UPEI parking permits are still available exclusively to faculty & staff. You can print your application by visiting http://www.upei.ca/facilities/services/get-staff-and-faculty-parking-pe…. Please have the form completed before coming to the Accounting Office to have it processed. The Accounting Office is located on the lower level of the Kelley Memorial Building. Please note that there is a limited number of designated parking spaces available. They will be sold first come, first served. If you have a balance owing to UPEI, without a payroll deduction in place, you will be required to clear your balance before purchasing a parking permit. Payment can be made by cash/cheque, credit/debit. Payroll deductions are required for gated B & C for full-time, permanent part-time employees which will begin in September for 26 pay periods. This is an ongoing deduction for permit purchases in gated lots B & C. A reminder that parking permits will be going on sale for students August 27, 2013. At that time, permit sales will be moved to the kiosk, main floor of the W.A. Murphy Student Centre, until permits are sold out. Hours of operation are 9:00 am-3:30 pm, Monday to Friday.

The next deadline for submitting biosafety protocols, including new applications, renewals, and/or amendments, is Monday, August 26. Please ensure that you download and use the current forms from http://research.upei.ca/forms. Use Adobe Reader to complete the forms. Submit one copy of the original protocol with signatures to 200 Kelley Memorial Building. Those protocols that are received after the deadline will be reviewed the following month. For more information, please contact Joy Knight at 620-5104.

UPEI moved over to a new and improved version of Moodle on Monday, August 5. Please note that all current courses will remain at the address old-moodle.upei.ca There will be a link at the top of moodle.upei.ca called "Old Moodle" where you will also be able to access your courses. Please note that when you want to move your old courses into the new Moodle you will need to go through the backup and restore process. To learn how to do the backup and restore process and to get an idea of the new features, please have a look at the UPEI New Moodle Features playlist at: youtube.com/eloatupei We will continue to offer more support throughout the rollout process and hope to make the process as convenient as possible. All questions from faculty and staff should be directed to:moodle@upei.ca.

The University has engaged an independent panel of three reviewers to conduct an assessment of programs and activities related to Island Studies. Panelists include Dr. Liette Vasseur of Brock University, Dr. Graham Whitelaw of Queen's University, and Mr. David MacDonald, PC. On Wednesday, August 14, Dr. Graham Whitelaw and Mr. David MacDonald will conduct the second site review and meet with as many of the key stakeholders as possible. Interested members of the campus community are invited to an *Open Campus Meeting with Wednesday, August 14 from 4:00–5:00 pm in the Kelley Memorial Building - Room 211.* The Terms of Reference for the assessment are available upon request by emailing dlawless@upei.ca

You're invited to submit stories, announcements, or departmental updates to UPEI's newsletter, the Campus Connector. The submission deadline for the next edition is Monday, August 19 by 5:00 pm. Submissions must follow these guidelines: -be emailed to Sheila Kerry at communications@upei.ca -sent in a Microsoft Word or plain text document -be no longer than 250 words The editors reserve the right to edit content, will not consider incomplete submissions, and cannot guarantee that all submitted materials will be published. If you have any questions or comments, please contact communications@upei.ca

O'Connor Glass will be replacing the thermo units in the windows on the east side and a portion of the north side of Kelley Memorial Building beginning Monday, August 12. This will take approximately three days to complete. If you have any questions please contact Jackie MacPhail at jmacphail@upei.ca or 566-6034.

The next deadline for submitting biosafety protocols, including new applications, renewals, and/or amendments, is Monday, August 26. Please ensure that you download and use the current forms from http://research.upei.ca/forms. Use Adobe Reader to complete the forms. Submit one copy of the original protocol with signatures to 200 Kelley Memorial Building. Those protocols that are received after the deadline will be reviewed the following month. For more information, please contact Joy Knight at 620-5104.

Please join the International Relations Office in welcoming 40 young women and their chaperones from the United Arab Emirates to take part in a 4-week program at UPEI. This UAE government-sponsored program is designed to help students develop their English and IT skills, leadership, and independence. UPEI is hosting the 16-18-year-old students in partnership with the Halifax private International Language Institute (ILI) from August 10-30. For more information, contact Cathy Gillan, 894-2817 or gillan@upei.ca

Please join the International Relations Office in welcoming 40 young women and their chaperones from the United Arab Emirates to take part in a 4-week program at UPEI. This UAE government-sponsored program is designed to help students develop their English and IT skills, leadership, and independence. UPEI is hosting the 16-18-year-old students in partnership with the Halifax private International Language Institute (ILI) from August 10-30. For more information, contact Cathy Gillan, 894-2817 or gillan@upei.ca

O'Connor Glass will be replacing the thermo units in the windows on the east side and a portion of the north side of Kelley Memorial Building beginning Monday, August 12. This will take approximately three days to complete. If you have any questions please contact Jackie MacPhail at jmacphail@upei.ca or 566-6034.

