Campus Notices
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.
The Faculty of Arts, Island Studies wishes to announce that Simone Webster-Stahel, a Master’s student, will be defending her thesis entitled, “Looming Health Crisis on Small Islands: The Nexus Between Ecosystem Health and Human Health - A Case Study of the Island of Dominica”. It will take place Friday, April 13th, 9:00-11:00am in the AVC Bldg., Rm. 286A North. All are welcome.
Facilities Management will be operating with limited staffing the week of April 16-20, 2018. This reduction in staff is due to training sessions taking place. Please keep these dates in mind when you are submitting work orders for event set-ups/tear downs, deliveries and regular maintenance requests. This will not affect any priority work orders that are submitted during this time.
Your patience and understanding is appreciated as we continue our necessary training.
Order by April 21 and you could WIN your purchase!
Visit Development & Alumni Engagement at 618 University Avenue to view and/or order your frame, of visit 8734upei.com to order online (please select "pick up in store" and then either "pick up at 618" or "pick up at convocation". Each frame is Canadian made and includes a mat with the UPEI coat of arms embossed in gold.
You are encouraged to place your orders immediately so your desired frame is available. Frames may be picked up at the reception immediately following convocation ceremonies in McMillan Hall. AVC Graduates may pick-up their frames at their post-convocation reception in room 280N.
Contact Sarah Hastelow at (902) 566-0615 or frames@upei.ca for more information.
At the Chaplaincy Centre, thoughts are with the students during exam time, their success, and yes, of course, the chili dinner. On April 10 and 11, between 11:30 am – 1:30 pm, a chili lunch is served at the Chaplaincy Centre, free for the students.
About 300 students show up each day with smiles and conversation during this busy week.
Sister Sue would like to extend her gratitude to the staff, faculty, and Student Union that stepped up to help ensure this tradition continues. This year's menu will be healthier, generate less waste, and reflect the international diversity of the campus. In addition to chili, a vegetarian curry will be served!
Staff and Faculty who would like to volunteer for a shift and help facilitate this annual event can sign up here.
Starting Monday, April 9th - 13th, Chartwells UPEI will be giving away free used coffee grounds for your gardens, available at Samuel's Cafe and the AVC Cafe. To save on packaging waste, we kindly request you to bring your own reusable container to collect any coffee grounds.
For more info contact via.reyes@compass-canada.com or call 902-566-0720
HOURS OF OPERATION 2018
UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Security Services Open 24 hours (all year)
Facilities Management 8:00 am to 4:00 pm (all year)
Shipping/Receiving & Mail Services 8:00 am to 12:00 noon (all year)
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm (all year)
Veterinary Teaching Hospital 8:00 am to 5:00 pm (all year)
Diagnostic Services 8:00 am to 5:00 pm (all year)
Office Staff
During the academic year - September 1st to April 30th, Office hours are between 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (depending on department).
Summer Hours
Summer hours will start the first week of May and end the last week in August each year. Office Staff and other Service Departments may allow for an earlier start/end to the work day (while still working their normal 6.75 or 7.5 hour work day).
Robertson Library may vary during the year, please visit their website.
library.upei.ca
Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre may vary during the year, please visit their website.
ar.upei.ca
Other changes to hours of operation (ie. around exams, Christmas or other holidays) will be posted.
This information is also available on the UPEI website, please visit the website.
home.upei.ca/directory
The monthly meeting of the UPEI & Friends Neuroscience Journal Club will be held on Friday, April 13, 2018 from 3:00 to 4:00 pm in the "fishbowl" of the Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre (NRC). All neuroscience research students as well as faculty, scientists, and staff with an interest in neuroscience topics are welcome to attend. For a copy of the controversial recent paper to be discussed please contact Bob Deziel at bdeziel@upei.ca.
Public Presentation by Dr. Matthew Pauley, Entrepreneurship Faculty Candidate for the Faculty of Business, will give his public presentation on Friday, April 13 at 10:00 am, in room 243 of UPEI's Don and Marion McDougall Hall. The tile of the presentation is Entrepreneurial Exit: Evidence of the Entrepreneur's Exit Process from Micro and Small Businesses'. All are welcome to attend.
IT Systems and Services has completed the rollout of a new antivirus and workstation security application, ESET Endpoint Security, which has replaced the previous product, Kaspersky.
If you have a UPEI Windows workstation and still have the old Kaspersky application installed (indicated by a red “K” icon by the clock) you will need to restart your computer to complete the installation process (which runs automatically). Please ensure your computer is connected to the wired UPEI network before restarting your PC.
If you run into any issues with the ESET installation please contact the ITSS Help Desk at helpdesk@upei.ca or 902-566-0465. If you use a UPEI Mac workstation, please submit a request to the ITSS Help Desk requesting to have ESET installed on your Mac.
