Campus Notices
In an ongoing effort to provide our employees with value added opportunities, Human Resources is pleased to launch a new site that provides information on special employee rates and discounts offered to UPEI Staff and Faculty. For further information, please visit our UPEI HR webpage at http://www.upei.ca/hr/
UPEI’s new School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences is in the process of searching for its first Associate Dean.
On Monday, June 20, candidate Dr. Gordon MacDonald made a public presentation on the vision for the new School. The Search Committee welcomes feedback from the UPEI community to maclellan@upei.ca and requests that it be received by 4 p.m. on
Monday, June 27. If you were unable to attend the presentation you can view it using the link below. Unfortunately, the sound recording was adverselyaffected by equipment in the room so we apologize in advance.
https://drive.google.com/a/upei.ca/file/d/0Bw-B_X0CRHaZVnlWZHVvdXloQmM/view
The Healthy Campus Committee will be coordinating 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.
Registration is due as soon as possible as we must confirm numbers. Please email Angela Marchbank, Fitness & Wellness Coordinator at amarchbank@upei.ca if you wish to register for the event.
The UPEI AIRS Multicultural Choir and Song Circle is starting up again for June and July with weekly, one-hour rehearsals on Wednesdays from 4:00 - 5:00 pm in the basement of the Robertson Library building (room 104). All are welcome. This is a non-audition choir. This is a great way to relax and have fun at the end of your day in the middle of the week!
For more information, please see the listing in the UPEI.ca events calendar, or contact Hailey Arsenault at airs@upei.ca or (902) 566-6023.
Please join us on Tuesday, June 28 from 2:00 - 4:00 pm, in the Faculty Lounge of SDU Main Building, as the University community celebrates the retirement of our friend and colleague Dr. Martha Gabriel, Professor Emerita. After many years with UPEI, Martha will officially retire on June 30. Cake and light refreshments will be served. We hope to see you there to wish Martha all the best in her retirement.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
As part of our ongoing tree pruning, maintenance, and inspection program, we have a Dutch Elm tree that has lost a large branch and has extensive rot in the trunk and branch attachments. Our Arborist has deemed this to be a safety issue and must be removed. This elm tree is located in the Main Quadrangle accross from Steel Building. This removal is scheduled to take place on Saturday, June 25, 2016. Two (2) trees will be planted to replace the removed tree, in either the existing location or at a new location on campus.
While the contractors have been instructed that the work be executed with the least possible interference or disturbance to the campus community, a certain amount of disruption is inevitable. We thank you in advance for your patience and understanding.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Jackie MacPhail, Facilities Management at 6034 or jmacphail@upei.ca.
Procurement and Payment Services wishes to inform the campus community that the University offers for sale by public tender the following surplus equipment:
2 x Tornado 20" Burnishers, with manual adjustment. Approximately 30 years old. As is condition. In need of some repairs.
Interested bidders should submit a bid for both items priced together. Items are available for viewing at the Central Utility Building.
Bid forms are available from Procurement and Payment Services, Kelley Memorial Building 126.
Please email procurement@upei.ca for an appointment to view items.
Tender closes at 2:00 pm, Wednesday, June 22, 2016 (highest or any bid received not necessarily accepted).
Join us this morning to celebrate the two new recipients of the Jeanne and J.-Louis Lévesque Research Professorships in Nutrisciences and Health. Dr. Andrew Tasker, professor of neuropharmacology at UPEI’s Atlantic Veterinary College, and Dr. Travis Saunders, assistant professor of Applied Human Sciences, will each will be supported over the next three years with an annual grant of $10,000 and up to $25,000 annually to permit replacement for teaching or other duties.
When: Monday, June 20, 11 am (TODAY!)
Where: Main floor foyer, Health Sciences Building, UPEI, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown
What: The Jean and J.-Louis Lévesque Research Professorships are supported by the Fondation J.-Louis Lévesque: a generous supporter of health research at universities and institutes across the country. J.-Louis Lévesque graduated from Saint Dunstan’s University in 1934 and was awarded an honorary doctor of laws in 1964. Suzanne Lévesque, daughter of J.-Louis and president and CEO of his namesake foundation, was awarded an honorary doctor of laws from UPEI in 2006.
Please note that CENTRAL PRINTING will be closing for the day at 12 pm on Monday, June 20.
Contact Wendy at whenderson@upei.ca or 902-566-0558
The next deadline for submitting Biosafety applications including new applications, renewals and/or amendments is Thursday June 30 2016. These applications will be reviewed at the July 2016 meeting. Please ensure that you download and use the current forms from http://www.upei.ca/research/forms. Use Adobe Reader to complete the forms.
