Current status update from Microsoft: A fix to the issue is expected to be in place by Friday, April 12. 

During a recent update from Microsoft, there was a code configuration issue that is causing issues with downloading and viewing attachments from Outlook on the web.   

If you are experiencing this issue, we recommend that you sign out and back into Outlook to temporarily mitigate the impact. Please note that you may have to do this more than once if the problem recurs, and you will have to complete a multifactor authorization (MFA) check, so remember to have your authentication device nearby. 

This issue is affecting many other organizations, not just UPEI.   

Please contact the ITSS helpdesk with any questions at 902-566-0465 or helpdesk@upei.ca.

The Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, invites all to attend Joshua Peters' public dissertation defense presentation of his PsyD research titled “Faggy Butterfly”: Stories of Gay Liberation, Transformation, and Resilience on Rural Prince Edward Island.

Please join us on Friday, April 19, 2024, from 11:30 am-1:30 pm ADT

In person: SDU Main Building, Room 320

Via Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81692911320

Take a break from studying! This month's movie will be something fun from our Audio Cine Films database, as picked by library patrons. Will it be a Marvel movie? A horror flick? Or a cult classic? You name it! The Audio Cine Films collection offers access to hundreds of titles from the world's most renowned film studios and producers including Disney, Pixar, Sony, MGM, United Artists, and many more. Join us on Friday, April 12 at 6 pm, Robertson Library room 235.  Doors open at 5:30.

With no winners in the last SEVEN draws, the total pot has grown to more than $26,300 and is the LARGEST Gold Rush pot to date, with half going to the winner of the draw!

Gold Rush is a virtual fundraising initiative that raises funds for UPEI’s athletic and recreation programs. You can now select a specific team, club, or program to direct your proceeds from each of your tickets. 

Play today and every week for a chance to win! The weekly draw is held at 8:00 pm every Saturday.

Thursday, April 11, is National Pet Day, and we’re celebrating it with PUP-Up Surprise #1. WOOFS pet therapy dog Finnegan will visit us in the lobby on April 11 from 11 am-12 pm. WOOFS is sponsored by Purina. Follow @RobertsonLibrary on Instagram and Facebook so you never miss a Pop-Up Surprise. 

Another in our Tea(ching) Break series in the lead-up to our April 30 symposium. Today we're revisiting a collection that was shared last fall since several new posts have been added since then. The collection is called Being Neurodivergent in Academia.

You are invited to UPEI's 2024 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition on April 11 at 5:00 pm in the Fox & Crow, W.A. Murphy Student Centre.

3MT is a competition for graduate students in which participants present their research and its wider impact in three minutes or less to a panel of non-specialist judges. The winner of the UPEI 3MT Competition moves on to the regional 3MT competition in June.

Come cheer on the competitors, and learn more about graduate students' research at UPEI!

Light refreshments will be provided.

The seventh meeting of the UPEI Senate will take place on Friday, April 12, 2024, from 3:00 to 5:00 pm in Room 102 at Alumni Hall (618 University Avenue). All meetings of Senate are open to members of the University community, although for certain in-camera items (e.g., granting of degrees), only senators may be present. While Senate is an in-person meeting, to facilitate inclusion, under special circumstances members of the University community may request a Zoom connection when they are unable to attend in person by emailing senate@upei.ca. Only members of Senate are permitted to address the Senate unless otherwise recognized by the chair. 

It is time again to reach out to our students during a stressful time--FINALS. The Chaplaincy Centre hosts a free meal for students, with the help of faculty and staff. Please use this link to sign up for a 30-minute (or more) shift to volunteer. Opportunities to set up, serve, and clean up are available as well a chance to mingle with students in an informal conversation with good food. 

On Friday April, 12, we will offer two serving times:11:30 am-1:00 pm and 4:30-6:00 pm. Please check back closer to the day as schedules change and time slots may open up. Contact Sister Sue at sukidd@upei.ca or Lauren at lvanvliet@upei.ca for further information.  

Sister Sue and Lauren

The Faculty of Nursing would like to invite all to attend the public presentation of Nikodim Broukhanski’s Master of Nursing thesis defense, "Characteristics of Patients With Stroke Who Fall During Inpatient Rehabilitation." 

Date/Time/Location: Thursday, April 11, Health Sciences Building, Room 103, starting at 10:00 a.m.

Everyone is welcome.

The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions (new, renewal, or amendment) is Friday, May 3, for the May meeting.

Please note that as of June 1, 2020, all animal user protocols must be submitted through UPEI Researcher Portal at https://upei.researchservicesoffice.com/Romeo.Researcher/

For new protocols, select "applications," and for renewal or amendment protocols, select "events."

UPEI ACC SOPs and Codes of Practice can be viewed through myUPEI at https://portal.upei.ca/facultystaff/administrativeservices/AVCAnimalCare/Pages/default.aspx. 

Those protocols received after the deadline will be reviewed the following month. The committee requires at least one month for processing applications.

Current status update from Microsoft: A fix to the issue is expected to be in place by Friday, April 12. 

During a recent update from Microsoft, there was a code configuration issue that is causing issues with downloading and viewing attachments from Outlook on the web.   

If you are experiencing this issue, we recommend that you sign out and back into Outlook to temporarily mitigate the impact. Please note that you may have to do this more than once if the problem recurs, and you will have to complete a multifactor authorization (MFA) check, so remember to have your authentication device nearby. 

This issue is affecting many other organizations, not just UPEI.   

