Campus Notices
We are in the final week of four weeks of our FSDE graduate students presenting their thesis research in three minutes, for the purpose of preparing and practicing clear, concise, and inspired talks. This week we have four 3-minute presentations:
"Reducing the cost of floating wind turbine farms using shared mooring lines”
Patrick Connolly
"The development and scale up of a continuous system for processing tunicates”
Charles Terrio
“Growing the difficult to grow: Into the design of a microbial growth device”
Tartela Alkayyali
“A surf and turf approach to bioprinting of neuron cells”
Haley Butler
Wednesday, March 27, 12:00 noon to 1:00 PM in SDE 212, all are welcomed!
All are welcome to join Senator Peter Harder on Wednesday, March 27 at 2:00 pm in the Faculty Lounge, SDU Main Building for a public lecture on the importance of Canada's Chamber of "second sober thought" especially to smaller provinces. He will elaborate on how the new independent system actually enhances the voices of the smaller provinces as well as those of minority groups and Indigenous Canadians. He will also discuss the need for a Senate committee to keep a close eye on Senate expenses in the wake of the spending difficulties of the last Parliament.
Senator Harder entered the Upper Chamber in April 2016, as the first Independent Senator appointed under a new non-partisan selection process that invites all eligible Canadians to submit applications. He arrived in the Senate with nearly 30 years of experience in the federal public service, and a decade serving as a volunteer in various organizations and as a member of several boards of directors.
In the Senate, Senator Harder is tasked with both shepherding government legislation through the Upper Chamber and leading efforts on reform towards a more independent, accountable and transparent institution.
The Senator’s visit to Charlottetown is day two of a two-day trip in Atlantic Canada. Earlier on Wednesday, he will visit a local school where students will sing O Canada in Mi’kmaq. Senator Harder meets later in the day with the Mi’kmaq Confederacy of PEI.
In ever increasing numbers, grandparents are taking on the responsibility of raising their grandchildren. Grandparents who are the primary care providers to their grandchildren are faced with multiple complexities. Currently, there is a lack of awareness and understanding about the complexities of this family form. As a way to more fully understand the issues and opportunities facing grandparents raising grandchildren, a post-conference symposium will be held at UPEI in MacMillian Hall on March 29, 2019. In partnership with the Central Eastern Grandparents Initiative (CEGI), UPEI and the Vanier institute of the Family this symposium builds upon the two day Families in Canada conference being hosted at UPEI on March 27-28, 2019.
This post-conference symposium will examine issues facing grandparents raising grandchildren. During the day, delegates from the private, public and social sectors will come together to focus on the concept of “the child in the center” and to create new opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration and communication among those study, serve and grandparents raising children locally, provincially and nationally.
Click here for more information about the families in Canada post-conference symposium.
Up to 10 Presidential Awards of Merit for UPEI Faculty, Librarians, Clinical Veterinary Professionals and Clinical Nursing Instructors and four categories of Presidential Awards of Merit for UPEI Staff will be awarded in 2019. These awards will be presented during a Celebration of Colleagues to be held on Tuesday, April 30, 2019 from 10:30am-12:00pm in McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre.
Susan Connolly, Associate Vice-President, Human Resources & Legal, will lead the process and chair the committee to select award recipients.
Nominations for both faculty and staff awards close on Friday, March 29, 2019.
For further details on the awards and the nomination process, please visit: http://www.upei.ca/president/presidential-recognition-awards-merit
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With final exams approaching, registration can begin on Access Deck under the "Final Exams" section. Please be sure to input your exam requests in the final exams section and not the midterm/test section. All final exam requests MUST be submitted by Sunday, March 31st at midnight to secure accommodations. Requests that come in after this date may not receive accommodation.
As always, exam requests will be verified 3-4 days before the exam to provide time for professors to submit exams to Student Affairs. Please check your Access Deck Login page for information regarding exam start time, exam location, and proctor. You must have a piece of photo ID with you for each of your final exams.
For questions regarding exam requests or accommodations, please contact Amanda Squires, our Accessibility Support Facilitator at amangallant@upei.ca or 902-566-0668.
As part of UPEI’s 50th anniversary, the Robertson Library is presenting a lecture series to celebrate the historical roots of higher education on Prince Edward Island and its future. The series is named after educator Frank Pigot, honoured as a UPEI Founder for his work building the Library’s PEI Collection and University Archives.
