Campus Notices
UPEI Athletics and Recreation NEW Fall fitness class schedules announced. Classes will be held in one of our two new Fitness Studio's in October!!! All details can be found on website.
Fitness classes - http://www.upei.ca/ar/fitness-classes
Small Group Training- http://www.upei.ca/ar/small-group-training
UPEI, in partnership with Student Affairs, the Student Diversity Office, and Pride PEI will raise the pride flag on Monday, July 25, 2016 at 2:30 pm at the flag plaza near Kelley Memorial Building to recognize the PEI Pride Festival taking place July 24-30. Pride PEI will be raising flags at other locations across the province throughout the day. All are welcome to attend the UPEI celebration -- reception will follow in the Credit Union Day Lounge at the W.A. Murphy Student Centre.
Moodle Bootcamp are about 90 minute to 120 minute workshops that will be held in the Robertson Library to help develop faculty who use Moodle, or are interested in using Moodle develop their Moodle skills. Due to room capacity there are limited available spaces. Please fill out this form to register for the workshops http://goo.gl/forms/
UPEI, in partnership with Student Affairs, the Student Diversity Office, and Pride PEI will raise the pride flag on Monday, July 25, 2016 at 2:30 pm at the flag plaza near Kelley Memorial Building to recognize the PEI Pride Festival taking place July 24-30. Pride PEI will be raising flags at other locations across the province throughout the day. All are welcome to attend the UPEI celebration -- reception will follow in the Credit Union Day Lounge at the W.A. Murphy Student Centre.
Your patience and understanding is appreciated as we proceed with this exciting renovation project that will enhance the services, facilities and environment provided to students, faculty, staff and University guests.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Jackie MacPhail at 566-6034 or jmacphail@upei.ca.
Please join us Friday for an announcement and celebration of the new UNESCO Chair in Island Studies and Sustainability at UPEI.
The UNESCO Chair in Island Studies will work to establish and expand academic and research programmes on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Sub-National Island Jurisdictions (SNIJs). It will operate from the premise that SIDS and SNIJs are innovative, entrepreneurial, and connected, not vulnerable, lacking and isolated. The chair is one of 700 UNESCO chairs around the world and is the first in Atlantic Canada.
When: Friday, July 22, 11 am
Where: Lecture Theatre, Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre, UPEI
A reception will follow. Please RSVP to iis@upei.ca.
Singing impacts lives in positive ways from birth until senior years. Focusing on how families, schools, and communities can benefit from singing and song, the Advancing Interdisciplinary Research in Singing (AIRS) project is hosting a workshop entitled “Singing, Song & Community”. This event will be hosted at the UPEI campus (SDU Main Building, Faculty Lounge) on Friday, July 22, 2016, from 1:00 to 4:15 pm. The workshop will feature a keynote address by Professor Rachel Heydon from the University of Western Ontario, which will be followed by brief presentations from community members and student researchers.
Refreshments will be provided, and this event is free of charge and open to anyone who would like to attend. We look forward to a lively interchange and hope that you will be among those attending!
If you are interested in attending, RSVP to acohen@upei.ca, or Hailey Arsenault, airs@upei.ca, 902-566-6023.
On August 11-13, UPEI will host graduate students from all across Canada at the UPEI Multidisciplinary Graduate Research Conference. This year, we have just over 60 student presentations!
On Thursday, August 11 there will be 8 workshops open to undergraduate and graduate students, as well as staff and faculty:
- 8:30-10:30 Understanding Indigenous Knowledge, Research and Engagement: Where to Begin and Following the Good Path (Facilitator: David Varis, Location: Chaplaincy Centre)
- 9:00-10:30 Communicating Your Scientific Research to the Public (Facilitator: Adam Fenech, Location: MCDH 328)
- 10:30-12 Balancing Life Along the Graduate Studies Journey (Facilitators: Mary MacPhee & Alaina Roach O'Keefe, Location: MCDH 328)
- 10:30-12 Trial by Fire: Lessons From My First Semester Teaching (Facilitator: Sean Landsman, Location: MCDH 243)
- 1-2:30 Building Your Academic CV (Facilitators: Tim Goddard & Leslie Cudmore, Location: MCDH 243)
- 1-2:30 Decolonizing Critical Reflection: A Method for Decolonizing the Mind (Facilitator: Gail Baikie, Location: MCDH 328)
- 2:30-4 What is Your Story? Inquiring Minds Want to Know! Unravelling the Mysteries of Narrative Inquiry Research (Facilitator: Christina Murray, Location: MCDH 243)
- 2:30-4 The Important of Building Relationships Between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Communities
On Friday, August 12 our keynote speaker, Rebecca Thomas, will present at 9 am (MCDH 242), followed by oral presentations by graduate students. At 4 pm, our plenary speaker, Julie Bull will present (MCDH 242), followed by a President's Reception from 5-6 pm.
