Are you familiar with Open Educational Resources but want to learn more? Are you curious about the ways that you can self publish? The Robertson Library offers tools and software for students and faculty to help them write and publish their own research.

Join Meghan Landry and Kim Mears from the Robertson Library as they discuss self-publishing in the context of Open Educational Resources Week from March 5-9, 2018.

They will introduce faculty and students to Pressbooks, a software that allows users to upload or write their own material and publish it in a variety of accessible formats, such as a webbook, PDF (for print), PDF (for digital distribution), ePUB, MOBI, XML, and more. If online books are not your thing, the Library also has the capability of printing book material.

This event will take place on March 7 from 9:30 to 10:00 am in the Faculty Lounge, SDU Main Building. Questions may be sent to Meghan Landry at mllandry@upei.ca.

“Freedom to Read Week" runs from February 25 to March 3. It is an annual event that encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom, which is guaranteed them under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms”--that includes having access to all reading materials!

Learn more about what the staff at the Robertson Library are doing for Freedom to Read Week by clicking here!

A new capability in Moodle makes it possible to create scannable paper tests using your Moodle question bank. If you've been using multiple choice tests in your face-to-face class, this can help you save some grading time.

The E-Learning Office will demo the process of how these sheets work and how they're graded. If you're interested in attending, please register here.

If you cannot attend during one of these times, please feel free to email jbhogan@upei.ca to set up a time that works for you.

The 2017 T4s are now available electronically through your Campus Login. For those also requiring a paper copy, please email payroll@upei.ca. T4As are separate forms issued by financial services and you will receive a notification from financial services if this is applicable to you.

Join us Wednesday, March 7 for this years Career and Summer Job Fair!

This event is free to attend for all UPEI Students, and offers a great opportunity to meet with employers and recruiters to start networking, find a summer job, or kick start a career. Be prepared to present yourself professionally.

The event will take place in Schurman Market Square and Louis W. MacEachern Market Street in Don and Marion McDougall Hall. The event will run from 10:00 am until 2:00 pmon March 7 (storm date on Thursday, March 8).

If you have any questions, feel free to email us at careerfair@upei.ca!

The Faculty of Science wishes to announce Justin Ferrish, masters student, will be defending his thesis entitled "On Adaptation of Salinity Tolerance: A Study of Phenotypic Divergence Between Lacustrine and Marine Populations of Cakile edentula."

The defence will take place on March 2, 2018 from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm in the Duffy Science Centre, Rm. 423.

Everyone welcome!

This semester, the UPEI School of Sustainable Desing Engineering is developing and executing a project that will include the launch and recovery of 16 x 350g weather balloons with our first year engineering students. 

The project aims to allow the students to plan an experiment collecting data from weather balloons, such as temperature, pressure, image and location. This is an exciting proposition for the students who will breathe life into this assignment.

You are invited to join us on Monday, March 5, 2:30 pm at the School of Sustainable Design Engineering, room 128B for a pre-launch exhibition of the payloads of our near Space Exploration project.

For more information, click here to view the UPEI Events Calendar listing.

Studio 1 Labs – Partnering with academic researchers:

Dr. Olivia Lin and Edward Shim co-founders of Stuido 1 Labs will present on the Fabric Sensor Technology that integrates AI learning they are developing and validating with the perspective of partnering with academic researchers. The company has been supported by funding across all levels of government, supercomputing power from industry, and a number of academic institutions. At UPEI, Studio 1 Labs is collaborating with SSDE’s Dr. Nadja Bressen and AVC’s Dr. Catherine Creighton for clinical studies with animals.

This event will take place Tuesday, March 6, 2018 12:00 – 1:00 pm in the UPEI School of Sustainable Design Engineering (Room 205). Please click here to register, space is limited.

Refreshments will be provided!

The Faculty of Business is pleased to present a candidate for the tenure-track position in Entrepreneurship.

Friday, March 2, 11:30 am, in AVC 286A, Dr. Valerie Bell, will be presenting on Serendipity in Effectual Innovation. 

All are welcome! Questions may be directed to business@upei.ca.

Curious about experiential learning? Wondering what it means in different classrooms and disciplines?

Experiential learning is a hot topic in education these days. Bring your lunch and join faculty from across campus for a fun showcase of 5 minute Lightning Talks on some of the various experiential opportunities and learning experiences that UPEI classrooms offer. There will be coffee, and a gong to keep things moving! 

Join us from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm on March 7 in the SDU Main Building Faculty Lounge.

All are welcome! Click here to view full details on the UPEI Events Calendar.

Have you enjoyed watching the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics in Korea? Here is another fantastic opportunity for you to enjoy knowing more about Korean culture!

The UPEI Faculty of Arts, Asian Studies Program, and its Korean Studies Project are pleased to announce the following special public talk by the first invited speaker of our new Asian Studies International Seminar and Korean Studies Speaker Series:

Professor Don L. Baker from the Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia, will deliver a presentation called “From the Mountains into the Cities: The Transformation of Korean Buddhism in the Twentieth Century” on March 8 from 2:30 to 3:45 pm in the Faculty Lounge (room 201), SDU Main Building.

