Join your friends and colleagues for the annual SugarPlum Lunch in the Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall on December 19, 2012. Enjoy a festive turkey dinner, caroling, and a visit from Santa! Tickets can be reserved by contacting catering@upei.ca.

The University of Prince Edward Island and the UPEI Alumni Association invite everyone to our New Year's Levee. Please join us on Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at 11:00 am - 1:00 pm in Don and Marion McDougall Hall, Schurman Market Square. For more information, contact Debbie MacDonald at (902) 566-0687.

Dr. Andrea Bourque is a Clinical Professional, Diagnostic Anatomic Pathologist with Diagnostic Services at the Atlantic Veterinary College and is a candidate for adjunct & graduate faculty with the Department of Pathology & Microbiology. Dr. Bourque will be presenting a seminar on Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 9:30 a.m. in AVC Lecture Theatre B. Her presentation is entitled "Diagnostic Immunohistochemistry: Witchcraft or the gospel? Or maybe somewhere in between". All are welcome.

The UPEI men’s hockey team will take on the Université de Moncton Aigles Bleus in an exhibition game on Saturday, December 29, at 7:30 pm at the Credit Union Arena in Tignish. Tickets can be purchased at the arena in advance or on game night for $10 adults, $5 students/seniors.

January 21, 1-3pm: Introduction to the Teaching Dossier January 28, 1-3pm: Writing a Statement of Teaching Philosophy February 4, 1-3pm: Preparing a Research Dossier The Faculty Development Office offers dossier workshops for faculty interested in compiling a file for tenure or promotion -- or simply for developmental purposes. The first, delivered by Shannon Murray and Sue Dawson, introduces the principles of the teaching dossier, outlines the requirements for tenure and promotion in the Faculty Handbook, and suggests a variety of ways to present your teaching for others. The second workshop looks at the statement of Teaching Philosophy, a standard but challenging item in a teaching dossier. Participants will begin the process of drafting that statement. And on February 4, Katherine Schultz will suggest ways to make the research portion of your tenure and promotion file accessible to a broad readership. The workshops are open to all, but registration is required. To register for one or all of the workshops, please email Krystal Mayne (kmayne@upei.ca) by January 17. For more information, contact Shannon Murray (smurray@upei.ca, 566-0404).

Men's Hockey exhibition game vs. STU 7 pm

Men's Hockey game vs. ACA 7 pm

Men's Hockey vs. DAL 7 pm

President-Designate Alaa Abd-El-Aziz and his family will be at McMillan Hall in the W. A.Murphy Centre for a Hot Chocolate Social to meet Students, Faculty and Staff.

Instructors: Dirk Pfeiffer, Dr Med Vet MACVSc PhD DipECVPH Professor of Veterinary Epidemiology The Royal Veterinary College University of London and Javier Sanchez, DVM PhD CFIA Research Chair- Risk Analysis Canadian Regulatory Veterinary Epidemiology Network CRVE Net Atlantic Veterinary College Course Content: The goal of this course is provide a practical guide for handling spatial data using open-source software. At the end of the course the participants should have developed a set of skills to manipulate spatial information. Although limited, the participants will be provided with basic concepts of geographical information systems and spatial epidemiology such as spatial data representation, different types of spatial information, and a short introduction to spatial data analysis. The course will focus on the practical aspects of data management, data processing and data visualization of the main types of spatial data: point patterns, aggregated and continuous spatial data using open source software. The main software used will be Quantum GIS, including some of its main add-in applications. Where appropriate, other open-source tools will be briefly introduced. Participants are encouraged to bring their own data so that they have an opportunity to practice some of the concepts covered in the course with their own data.