On Saturday, August 12 graduate students will present both orally and through a poster session, followed by a wrap-up event at 3:30 pm.
For more information about the conference, please visit our website: http://www.upei.ca/research/officeofgraduatestudies/graduate-students-a… or email us at gsa@upei.ca
The UPEI Executive MBA Program will be hosting a guest speaker event on Thursday, July 21st from 4:30 to 6:30pm in Schurman Market Square, Don and Marion McDougall Hall. Special guest speaker is Janice Revell.
Janice Revell is an award-winning journalist, communications consultant and website co-founder. For more than 15 years, Revell was a writer and contributing columnist at Time Inc., specializing in investing and personal finance topics for Fortune and Money magazines and online at CNNMoney. For her work at Fortune, she won the Business Journalist of the Year Award (2005), organized by the World Leadership Forum, for best story in the personal finance category. Her "Wealth Adviser" column, which appeared regularly in the print edition of Fortune magazine, covered a wide range of investing and retirement topics. She has a unique educational background, having both an MBA and a master’s degree in journalism. In her capacity as a communications consultant, Revell specializes in helping clients (including McKinsey & Company, State Street and Prudential Financial) transform complex research into intellectually stimulating, yet easy-to-understand publications. Revell is also the co-founder of the critically acclaimed food reference website StillTasty.com, which has been featured in such publications as Consumer Reports, Good Housekeeping, and The New York Times and was selected as one of the Top 100 Websites of 2009 by PC Magazine.
Please RSVP to Joanne Smith at: (902) 894-2866 or jmsmith@upei.ca.
Your patience and understanding is appreciated as we proceed with this exciting renovation project that will enhance the services, facilities and environment provided to students, faculty, staff and University guests.
Tuition Waiver forms for the Fall 2016 semester must be submitted to Human Resources by no later than August 15, 2016. When completing the form, please include all of the required information (Course name, time, start and end date, cost and the number of semester hours) to avoid any delays in processing the waiver. Please submit original forms directly to Human Resources (lower level Kelley building, room #143).
If you have any questions please contact Heather Walsh at: (902) 566-0514 or hwalsh@upei.ca.
Have a safe look at the Sun through the Physics Department's solar telescope. The telescope will be set up on Wednesday, July 20 between 12:30-1:30pm near parking lot A (along Belvedere Avenue across from the Farmers' Market).
The Healthy Campus Committee will host an Art After Dark event on Thursday, August 11 at 4:15 pm at MacMillian Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre. The cost for UPEI employees and/or students is $20 per person. We have a couple of spots left. If you'd like to register, please contact Angela Marchbank, amarchbank@upei.ca as soon as possible.
The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions -- new, renewal, or amendment -- is Friday, August 5 for the August meeting.
Ensure you always…
· Download the current forms from http://www.upei.ca/research/
· Use the most current Adobe Reader to complete forms and only current forms will be accepted.
Both the signed hard copy and electronic protocol submission must be submitted by the deadline date.
· Submit one copy of original protocol with signature to AVC - North Annex, Biomedical Sciences Dept., Rm 2302
· Submit an electronic copy to animalcare@upei.ca
Those protocols received after the deadline will be reviewed the following month. The committee requires at least one month for processing applications. For more information, please contact Sherri Pineau, ACC Admin. Assistant @ 902-566-0973.
After 20 years at AVC, Dr. Tarek Saleh and Monique Saleh are leaving AVC. Tarek has accepted a new position as Chair of the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the Ontario Veterinary College.
Please join the Department of Biomedical Sciences on Wednesday, July 20th at 10:00 am in the AVC Learning Commons to wish Tarek, Monique, and their family well as they prepare for the next chapter.
If you have a fun story or recollection of their time with us, we hope you will share it with the group.
