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Panther Connections

Keeping You Connected With Your Alma Mater

Ottawa - Atlantic University Pub Night 


Join fellow Atlantic Canadian university alumni and friends on June 2, 2016 for a fun night of socializing, networking, and sharing East Coast traditions. There will be live music, food and drink specials, and lots of UPEI swag to be given away. Last year UPEI was second in attendance (just behind Dalhousie University). This is our year! Make sure you take along as many UPEI alumni and friends as you can.

Thursday, June 2, 2016
5:30 - 9:00 pm
Hooley's, 292 Elgin Street, Ottawa, ON

Follow along on Facebook for more updates.

2016 Reunion Weekend


August 4th will be here before you know it and there are many exciting events planned for UPEI Reunion weekend, August 4 - 6.  

Highlights will include:
  • Opening of the School of Sustainable Design Engineering
  • Distinguished and Inspiring Alumni Awards
  • All Years' Alumni, Staff, and Faculty Mixer with Favourite Professors
  • Panther Family Party (something for the little ones)
  • and much more.
We are looking forward to seeing a record number of PWC, SDU, and UPEI alumni on campus this summer.

For more information, please contact Kathy Weatherbie at 902-566-0687 or krweatherbie@upei.ca

Calling UPEI Engineering Alumni


The opening of the School of Sustainable Design Engineering will take place on August 4, 2016 and we will be hosting a special event for our Engineering alumni. Please ensure your contact information is up to date as invitations will be going out soon, and please pass this message along to any UPEI Engineering alumni you know.

To update your information please contact alumni@upei.ca or call 902-566-0687.

UPEI Panther Golf Classic


There are a limited number of spaces left for the 2016 UPEI Panther Golf Classic taking place at Belvedere Golf Club on June 16 at 12 noon. Last year's tournament sold out so don't delay. 

Registration includes green fee, golf cart, boxed lunch, UPEI gift, and a wrap up banquet. There will be a silent auction and graduates of the past decade will receive a $25 discount off individual registration and up to $50 off a team registration (must have two alumni of the past decade).

The UPEI Panther Golf Classic is sponsored by Stewart McKelvey.

Alumni & Friends Updates

We are proud of your accomplishments!

  • Bruce Davison (BA '93) was elected President of the PEI Association of Social Workers. Bruce currently works at Community Mental Health West in Summerside.
  • Michael Mayne (BSc '90) was appointed as the new CEO of Health PEI in March.
  • Aaron Kenny (BA '98) completed the Doctor of Ministry degree from Carey Theological College and lives in Nairobi, Kenya with his wife and three children where they serve as the Africa directors for Canadian Baptist Ministries.
  • Mitchell O'Shea (BA '11) has been admitted to the Bar of Prince Edward Island and is now an Associate, practicing with Macnutt & Dumont Law Office.
  • Father Austin Bradley (SDU '51) celebrated the 60th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood.
  • Parker Grimmer (BA '87, BEd '92, MEd '02) has been named Director of English Public Schools Branch on PEI.
  • Pam Williams (BBA '92) was recently sworn is as the 111th President of the Greater Charlottetown Area Chamber of Commerce.
  • Gerald MacDonald (BEd '76, BA '83) was re-elected for a three-year term as the Atlantic Canada director at the recent Canadian Soccer Association AGM.
  • Charlotte Bryand (BA '81, BEd '83) received the P.E.I. Teacher-Librarians' Administrators Award in recognition of her strong support of school libraries.
  • Carolyn Sanford (DVM '00, PhD '06) has been named PEI's new Provincial Veterinarian.
  • Allan Bertram (BSc '93) was the 2016 winner of the Environment Division Research and Development Dima Award.
  • Andrew Silverstone (DVM '00) received Eagle Scout honour 28 years later.

In Memoriam

Our deepest sympathies to the friends and families of:

  • Connie (Jay) Thurber, PWC '51
  • Robert Driscoll, SDU '68
  • Catherine Orr, BEd '77
  • Rena Hughes, PWC '38
  • Charlotte Gorrill, BSc '78
  • June Richardson, PWC ' 58
  • Susan Buchanan, BA '83, BEd '86
  • Helen Roper, PWC '38
  • Susan Linkletter, BEd '77
  • Manning Jay, PWC '57
  • John Cain, SDU '68
  • Gillian Pipes, PWC '68
  • Gil Collins, SDU '62
  • Velma Wright, PWC '54
  • FB William Kelly, SDU '60
  • Veronica Walsh, PWC
Change of job or location? Let us know about it! We will post your alumni update in our next E-newsletter; you never know when you may have the opportunity to connect with a graduate or former student from UPEI!

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