Campus Notices
Sonia Gaudry
"Toward a Transdisciplinary Approach to Youth Transitions Between Health and Affliction"
Tuesday, January 22, 3:00 pm
Health Sciences Building, Room 104
The Nicol Entrepreneurial Award Competition at UPEI welcomes
undergraduates from any area of campus.
Three cash prize winners from UPEI
First prize: $5,000 cash
Deadline for first round: Tuesday, February 5, 11:59 pm Atlantic Time.
First round includes a written summary and/or a video pitch of the business idea.
Ideas can be submitted by individuals or teams of up to three.
Enter your idea at http://upei-nicol.myreviewroom.com/
Contact Reuben Domike at rdomike@upei.ca with any questions.
Have you ever wanted to " Learn to Run," but felt you did not know how?
UPEI Athletics and Recreation in partnership with the Charlottetown Parks
and Recreation and Go PEI is offering a 10-week L2R 5 km program at the
UPEI Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre
Start Date: Tuesday, January 22
Time: 6 pm (meet in the upper lobby)
Location: UPEI Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre indoor track
This is a free program.
To register, email recreation@upei.ca
Janice Robertson
Program and Athletic Facilities Coordinator
UPEI Athletics & Recreation
566-0305
ar.upei.ca
Sonia Gaudry
"Toward a Transdisciplinary Approach to Youth Transitions Between Health and Affliction"
Tuesday, January 22, 3:00 pm
Health Sciences Building, Room 104
UPEI’s International Relations Office invites you to attend our inaugural International Coffee House featuring music from UPEI’s own international students, and Ten Strings and a Goat Skin.
Light refreshments will be served, courtesy of Chartwell's.
Date: January 18
Time: 6:30-9:30 pm
Place: The Pit (Robertson Library)
In response to feedback from a survey conducted with administrative
professionals this past fall, the Centre for Life-Long Learning has
launched a new professional development certificate program.
The Administrative Professional's Development Program is designed for those
who have been working in the administrative professional field and have
found gaps in their skills, need to update their skills as a result of a
change in their job, or simply want to enhance their knowledge and skills. The
program begins March 7, 2013 and includes courses on Understanding Change,
Time Management and Planning, Essentials of Workplace Writing, Conflict
Resolution and Communication Skills to Handle Difficult Conversations.
Note: The deadline for CUPE 1870 Professional Development applications is
February 1, 2013. Information can be found on the HR forms webpage.
For more information on this new program, visit
http://lifelonglearning.upei.ca/professionaldevelopment/admin-developme…
You are cordially invited to UPEI's 12th Annual International Development
Week Fundraising Luncheon. Please join us for an internationally themed
luncheon with a keynote by the Honourable Mobina S. B. Jaffer, Senator for
British Columbia.
This event will take place Friday, February 8, 2013, 11:30 am in McMillan
Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre.
Tickets are $35 each, or $250 for a table of 8, and are available by
contacting Erin Clarke at eeclarke@upei.ca or 894-2842, or by clicking
here http://idw2013.eventbrite.ca/ to register.
A portion of every ticket sold will be used to raise funds for the Dr.
Vianne Timmons International Student Award. We are also pleased to be
introducing a silent auction component to the annual event, featuring a
variety of prizes, including an exciting vacation package from ViaRail!
For more information on this, and other International Development Week events,
please visit our website: http://stage.upei.ca/iro/idw2013.
We hope to see you there!
Erin Clarke
Administrative Assistant
International Relations Office
894-2842
eeclarke@upei.ca
UPEI’s International Relations Office invites you to attend our inaugural International Coffee House featuring music from UPEI’s own international students, and Ten Strings and a Goat Skin.
Light refreshments will be served, courtesy of Chartwell's.
Date: January 18
Time: 6:30-9:30 pm
Place: The Pit (Robertson Library)
In response to feedback from a survey conducted with administrative
professionals this past fall, the Centre for Life-Long Learning has
launched a new professional development certificate program.
The Administrative Professional's Development Program is designed for those
who have been working in the administrative professional field and have
found gaps in their skills, need to update their skills as a result of a
change in their job, or simply want to enhance their knowledge and skills. The
program begins March 7, 2013 and includes courses on Understanding Change,
Time Management and Planning, Essentials of Workplace Writing, Conflict
Resolution and Communication Skills to Handle Difficult Conversations.
Note: The deadline for CUPE 1870 Professional Development applications is
February 1, 2013. Information can be found on the HR forms webpage.
For more information on this new program, visit
http://lifelonglearning.upei.ca/professionaldevelopment/admin-developme…
You are cordially invited to UPEI's 12th Annual International Development
Week Fundraising Luncheon. Please join us for an internationally themed
luncheon with a keynote by the Honourable Mobina S. B. Jaffer, Senator for
British Columbia.
This event will take place Friday, February 8, 2013, 11:30 am in McMillan
Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre.
Tickets are $35 each, or $250 for a table of 8, and are available by
contacting Erin Clarke at eeclarke@upei.ca or 894-2842, or by clicking
here http://idw2013.eventbrite.ca/ to register.
A portion of every ticket sold will be used to raise funds for the Dr.
Vianne Timmons International Student Award. We are also pleased to be
introducing a silent auction component to the annual event, featuring a
variety of prizes, including an exciting vacation package from ViaRail!
For more information on this, and other International Development Week events,
please visit our website: http://stage.upei.ca/iro/idw2013.
