The Fall 2019 and Winter 2020 schedule is now available in the myUPEI Course Catalogue http://www.upei.ca/discovermore/course-catalogue. Incoming First Year students are now able to register for classes. 

Registration dates for all other students are as follows:
Fourth Year, Graduate Students, BEd students: May 16th, 2019
Third Year: May 21st, 2019
Second Year: May 24th, 2019
All other Students: May 27th, 2019

Any questions regarding registration may be directed to registrar@upei.ca.

The 2019 UPE/Holland College Canadian Cancer Society Relay for Life, scheduled to take place on March 15, 2019 at UPEI at 6pm. As in prior years, the campus is supporting this event and our team are collecting pledges and selling Luminaries, if you would like to purchase a Luminary in memory or recognition of a loved one who is (was) affected by cancer, please see the staff listed below to fill out the required form. 

Luminaries are candles that are placed in special bags that bear the names of cancer survivors and loved ones who have lost their battle with cancer. These luminaries will be displayed during the entire duration of the relay and will be the feature of a special ceremony honoring all the caregivers who support(ed) individuals with cancer. Luminaries sell for $5.00. Payment by cheque, cash or credit card.

We are fortunate to have the following staff assisting us in selling Luminaries. Here is a list of staff/buildings who will be collecting funds until 11:00 am on Friday, March 15, 2019. Please see them to purchase Luminaries.

Dalton Hall - Jenna Gaudet - Room 209
Dalton Hall - Sondra Gantner - Room 308
Robertson Library - Pauline MacPherson - Room 287

Selected first-year students are invited via their UPEI email to participate in the CUSC-CCREU 2019 Survey of First Year Students, along with students from more than 60 other Canadian institutions. Core areas covered by the survey include
• use of and satisfaction with various facilities and services
• experiences with faculty
• students’ academic profile
• financing education
• assessment of the overall university experience

First-year students are asked to check their UPEI email to see if they have received an invitation to participate in the survey. If so, they are asked to complete it as soon as possible. The survey will close in mid-April. Responses are confidential, and participation is voluntary. To learn more about the survey, visit http://cusc-ccreu.ca.

Sobia Ali-Faisal (Dept of Psychology) and Dawne Knockwood (Dept of Education) will be facilitating a workshop on building solidarity among Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) communities on campus for our well-being. We will be applying liberation psychological theory to:

• explore ways in which colonization impacts our well-being
• determine ways in which to challenge colonial understandings of being to create safe spaces for ourselves
• build community among BIPOC peoples on campus
• When: March 15th, 1 - 3pm
• Where: Andrew Hall, Room 142
• For: Faculty, staff, and students

It is a free workshop and refreshments will be provided.

Please feel free to email Sobia (sali@upei.ca) or Dawne (daknockwood@upei.ca) if you have any questions.

Another week, another article posted to get us all thinking together about issues of equity and inclusion. "How to make your social justice events accessible to the disability community" addresses the often invisible ways in which assumptions about ability permeate our everyday activities and practices, and provides a long list of ideas to move us to reconsider some of those assumptions. Head on over to http://projects.upei.ca/arts-equity-and-inclusion/ and click on the 'discussions' button. And share with your colleagues too.

The Faculty of Education invites members of the campus community - students, faculty and staff - to attend a public presentation by Dr. Kathy Snow, candidate for a tenure-track position in Educational Leadership & International Education. A public presentation on prospects and challenges for the future of International Education and Educational Leadership at UPEI will take place on Thursday, 14-Mar-2019, from 9:00am to 10:00am in Memorial Hall 308. For further information, contact Karen-Anne O'Halloran at kohalloran@upei.ca.

AS part of the Molecular and Macromolecular Sciences Seminar Program, Anayet Kabir will be giving a presentation on "Diatoms Loaded Self-assembled Nanomaterial for Drug Delivery". 
A rapidly expanding field that utilizes nature-inspired materials to create novel and functional biomimetics is known as “Biotemplating”. The diatomaceous earth is an exceptional template for drug delivery applications, owing largely to its highly-ordered pores, large surface area, species specific architecture, and flexibility for surface modifications. Diatomaceous earth have been studied in a wide range of biomedical applications but their potential as the next frontier of drug delivery has yet to be fully exploited. Diatoms are porous silica-based materials obtained from single cell photosynthetic algae. We are evaluating the potential of diatomaceous earth (DE) microparticles for the duel delivery of drugs as cancer therapeutics. The study described the self-assembly of adamantine modified diatomaceous earth in β-cyclodextrin architecture to prepare thixotropic gels of varying mechanical properties. The gels produced exhibit excelled drug absorption capacity and colloidal stability under different pH. The co-encapsulation of drugs in diatomaceous earth containing thixotropic materials is studied and their in vitro anticancer activities are evaluated. 

This event is today at 1:30 pm in KCI room 104. 

Join CLA & past Study Abroad participant, Kara Lamont, in the Campus Life Lounge for Coffee with a Stranger: Study Abroad Edition.

We will have snacks and drinks while talking about what it's like to participate in an international experience.

This event is Thursday, March 14 from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm in the Campus Life Lounge of Dalton Hall. 

All students are welcome to attend the 2019 UPEI Career & Summer Job Fair today to meet employers face-to-face and learn about employment opportunities.

