鈥檚 School of Business. 鈥淚t is amazing that both teams were so successful. This is an exceptional achievement.鈥�

Teams had five and a half hours to prepare, with no access to the Internet. They had 15 minutes to present their solution to a panel of judges, including academic and industry professionals, followed by a Q&A period and defense of their recommendations.

UPEI鈥檚 marketing team, made up of Hannah Dawson (fourth-year BBA, marketing specialization) and Cullen Mullally (fourth-year BBA, finance specialization) competed against teams from the University of Toronto, University of Alberta, University of Regina, and Wilfred Laurier University.

鈥淚CBC was a great social and educational experience,鈥� said Mullally. 鈥淚t was very well organized and allowed us to develop new friends and acquaintances that I'm sure will last a long time.鈥�

鈥淚 am grateful to our program coordinator, Mary Whitrow, and our professors for the time they spent helping us train鈥� Dr. Andrew Carrothers, Dr. Gary Evans, Dr. Susan Graham, Dr. Blake Jelley, Amy MacFarlane, Dr. Tarek Mady, and Dr. Tina Saksida,鈥� said Dawson. 鈥淗aving the full support of our faculty and dean behind us made all the difference.鈥�

The ethics team, made up of Kate Kinsman (fourth-year BBA, accounting specialization) and Harrison Wood (fourth-year BBA, accounting specialization), competed against teams from Calgary University, Concordia University, University of Alberta, University of Vermont, and Saint Mary鈥檚 University.

鈥淣ot only did we have the chance to grow within our particular disciplines, we were given the opportunity to learn from industry professionals in all areas of business,鈥� said Kinsman.

鈥淭wo podium finishes for 69传媒is a testament to the quality of our business program and the preparation we put into competing at case competitions,鈥� said Wood. 鈥淚 am very proud of both teams and am grateful that 69传媒gives us the opportunity to compete in such challenging and rewarding events.鈥�

鈥淭hese Canadian and American Institutions have some of the strongest case teams in the world,鈥� said case competition program coordinator and coach Mary Whitrow. 鈥淚t is gratifying to see our teams compete and rank so well against them.鈥�

UPEI鈥檚 School of Business has a great track record at the ICBC.:

• 2016: third place, marketing division
• 2015: third place, business policy division
• 2013: first place, ethics division
• 2012: second place, ethics division

The 69传媒 prides itself on people, excellence, and impact and is committed to assisting students reach their full potential in both the classroom and community. With roots stemming from two founding institutions鈥擯rince of Wales College and Saint Dunstan鈥檚 University鈥�69传媒has a reputation for academic excellence, research innovation, and creating positive impacts locally, nationally, and internationally. 69传媒is the only degree granting institution in the province and is proud to be a key contributor to the growth and prosperity of Prince Edward Island.

Difficult Dialogues is a biannual student academic conference, that highlights issues that may be considered difficult to have conversations around. The conference runs February 10 and 11 and is sponsored by at UPEI.

includes presentations from students from around the Atlantic region. Presentations run Friday, February 10, from 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm and Saturday, February 11 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Dr. Alexandre Baril, a post-doctoral fellow at Dalhousie University, will deliver a keynote presentation.

Registration begins Friday at 1:00 pm in the Dawson Lounge of SDU Main Building. The lounge will be used as a social and gathering space throughout the conference.

All events are free, accessible, and open to the public.

A team of AVC researchers, led by Dr. Javier Sanchez, associate professor of epidemiology, is investigating antibiotic resistance in cows at the genetic level.

Dr. Sanchez was recently awarded $27,000 from Zoetis鈥檚 2016 Investment in Innovation fund for the project, which will focus on understanding the genetic process that can cause pathogens affecting the health of cows鈥� udders to be resistant to antibiotics.

This project is part of a program researchers at AVC are building around molecular epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance in populations. The research team is composed of AVC faculty members Drs. Sanchez, J Trenton McClure, Luke Heider, and Juan Rodriguez-Lecompte, and post-doctoral fellow Dr. Julian Reyes.