We hope to see you there!
Erin Clarke
Administrative Assistant
International Relations Office
894-2842
eeclarke@upei.ca
In response to feedback from a survey conducted with administrative
professionals this past fall, the Centre for Life-Long Learning has
launched a new professional development certificate program.
The Administrative Professional's Development Program is designed for those
who have been working in the administrative professional field and have
found gaps in their skills, need to update their skills as a result of a
change in their job, or simply want to enhance their knowledge and skills. The
program begins March 7, 2013 and includes courses on Understanding Change,
Time Management and Planning, Essentials of Workplace Writing, Conflict
Resolution and Communication Skills to Handle Difficult Conversations.
Note: The deadline for CUPE 1870 Professional Development applications is
February 1, 2013. Information can be found on the HR forms webpage.
For more information on this new program, visit
http://lifelonglearning.upei.ca/professionaldevelopment/admin-developme…
You are cordially invited to UPEI's 12th Annual International Development
Week Fundraising Luncheon. Please join us for an internationally themed
luncheon with a keynote by the Honourable Mobina S. B. Jaffer, Senator for
British Columbia.
This event will take place Friday, February 8, 2013, 11:30 am in McMillan
Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre.
Tickets are $35 each, or $250 for a table of 8, and are available by
contacting Erin Clarke at eeclarke@upei.ca or 894-2842, or by clicking
here http://idw2013.eventbrite.ca/ to register.
A portion of every ticket sold will be used to raise funds for the Dr.
Vianne Timmons International Student Award. We are also pleased to be
introducing a silent auction component to the annual event, featuring a
variety of prizes, including an exciting vacation package from ViaRail!
For more information on this, and other International Development Week events,
please visit our website: http://stage.upei.ca/iro/idw2013.
We hope to see you there!
Erin Clarke
Administrative Assistant
International Relations Office
894-2842
eeclarke@upei.ca
UPEI’s International Relations Office invites you to attend our inaugural International Coffee House featuring music from UPEI’s own international students, and Ten Strings and a Goat Skin.
Light refreshments will be served, courtesy of Chartwell's.
Date: January 18
Time: 6:30-9:30 pm
Place: The Pit (Robertson Library)
Kelly Lynne Miles will present her master of education thesis defense on Wednesday, January 30 at 10:00 am in Room MCDH 243. Thesis Title: "Young Writers as Philosophers: Teaching Writing Through Natural Inquiry and Community Dialogue.”
All are welcome.
Contact: Cathy Hennessey at 566-0731 or cahennessey@upei.ca.
AVC's Class of 2016 invites you to the Winter Wonderland Ball taking place on Saturday, January 19, 8:00 pm at The Wave.
Tickets are $5.00 per person in advance or $7.00 at the door and may be purchased outside the AVC cafeteria at lunch time or at Mickey's Place.
Dress is semi-formal.
The Winter Wonderland Ball is a fundraiser for AVC's Class of 2016.
Please note, the Faculty of Arts Book Launch begins today at 4:30 pm, not
4, as listed in some material. The event takes place in the Faculty Lounge
of Main Building.
For more information on each of the nine featured books, visit:
http://research.upei.ca/events/faculty-arts-book-launch-0
For YouTube interviews with three of the authors/editors, visit:
http://research.upei.ca/blogs/2013/01/14/meet-three-upei-s-authoreditors
Each book will be available for sale at the event. See you there!
Dave Atkinson
Research Communications Officer
620-5117
Join others as we learn more about Catholicism.
January 16, 7:00 pm - Father Robert Barron
"Word Made Flesh, True Bread of Heaven: The Mystery of the Liturgy and the Eucharist." (DVD).
Come for information, conversation, and celebration!
Sister Susan Kidd
Campus Minister
902-894-2876
http://studentservices.upei.ca/chaplaincy/
www.facebook.com/upeichaplaincycentre
sukidd@upei.ca
Performance Management - February 21
This workshop covers: performance management
cycle, expectation management and objective setting, appraisal and
evaluation process, feedback techniques, creating a high-performance
culture, managing poor performers, and performance management legal
guidelines and tips.
http://lifelonglearning.upei.ca/professionaldevelopment/performance-man…
Essentials of Conflict Resolution - February 26, 27 & 28
What you will learn: Five styles of conflict handling and their uses,
conflict self-awareness, conflict analysis, communication for improving
relationships, interest-based approach to conflict resolution, and
applications in mediation, negotiation, and facilitation.
http://lifelonglearning.upei.ca/conflict/essentials-conflict-resolution
For more information on these courses and others, visit
lifelonglearning.upei.ca or call 566-0336.
Kelly Lynne Miles will present her master of education thesis defense on Wednesday, January 30 at 10:00 am in Room MCDH 243. Thesis Title: "Young Writers as Philosophers: Teaching Writing Through Natural Inquiry and Community Dialogue.”
All are welcome.
Contact: Cathy Hennessey at 566-0731 or cahennessey@upei.ca.
AVC's Class of 2016 invites you to the Winter Wonderland Ball taking place on Saturday, January 19, 8:00 pm at The Wave.
Tickets are $5.00 per person in advance or $7.00 at the door and may be purchased outside the AVC cafeteria at lunch time or at Mickey's Place.
Dress is semi-formal.
The Winter Wonderland Ball is a fundraiser for AVC's Class of 2016.