Please contact the ITSS helpdesk with any questions at 902-566-0465 or helpdesk@upei.ca.

Take a break from studying! This month's movie will be something fun from our Audio Cine Films database, as picked by library patrons. Will it be a Marvel movie? A horror flick? Or a cult classic? You name it! The Audio Cine Films collection offers access to hundreds of titles from the world's most renowned film studios and producers including Disney, Pixar, Sony, MGM, United Artists, and many more. Join us on Friday, April 12 at 6 pm, Robertson Library room 235.  Doors open at 5:30.

Thursday, April 11, is National Pet Day, and we’re celebrating it with PUP-Up Surprise #1. WOOFS pet therapy dog Finnegan will visit us in the lobby on April 11 from 11 am-12 pm. WOOFS is sponsored by Purina. Follow @RobertsonLibrary on Instagram and Facebook so you never miss a Pop-Up Surprise. 

Classes are over, and you just have to make it through exams! The library is here to help, and not just with books and research advice. Every day from April 11--21, we'll provide some sort of treat, craft, or activity to give your brain a break. Follow @RobertsonLibrary on Instagram and Facebook so you never miss a Pop-Up Surprise. 

We'll also be transforming the library lounge into the Stress-Free Zone for the duration of exams. Relax with colouring pages, yarn, origami, and so much more!  

Good luck with your finals! 

Now that the solar eclipse is over, you may be wondering what you can do with your eclipse glasses. If you store them carefully so that the lenses do not get scratched or torn, then you can keep using them to view the sun at any time. If you've got sharp vision, you may be able to see any larger sunspots on the sun's surface.

You can also use the glasses to view any future partial solar eclipses, which happen more often than total eclipses. For example, there will be an early morning low-in-the-sky partial solar eclipse on March 29, 2025.

If you don't want to keep your eclipse glasses, the Department of Physics is accepting donations of used glasses. We will use them in our regular public outreach activities. We are also investigating whether we can donate them to organizations that distribute used eclipse glasses elsewhere in the world.

If you'd like to donate your glasses, please place them in the labelled blue bin that is outside the door to Room 203A of the FSDE building.

You are invited to UPEI's 2024 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition on April 11 at 5:00 pm in the Fox & Crow, W.A. Murphy Student Centre.

3MT is a competition for graduate students in which participants present their research and its wider impact in three minutes or less to a panel of non-specialist judges. The winner of the UPEI 3MT Competition moves on to the regional 3MT competition in June.

Come cheer on the competitors, and learn more about graduate students' research at UPEI!

Light refreshments will be provided.

The seventh meeting of the UPEI Senate will take place on Friday, April 12, 2024, from 3:00 to 5:00 pm in Room 102 at Alumni Hall (618 University Avenue). All meetings of Senate are open to members of the University community, although for certain in-camera items (e.g., granting of degrees), only senators may be present. While Senate is an in-person meeting, to facilitate inclusion, under special circumstances members of the University community may request a Zoom connection when they are unable to attend in person by emailing senate@upei.ca. Only members of Senate are permitted to address the Senate unless otherwise recognized by the chair. 

UPEI's fiscal year ends on April 30, 2024.

Purchasing Cut-Offs

Requisition/purchase order:

The last day to create a requisition/purchase order for the 2023-24 fiscal year will be on Thursday, April 18, 2024, at noon, with guaranteed delivery date on or before April 30, 2024.

Requisitions/purchase orders created after April 18, 2024, will have the requisition date changed to May 1, 2024, and the goods and services must be delivered on or after May 1, 2024. If you are unable to change the requisition's date to May 1, 2024, please put a note in the comment section of the requisition indicating it is a new year order.

Receiving goods/services cut-off: April 30, 2024

Goods and services must be received on campus by April 30, 2024. Only the goods that have been physically received or completed services should be accepted at this time. This will ensure that these goods and services are paid in the 2023-24 fiscal year.  Any items received in myUPEI after April 30, 2024, will be considered new fiscal year goods and services and will be deducted from your new fiscal year budget (2024-25).

All departments are required to look at their outstanding purchase order list to see if there are any purchase orders that need to be cancelled. This functionality can be accessed through the myUPEI self-service menu under "Financial Information" and the “Receive Goods and Services” selection.

If the items have been back-ordered for some time, you will need to check with the supplier to see if they are still on their records as back-ordered. If they are not back-ordered, then please email procurement@upei.ca to cancel your purchase order.

If you are in receipt of vendor invoices, forward these to invoices@upei.ca ASAP. Please contact apadmin@upei.ca with questions or concerns regarding billing and invoicing.

Need assistance? 

Please take a look at the “Financial Tools Reference Guide” under the "Self-Service Help" tab on myUPEI. 

This session is designed to prepare colleagues to review teaching dossiers as part of the tenure and promotions process at UPEI. We touch on applicable clauses from the collective agreement, consider elements from EDI training, and discuss how to think about and assess teaching contributions. There will also be time to ask questions of colleagues with experience serving on the URC about best practices, and guidelines for reviewing a tenure or promotion file. There will also be discussion around what to look for when reviewing interdisciplinary work and how to see if it is well contextualized and accessible to a broader audience.  This session can be particularly helpful for colleagues chairing a DRC or those from cognate departments. 

The session will take place on April 11 at 9:30 am in the Teaching and Learning Centre, Robertson Library Annex, Room 230. Seats are limited, Please RSVP. 

A separate session geared toward colleagues preparing their tenure and promotion files for the coming year will be organized in early May. Details will be shared in campus notices and the next TLC newsletter.