Campus Notices
The "Women in the School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences" (WSMCS) will be providing a professional headshot service for students twice this week. Click one of the following dates to view full event details:
Event contact Jenna Gaudet, jengaudet@upei.ca.
An updated version of the UPEI Tobacco-use policy went into effect on September 1, 2017. This is a reminder that tobacco products are not to be used on University property. For more information regarding campus boundaries or cessation supports and services, please click here.
Thanks to everyone for respecting these changes on the UPEI campus during the Fall 2017 semester—together we helped to ensure a healthy and accessible campus community for everyone at UPEI.
The University of Prince Edward Island community, and especially the UPEI Robertson Library, was saddened to learn of the recent death of UPEI Founder and retired librarian Franklin L. (“Frank”) Pigot. Flags in front of the Kelley Memorial Building have been lowered to half-mast in his memory. Read the article prepared by Simon Lloyd, University Archivist and Special Collections Librarian.
All are welcome to attend an open house and view the refreshed student office space used by THE CADRE in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre. The open house will take place on Wednesday, January 10, 10:30-11:30 am. Light refreshments will be served!
Click here to view full event listing.
The office of the Vice-President Academic and Research has made available up to two awards per year to support the publication of manuscripts written or edited by UPEI faculty. The awards of $7,500 each will be disbursed to Island Studies Press to cover publication costs (including editing, photo and other permissions, design, printing, marketing, and other costs associated with publishing a book).
Application must be submitted by March 1, 2018 to Research Services, Kelley Building Room 200 or electronically to researchservices@upei.ca. Depending on demand, a second call may be made with an October deadline.
For complete terms of reference and application process, click here.
Internal Research Grant Program with grants up to $5000 for a one-year term are available to tenured, tenure-track, term and sessional positions in the UPEI Faculty in Arts, Science, Business, Education, or Nursing, and Librarians, who are employed by UPEI at the time of application and for the duration of the award. A professor emeritus may apply as co-applicant with a tenured UPEI faculty member.
Application must be submitted by February 15, 2018, at 4:00 pm to Research Services in Kelley Memorial Building, Room 200.
The program guidelines, application form, and internal funding general regulations. click here.
Note: Applicants who received an IRG in the 2017 competition are not eligible to apply for an IRG in the 2018 competition.
Applications for 2018 Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Graduate Scholarship will be accepted until 12:00 noon (AST) Friday, February 16, 2018, with decisions to be announced in April.
Call for applications from potential graduate students for the 2018 Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Graduate Scholarship. The Scholarship will support the training of researchers at the masters or doctoral level to pursue animal welfare research at the University of Prince Edward Island. Both applied or more fundamental approaches to research pertaining to animal welfare are welcome.
Students may take up their award at any time of the year but must do so within twelve months of the date of the letter of offer. Click here for more information.
Would you like to create a more interactive PowerPoint for your students? Something your students could view outside of class so that your in class time could be spent promoting deeper exploration of the topic?
The E-Learning Office is here to help. Give us one of your standard PowerPoint slideshows and we can turn that into an interactive learning piece. This will get learners actively engaging with the content, not just passively clicking through one slide after the other. Book an appointment to see if this opportunity is right for you or to see examples of interactive PowerPoints currently in use at UPEI.
Send an email to elearning@upei.ca.
2017 Atlantic Award of Excellence in Veterinary Medicine and Animal Care.
The Atlantic Veterinary College at UPEI seeks nominees who demonstrate:
- Participation in the community
- Advancement of the profession
- The highest values of compassion, leadership, and dedication to the profession
- Exceptional service and contributions to the profession
For more detailed criteria and a nomination form, visit upei.ca/avc/community. For information: 902-566-0882 and avc@upei.ca. Nominations are due January 31, 2018.
Reflection is the mediator between knowledge and experience and is a vital skill for instructional professionals in order to continuously improve their teaching.
Does becoming a more reflective practitioner sound like a good New Year’s resolution? What if it could also help you achieve a professional or personal goal for 2018?
If so, then this workshop will be a great way to ensure that that resolution becomes a habit. Participants will be provided with exercises to practice reflection daily over a 30 day period while working towards the creation of at least one goal to achieve in 2018. This is a collaborative learning experience as participants will share between them and comment on their daily reflections. Offered by the E-Learning Office, this workshop consists of two face-to-face sessions (January 8 and February 7, 12:00-1:00 PM, Rm 265 Robertson Library) with the remainder of events, occurring between those sessions, online.
REGISTER early as space is limited for this event.
Student Affairs is beginning to organize UPEI’s Mental Health Week 2018 and we are seeking interested students, staff and faculty to join the planning committee.
As in past years, we hope to have a variety of people on the committee in order to reach the many areas of the UPEI community. Committee work will entail approximately 6 meetings between January 10 and March 7 in preparation for Mental Health Week scheduled for March 12 - 16, 2018. The planning committee will be responsible for brainstorming ideas to showcase the theme "Relationships Matter", setting the schedule and making the necessary contacts and bookings.
