All faculty and staff are invited to attend the 2018 Celebration of Colleagues on Tuesday, May 15, 2018.

In recognition of the outstanding performance of our faculty and staff and their dedication to students and community, the annual Presidential Recognition Awards of Merit and 25 Year Service Awards will be presented at this event.

Please join us on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 from 2:00 - 4:00 pm in McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre. 

The UPEI Master in Global Affairs program welcomes Dr. Javier Esguevillas (Director, MGA URJC-Strasbourg) who will deliver a presentaion on "The Council of Europe and Graduate Studies in the XXI Century: Rule of Law, Democracy and the Refugee Crisis" on Thursday May 10, 3:00 pm McDougall Hall 329.

All are welcome to attend the lecture!

The regular May 2018 Island Studies Lecture takes place on Tuesday, May 15, at 7 p.m. in the SDU Main Building Faculty Lounge on the UPEI campus and will feature L.M. Montgomery scholar Dr. Kate Scarth speaking about “Anne of Charlottetown and Summerside: L.M. Montgomery’s Urban PEI.”

Read more on the UPEI Events Calendar.

The Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering at UPEI will be holding its 2nd ProGRES Summer Program to promote engineering research interest and involvement among young women in high school. Through the ProGRES Program, high-school students will have the opportunity to participate in cutting-edge research projects with world-class researchers in state-of-the-art facilities. The selected students will work directly with a woman faculty researcher and mentor on an independent research project, and they will have opportunities to meet and work with women engineers and women engineering students.

Young women of Prince Edward Island going into grades 11 and 12 are encouraged to apply for the ProGRES Summer Program by completing this application form. Application forms will be reviewed and successful applicants will be selected to participate in engineering research projects at UPEI’s Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering for a five-week period (July 9 – August 10). Each participant will also be awarded a stipend of $2200. There will be 7-8 participants selected, depending on interest.

Participants will be asked to share their research experiences with the public and their peers in the following school year. The hope is that the shared research experiences will encourage more young women to choose Engineering at UPEI and see how women can thrive and be successful as engineering researchers or professional engineers.

Application deadline is Monday, May 28, 2018, by 5:00 PM.

The UPEI Faculty of Business is launching a new MBA in Global Leadership program this fall. This twelve month cohort-model program is designed for those who have completed an undergraduate degree and wish to pursue graduate studies.

Anyone interested in learning more about this new program is invited to an information session on Thursday, May 10, from 12:15 to 1:15 pm in AVC 218S. The MBA Coordinator will be there to give an overview of the program and there will be a representative from the Registrar’s Office there to assist candidates in making their application to the program.

The $75 application fee will be waived for those in attendance that apply at the session. There will be pizza and refreshments! Please call (902)-894-2866 or email cprime@upei.ca to reserve a seat.

Professional Development will be offering a popular three-day Project Management Essentials course from May 15 to 17, 2018. This fundamental course is an accessible, hands-on journey through a project from initiation to closing, with a special emphasis on initiation and planning.

The course focuses on developing practical skills that can be applied immediately to increase the level of success on projects. The course is fun, fast-paced, interactive, and adapted as required based on the needs of the participants.

Click here to learn more!

New Cycle n' Abs class with Brittany. This 45 minute class combines a cardio cycling workout and strength training for your core. It's 30 minutes of cycling followed by 15 minutes of core. Tuesdays, 6:30–7:15 am, May 8–June 12. (6 classes) Fee: Sports Centre members $51 + hst; non-members $60 + hst. Must register by Monday, May 7.  To register visit Panther Central desk at Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre.

Small Group Training with Bernadette. Small group training offers training sessions with a focus on individual progression and skill development. Mondays/Wednesdays 12:10–12:50 pm, May 14–June 25.  Twelve sessions.  Pre-registration is required!  Please email Angela Marchbank at amarchbank@upei.ca. Fee: Sports Centre members $129 + hst; non-members $139 + hst

The School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences welcomes the campus community to a tenure-track faculty candidate presentation by Mr. Kenneth Zhou, PhD candidate, on May 11 9:30 am in the Cass Science Hall, Room 101.

For more information, please email smcs@upei.ca.

UPEI will be migrating from the Groupwise email system to Microsoft Exchange this spring and summer 2018. The UPEI Microsoft Exchange email system is hosted in Canada and is an enterprise level email system.

At this time, only current faculty and staff who are using Groupwise will be migrated to Exchange Online. A direct communication will be sent out to this group with details on next steps. If you do not receive this communication and are actively using a Groupwise email account, or you are using Gmail and still have archived Groupwise mail that was not migrated, please contact ITSS at emailmigration@upei.ca by June 1, 2018. Failure to contact ITSS via the email address above will result in the loss of archives.

Details of the migration plan, and more information and training regarding the new Microsoft Exchange environment, will be communicated to the campus community over the coming weeks. In the meantime, for more information, please contact us via email at emailmigration@upei.ca.

Wendy Chappell will be leading two new specialty fitness classes in May/June. Each program includes 6 classes. Fee: Sports Centre members $36+hst, non-members $45 +hst.

