There's been some recent staffing changes in Integrated Communications so your campus notice point of contact has changed. If you have an upcoming event or initiative you'd like included in the daily campus notice e-blast, please submit them to communications@upei.ca. For more information, please contact Sheila Kerry, Media Relations and Communications Officer at skerry@upei.ca.

President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz invites you to the University's first annual Donor Picnic on Wednesday, September 25 at 11:30 am. The event has been moved to The McCain Foundation Learning Commons at AVC due to the pending weather forecast. The Donor Picnic is one of the many ways UPEI is celebrating its donors - please join us! The picnic will be followed by the Recognition of Founders Ceremony and the MacLauchlan Plaza dedication.

The campus community is cordially invited to attend the fourteenth annual Recognition of Founders Ceremony and the MacLauchlan Plaza Dedication on Wednesday, September 25, at 12:30 pm. Please join us in the plaza outside the Health Sciences Building to honour the 2013 founders: Janice Robertson (posthumously), Bob MacAulay (posthumously), Verner Smitheram, Mike Read, and John and Carol MacLeod (Honourable Eugene F. Whelan Green Hat Award). Reception to follow in McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre. Rain location: McMillan Hall.

The first annual Subway Panther Pride 3v3 basketball tournament will take place on Sunday, September 29 at UPEI’s Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre and Colonel Gray High School. The tournament will raise funds for the UPEI Women’s Basketball program in support of their exhibition game schedule and athletic financial awards. The tournament will feature five divisions for both males and females—grades 4–6, 7–9, 10–12, an open recreation division, and an open competitive masters division. Registration is $60.00 per team with teams of three to four players. For more information or to register, contact UPEI Panther Central at panthercentral@upei.ca, (902) 368-6308; visit Courtside Sneakers at www.courtsidesneakers.com, or contact organizer Chris Huggan at clhuggan@edu.pe.ca or (902) 368-6860 ext. 250.

The upcoming course, "Writing for the Workplace" includes two days in the classroom (October 10 and November 14) with the remainder of the course taking place online. Participants will complete approximately 3 hours of work each week. Writing for the Workplace will help you master the following specific skills: -Writing summaries that are accurate and detailed -Writing reports with clarity and focus -Using appropriate language for business context -Avoiding technical errors -Composing effective e-mails and observing e-mail etiquette -Creating effective reports, proposals, and employee evaluations For more information, visit http://lifelonglearning.upei.ca/professionaldevelopment/writing-workpla… or contact lifelong@upei.ca, 566-0336

The UPEI Student Union is partnering with Farm Credit Canada's Drive Away Hunger to help support local food banks. We are excited about this partnership as any food or monetary donation collected will go to support the UPEI Food Bank. All donations can be dropped off at the UPEI Student Union office by Oct 15. For more information contact Melissa at 566-0430.

The campus community is cordially invited to attend the fourteenth annual Recognition of Founders Ceremony and the MacLauchlan Plaza Dedication on Wednesday, September 25, at 12:30 pm. Please join us in the plaza outside the Health Sciences Building to honour the 2013 founders: Janice Robertson (posthumously), Bob MacAulay (posthumously), Verner Smitheram, Mike Read, and John and Carol MacLeod (Honourable Eugene F. Whelan Green Hat Award). Reception to follow in McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre. Rain location: McMillan Hall.

The first annual Subway Panther Pride 3v3 basketball tournament will take place on Sunday, September 29 at UPEI’s Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre and Colonel Gray High School. The tournament will raise funds for the UPEI Women’s Basketball program in support of their exhibition game schedule and athletic financial awards. The tournament will feature five divisions for both males and females—grades 4–6, 7–9, 10–12, an open recreation division, and an open competitive masters division. Registration is $60.00 per team with teams of three to four players. For more information or to register, contact UPEI Panther Central at panthercentral@upei.ca, (902) 368-6308; visit Courtside Sneakers at www.courtsidesneakers.com, or contact organizer Chris Huggan at clhuggan@edu.pe.ca or (902) 368-6860 ext. 250.

The upcoming course, "Writing for the Workplace" includes two days in the classroom (October 10 and November 14) with the remainder of the course taking place online. Participants will complete approximately 3 hours of work each week. Writing for the Workplace will help you master the following specific skills: -Writing summaries that are accurate and detailed -Writing reports with clarity and focus -Using appropriate language for business context -Avoiding technical errors -Composing effective e-mails and observing e-mail etiquette -Creating effective reports, proposals, and employee evaluations For more information, visit http://lifelonglearning.upei.ca/professionaldevelopment/writing-workpla… or contact lifelong@upei.ca, 566-0336

The UPEI Student Union is partnering with Farm Credit Canada's Drive Away Hunger to help support local food banks. We are excited about this partnership as any food or monetary donation collected will go to support the UPEI Food Bank. All donations can be dropped off at the UPEI Student Union office by Oct 15. For more information contact Melissa at 566-0430.

There's been some recent staffing changes in Integrated Communications so your campus notice point of contact has changed. If you have an upcoming event or initiative you'd like included in the daily campus notice e-blast, please submit them to communications@upei.ca. For more information, please contact Sheila Kerry, Media Relations and Communications Officer at skerry@upei.ca.

President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz invites you to the University's first annual Donor Picnic on Wednesday, September 25 at 11:30 am. The event has been moved to The McCain Foundation Learning Commons at AVC due to the pending weather forecast. The Donor Picnic is one of the many ways UPEI is celebrating its donors - please join us! The picnic will be followed by the Recognition of Founders Ceremony and the MacLauchlan Plaza dedication.

