DECEMBER
      7,
      2006
     
    
   
   
    
     
      THE
      CADRE
      @
      13
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      CAMPUS
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEI
      will
      face
      enrolment
      crunch
      in
      coming
      years
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Stacey
      Murray
     
     
      Advertising
      Manager
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Maintaining
      enrolment
      numbers
      will
     
     
      be
      one
      of
      the
      University
      of
      Prince
     
     
      Edward
      Island’s
      biggest
      challenges
      in
     
     
      the
      coming
      years,
      says
      its
      president.
     
    

    
     
      The
      university
      serves
      roughly
     
     
      3,500
      full-time
      students,
      which
      is
      up
     
     
      nearly
      five
      per
      cent
      from
      last
      year.
     
    

    
     
      Wade
      MacLauchlan
      said
      this
      is
     
     
      the
      optimal
      population
      for
      a
      university
     
     
      of
      its
      size.
     
    

    
     
      “To
      acknowledge
      that
      we
      have
     
     
      reached
      our
      right
      size
      is
      not
      the
      same
     
     
      thing
      as
      saying
      it’s
      time
      to
      close
      the
     
     
      gates.”
     
    

    
     
      He
      made
      the
      comment
      in
      his
     
     
      annual
      state
      of
      the
      university
      address
     
     
      Nov.
      23.
     
    

    
     
      MacLauchlan
      said
      while
      the
     
     
      university
      has
      maintained
      and
      even
     
     
      increased
      enrolment,
      other
      universities
     
     
      haven’t
      faired
      as
      well.
     
    

    
     
      “One
      good
      year
      doesn’t
      mean
     
     
      we're
      immune.”
     
    

    
     
      In
      2006,
      enrolment
      at
      the
     
     
      university
      increased
      by
      4.9
      per
      cent
     
     
      while
      St.
      Francis
      Xavier
      only
      saw
      an
     
     
      increase
      of
      0.8
      per
      cent.
     
    

    
     
      Enrolment
      at
      Mount
      Alison,
      on
     
     
      the
      other
      hand,
      decreased
      two
      per
      cent
     
     
      and
      Acadia
      University’s
      enrolment
     
     
      dropped
      4.7
      per
      cent.
      -
     
    

    
     
      There
      are
      many
      factors
      related
     
     
      to
      this
      trend
      including
      a
      lower
      birth
     
     
      rate,
      which
      means
      students
      make
      up
      a
     
    
   
   
    
     
      smaller
      percentage
      of
      the
      population
     
     
      than
      they
      used
      to.
     
    

    
     
      MacLauchlan
      also
      said
      a
     
     
      migration
      to
      schools
      outside
      of
      the
     
     
      Maritimes
      and
      the
      Alberta
      boom
      are
     
     
      factors
      in
      the
      decrease
      in
      enrolment
     
     
      in
      Maritime
      universities.
      While
      UPEI
     
     
      has
      “lucked
      out
      or
      scraped
      by,”
      this
     
     
      trend
      will
      affect
      all
      universities
      in
      the
     
     
      coming
      years.
     
    

    
     
      Student
      Union
      president
      Ryan
     
     
      Gallant
      also
      saw
      the
      lower
      youth
     
     
      population
      as
      something
      the
      university
     
     
      must
      deal
      with
      in
      the
      coming
      years.
     
    

    
     
      fi
      thiak'-:as
      “always.
      the
     
     
      demographic
      crunch
      we’re
      facing
      and
     
     
      keeping
      students
      in
      the
      province
      [is
      an
     
     
      issue].”
     
    

    
     
      MacLauchlan
      said
      the
      university
     
     
      will
      have
      to
      maintain
      its
      high
      standards
     
     
      to
      maintain
      student
      enrolment
      in
      the
     
     
      coming
      years.
     
    

    
     
      Increasing
      enrolment
      of
     
     
      international
      students
      will
      also
      help
     
     
      offset
      less
      Maritime
      student
      enrolment.
     
    

    
     
      Eight
      per
      cent
      of
      students,
      or
     
     
      265,
      are
      international
      students,
      the
     
     
      bulk
      being
      from
      China
      and
      the
      United
     
    
   
   
    
     
      _
      States.
      He
      would
      like
      to
      increase
      this
     
    
   
   
    
     
      number
      to
      10
      per
      cent,
      or
      331
     
     
      students.
     
    

    
     
      MacLauchlan
      said
      the
      amount
     
     
      of
      students
      from
      outside
      of
      Canada
     
     
      shows
      the
      university’s
      name
      is
     
     
      becoming
      well-know.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Photo:
      Stacey
      Murray
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEI
      president
      Wade
      MacLauchlan
      speaks
      at
      his
      annual
      state
      of
      the
      university
     
     
      address.
      Maclean’s
      ranked
      UPEI
      fifth
      in
      undergraduate
      schools
      in
      Canada.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Diversifying
      the
      whole
      range
      of
     
     
      what
      the
      university
      offers
      will
      be
     
     
      important,
      he
      said.
     
    

    
     
      “We
      need
      to
      expand
      the
     
     
      footprint,
      be
      relevant,
      and
      offer
     
     
      programs
      that
      really
      take
      advantage
      of
     
    
   
   
    
     
      the
      talents
      and
      the
      growing
      reputation
     
     
      of
      this
      university.”
     
    

    
     
      MacLauchlan
      praised
      the
     
     
      school’s
      efforts
      in
      the
      last
      year,
      which
     
     
      ranked
      fifth
      in
      the
      Maclean’s
      university
     
     
      rankings.
      In
      2000,
      the
      school
      was
      18°.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Picture
      this,
      we
      crawled
      for
      cancer
     
    
   
   
    
     
      On
      Nov.
      3,
      2006
      the
      UPEI
      Business
     
     
      Society
      held
      a
      pub
      crawl
      in
      aid
      of
      the
     
     
      Canadian
      Breast
      Cancer
      Foundation.
     
     
      The
      theme
      of
      the
      pub
      crawl
      was
      a
     
     
      picture
      scavenger
      hunt.
      Teams
      were
     
     
      formed
      and
      they
      went
      around
      town
      to
     
     
      bars
      and
      took
      pictures
      of
      different
     
     
      items
      and
      activities.
      You
      can
      check
      out
     
     
      our
      pictures
      on
      our
      website,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      In
      addition
      to
      having
      a
      great
      time,
      the
     
     
      goal
      of
      the
      pub
      crawl
      was
      to
      raise
     
     
      money
      for
      the
      Canadian
      Breast
      Cancer
     
     
      Foundation.
      In
      addition
      to
      a
      portion
     
     
      of
      the
      money
      we
      made,
      we
      also
      sold
     
     
      cookies
      in
      the
      shapes
      of
      breasts
      to
     
     
      raise
      money
      for
      this
      great
      cause.
      When
     
    
   
   
    
     
      it
      was
      all
      said
      and
      done,
      we
      raised
     
     
      $300.
     
    

    
     
      Thanks
      to
      all
      the
      students,
      faculty
      and
     
     
      staff
      who
      supported
      this
      cause.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Front
      row:
      Alicia
      Bremner,
      Phred,
     
     
      Julie
      Mutch
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Back
      row:
      Matthew
      Weeks,
      Chris
     
     
      MacDonald,
      Matthew
      Cassidy,
     
    

    
     
      David
      McKenna,
      T-J.
      Cummiskey,
     
     
      Tanya
      Goodwin,
      Crystal
      MacLeod
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Business
      Society
      presenting
      a
     
     
      cheque
      to
      the
      Canadian
      Breast
     
     
      Cancer
      Foundation
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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