If you are interested, please email me (Anne Bartlett, ambartlett@upei.ca) and I will add you to our committee contact list. If you know of someone who would be interested and would represent your area well, please forward this message to them. Should you have any questions or require further information, please contact either Keith Lawlor (kjlawlor@upei.ca) or Anne Bartlett (ambartlett@upei.ca), co-chairs, MHW 2018.
Our first meeting will be held Wednesday, January 10, 8:30am - 9:30am in MH 215. Should you not be able to make it but would like to receive the minutes, please let us know.
Our latest version of Moodle now allows you to create drag & drop interactions. These can be created as part of a quiz or as their own stand alone activity. Instructors are invited to attend a workshop on how to create a basic drag & drop interaction. Delivered by the E-Learning Office, the workshop is offered on two separate occasions: Monday, January 15 1:00 to 2:00 pm or Thursday, January 18 1:00 to 2:00 pm. The location is Robertson Library, Room 265. Register
Reminder to winter course instructors that Moodle course sections are created with a 'hidden' status. As most courses are not ready for student viewing 14 days prior to the official start date, students cannot see the course until the 'hidden' status has been changed.
If you do not know how to open your course for students, click here for further instructions. There is also a link to these instructions on the front page of Moodle.
If you need any help opening your course, please email moodle@upei.ca.
UPEI offers a wide range of intensive Professional Development Courses and Certificate Programs specifically designed to address the needs of working professionals at all stages of their careers.
Upcoming in January 2018:
• Respecting Personality Differences and Their Impact on Communication (Jan 11 and 12, 2018)
• Creating a Workplace of Respect and Trust (Jan 22, 2018)
• Performance Management (Jan 25 and 26, 2018)
Click here to view a complete course calendar.
For more information on any of our course offerings, please call (902) 628-4394 or email sdl@upei.ca.
Student Affairs is beginning to organize UPEI’s Mental Health Week 2018 and we are seeking interested students, staff and faculty to join the planning committee.
As in past years, we hope to have a variety of people on the committee in order to reach the many areas of the UPEI community. Committee work will entail approximately 6 meetings between January 10 and March 7 in preparation for Mental Health Week scheduled for March 12 - 16, 2018. The planning committee will be responsible for brainstorming ideas to showcase the theme "Relationships Matter", setting the schedule and making the necessary contacts and bookings.
If you are interested, please email me (Anne Bartlett, ambartlett@upei.ca) and I will add you to our committee contact list. If you know of someone who would be interested and would represent your area well, please forward this message to them. Should you have any questions or require further information, please contact either Keith Lawlor (kjlawlor@upei.ca) or Anne Bartlett (ambartlett@upei.ca), co-chairs, MHW 2018.
Our first meeting will be held Wednesday, January 10, 8:30am - 9:30am in MH 215. Should you not be able to make it but would like to receive the minutes, please let us know.
There is one fitness training grant available to be used on a specialty class and/or cycle class begining next week. Please email Angela Marchbank at amarchbank@upei.ca if you would like to access this grant.
This is not available to those already receiving the grant in January 2018.
Reminder to winter course instructors that Moodle course sections are created with a 'hidden' status. This is because students are added to courses 14 days prior to the official start date of your course. Students cannot see the course until the 'hidden' status has been changed.
If you do not know how to open your course for students, click here for further instructions. There is also a link to these instructions on the front page of Moodle.
If you need any help opening your course, please email moodle@upei.ca.
Please be advised that the Government of Canada is once again sponsoring the Canada Summer Jobs program designed to help employers create summer job opportunities for students. Canada Summer Jobs provides funding to not-for-profit organizations, public-sector employers and small businesses to create summer job opportunities for young people aged 15 to 30 years who are full-time students intending to return to their studies in Fall 2018.
Public and private-sector employers are eligible for a wage subsidy of up to 50% of the provincial/territorial adult minimum hourly wage – in PEI the minimum hourly wage will be $11.55. For additional information and application information for this program please click here.
To apply for this Program you will need to contact Monique Geurts, Human Resources, mgeurts@upei.ca or 566-0515. The closing date for applications is January 31, 2018.
An updated version of the UPEI Tobacco-use policy went into effect on September 1, 2017. This is a reminder that tobacco products are not to be used on University property. For more information regarding campus boundaries or cessation supports and services, please click here.
Thanks to everyone for respecting these changes on the UPEI campus during the Fall 2017 semester—together we helped to ensure a healthy and accessible campus community for everyone at UPEI.
Reflection is the mediator between knowledge and experience and is a vital skill for instructional professionals in order to continuously improve their teaching.
Does becoming a more reflective practitioner sound like a good New Year’s resolution? What if it could also help you achieve a professional or personal goal for 2018?
If so, then this workshop will be a great way to ensure that that resolution becomes a habit. Participants will be provided with exercises to practice reflection daily over a 30 day period while working towards the creation of at least one goal to achieve in 2018. This is a collaborative learning experience as participants will share between them and comment on their daily reflections. Offered by the E-Learning Office, this workshop consists of two face-to-face sessions (January 8 and February 7, 12:00-1:00 PM, Rm 265 Robertson Library) with the remainder of events, occurring between those sessions, online.
REGISTER early as space is limited for this event.
