Campus Notices
UPEI’s Department of Human Resources has moved most of its information and resources on upei.ca to a site in the myUPEI portal. The portal site will create a more interactive and user-friendly environment for faculty and staff, with simplified content and easier access to the services offered by the HR department. Faculty and staff can login directly to myUPEI and the HR site through this link: https://portal.upei.ca/facultystaff/administrativeservices/HR/
Highlights of the HR portal site include:
• a comprehensive FAQ section
• an expanded service section
• easier access to HR forms
Employment opportunities, retirees’ information, and general information will remain on upei.ca/hr.
The UPEI Office of Recruitment and International Relations wishes to extend an invitation to the campus community from Global Affairs Canada to a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) town hall meeting. Hosted by the Honourable Andrew Leslie, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada-U.S. Relations), the town hall meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 29, 2017 from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm at the Rodd Royalty Hotel, Crowbush Room, 14 Capital Drive, Charlottetown. For more information, view the full event listing.
The Honourable Andrew Leslie will also be giving the keynote address at the Palmer Conference on Public Sector Leadership, taking place August 29-31 on the UPEI campus.
The Office of the Registrar will be open on Saturday, September 2 -- Welcome Day -- from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. Office staff will be on hand to assist students with registration, take tuition payments, and answer any admission questions.
We look forward to the start of a new academic year,
Donna Sutton
Registrar
dsutton@upei.ca
The Applied Communication, Leadership and Culture program explicitly connects the communication skills and leadership training of a Liberal Arts education to successful post-graduation employment. This program is defined by its focus on the transferability of the written, oral and visual communication skills, the critical thinking, and the cultural awareness acquired during a Liberal Arts education to the world beyond academia. Technical skills, work-integrated learning (internships, cooperatives, workplace-generated projects), and career- related mentoring are key components of its design.
All are welcome!
NEW "Cycle n' Barre" class with Bernadette Currie. The class combines the cardio of indoor cycling (30 min) with upper body and core Barre (15 min). Cycle Fit classes with Tracey (begin September 14), Brittany (begin Sept. 18) and Bernadette (begin September 5) are for everyone from beginner to advanced. This is a perfect cardio challenge using various speeds and resistance levels.
For more details please click here.
Fall Intramural schedule: Badminton, Basketball, Dodgeball, Soccer, Ultimate Frisbee and Volleyball begin the week of September 10. For program dates and times, please click here.
Programs are FREE for full-time UPEI students and Sports Centre/Fitness Centre members. Non-members fee $25+hst/person/sport.
The UPEI Office of Recruitment and International Relations wishes to extend an invitation to the campus community from Global Affairs Canada to a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) town hall meeting. Hosted by the Honourable Andrew Leslie, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada-U.S. Relations), the town hall meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 29, 2017 from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm at the Rodd Royalty Hotel, Crowbush Room, 14 Capital Drive, Charlottetown. For more information, view the full event listing.
The Honourable Andrew Leslie will also be giving the keynote address at the Palmer Conference on Public Leadership, taking place August 29-31 on the UPEI campus.
UPEI’s Department of Human Resources has moved most of its information and resources on upei.ca to a site in the myUPEI portal.
The portal site will create a more interactive and user-friendly environment for faculty and staff, with simplified content and easier access to the services offered by the HR department. Faculty and staff can login directly to myUPEI and the HR site through this link: https://portal.upei.ca/facultystaff/administrativeservices/HR/
Highlights of the HR portal site include:
• a comprehensive FAQ section
• an expanded service section
• easier access to HR forms
Employment opportunities, retirees’ information, and general information will remain on upei.ca/hr.
The Don and Marion McDougall Hall reserved parking lot and the perimeter road from the University Avenue entrance to the McDougall Hall reserved parking lot will be open Friday, August 25, 2017. The contractor will be on site during the early evening of Friday, August 25 to place a skim coat of asphalt over the entrance and exit areas of the parking lot gate. This will not have any impact on users of the parking lot.
The seven (7) new parking stalls in the Small Animal Hospital parking lot will also be open on Friday, August 25.
The contractor is currently working on repairing and patching several areas of existing asphalt around campus.
This schedule is weather dependent and could change; updates will be provided if changes occur. While the contractor has been instructed that the work should be executed with the least possible disruption to the campus community, a certain amount is inevitable. Your patience and understanding is appreciated as we proceed with these projects.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Jackie MacPhail at 902-566-6034 or jmacphail@upei.ca.
Join us August 30, from 10:00 am to noon in the Faculty Lounge of SDU Main Building for the launch of UPEI's Applied Communication, Leadership, and Culture program.
The Applied Communication, Leadership and Culture program explicitly connects the communication skills and leadership training of a Liberal Arts education to successful post-graduation employment. This program is defined by its focus on the transferability of the written, oral and visual communication skills, the critical thinking, and the cultural awareness acquired during a Liberal Arts education to the world beyond academia. Technical skills, work-integrated learning (internships, cooperatives, workplace-generated projects), and career- related mentoring are key components of its design.
All are welcome!
The Faculty Development Office invites you to UPEI's annual Let’s Talk Teaching Day on Tuesday, September 5, 2017 in the Heath Sciences Building Rm. 104 at 11:30.