Submit the following:
• one hard copy of the application form with signatures and associated documents to Joy Knight at the Office of Academic and Research, 200 Kelley Memorial Building and
• one e-copy of all documents to reb@upei.ca
Please note that applications received after this deadline will be reviewed the following month. For more information, please contact Joy Knight at 620-5104 or reb@upei.ca
Ethics protocols that involve ‘more than minimal risk’ must be reviewed by the full UPEI Research Ethics Board. The next deadline for submitting these protocols is Friday July 8 2016. They will be reviewed at the July meeting. Protocols involving ‘more than minimal risk’ that are received after July 8 will be reviewed at the August meeting.
Other ethics protocol submissions, including new applications that do not involve ‘more than minimal risk’, renewals, and amendments may be submitted at any time. They will be sent for delegated review as soon as all necessary forms are received.
Please ensure that you download and use the current forms from http://www.upei.ca/research/forms. Use Adobe Reader to complete forms.
Submit the following:
• one hard copy of the signed application form and associated documents to Joy Knight at the Office of Academic and Research, 200 Kelley Memorial Building and
• one e-copy of all documents to reb@upei.ca
For more information, please contact Joy Knight at 620-5104 or reb@upei.ca
We have an opportunity to have a 1 day training on Hazardous Material Management on campus. This training would include procurement guidelines for hazardous materials (chems, etc.), regulations, best practices, storage & chemical segregation, facilities, proper use of flammable cabinets, proper labeling & transporting, spill prevention and then there will be a hands on component including visiting chemical storage & waste areas, auditing current practices & learning specifically how to inspect these higher risk areas.
If there is enough interest expressed then this training will take place Thursday, June 23, 8:30am-4:30pm by Atlantic Environment Training. The cost of this course will be covered by the Health and Safety Budget.
Please dress appropriately for working near chemicals including full foot coverage, long pants & safety glasses.
Please pre-register through Kathryn Harrison (kharrison@upei.ca) by noon on Tuesday, June 22, 2016.
UPEI’s new School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences is in the process of searching for its first Associate Dean and Dr. Gordon MacDonald has been invited to make a public presentation on his vision for the new School. Everyone is encouraged to attend on Monday, June 20, 2016, from 1:00-2:00 pm, in the K.C. Irving Chemistry Centre, Room 104. For those who wish to view a copy of Dr. MacDonald’s CV it can be obtained by contacting Kate in the Office of the Dean of Science, kegraham@upei.ca.
Hank Kwok, water analysis and purification specialist with Thermo Scientifc, will be offering a pH seminar on Wednesday, June 29, 2016 at 11:00 am. Seminar topic will include electrode operation and selection, meter calibration and buffer selection, temperature effects on samples and troubleshooting common problems. The seminar will be held in Duffy Research Center room 212 and all are welcome to attend.
Hank will also be available for several pH clinics after the seminar held in labs around campus where he will look at instrumentation and provide some hands on testing of equipment and electrodes. Hank has indicated these clinics would be particularly useful to users attempting to measure pH in the areas of Environmental Science and Foods and Nutrition as their samples are typically more challenging.
If you would be interested in Hank stopping by your lab please let Stephen Scully (sscully@upei.ca) know.
Construction will begin on Thursday, June 16, 2016 with an expected completion date of August 19, 2016.
Professor Shaul Mordechai from the Department of Physics, Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel will present a talk entitled:
Vibrational spectroscopy for medical applications: challenges and feasibility
Date: Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Location: Kelley Memorial, Room 210
Time: 3:00 pm
Everyone is welcome to attend.
Join us Monday morning to celebrate the two new recipients of the Jeanne and J.-Louis Lévesque Research Professorships in Nutrisciences and Health. Dr. Andrew Tasker, professor of neuropharmacology at UPEI’s Atlantic Veterinary College, and Dr. Travis Saunders, assistant professor of Applied Human Sciences, will each will be supported over the next three years with an annual grant of $10,000 and up to $25,000 annually to permit replacement for teaching or other duties.
When: Monday, June 20, 11 am
Where: Main floor foyer, Health Sciences Building, UPEI, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown
What: The Jean and J.-Louis Lévesque Research Professorships are supported by the Fondation J.-Louis Lévesque: a generous supporter of health research at universities and institutes across the country. J.-Louis Lévesque graduated from Saint Dunstan’s University in 1934 and was awarded an honorary doctor of laws in 1964. Suzanne Lévesque, daughter of J.-Louis and president and CEO of his namesake foundation, was awarded an honorary doctor of laws from UPEI in 2006.
Students from St. Hilda's School for Girls in Japan will be on campus from July 22 to August 5, 2016 participating in an intensive English language program delivered by the International Relations Office. The IRO has an urgent need for more host families to accommodate the visit as a few hosts have had to cancel. Hosts will be paid $400 to cover the cost of hosting the students. Please contact Richelle Greathouse at rgreathouse@upei.ca or Amy Palmer at aepalmer@upei.ca for details.