The project complements an NSERC development grant Dr. Sanchez received last year to estimate antimicrobial resistance, using whole genome sequencing and bioinformatic tools, in microorganisms isolated from cows from farms with high and low use of antimicrobials.

In addition, the research team will collaborate with Colorado State University (CSU) to test a novel tool developed by CSU to quantify the amount of antimicrobial-resistant genes in milk samples.

鈥淭his is a novel approach that has not been tested before in milk samples,鈥� said Dr. Sanchez, 鈥渟o our research team is very excited about this opportunity and extremely thankful to Zoetis for providing the funds.鈥�

鈥淎ntimicrobial resistance has been recognized by the World Health Organization and the United Nations as one of the main challenges in population health in the coming years,鈥� he said. 鈥淒ata generated from these projects will be used to prepare a national proposal of antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance in dairy cattle.鈥�

The Zoetis Investment in Innovation fund provides $100,000 annually to the five Canadian veterinary colleges for research projects that are chosen for funding on a competitive basis.
 

The Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre will hold its 2017 AVC Winter Webinar series, entitled "New Approaches to Old Diseases," in late February and early March. During the series, Dr. Caroline Hewson, past Chair of Animal Welfare at AVC now residing in the UK, and Dr. Christine Savidge, Assistant Professor of Small Animal Medicine at AVC, will review some core communication tools for discussing terminal diagnoses with clients and then focus on practical strategies from human medicine that offer busy veterinary teams a new framework for handling severe and chronic disease in patients of all ages.

Webinar 1: The Toolbox
Tuesday, February 21, 2017, 1:00-2:00 pm AST    CE credits: 1 hour
Dr. Hewson will briefly review three core communication tools for delivering terminal diagnoses and creating workable clinical care plans with clients. She will then introduce three further tools with which to support owners and benefit their animals that have severe diseases. These tools will provide a framework to help attendees and their clients to anticipate and respond with greater peace of mind, as the animal鈥檚 condition deteriorates, and to identify the right time to start talking about euthanasia and the animal鈥檚 end-of-life.

Webinar 2: Applying disease trajectory in renal disease
Tuesday, February 28, 2017, 1:00-2:00 pm AST    CE credits: 1 hour
Dr. Savidge will use feline and canine cases of renal disease to illustrate different disease trajectories and how these influence discussions with clients, including the potential role of pain from renal disease. She will show examples of how disease trajectory graphs can help veterinarians and clients anticipate and respond to an animal鈥檚 changing condition, as renal insufficiency progresses, and decide when/if intensive rescue treatment is desirable in uremic crises.

Webinar 3: Pulling it all together with more case discussions
Tuesday, March 7, 2017, 1:00-2:00 pm AST   CE credits: 1 hour
Drs. Savidge and Hewson will tie together the concepts illustrated in the previous two webinars, using diverse cases of renal insufficiency from their practices and submitted by webinar participants.

To register, please visit
 

69传媒is rallying behind members of the Muslim community both on campus and across the country.

The University lowered the flags yesterday in front of Kelley Memorial Building to half-mast in honour of the victims of the shooting at a Quebec City mosque on Sunday, January 29.

In a statement issued to 69传媒students, faculty, and staff, President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz said, 鈥淩espect and collegiality is the foundation of our value compass, making the horrific events in Quebec City unfathomable. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends of those killed in the terrorist attack.鈥�

A group of 69传媒students decided to show their support for the Muslim community Tuesday night by hanging what they call a solidarity wall at the 69传媒Chaplaincy Centre. (). The banner that hangs outside the door of where UPEI鈥檚 Muslim students pray reads, "We stand in solidarity with our Muslim brothers & sisters."  Everyone is invited to sign the banner in a show of support.

The student-led 2017 69传媒Relay For Life, held at UPEI鈥檚 Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre on January 20, raised over $14,000, all of which will be used to help Prince Edward Islanders who are dealing with cancer.