Staff and faculty are invited to participate in Education Day 2013 on Thursday, September 26. Visit a society fair in the concourse of the W.A. Murphy Student Centre from 10:00 am–2:00 pm; join members of UPEI Student Union for a BBQ at 11:30 am, outside of the W.A. Murphy Student Centre; and end the day off with trivia for students, staff, and faculty in McMillan Hall at 8:00 pm. Fantastic prizes to be won! For more information, contact Travis Gordon at 566-0648 or executivevp@upeisu.ca

Listen to UPEI Education Phd candidate Bonnie Stewart explain what crowdfunding can and cannot accomplish in a documentary that aired on this weekend's edition of CBC Radio's The Sunday Edition. http://www.cbc.ca/news/even-crowdfunding-can-t-save-this-family-farm-1… The Globe and Mail paid tribute to UPEI honorary degree recipient James (Jim) Palmer who passed away on August 27. Read more from the Special to The Globe and Mail:http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/lawyer-jim-palmer-a-rare-b… UPEI football defensive star Hubert "Sock" Macdonald and UPEI Sports Hall of Fame inductee will be inducted into the PEI Sports Hall of Fame on September 27. Read more from The Journal Pioneer: http://www.journalpioneer.com/Sports/2013-09-19/article-3395310/Dual-at… Stay up to date by browsing UPEI "In the News" here: http://news.upei.ca/inthenews

Staff and faculty are invited to participate in Education Day 2013 on Thursday, September 26. Visit a society fair in the concourse of the W.A. Murphy Student Centre from 10:00 am–2:00 pm; join members of UPEI Student Union for a BBQ at 11:30 am, outside of the W.A. Murphy Student Centre; and end the day off with trivia for students, staff, and faculty in McMillan Hall at 8:00 pm. Fantastic prizes to be won! For more information, contact Travis Gordon at 566-0648 or executivevp@upeisu.ca

Listen to UPEI Education Phd candidate Bonnie Stewart explain what crowdfunding can and cannot accomplish in a documentary that aired on this weekend's edition of CBC Radio's The Sunday Edition. http://www.cbc.ca/news/even-crowdfunding-can-t-save-this-family-farm-1… The Globe and Mail paid tribute to UPEI honorary degree recipient James (Jim) Palmer who passed away on August 27. Read more from the Special to The Globe and Mail:http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/lawyer-jim-palmer-a-rare-b… UPEI football defensive star Hubert "Sock" Macdonald and UPEI Sports Hall of Fame inductee will be inducted into the PEI Sports Hall of Fame on September 27. Read more from The Journal Pioneer: http://www.journalpioneer.com/Sports/2013-09-19/article-3395310/Dual-at… Stay up to date by browsing UPEI "In the News" here: http://news.upei.ca/inthenews

Staff and faculty are invited to participate in Education Day 2013 on Thursday, September 26. Visit a society fair in the concourse of the W.A. Murphy Student Centre from 10:00 am–2:00 pm; join members of UPEI Student Union for a BBQ at 11:30 am, outside of the W.A. Murphy Student Centre; and end the day off with trivia for students, staff, and faculty in McMillan Hall at 8:00 pm. Fantastic prizes to be won! For more information, contact Travis Gordon at 566-0648 or executivevp@upeisu.ca

Listen to UPEI Education Phd candidate Bonnie Stewart explain what crowdfunding can and cannot accomplish in a documentary that aired on this weekend's edition of CBC Radio's The Sunday Edition. http://www.cbc.ca/news/even-crowdfunding-can-t-save-this-family-farm-1… The Globe and Mail paid tribute to UPEI honorary degree recipient James (Jim) Palmer who passed away on August 27. Read more from the Special to The Globe and Mail:http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/lawyer-jim-palmer-a-rare-b… UPEI football defensive star Hubert "Sock" Macdonald and UPEI Sports Hall of Fame inductee will be inducted into the PEI Sports Hall of Fame on September 27. Read more from The Journal Pioneer: http://www.journalpioneer.com/Sports/2013-09-19/article-3395310/Dual-at… Stay up to date by browsing UPEI "In the News" here: http://news.upei.ca/inthenews

Panther fans are invited to come out this weekend to watch exciting university sport action. In addition to hosting the first Atlantic University Field Hockey Tournament this season on the UPEI Turf Field, the UPEI Panthers are at home for exhibition Women’s Hockey play (versus University Ontario Institute of Technology) and regular league action in Women’s Rugby (versus St. Francis Xavier University). Friday 7:00 pm (W) Hockey vs UOIT Saturday 8:30–11:15 am (Field) Hockey 5s 12:00–8:00 pm Atlantic University Field Hockey Tournament #1 - see gopanthersgo.ca for full schedule 2:30 pm (W) Hockey vs UOIT 3:00 pm (W) Rugby vs StFX Sunday 9:00 am–2:00 pm Atlantic University Field Hockey Tournament #1 - see gopanthersgo.ca for full schedule

PEI History of Medicine Society September 27 at 7 pm Main Building Faculty Lounge The first meeting of the PEI History of Medicine Society will feature Dr. Sasha Mullally, history professor at UNB, on the topic of "The Origins of Occupational Therapy in North America: Therapeutic Craft, Creativity and Productive Citizenship, 1890s-1940s." Dr. Shannon Murray (UPEI English) will also speak on “John Milton's Blindness: a Seventeenth-century Consultation." All are welcome!