Date: Today, Wednesday March 13th
Time: 10:30am-3:00pm
Location: W.A. Murphy Student Centre, McMillan Hall
Storm date: Thursday, March 14th, same time and location
Including free headshots for students from 12:30-2:30

Visit the Career Services Website or a list of the employers that will be at the fair: http://www.upei.ca/experientialeducation/upei-career-and-summer-job-fair

Scheduled Outage: DNS maintenance (March 13, 2018) beginning at 10:00 pm
Current Status: Initial Posting
Campus Affected: UPEI Campus
Systems Affected: All
Outage Times: Mar 13 2019, 10:00 pm - Mar 13 2019, 11:59 pm 

Details

On Wednesday March 13th, 2019, ITSS will be performing maintenance on our campus DNS servers between 10pm and Midnight. 

Devices on campus that are connected to wireless or the wired network may experience a delay when communicating with websites or services during this time.

Off-campus access to UPEI websites and services will be unaffected.

If you receive an error message and are unable to access a service during this window, please wait at least 5 minutes and try again until you are successful.

If you have any questions, please contact the ITSS Help Desk at 902-566-0465.

The The Atlantic Research Group on Economics of Immigration, Aging and Diversity, Saint Mary’s University will present “A Community Forum on Immigration, Mobility and Economy,” McMillan Hall in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre, on March 15, from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm. The forum is presented in partnership with the University of Prince Edward Island, the PEI Newcomers Association, and the PEI Immigration Partnership. Attendance is free, and lunch is provided. All are welcome. RSVP is required. Please contact Wimal Rankaduwa at (902) 449-0727 or wrankaduwa@upei.ca

Next meeting: Friday, March 22, 12:30-1:15, AVC 286N, to discuss: 
Graham C, von Keyserlingk M, Franks B. 2018. Zebrafish welfare: Natural history, social motivation and behaviour. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 200:13-22.
Available at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168159117303192?via%3Dihub 
The Animal Welfare Journal Club meets approximately once a month to discuss scientific articles related to animal welfare. Everyone is welcome to attend and to propose articles for future discussion. 
The club is co hosted by AVC’s Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre and Animal Welfare Club. Email acrook@upei.ca or jdamico@upei.ca to be on the e-mail list for future information.

Original stories written & illustrated & presented by English 2450: Children’s Literature students.

Where:        Main 211

When:         Tuesday, March 12,, 1:00-2:00 pm.
                   Thursday, March 14, 1:00-2:00 pm.

Four NEW stories on each day.

All are welcome (children, adults, & well-behaved four-footeds)

Contact: Deirdre Kessler: 902-892-6334, kessler@upei.ca

The University of Prince Edward Island lost a great friend and champion in Dr. Vera E. Dewar, CM OPEI BN LLD RN, who passed away on March 5, 2019, in Charlottetown. Dr. Dewar was instrumental in the establishment of the UPEI School of Nursing and subsequently the Master of Nursing program and construction of the Health Sciences Building. She was conferred with an honorary Doctor of Laws from UPEI in 2003, was named to the Order of Canada (CM) in 2011 and Order of PEI (OPEI) in 2013, and was awarded the Queen's Jubilee Medal in 2012.

The flags at the University have been lowered to half-mast in Dr. Dewar’s memory. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Maclean’s Funeral Home. Read the full story

The 2019 UPE/Holland College Canadian Cancer Society Relay for Life, scheduled to take place on March 15, 2019 at UPEI at 6pm. As in prior years, the campus is supporting this event and our team are collecting pledges and selling Luminaries, if you would like to purchase a Luminary in memory or recognition of a loved one who is (was) affected by cancer, please see the staff listed below to fill out the required form. 

Luminaries are candles that are placed in special bags that bear the names of cancer survivors and loved ones who have lost their battle with cancer. These luminaries will be displayed during the entire duration of the relay and will be the feature of a special ceremony honoring all the caregivers who support(ed) individuals with cancer. Luminaries sell for $5.00. Payment by cheque, cash or credit card.

We are fortunate to have the following staff assisting us in selling Luminaries. Here is a list of staff/buildings who will be collecting funds until 11:00 am on Friday, March 15, 2019. Please see them to purchase Luminaries.

Dalton Hall - Jenna Gaudet - Room 209
Dalton Hall - Sondra Gantner - Room 308
Robertson Library - Pauline MacPherson - Room 287

The University of Prince Edward Island is excited to partner with Madrid's Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (URJC) to deliver a joint one-year master's degree.

To learn more about this exciting program, please join us for an information session on Monday, March 18th, from 3:00-4:30 pm in the Dawson Lounge Room 520 in the SDU Main Building (building 5).

The Faculty of Graduate Studies is excited to invite everyone to come out and watch the 3 Minute Thesis competition on Tuesday, March 12, the competition starts at 5:30 in 242 MacDougall Hall. There will be pizza at 5:00 pm for anyone who is attending the 3MT. 
The 3MT is a skills development activity which challenges thesis-based graduate students to explain their research project to a non-specialist audience in just three minutes. Great prizes and lots of GREAT research.
Come out and support the Graduate Students competing and enjoy a fun-filled evening.

Speaker: Ashley McKibbon, Pathology and Microbiology
Title: Analysis of structural proteins of Atlantic salmon bafinivirus, a coronavirus of fish

Speaker: Vernon Ptycia-Lamky, Biomedical Sciences
Title: Natural Product Discovery from Bahamian Actinobacteria

This event is Tuesday, March 12 at 3:30 pm in AVC Lecture Theatre B. 

Chartwells UPEI will be participating in the island-wide bake sale on Monday, March 11 for PEI's only shelter for companion animals. We will be selling cupcakes for $3 starting at 11am at Samuel's Cafe and the AVC Cafe with proceeds going directly to the PEI Humane Society!

If you want to customize a cupcake with an edible print of your pet, send a photo to via.reyes@compass-canada.com by Saturday, March 9th.