This year's topics examine the rapidly changing student body at UPEI, and how classrooms are more diverse than they were 10 years ago. Do we have a responsibility to know that — and address it: in short, to "size up our classrooms?" If so, how do we take those changes into consideration in our classes? In curriculum and content? In delivery and classroom practices? In assessment and evaluation exercises? In classroom discussions and expectations of student and faculty behaviours?
We will discuss these topics in large and small groups, with the goal of ending the day with a wider conception of what an “inclusive classroom” might look like and how we might work toward it. Please come at 11:30 for pizza; after lunch, we will get down to work and aim to finish somewhere around 4:00. We look forward to seeing you – all faculty and staff are welcome!
Questions my be directed to Gerald Wandio at fdo@upei.ca or (902) 620-5217.
Dr. Leo Dana, Candidate for a Canada 150 Research Chair, will present and take questions on a documentary film he produced for the Greenland Film Festival entitled, "Sustainable Self-Employment Among the Sami: Why do they Stay in Low-Profit Enterprise?" This film tells the story of the economic struggles of the self-employed indigenous Sami reindeer herders from Norway.
All are welcome to attend on August 31, from 11:00 am to 12:00 noon, in Rm. 246 McDougall Hall, admission is free!
The Faculty Development Office invites you to UPEI's annual Let’s Talk Teaching Day on Tuesday, September 5, 2017 in the Heath Sciences Building Rm. 104 at 11:30.
This year's topics examine the rapidly changing student body at UPEI, and how classrooms are more diverse than they were 10 years ago. Do we have a responsibility to know that — and address it: in short, to "size up our classrooms?" If so, how do we take those changes into consideration in our classes? In curriculum and content? In delivery and classroom practices? In assessment and evaluation exercises? In classroom discussions and expectations of student and faculty behaviours?
We will discuss these topics in large and small groups, with the goal of ending the day with a wider conception of what an “inclusive classroom” might look like and how we might work toward it. Please come at 11:30 for pizza; after lunch, we will get down to work and aim to finish somewhere around 4:00. We look forward to seeing you – all faculty and staff are welcome!
Questions my be directed to Gerald Wandio at fdo@upei.ca or (902) 620-5217.
There will be a total water shutdown of the domestic hot and cold water in Memorial Hall and the Chaplaincy Centre on Saturday, August 26, beginning at 7:30 am. This shutdown is necessary as part of the Memorial Hall Level One renovations. The work is expected to take approximately 9 hours to complete.
Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your patience.
If you have questions or concerns please contact Jackie MacPhail at jmacphail@upei.ca or 902-566-6034.
The Human Resource Department is requesting that all outstanding Tuition Waiver forms for the Fall 2017 Semester (September – December) be submitted immediately, as the deadline has passed.
When completing the form, please include all of the required information in Section 1 (Course name, time, start and end date, cost and the number of semester hours). This will avoid any delays in processing the waiver. Please submit original forms, only, directly to Human Resources in the lower level Kelley building, Rm 143.
If you have any questions please contact Jolene Sturge at: (902) 566-0514 or jsturge@upei.ca.
As of the morning of Thursday, August 24, we will have completed the migration of the file systems from Novell to Microsoft. Below is a summary of some of the items that may apply to faculty and staff:
File systems (aka H, P, Q etc. drives) - Most of your drive letters will remain unchanged (P, G, H, J and K drives will not change). However, if you are using a Q drive this will now appear as a new L drive. If you notice any problems with these drives, please reboot your computer before calling ITSS, as this clears up most issues. If you are still experiencing any difficulty, contact the ITSS Help Desk at helpdesk@upei.ca
Net Storage (aka web-based access to H and other drives) - At this time there is no direct replacement for Net Storage. There are a number of other options to access your files including VPN (for off-campus access), regular mapping of drives, Google Docs, and myUPEI. Please contact ITSS and we will help you to choose the best option that suits your needs.
Printing - The printing migration will be relatively seamless; departmental printers will continue to function normally. We will provide more details as we migrate each department.
There will be a total water shutdown of the domestic hot and cold water in Memorial Hall and the Chaplaincy Centre on Saturday, August 26, beginning at 7:30 am. This shutdown is necessary as part of the Memorial Hall Level One renovations. The work is expected to take approximately 9 hours to complete.
Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your patience.
If you have questions or concerns please contact Jackie MacPhail at jmacphail@upei.ca or 902-566-6034.
UPEI’s Department of Human Resources has moved most of its information and resources on upei.ca to a site in the myUPEI portal.
The portal site will create a more interactive and user-friendly environment for faculty and staff, with simplified content and easier access to the services offered by the HR department. Faculty and staff can login directly to myUPEI and the HR site through this link: https://portal.upei.ca/facultystaff/administrativeservices/HR/
Highlights of the HR portal site include:
• a comprehensive FAQ section
• an expanded service section
• easier access to HR forms
Employment opportunities, retirees’ information, and general information will remain on upei.ca/hr.
Parking Lot A will be closed beginning the evening of Thursday, August 24, the closure is necessary for line painting to take place on Friday, August 25. Please use an alternate parking lot during this time. We thank you in advance for your patience and understanding.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Jackie MacPhail, Facilities Management at jmacphail@upei.ca or 902-566-6034.
UPEI's version of Moodle will be implementing a small update this week to add new features. These new features include a class photo roster, annotated PDF grading for assignments, the ability to create paper quizzes useing existing Moodle Question banks, a more accessible mobile view, and a new tool for managing course reading lists. A more detailed look at the update is available by clicking here.
