Please join us for this year’s dinner and gala event for the Faculty Association Recognition and Awards. Everyone is welcome to celebrate the end of the academic year and to honour FA Award recipients and Retirees.

We will gather at the Fox Meadows Golf Club (167 Kinlock Road, Stratford, PEI) on Wednesday, May 9, 2018 for a reception at 6:30 pm and dinner commencing at 7:00 pm.
Tickets for an FA Member (plus guest) is $25 each, for non-members it is $50 each. Deadline to purchase tickets is Tuesday, May 1, 2018 at 12:00 Noon.

Please contact Heather Penny at hjpenny@upei.ca or 902-566-0438 for more details.

All are welcome to attend a public lecture by Dr. Rehan Sadiq, Professor and Associate Dean of School of Engineering at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Sadiq's primary research interest is in water quality modeling, environmental risk assessment and decision-making, and asset management of civil infrastructure systems.

The presentation will take place Thursday, April 26, 2018 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm in the School of Sustainable Design Engineering, Room 205. 

For more information, contact Ali Ahmadi at aahmadi@upei.ca.

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!

NSERC Engagements Visits have been a successful tool for the agency and the community to share information and build linkages. These visits also offer a platform for the community to ask questions and seek direct information from some of NSERC's staff. Eniko Megyeri-Lawless, Director, Research Grants, Engineering and Life Sciences will provide a community engagement session at UPEI.

All are welcome to attend on Thursday, April 26, 2018 from 1:00 to 3:00 pm, in Kelley Building, Room 237.

NSERC is also providing the Engagement Visit in Webinar format on Thursday, June 14, 2018 from 2:00-4:00pm. Use this link to join and use the following credentials to login: conference Number: 1 877-413-4790, and conference ID: 7462843.

The Faculty of Science wishes to announce Sean Landsman, PhD candidate from the Department of Biology, will be defending his thesis entitled "Movement, Behaviour, and Marine-Derived Nutrients: A Comprehensive Assessment of Issues Related to Fish Passage in Atlantic Canada" on Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at 9:00 am in room 204, Duffy Science Centre.

All PhD defences are open to the public and you are welcome to attend. Please note seating may be limited.

UPEI wishes to notifiy the campus community that the Pride flag has been raised at UPEI Alumni Canada Games Place for April 20-23 to welcome participants and recognize the UPEI Diversity and Social Justice Studies program's shOUT! PEI's Gender & Sexuality Awareness Conference.

Do you have library fines? Would you like to help a fellow student or family on Campus?

Bring non-perishable food or grocery items (e.g. canned goods, pasta, light bulbs, toilet paper, etc.- please no damaged, expired, or opened goods) for the Campus Food Bank to the Service Desk at the Library from Friday, April 6th to Friday, April 27th, 2018 and we’ll deduct $2.00 per item from your library fines.

And, if you don't have any Library fines? We will gladly accept your items (as mentioned above) to support the Campus Food Bank.

If you have any questions, please contact the Service Desk, (902)566-0583.

A reminder that final grades for Winter 2018 are submitted with Moodle. If you haven't submitted final grades through Moodle please check out our online resources or join the E-Learning Office for a Final Grade submission workshop. Register here! 

The Faculty of Science wishes to announce Sean Landsman, PhD candidate from the Department of Biology, will be defending his thesis entitled "Movement, Behaviour, and Marine-Derived Nutrients: A Comprehensive Assessment of Issues Related to Fish Passage in Atlantic Canada" on Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at 9:00 am in room 204, Duffy Science Centre.

All PhD defences are open to the public and you are welcome to attend. Please note seating may be limited.

We are delighted to welcome Dr. Carol Evans (Chair in Higher Education at the University of Southampton, UK National Teaching Fellow, and Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy) and Dr. Martina Doolan (Senior Blended Learning Fellow at the University of Hertfordshire, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and UK National Teaching Fellow) for an afternoon of workshops and discussion on university teaching.

On May 7, 2018 two concurrent workshops will be offered at 2:00 pm in Don and Marion McDougall Hall:

Workshop A: “Pedagogical Framework For Collaborative Learning in a Social Blended E-Learning Context: an Overview of the Dialogic Shamrock” with Dr. Doolan (MCD 328).

Workshop B: “Enhancing Assessment and Feedback: a Pragmatic, Research-Informed Approach: EAT” with Dr. Evans (MCD 329).

