Chartwells; UPEI’s food service and catering provider is getting ready to roll out a new online ordering system called Catertrax. In order to ease the transition between the old online system and the new, Chartwells is offering two different training webinars for faculty and staff on Thursday February 6. To register, please visit the link under the training session time you would like to participate in. Session 1 - Customer Roll Out Training Catering UPEI on Thursday, February 6, 2014 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM AST at: https://student.gototraining.com/r/2386491443699390720 Session 2 - Customer Roll Out Training Catering UPEI on Thursday, February 6, 2014 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM AST at: https://student.gototraining.com/r/8758985960382184704

Please join Dr. Tanya Chung Tiam Fook,’ Island Studies, as she presents the next presentation in the Human Biology and Environmental Sciences Seminar series hosted by the Biology Department. The presentation is entitled “Sustaining Indigenous Lifeways Through Community Based Conservation in the North Rupununi, Guyana,” and will be held on Friday, February 7 at 12:30 pm in Duffy Science Centre, Room 204. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Join students, staff, and faculty on Wednesday, February 5 for "Storytelling Night" from 6:00-8:00 pm in the Faculty Lounge, Main Building. The evening will be hosted by Dr. Tim Goddard, global educator, and feature stories from Dr. Ed MacDonald, Island historian and professor, Susan Hartley of the non-profit organization Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan, and UPEI international students. Take part in an evening of laughter, wonder, smiles, and tears through the telling of personal journeys, people’s histories, and published works. Refreshments will be served. All are welcome to attend!

Staff and faculty are invited to an afternoon film viewing of "The First Grader" in support of International Development Week on Thursday, February 6 from 2:45-4:30 pm in AVC Lecture Theatre A. "The First Grader" is a powerful story that will touch your heart. Based on the true story of an 84 year-old Kenyan villager, an ex Mau Mau freedom fighter, who goes to school for the first time to get the education he was denied. Maruge's flashbacks to the 50's terrible fight for freedom from the British rulers will echo in your consciousness. Light refreshments will be provided.

Central Printing will be closing at 3:00 pm on Wednesday, February 5. Any questions or concerns, please contact Wendy at 566-0558 or whenderson@upei.ca

The UPEI Women's Studies Program is officially changing its name! We are now officially Diversity and Social Studies (DSJS for short)--a name change we're all very excited about. This new name more completely reflects the variety of courses and approaches offered in the program, through both its core courses and the range of courses cross listed from other fields/disciplines. Changes will be made to the academic calendar and timetable, and in other places on the UPEI website, throughout the semester. For more information, contact Ann Braithwaite, Coordinator, at abraithwaite@upei.ca

We are excited to announce that the UPEI Outdoor Rink is now ready and open for skating! The rink is located between the W.A. Murphy Student Centre and Kelley Memorial Building, and is open from 7:30 am-9:00 pm daily with ice quality subject to ice conditions. Don't have skates? Skates are available to borrow from the Panther Central Desk in the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre. Please note: The Sports Centre is still accepting donations of skates and helmets. We welcome all staff, students, faculty, community members, and of course your families to come out for a skate. We ask that you review and abide by the guidelines below, these are also posted at the rink. A big thanks to the UPEI Outdoor Rink Committee made up of representatives from UPEI Student Union, Administration and Finance, Facilities, Integrated Communications, and Athletics and Recreation who worked together to make this possible. Stay tuned in the coming week for details on an upcoming campus event at the rink. If you have any questions or comments please contact Kathryn Harrison kharrison@upei.ca / 566-0623 or Matthew Rice vpactivities@upeisu.ca / 566-0670 . UPEI Outdoor Staking Rink Guidelines: 1. Rink is unsupervised - use at your own risk. 2. CSA helmet use is recommended for all skaters. 3. Ice quality is subject to weather conditions. 4. Food and drink are not permitted on the ice surface. 5. Keep the entrance and exit areas to the skating rink free at all times. 6. No hockey. 7. No Alcohol. The University of Prince Edward Island is not responsible for injury or loss of personal property as the result of use of this ice surface.

As chair of the search committee for the Dean of the School of Business I am pleased to announce Dr. Juergen Krause as a candidate for the position. Dr. Krause is currently a faculty member and Interim Dean in the School of Business. On Monday February 10 at 2:00 pm, Dr. Krause will make a public presentation. The presentation will be in McDougall Hall, Room 328 and all faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend. The topic of his talk will be "Describe your vision and fit for the position of the Dean of the School of Business at the University of Prince Edward Island." The search committee welcomes feedback and requests that it be forwarded by email to vpa@upei.ca by Friday, February 14, 2014. Sincerely, Dr. Christian Lacroix Interim Vice-President Academic

The final exam period for this semester will be April 9-23 (see general calendar dates). The exam schedule will be posted by mid-February. Thank you

Join Laura Simms, an award-winning performer, writer, and educator for an evening of storytelling on Thursday, February 6 at 4:30 pm in Don and Marion McDougall Hall, room 242. Laura received the Brimstone Award for Engaged Storytelling, CHOICE award for best story collection, and Sesame Street’s SUNNY DAYS award for work with children worldwide. Laura is the mother of Ishmael Beah, former child solider in Sierra Leone, and author of A Long Way Gone, an international best-seller. A reception with refreshments will follow. Tickets are $20 and include admission, light refreshments, and one drink ticket per person. A portion of every ticket sold will be used to raise funds for the Dr. Vianne Timmons International Student Award. Visit upei.ca/idw to purchase tickets.