The next deadline for submitting biosafety protocols, including new applications, renewals, and/or amendments, is Monday, August 26. Please ensure that you download and use the current forms from http://research.upei.ca/forms. Use Adobe Reader to complete the forms. Submit one copy of the original protocol with signatures to 200 Kelley Memorial Building. Those protocols that are received after the deadline will be reviewed the following month. For more information, please contact Joy Knight at 620-5104.

O'Connor Glass will be replacing the thermo units in the windows on the east side and a portion of the north side of Kelley Memorial Building beginning Monday, August 12. This will take approximately three days to complete. If you have any questions please contact Jackie MacPhail at jmacphail@upei.ca or 566-6034.

The next deadline for submitting biosafety protocols, including new applications, renewals, and/or amendments, is Monday, August 26. Please ensure that you download and use the current forms from http://research.upei.ca/forms. Use Adobe Reader to complete the forms. Submit one copy of the original protocol with signatures to 200 Kelley Memorial Building. Those protocols that are received after the deadline will be reviewed the following month. For more information, please contact Joy Knight at 620-5104.

Please join the International Relations Office in welcoming 40 young women and their chaperones from the United Arab Emirates to take part in a 4-week program at UPEI. This UAE government-sponsored program is designed to help students develop their English and IT skills, leadership, and independence. UPEI is hosting the 16-18-year-old students in partnership with the Halifax private International Language Institute (ILI) from August 10-30. For more information, contact Cathy Gillan, 894-2817 or gillan@upei.ca

Campus Kids Junior Kindergarten will be offering part time (and full time) spaces for those who have been affected by the current changes on campus. Learning to cooperate in a community of learners and exposure to a stimulating environment in the junior kindergarten program will excite your child's curiosity and encourage cognitive development. Our safe and engaging Reggio-inspired environment provides a wealth of opportunity for these enterprising and energetic young learners to expand their interests and acquire information about the world around them. For more information, check out our website at http://campuskids.wix.com/reggio

Campus Kids Junior Kindergarten will be offering part time (and full time) spaces for those who have been affected by the current changes on campus. Learning to cooperate in a community of learners and exposure to a stimulating environment in the junior kindergarten program will excite your child's curiosity and encourage cognitive development. Our safe and engaging Reggio-inspired environment provides a wealth of opportunity for these enterprising and energetic young learners to expand their interests and acquire information about the world around them. For more information, check out our website at http://campuskids.wix.com/reggio

Campus Kids Junior Kindergarten will be offering part time (and full time) spaces for those who have been affected by the current changes on campus. Learning to cooperate in a community of learners and exposure to a stimulating environment in the junior kindergarten program will excite your child's curiosity and encourage cognitive development. Our safe and engaging Reggio-inspired environment provides a wealth of opportunity for these enterprising and energetic young learners to expand their interests and acquire information about the world around them. For more information, check out our website at http://campuskids.wix.com/reggio

Island Studies Press has relocated back to Main Building, Room 204 566-0386 Summer hours: Monday-Thursday, 8:30 am-4 pm

Research Services at UPEI is about to launch its fifth season of Research on Tap, and we'd like your help. Research on Tap is a monthly pub night, held on the first Tuesday of the month from October to April. We meet at a local pub (The Pourhouse, above Charlottetown's Old Triangle) for an evening of ideas, discussion, and debate. Are you a UPEI faculty member interested in leading one of these discussions? Please get in touch with research communications officer Dave Atkinson. He can be reached at datkinson@upei.ca or 620-5117. Each evening is led by one researcher from UPEI. That person lays out the central idea of their argument in about ten minutes. The rest of the hour is for questions, discussion, and debate. The conversation is interesting, engaged, and always lively. We average about 60 attendees (and have had more than 100 on a few occasions), more than half are from the general public. Discussions topics can be from any discipline, but should be accessible to the public, and should be related in some way to your research. As a general rule, if it would make for good dinner conversation, it would make for a good Research on Tap. If you have an idea, drop Dave a line. If you would like help focusing your idea into an appropriate Research on Tap subject, talk to Dave. He'd be glad to help.

For the past five weeks, 140 amazing sixteen and seventeen year olds have been on campus participating in the Explore Summer Language Program. Tomorrow (August 7) our students are presenting their final projects at our annual project fair where each student presents on a topic that interests them. Topics range from zombies to Beatles music and from the meaning of dreams to binary code; so its sure to be fun and informative. The fair takes place in McMillan Hall (the W.A. Murphy Student Centre) from 10:00-11:30 am and 1:30-3:00 pm. If you have a few minutes tomorrow, please drop by.