Jack Frost Winterfest 20% Discount for UPEI Alumni, Faculty and Staff

The UPEI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION is offering an exclusive 20% DISCOUNT for UPEI ALUMNI, FACULTY and STAFF attending JACK FROST WINTERFEST! 

Help celebrate UPEI’s 50th Anniversary by visiting the UPEI booth in the lobby of the Eastlink Centre on Saturday, February 16 between 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm. 
Say Hello to Pride the Panther and some of his Jack Frost Character Friends, get some Free Swag, Free Cookies, and Enter to WIN some Awesome Prizes!

From January 2 – February 8th register with the UPEI Alumni office to receive your special promotion code for discount on ticket purchases and be automatically entered for your chance to win up to 4 Jack Frost Weekend Passes. 
The lucky winners will be contacted on February 11. 
Contact Sarah today at shastelow@upei.ca or by calling 902-566-0615.

Once you have your promo code you will be all set to purchase your weekend passes.

For tickets and the full schedule visit
jackfrostfestival.com

The University of Prince Edward Island and the UPEI Alumni Association invite you to the UPEI New Year's Levee! Join us as we kick of the celebration of UPEI's 50th Anniversary!

Tuesday, January 1, 2019, 11:30am - 1pm
Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering

For more information: 902-566-0687 / alumni@upei.ca.

Once again MHW will be hosting “Let’s Listen”, UPEI’s Mental Health Week Wrap-up event. We are looking for up to six members of the UPEI community (students, faculty, and staff) who would be willing to share their personal and/or supportive experience with mental health. You would be asked to speak for approximately 5 minutes in a safe, relaxed, and non-judgmental environment, and then engage in small group discussions with the support of professional staff as co-facilitators. You will have the full support of a representative from the UPEI Counselling Services to prepare and work with you throughout the presentation. 

If you’re interested in being a part of our Let’s Listen event and are willing to share your story, please contact Grace Gibson at ggibson@upei.ca by Wednesday, Jan. 16th. 

Let’s Listen to be held: Fri. February 1st, 3:30 - 5:00, The Fox & Crow.

A reminder from Shipping and Receiving. There will be no services available between December 22nd and January 2nd. Please ensure that all perishables and sensitive products ordered will be received before December 21st.

We also remind the campus that the University's Shipping and Receiving Department is for University business only. There should be no personal parcels sent from or to Shipping and Receiving.

Please mark your calendars for January 16th from 12-1 (location TBA) for a talk entitled "Teaching iGen: Considerations for the Next Decade of University Instruction," presented by Dr. Dany MacDonald, Department of Applied Human Sciences.

Students currently attending our classes have been named the iGen generation. With them, these students carry many characteristics that affect how they should be taught. This brown-bag lunch session will start by providing an overview of iGen by identifying important considerations regarding this group of students and subsequently outline implications for the classroom. Following a brief presentation, a discussion regarding the impact of iGen in the classroom will take place. 

Individuals interested in reading about iGen can look at the following text. The presentation will be based on the arguments made in the book.

Twenge, J.M. (2017). iGen: Why today’s super-connected kids are growing up less rebellious, more tolerant, less happy – and completely unprepared for adulthood. Simon & Schuster, Inc: New York, NY. ISBN: 978-1-5011-5198-9

Are you considering cancelling one of your classes due to a scheduling conflict? Consider a professional skills development workshop instead – UPEI’s Professionalization program, run through the Office of Experiential Education, offers customized in-class workshops. Possible topics include: interpersonal communication, teamwork, career development, and resume writing. For more information or to schedule a workshop, contact Tara Corman at tcorman@upei.ca

Dr. Stephen Howard is retiring on December 31st after 34 years of service to the University. The School of Mathematical & Computational Sciences invites the campus community to a retirement reception for Stephen on Wednesday, December 19th from 2 to 4 pm at Schurman Market Square, McDougall Hall. Light refreshments will be served. 

We hope you can join us to wish Stephen all the best in his retirement.

Once again MHW will be hosting “Let’s Listen”, UPEI’s Mental Health Week Wrap-up event. We are looking for up to six members of the UPEI community (students, faculty, and staff) who would be willing to share their personal and/or supportive experience with mental health. You would be asked to speak for approximately 5 minutes in a safe, relaxed, and non-judgmental environment, and then engage in small group discussions with the support of professional staff as co-facilitators. You will have the full support of a representative from the UPEI Counselling Services to prepare and work with you throughout the presentation. 

If you’re interested in being a part of our Let’s Listen event and are willing to share your story, please contact Grace Gibson at ggibson@upei.ca by Wednesday, Jan. 16th. 

Let’s Listen to be held: Fri. February 1st, 3:30 - 5:00, The Fox & Crow.

Student Affairs will be closed Thursday December 20 for a staff development day. If you have an on campus emergency contact security services 902-566-0384.

How much time do you spend reflecting on your instruction? Would you like to do more? Why not start 2019 off with a commitment to become more reflective? In this workshop, participants will be provided with exercises to practice reflection daily over a 30 day period. This is a collaborative and social learning experience. Participants will share their own reflections and comment on the reflections of others. The workshop consists of two face-to-face sessions (January 8th and February 6th, 12:00-1:00 PM, Rm 292 Robertson Library) with the remainder of the workshop occurring online between those two sessions. Register early as space is limited for this event. REGISTER

Once again MHW will be hosting “Let’s Listen”, UPEI’s Mental Health Week Wrap-up event. We are looking for up to six members of the UPEI community (students, faculty, and staff) who would be willing to share their personal and/or supportive experience with mental health. You would be asked to speak for approximately 5 minutes in a safe, relaxed, and non-judgmental environment, and then engage in small group discussions with the support of professional staff as co-facilitators. You will have the full support of a representative from the UPEI Counselling Services to prepare and work with you throughout the presentation. 

If you’re interested in being a part of our Let’s Listen event and are willing to share your story, please contact Grace Gibson at ggibson@upei.ca by Wednesday, Jan. 16th. 

Let’s Listen to be held: Fri. February 1st, 3:30 - 5:00, The Fox & Crow

Are you considering cancelling one of your classes due to a scheduling conflict? Consider a professional skills development workshop instead – UPEI’s Professionalization program, run through the Office of Experiential Education, offers customized in-class workshops. Possible topics include: interpersonal communication, teamwork, career development, and resume writing. For more information or to schedule a workshop, contact Tara Corman at tcorman@upei.ca

Dr. Stephen Howard is retiring on December 31st after 34 years of service to the University. The School of Mathematical & Computational Sciences invites the campus community to a retirement reception for Stephen on Tuesday, December 18th from 2 to 4 pm at Schurman Market Square, McDougall Hall. Light refreshments will be served. 

We hope you can join us to wish Stephen all the best in his retirement.