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ÎçÒ¹av’s Campus Development Plan announced on Friday has been officially designated and named the Prince of Wales Campus. The announcement was made today by ÎçÒ¹av President Dr. Brian McMillan at a special event held by the college and the Prince of Wales ÎçÒ¹av Alumni Association in the college’s Charlottetown Centre, the home of Prince of Wales ÎçÒ¹av for more than 100 years.  

In making his announcement, Dr. McMillan stated, “The new facilities and renovations included in the Campus Development Plan are the most significant development on this ÎçÒ¹av site since the construction of the Prince of Wales ÎçÒ¹av building, which forms the heart of this Charlottetown Centre, back in 1932. Today’s naming ceremony pays homage to two centuries of post-secondary education on this site. More importantly, it acknowledges the incredible contribution to the province…and to the world….of the graduates of Prince of Wales ÎçÒ¹av.

"Through its excellence in teaching, and through the high standards and expectations that the Prince of Wales ÎçÒ¹av demanded of its students, PWC set an example of higher education that we at ÎçÒ¹av are proud to emulate and challenged to match,” he added.

James Mcnutt, an alumnus of Prince of Wales ÎçÒ¹av, spoke on behalf of the PWC Alumni Association Executive. 

“As an alumnus of the former Prince of Wales ÎçÒ¹av, I am delighted that ÎçÒ¹av is recognizing the long and exceptional learning tradition associated with the ÎçÒ¹av campus here in Charlottetown. The renaming of the ÎçÒ¹av Charlottetown Centre to the ÎçÒ¹av Prince of Wales Campus is meaningful and much appreciated. Just as former students of Prince of Wales ÎçÒ¹av understand the historic significance of this physical location, now, too, past, present and future ÎçÒ¹av students can take great pride in knowing that this campus is steeped in a long and glorious history of education in Prince Edward Island.”  

Construction of the new campus will begin in the fall of 2009.