As the first of our international seminar and speaker series, this is a wonderful lecture topic for understanding the religious-cultural transformation of Buddhism in modern Korea under the influence of Japan, changing Korean values, Christianity, and Western ideas.

Everyone is invited to attend! For further information and details, click here to view the UPEI Event Calender listing.

The Faculty of Science wishes to announce Justin Ferrish, masters student, will be defending his thesis entitled "On Adaptation of Salinity Tolerance: A Study of Phenotypic Divergence Between Lacustrine and Marine Populations of Cakile edentula."

The defence will take place on March 2, 2018 from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm in the Duffy Science Centre, Rm. 423.

Everyone welcome!

This semester, the UPEI School of Sustainable Desing Engineering is developing and executing a project that will include the launch and recovery of 16 x 350g weather balloons with our first year engineering students. 

The project aims to allow the students to plan an experiment collecting data from weather balloons, such as temperature, pressure, image and location. This is an exciting proposition for the students who will breathe life into this assignment.

You are invited to join us on Monday, March 5, 2:30 pm at the School of Sustainable Design Engineering, room 128B for a pre-launch exhibition of the payloads of our near Space Exploration project.

For more information, click here to view the UPEI Events Calendar listing.

Studio 1 Labs – Partnering with academic researchers:

Dr. Olivia Lin and Edward Shim co-founders of Stuido 1 Labs will present on the Fabric Sensor Technology that integrates AI learning they are developing and validating with the perspective of partnering with academic researchers. The company has been supported by funding across all levels of government, supercomputing power from industry, and a number of academic institutions. At UPEI, Studio 1 Labs is collaborating with SSDE’s Dr. Nadja Bressen and AVC’s Dr. Catherine Creighton for clinical studies with animals.

This event will take place Tuesday, March 6, 2018 12:00 – 1:00 pm in the UPEI School of Sustainable Design Engineering (Room 205). Please click here to register, space is limited.

Refreshments will be provided!

Small group training offers training sessions with a focus on individual progression and skill development.

Sessions can be offered two times per week, and will include a small group of six clients who will work together with a certified personal trainer. Training held in private Fitness Studio #2.

Small Group Training (12 sessions at set times/group, pre-registration is required!)

Fee: Sports Centre members $129 + hst; non-members $139 + hst

Tuesday/Thursday 5:30–6:15 pm (March 6 - April 12) with personal trainer Richard Lush - 1 spot left
Tuesday 6:30 pm - 7:15 pm and Saturdays 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm (March 6 - April 14) with personal trainer Richard Lush

To register please contact Angela Marchbank, Fitness and Wellness Coordinator at amarchbank@upei.ca or (902) 566-0606 as soon as possible.

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is a two-day interactive workshop in suicide first aid. ASIST teaches participants to recognize when someone may have thoughts of suicide and work with them to create a plan that will support their immediate safety. UPEI will be offering it's next ASIST Workshop on Thursday/Friday March 8th & 9th.

This workshop has a limited capacity of 15, and will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis. All other interested contacts will be included for future ASIST sessions. Please email kjlawlor@upei.ca to request to join the workshop.

The Summer course schedule is now available in the myUPEI Course Catalogue under the term "2018S". The 2018 Fall and 2019 Winter course schedules / registration dates will be available in the coming weeks. A further notice will be posted when more information is available.

For the 2018S (Summer term), registration for all students opens on Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at 12:00 am Atlantic Time

Please note that:

1. outstanding account balances may impact a student's ability to register. Please check well before registration to ensure all balances are paid.
2. effective immediately, NO DEPOSIT will be required prior to registration for current returning students.
3. any questions regarding registration may be directed to registrar@upei.ca.

Curious about experiential learning? Wondering what it means in different classrooms and disciplines?

Experiential learning is a hot topic in education these days. Bring your lunch and join faculty from across campus for a fun showcase of 5 minute Lightning Talks on some of the various experiential opportunities and learning experiences that UPEI classrooms offer. There will be coffee, and a gong to keep things moving! 

Join us from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm on March 7 in the SDU Main Building Faculty Lounge.

All are welcome! Click here to view full details on the UPEI Events Calendar.

Need a stronger resume? Want to help your students succeed in finding work? Students can drop-in for a one-on-one resume review with Career Services staff, anytime between 10:00-2:00 in the Pit, Robertson Library, on the following dates:

• Thursday, February 15
• Thursday, February 22
• Thursday, March 1
• Monday, March 5

Resumania has been planned in conjunction with the 2018 Career and Summer Job Fair, taking place Wednesday March 7 from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm in McDougall Hall.

All are welcome to attend this talk by Mount Allison University Professor of Philosophy Jane Dryden. Her talk on “Vulnerability, Control, and the Gut as Ambiguous Other” is aa paart of the UPEI Department Of Philosophy 2017-18 Speaker Series. View abstract and full event details by clicking here.