How do you know if you have ESET installed? You will see a blue & white “e” icon on your system tray (by the clock). If you still have the old Kaspersky antivirus you will see a red “K” icon instead.
It is very important that you update your antivirus and security applications, otherwise your computer will be susceptible to viruses and other security breaches, which can also spread to other computers throughout the university.
The committee will introduce themselves and share their vision for the society. This is also an early opportunity to give them your input and ideas before the new semester begins!
All faculty and students are welcome!
The Faculty of Science wishes to announce Bsmah Thabet, masters student, will be defending her thesis entitled "Design and Properties of Iron-Containing Dendrimers Capped with Pyrene Moieties."
The event begins at 1:00 pm, Tuesday, April 10 in room 246 of UPEI's Don and Marion McDougall Hall. All are welcome.
The April 2018 Island Studies Lecture takes place on Tuesday, April 17, at 7 p.m. in the SDU Main Building Faculty Lounge on the UPEI campus and will feature author Katherine Dewar speaking about “The Making of a Canadian Military Nursing Heroine.” The heroine in question is Prince Edward Island’s own Georgina Fane Pope (1862-1938) and is the subject of Katherine’s soon-to-be-released book from Island Studies Press: Called to Serve.
Katherine Dewar is the author of the award-winning book, Those Splendid Girls: The Heroic Service of Prince Edward Island Nurses in the Great War, 1914-1918. Katherine is retired from a career as a nursing instructor at the PEI School of Nursing, and is now committed to researching PEI’s colourful nursing history. Those Splendid Girls was shortlisted for an Atlantic Book Award, won the Publication of Year award from the PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation and the City of Summerside’s Heritage and Culture department, and Katherine herself is the recipient of the PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation Award of Honour for her outstanding contribution to Prince Edward Island Heritage.
Admission to the lecture is free and everyone is welcome to attend.
For more information, please contact Laurie at iis@upei.ca or (902) 894-2881.
When: Wednesday, May 16 to Sunday, May 20
Where: Stanley Bridge Country Resort
Cost to participants: $200, which includes four nights accommodation, meals and snacks
Your project must be at a stage where sustained writing time makes sense. Your research and/or data collection and analysis must be completed to the point that you are ready to write. You must also be prepared to commit to the full program: a total of 3½ days focused on writing.
The retreat is open to tenured and tenure stream University of Prince Edward Island faculty in any Department/Faculty/School.
Email Research Communications Officer Dave Atkinson, datkinson@upei.ca, with a brief summary of the project you plan to work and your writing goals for the retreat. There is room for six participants at Time to Write.
The Faculty of Arts, Island Studies wishes to announce that Simone Webster-Stahel, a Master’s student, will be defending her thesis entitled, “Looming Health Crisis on Small Islands: The Nexus Between Ecosystem Health and Human Health - A Case Study of the Island of Dominica”. It will take place Friday, April 13th, 9:00-11:00am in the AVC Bldg., Rm. 286A North. All are welcome.
At the Chaplaincy Centre, thoughts are with the students during exam time, their success, and yes, of course, the chili dinner. On April 10 and 11, between 11:30 am – 1:30 pm, a chili lunch is served at the Chaplaincy Centre, free for the students.
About 300 students show up each day with smiles and conversation during this busy week.
Sister Sue would like to extend her gratitude to the staff, faculty, and Student Union that stepped up to help ensure this tradition continues. This year's menu will be healthier, generate less waste, and reflect the international diversity of the campus. In addition to chili, a vegetarian curry will be served!
Staff and Faculty who would like to volunteer for a shift and help facilitate this annual event can sign up here.
Starting Monday, April 9 to 13, Chartwells UPEI will be giving away free used coffee grounds for your gardens, available at Samuel's Cafe and the AVC Cafe. To save on packaging waste, we kindly request you to bring your own reusable container to collect any coffee grounds.
For more info contact via.reyes@compass-canada.com or call 902-566-0720.
IYO fitness classes (membership classes) extended until mid-May. The popular PIYO class has been extended until Thursday, May 17. Lead by Fitness Instructor Bernadette Currie, the class combines the muscle-sculpting, core-firming benefits of Pilates with the strength and flexibility of flowing yoga movements. Use your body weight to perform a series of continuous, targeted moves to define every muscle.
Tuesdays and Thursdays,12:10 pm - 12:50 pm. April 10 - May 17
Fee: Sports Centre members - FREE Non-members - $6 + hst drop in rate. All other membership classes finished for the semester. Fall membership fitness class schedule will be announced in the summer.
Due to the passing on April 8 of Kathleen (Keefe) Murphy, one of the earliest female students and the first female Bachelor of Science graduate at SDU, UPEI will lower flags to half-mast in her honour. The entire University community extends condolences to Mrs. Murphy’s family and friends. For more information and funeral arrangements, read the article on the UPEI website.