Click here to learn about the workshops and how to register.

Sacred Water: Standing Rock is the first in an 8-part documentary series that showcases Indigenous activists across the Americas rising up to protect their ancestral homelands and the environment. There will be a public screening of the documentary on Monday, April 23 in the Dufy Science Centre Amphitheathre at 7:00 pm.

Hosted by the UPEI Aboriginal Student Association, Sierra Club PEI, Cinema Politica Charlottetown and the UPEI Environmental Society. Admission by donation, all are welcome!

Click here to view full details on the UPEI Events Calendar.

UPEI Comptroller Tara Judson wishes to remind the campus community that the University's fiscal year-end is April 30, 2018.

1. Requisitions for Purchase Orders, 2017–18 Budget Year
   All requisitions for purchases to be charged to the 2017–18 budget year will be processed by Procurement if received by noon on Monday, April 23, 2018, subject to budget availability. To ensure that 2017–18 expenditures are recorded in the 2017–18 operating year, all requisitions must be completed and approved by the appropriate spending authority in myUPEI no later than 12 noon Monday, April 23, 2018. Before creating a requisition, you should be reasonably certain that the purchase will be delivered and received in myUPEI by April 30, 2018 (see item 2 below). If it is necessary to enter requisitions for 2017-18 purchases after this deadline, contact Carolyn Garro at 902-566-0315.
    
2. Receiving Goods at myUPEI
   For purchases charged to the 2017–18 budget, the purchases must be invoiced, received on campus, and received by you in myUPEI on or before April 30, 2018, and as such, requisitions will be reviewed for acceptability prior to the April 23, 2018 final cut-off date. During this year end period, when requisitioning goods or services for delivery and receipt for the 2017-18 budget year, please ensure your supplier’s invoice is submitted to invoices@upei.ca for payment on or before May 11, 2018.• Goods invoiced or received after April 30, 2018 will be charged to the next fiscal year (2018-19). The April 23, 2018 cut-off date will be strictly enforced, so please make your plans now for the remaining week of the 2017-18 fiscal year.
    
3. Hourly-Rate Employees
   Hours worked and approved for the month of April will be charged to the 2017-18 fiscal year for students and other hourly-rate employees.

Thank you for your ongoing cooperation.

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.

Please note the UPEI Bookstore will be closed on Thursday, April 26 and Friday, April 27 to complete our annual inventory count.
The store will reopen on Monday, April 30 at 8:30 am.

We look forward to seeing you then!

The University of Prince Edward Island's School of Sustainable Design Engineering (SSDE) annual Student Design Expo on April 20 will showcase the best in student, sustainable, and green engineering in Atlantic Canada.

Student projects will be set up for public viewing at various stations around the first floor of the SSDE Building. Each project is the result of collaboration between UPEI SSDE students and an industry or community partner. Students were tasked with designing and creating solutions to their partners’ unique challenges.

The Student Design Expo begins with a short ceremony at 1:00 pm. Projects are available for viewing through the afternoon, with the Student Award Ceremony beginning at 4:00 pm, and a brief panel discussion about opportunities for design engineering graduates beginning at 4:30 pm.

A reminder that final grades for Winter 2018 are submitted with Moodle. If you haven't submitted final grades through Moodle please check out our online resources or join the E-Learning Office for a Final Grade submission workshop. Register here! 

The Faculty of Science wishes to announce Sean Landsman, PhD candidate from the Department of Biology, will be defending his thesis entitled "Movement, Behaviour, and Marine-Derived Nutrients: A Comprehensive Assessment of Issues Related to Fish Passage in Atlantic Canada" on Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at 9:00 am in room 204, Duffy Science Centre.

All PhD defences are open to the public and you are welcome to attend. Please note seating may be limited.

The University of Prince Edward Island's School of Sustainable Design Engineering (SSDE) annual Student Design Expo on April 20 will showcase the best in student, sustainable, and green engineering in Atlantic Canada.

Student projects will be set up for public viewing at various stations around the first floor of the SSDE Building. Each project is the result of collaboration between UPEI SSDE students and an industry or community partner. Students were tasked with designing and creating solutions to their partners’ unique challenges.

The Student Design Expo begins with a short ceremony at 1:00 pm. Projects are available for viewing through the afternoon, with the Student Award Ceremony beginning at 4:00 pm, and a brief panel discussion about opportunities for design engineering graduates beginning at 4:30 pm.