Clubbell Yoga - Mondays 7:00 am - 7:45 am, May 14 - June 25
Kettlebell Circuit - Wednesdays 7:00 am - 7:45 am, May 16 - June 20

For details on class descriptions please click here. Pre-registration required for all specialty classes at least the day prior to start date of each program. Visit Panther Central desk at Sports Centre to complete registration with payment.

Cycle instructor Bernadette Campbell will be leading Cycle Fit and Cycle 'n Barre classes in May. Details of class description available here.

• CycleFit - Tuesdays 4:30 pm - 5:15 pm, May 15 - July 3 (8 classes. Fee: Sports Centre members $68 + hst, non-members $80+hst)
• Cycle n' Barre - Fridays 12:10 - 12:50 pm, May 18 - June 22 (6 classes. Fee: Sports Centre members $51 + hst, non-members $60+ hst

Central Printing will be closed May 31 - June 8, 2018.

Any questions may be directed to Wendy Henderson at 902-566-0558 or whenderson@upei.ca.

Dr. Alejandro Alvarez-Sanchez, a candidate for the two-year term small animal surgery lecturer position in the Department of Companion Animals will be interviewing on Thursday, May 10, 2018. As part of this interview process, Dr. Alvarez-Sanchez has been asked to deliver a seminar to the AVC community. You are encouraged to attend.

His seminar on "Prevention and Management of Surgical Site Infections" will be given on Thursday, May 10th at 9:00 am in Lecture Theatre B, AVC.

All are welcome!

Come help the UPEI Registrar’s and Student Affairs’ staff in hosting an unprecedented, sold-out conference for CACUSS and ARUCC at the Delta this June. Over 900 members from both the Canadian Association of College and University Student Services (CACUSS) and the Association of Registrars of the Universities and Colleges of Canada (ARUCC) are gathering June 17 - 20 and we need your help.

Shifts will be 4 hours long in areas such as registration/information tables and helping delegates navigate the conference. We have a comprehensive and engaging program that volunteers will be able to check out, including the keynote, Actor, Writer, Activist, Comedian and Multiple Award-Winning TV and Radio Personality, Candy Palmater. Concurrent sessions will be delivered by Canadian and International Student Affairs professionals and faculty, exploring topics such as Indigenizing campuses, equity and diversity, campus mental health, academic advising, adapting to new marijuana legislation and much, much more.

Check out the conference program and if you have any questions, please contact Anne: ambartlett@upei.ca. To volunteer, please email our Volunteer Coordinator, Tanya: tbjackson@hollandcollege.com. 

The UPEI Faculty of Business is launching a new MBA in Global Leadership program this fall. This twelve month cohort-model program is designed for those who have completed an undergraduate degree and wish to pursue graduate studies.

Anyone interested in learning more about this new program is invited to an information session on Thursday, May 10, from 12:15 to 1:15 pm in AVC 218S. The MBA Coordinator will be there to give an overview of the program and there will be a representative from the Registrar’s Office there to assist candidates in making their application to the program.

The $75 application fee will be waived for those in attendance that apply at the session. There will be pizza and refreshments! Please call (902)-894-2866 or email cprime@upei.ca to reserve a seat.

There will be a UPEI Biosafety Training Session for Summer Students on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm in AVC Room 287N.

This session is aimed at all students working in and around containment labs for the summer. Topics to be covered include biosafety and biosecurity principles and what is required to work in biohazard containment labs.

This is a new training program, and is required for all summer students working in CL2 labs, even if the student attended the summer training session provided last year.

To attend, you must pre-register by contacting Kathryn Harrison, Health, Safety, and Environment before May 10, 2018 by email at kharrison@upei.ca or by phone: 902-566-0901. Provide your name, email address, Department, and the name of your supervisor for the summer. If you have any questions on this training session, please contact Kathryn.

The UPEI Department of Human Resources wishes to remind the campus community that–begining the first week of May and ending the last week of August–some departments and areas on campus may operate under summer hours. 

Click here to review the university's hours of operation on the UPEI website.

This summer UPEI will be welcoming over one hundred students from around the world to our beautiful campus. These students will be here to participate in short-term intensive language camps, and enjoy summertime in PEI. Program lengths vary, and students will be here for anywhere from two weeks to six weeks. Hosts are needed in August for two or three week programs. If you are interested in hosting one of these students or would like to find out more about Homestay Host obligations and remuneration please visit the website at: http://www.upei.ca/studentlife/incoming-international-students/homestay-information-for-hosts or contact Amy Palmer at homestay@upei.ca.

Do you need Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) training?

Health, Safety and Environment Department is preparing for the annual offering of Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) Training here at UPEI.

Who needs the training?

In addition to WHMIS training, anyone who prepares/packages hazardous or dangerous goods for transport off campus should have this training. This includes employees in shipping and receiving functions, and even loaders within a business.

We ask that you consider your job duties and if you answer yes to any of the following questions you require TDG training.

• Do you require TDG training as dictated by your job duties?
• Do you prepare hazardous/dangerous goods for transport off campus?
• Do you transport hazardous/dangerous goods off campus?

Training will be offered in late May/early June.

Please contact Kathryn Harrison by May 11, 2018 if you answered yes to any of the questions above to arrange TDG training at 902-566-0901 or by email kharrison@upei.ca.

We also ask supervisors to review the job duties of their direct reports and advise if TDG training is required. Please note training costs will be covered by the HSE departmental budget.