Dr. Edward MacDonald’s will deliver the first lecture of the series on Tuesday, March 26 from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm in the Faculty Lounge of UPEI’s SDU Main Building. Dr. MacDonald’s presentation is titled “The School of Experience: A Patchwork Quilt of Informal Island Education, 1825-1965.”
While the Island’s formal education system evolved slowly and painfully across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, other, more informal modes of teaching and learning developed to answer Islanders’ educational needs. From the agricultural societies and mechanics’ institutes of the first half of the 20th century, through the farmer’s institutes that followed, to the adult education underpinning of the Antigonish Movement and the DIY ethos of community schools in the 1960s, these informal systems of education shared one characteristic: they emphasized various kinds of practical, applied learning for Islanders who found themselves outside the province’s structured educational system.
Refreshments will be provided. Everyone is welcome.
On March 27 and 28, 2019, the University of Prince Edward Island will host an event called “Think BIG! Exploring Issues and Opportunities to Promote Family Well-being on Prince Edward Island” in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre’s McMillan Hall. This event is part of the Vanier Institute of the Family’s pan-Canadian Families in Canada Conference 2019 (#FAM2019) that will be taking place in Ottawa and simultaneously at seven co-hosting university partners across the country. A unique aspect of the UPEI event is a post-symposium on March 29 about grandparents raising their grandchildren in McMillan Hall from 9 am to 3 pm. To register for the UPEI event, visit https://familiesincanada.ca/upei/
As part of the interview process, Dr. Cuq has been asked to present two brief seminars; one suitable for 3rd year DVM students and the other a presentation of his research interests.
MONDAY, March 25th, 2019
12:30pm, AVC Lecture Theatre 'C'
Treatment & Management of Hypoadrenocorticism
Interleukin-17 in Canine Immune-mediated Hemolytic Anemia
Any interested faculty / staff are invited to attend. A copy of his CV and letter of application will be available from Laurel Fisher (fisher@upei.ca).
Title: Investigations into two separate approaches for microbial natural product discovery: in situ bacterial isolation and fungal co-culture
These three days are a celebration of the accomplishments of our graduate students and their research efforts. Over the course of the three days, graduate students from multiple faculties will present their research orally.
Call for Abstracts - Deadline Extended to April 5, 2019!
The faculty of Graduate Studies invites all graduate students to submit an abstract for a presentation to the second UPEI Graduate Studies and Research Conference. For details on submissions, please refer to the Call for Abstracts: http://www.upei.ca/graduatestudies/notice/annual-upei-graduate-studies-and-research-conference
On Tuesday, March 26th from 10:30 to 11:30 anyone involved in instruction is invited to come hear about research on the design of learning targets, what works and what doesn't and how targets created for learners need to be different than those created for instructors. The workshop takes place in Room 265 of the Robertson Library. REGISTER
Colorectal cancer does not always display obvious symptoms, especially in early stages, but free testing is available to help identify when the illness may be developing.
Screening using the FIT (Fecal Immunochemical Test) Kit is recommended every two years for those of average risk who are 50 to 74 years of age. Average risk means no family history of colorectal cancer (parent or sibling) or no symptoms such as a change in bowel movements, visible blood in the stool, or excessive vomiting. The test screens stool for signs of blood which can indicate the presence of polyps or cancer cells.
Testing is simple, can be done in the comfort of your home and takes only a few minutes. Anyone can do this test to detect warning signs of cancer and take action while you are still feeling healthy. It’s convenient, free and improves your chances of survival. Pick up a FIT kit at the UPEI Health & Wellness Centre, 2nd Floor North, Murphy Building.
Up to 10 Presidential Awards of Merit for UPEI Faculty, Librarians, Clinical Veterinary Professionals and Clinical Nursing Instructors and four categories of Presidential Awards of Merit for UPEI Staff will be awarded in 2019. These awards will be presented during a Celebration of Colleagues to be held on Tuesday, April 30, 2019 from 10:30am-12:00pm in McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre.
Susan Connolly, Associate Vice-President, Human Resources & Legal, will lead the process and chair the committee to select award recipients.
Nominations for both faculty and staff awards close on Friday, March 29, 2019.
For further details on the awards and the nomination process, please visit: http://www.upei.ca/president/presidential-recognition-awards-merit
I am working as a group member conducting research into the mussel industry for a third-year business course (BUS 3910). My group has created a short, anonymous survey asking about various knowledge and attitudes of mussels. Please fill take 2 minutes to complete this form and help us out. Thanks! -Keegan Dyment