Fourteen teams鈥�82 participants in total鈥攔egistered for this year鈥檚 relay, including the 69传媒Chaplaincy Centre; 69传媒Biology Society; 69传媒Residences; Jack.org at UPEI; 鈥淭oo Inspired to be Tired,鈥� an Applied Human Sciences Society and Women鈥檚 Field Hockey team; and 鈥淚B Walkin鈥�,鈥� a group of Grade 11 International Baccalaureate students from Colonel Gray High School.

Teams raised money in the weeks leading up to the event, and then during the six-hour event, they took turns walking or running around the track, passing their batons to symbolize the ongoing fight against cancer. They celebrated with and honoured cancer survivors during the opening ceremony and the survivor victory lap.

鈥淭ogether, participants and survivors remembered loved ones, while they walked the track lit by luminaries dedicated in honour or in memory of someone,鈥� said Emma McDermott, a fourth-year biology student who sits on the organizing committee, 鈥渁ll renewing their commitment to fight back against cancer. It was an emotional evening.鈥�

When the team members were not walking, they participated in other activities, including ballroom dancing, minute-to-win it, dodgeball, and games.

Dr. Christian Lacroix, a professor in the Department of Biology, is faculty advisory and liaison for the 69传媒Relay For Life.

鈥淭he most gratifying thing from my perspective is that the Relay For Life was led and organized by students,鈥� he said. 鈥淭he success of this event speaks to the civic engagement of our students and is a sense of pride that our institution is recognized for its fundraising success in the community.鈥�

Over 900 Islanders are diagnosed with cancer each year, and over 300 lose their lives. The Relay For Life is a national annual fundraising event for the Canadian Cancer Society, which has been taking place on Prince Edward Island for 16 years.
 

The 69传媒and PWC community was saddened to hear that retired professor Dr. Harry Love passed away on January 28, 2017. Dr. Love had a constant and deep appreciation for UPEI.

He graduated from Prince of Wales College in 1956 and continued his studies at Dalhousie University, where he completed a Masters and a PhD in mathematics. Dr. Love returned to PEI to teach mathematics at Prince of Wales College and 69传媒from 1960 to 1997. With a special interest in statistics, he was passionate about teaching and adored by students.

Honoured in 2007 as a 69传媒Founder, Dr. Love played a key role, along with his wife Anne, in the development of the University. His presence continued at 69传媒through volunteering at reunion events and with the 69传媒Retirees Association, and as one of UPEI's most vocal fans. Long-time donors and 69传媒Visionaries, the Loves created the Harry and Anne Love Scholarship which is awarded annually to a Mathematics major.

Dr. Love is survived by his wife Anne (n茅e Michael) and brothers-in-law Leslie Hiscott, Roger (Margaret) Michael, and Gordon (Sandra) Michael. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to . Flags in front of Kelley Memorial Building will remain lowered to half-mast in honour of Dr. Love until Friday. Memorial donations to Trinity United Church, Charlottetown Rotary Club Foundation, or are being accepted.

At recent meetings, the 69传媒Senate and Board of Governors approved a name change for the 69传媒School of Business; effective immediately, the former 鈥淪chool鈥� will now officially be called the 69传媒Faculty of Business.

With Business student enrolment and course registrations on the rise, the success of students at national and international competitions, increasing demand for graduate level programs and courses, and the generation of new research programs and centres, faculty members in UPEI's School of Business unanimously felt it was time to be elevated to a 鈥淔aculty鈥� status. 

鈥淎s currently the third largest academic area on campus with student numbers rivaling those in the Faculty of Arts, changing the School of Business to a Faculty of Business will bring parity among units,鈥� said Dean of Business Juergen Krause. 鈥淓ducation, a much smaller faculty, already has this status, so we thought it reasonable to propose a change.鈥�

When the 69传媒 was established in 1969, business programs were administered by a Department of Business Administration consisting of five faculty members and serving a total enrolment of 200 students. Driven by the desire to manage both the academic and administrative aspects of business programs, faculty members proposed the formation of the School of Business in 1982. Since its creation in 1983, the School has further evolved and expanded, now offering a breadth of undergraduate programs and the executive Master of Business Administration program to almost 800 students who are served by 15 full-time faculty and over 30 sessional instructors.