Staff and faculty are invited to The Wave on Wednesday, February 5 at 9:00 pm for an evening of globally focused and Olympic themed trivia. Staff, faculty, and students will answer questions in teams, with prizes to be awarded to the top teams. All are welcome.

Join students, staff, and faculty on Wednesday, February 5 for "Storytelling Night" from 6:00-8:00 pm in the Faculty Lounge, Main Building. The evening will be hosted by Dr. Tim Goddard, global educator, and feature stories from Dr. Ed MacDonald, Island historian and professor, Susan Hartley of the non-profit organization Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan, and UPEI international students. Take part in an evening of laughter, wonder, smiles, and tears through the telling of personal journeys, people’s histories, and published works. Refreshments will be served. All are welcome to attend!

Do you need support in your qualitative research project? Looking to connect and share ideas with other researchers on campus? We can help! Young Lives Research and its UPEI Qualitative Research Lab is offering informal workshops for qualitative researchers across campus. You're invited to meet with other qualitative researchers from various departments/disciplines to share your research ideas and methods, talk about particular challenges you have faced, and help build a qualitative research community here at UPEI. The forum is open to anyone on campus, student, staff, or faculty who conducts qualitative research and wishes to share/hear about experiences of members of the qualitative research community. Informal workshops will be held on Fridays once a month from 2:00-4:00 pm. The first forum will take place on March 14 in Dalton Hall, Room 414. For more information, please email cyct@upei.ca

The UPEI Music Department is pleased to announce that the Student Junior and Senior Winter Recital Series brochure is now available here: http://www.upei.ca/arts/music/recital-series. All are invited to attend these free recitals, which all take place in the Dr. Steel Recital Hall, UPEI Campus.

Dr. Fabrice Berrue, UPEI/Nautilus Biosciences Canada, will present a seminar on Wednesday, February 5 at 12:30 pm. Dr. Berrue's presentation is entitled "Natural products Chemistry: Expanded Mission and New Opportunities." The seminar will be held in the Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre, Lecture Theatre Room 212. All are welcome to attend.

Do you need support in your qualitative research project? Looking to connect and share ideas with other researchers on campus? We can help! Young Lives Research and its UPEI Qualitative Research Lab is offering informal workshops for qualitative researchers across campus. You're invited to meet with other qualitative researchers from various departments/disciplines to share your research ideas and methods, talk about particular challenges you have faced, and help build a qualitative research community here at UPEI. The forum is open to anyone on campus, student, staff, or faculty who conducts qualitative research and wishes to share/hear about experiences of members of the qualitative research community. Informal workshops will be held on Fridays once a month from 2:00-4:00 pm. The first forum will take place on March 14 in Dalton Hall, Room 414. For more information, please email cyct@upei.ca

The UPEI Music Department is pleased to announce that the Student Junior and Senior Winter Recital Series brochure is now available here: http://www.upei.ca/arts/music/recital-series. All are invited to attend these free recitals, which all take place in the Dr. Steel Recital Hall, UPEI Campus.

Dr. Fabrice Berrue, UPEI/Nautilus Biosciences Canada, will present a seminar on Wednesday, February 5 at 12:30 pm. Dr. Berrue's presentation is entitled "Natural products Chemistry: Expanded Mission and New Opportunities." The seminar will be held in the Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre, Lecture Theatre Room 212. All are welcome to attend.

As chair of the search committee for the Dean of the School of Business I am pleased to announce Dr. Juergen Krause as a candidate for the position. Dr. Krause is currently a faculty member and Interim Dean in the School of Business. On Monday February 10 at 2:00 pm, Dr. Krause will make a public presentation. The presentation will be in McDougall Hall, Room 328 and all faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend. The topic of his talk will be "Describe your vision and fit for the position of the Dean of the School of Business at the University of Prince Edward Island." The search committee welcomes feedback and requests that it be forwarded by email to vpa@upei.ca by Friday, February 14, 2014. Sincerely, Dr. Christian Lacroix Interim Vice-President Academic

The final exam period for this semester will be April 9-23 (see general calendar dates). The exam schedule will be posted by mid-February. Thank you