When phoning anyone in the Department of Development and Alumni Engagement, you must dial all ten digits. Simply dialing the last four will no longer work for this department.

Matthew Dunlop, MSc student and Christian Agatemor, PhD student, will each present a seminar on Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at 12:30 pm. Matthew Dunlop's presentation is entitled "Nanocrystalline Cellulose Sourced from Island Tunicates” and Christian Agatemor's presentation is entitled “Organoiron-Mediated Synthesis of Functional Macromolecules".  The seminars will be held in the Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre, Lecture Theatre, Room 212.

All are welcome!

UPEI has a weekly knitting and crocheting group open to all students, staff, faculty, and friends.

From beginner to expert, all levels are welcome. Supplies and guidance are currently available for beginner knitters and we hope to be set up to teach crocheting in the near future.

Yarn & Soul meets weekly Tuesday evenings in the lounge area on the second floor of Kelley Memorial Building. Drop in between 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. For more information please contact Kathryn Harrison kharrison@upei.ca, 902-566-0901 or check out our Facebook group.

The myUPEI portal will be unavailable this Saturday from 6:30 pm to 12:30 am due to ITSS applying updates to the system.

Please contact ITSS with any concerns or questions. 902-566-0465 / helpdesk@upei.ca

In recognition of the outstanding performance and dedication of our faculty and staff, a number of annual awards have been created to acknowledge their efforts and achievements.

Up to 10 Presidential Awards of Merit for UPEI Faculty, Librarians and Clinical Veterinary Professionals and four Presidential Awards of Merit for UPEI Staff will be awarded in 2017.  These awards will be presented during a Celebration of Colleagues to be held on Wednesday, May 17, 2017 from 2:00-4:00 in McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre.

Susan Connolly, Associate Vice-President, Human Resources & Legal, will lead the process and chair the committee to select award recipients.

Nominations for both faculty and staff awards close on Friday, March 31, 2017.

For further details on the awards and the nomination process, please click here.

Friday, January 20

7:00 pm (M) Hockey vs Acadia "Celebrating 1987 & 1988 Championship Teams"

Saturday, January 21

1:30 pm (W) Hockey vs UdeM
7:00 pm (M) Hockey vs SMU "Men's Hockey Alumni Night"
 

The Second Annual Destination Imagination (DI) PEI Provincial Tournament takes place March 11, 2017 at East Wiltshire Intermediate School. The Department of Education, Early Learning, and Culture is seeking volunteers to help in a number of areas. Most importantly is the  need for appraisers (judges). Training will be provided on Thursday, March 2 (Stormdate of Friday, March 3) in Room 208 A&B in the Holman Building in Summerside.

Information on Destination Imagination can be found here.

If you have any questions, please contact either Kieran Hennessey at kjhennessey@edu.pe.ca or Vicki Allan-Cook at vlallen-cook@edu.pe.ca

Featuring Chef Emily Wells of The Mill & Local 343.
$30 Per seat; 8 per table.
Saturday January 28, 2017 5:00-8:00 pm at the Jack Blanchard Hall, 3 Pond St. Charlottetown.
Storm Date: Sunday January 29th.

For ticket purchase contact: Carolyn Francis
crfrancis@upei.ca

Small group training offers training sessions with a focus on individual progression and skill development. Sessions are two times per week, and will include a small group of six clients who will work together with a certified personal trainer. Pre-registration required!

Lyndsey Paynter – Mon/Wed 12:05-12:50 pm, January 23-March 6

Kris Lutwick – Mon/Wed 4:30-5:15 pm, January 23-March 6 or Tue/Thu 12:05-12:50 pm, January 24-March 2

Fee for Sports Centre Members and UPEI full-time students is $129 + hst /person/group. Non-Members - $139 + hst /person/group. To register contact Angela Marchbank, Fitness & Wellness Coordinator at amarchbank@upei.ca or 902-566-0606.

Calling all singers! The UPEI Multicultural Choir and Song Circle will be meeting this Wednesday, January 18th, from 4:30 to 5:30 pm in the Robertson Library Building, in the basement, Rm 103. This area is also accessible by an elevator, if needed (call or email - see below).

The multicultural choir is in its 6th year, and is a non-audition, open, free and fun activity which brings people from campus and the community together, sharing songs from cultures all around the world!

If you have any questions or comments, please contact the AIRS lab at 902-566-6023, or airs@upei.ca.

Wafa Al-Faifi, MSc student, will present a seminar entitled "Design of eight Arms Dendrimer (Tripentaerythritol)” and Spencer Gallant, MSc student, will present a seminar entitled "Chemical Novelty in Wild Humulus lupulus from the Maritime Region".

The seminars will be held in the Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre, Lecture Theatre, Room 212 on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at 12:30 pm.

All are welcome!

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 2017.

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 wage will be $11. 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, 902-566-0515. The closing date for applications is January 20, 2017.

When phoning anyone in the Department of Development and Alumni Engagement, you must dial all ten digits. Simply dialing the last four will no longer work for this department.

UPEI Employees can apply for a fitness training subsidy grant to use towards small group training or fitness/cycle programs. To discuss your options and access one of eight remaining grants, please contact Angela Marchbank at amarchbank@upei.ca or 566-0606 asap.

Beginning January 16 Samuels in the Robertson Library will sell over eight different flavours of David’s Tea. Come visit to view full selection!

The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions (new, renewal, or amendment) is Friday, February 3rd for the February meeting.

Please ensure you:

· Download the current forms found here. 

· Use the most current Adobe Reader to complete forms and only current forms will be accepted.

· Submit one copy of original protocol with signature to AVC - North Annex, Biomedical Sciences Dept, Rm 2302

· Submit an electronic copy to animalcare@upei.ca

Both the signed hard copy and electronic protocol submission must be submitted by the deadline date. Protocols received after the deadline will be reviewed the following month. The Committee requires at least one month for processing applications.

For more information, please contact Sherri Pineau, Administrative Assistant, at 902-566-0973.

Call for applications from potential graduate students for the 2017 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 UPEI. 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 12 months of the date of the letter of offer. Applications for 2017 will be accepted until 12 noon AST on Friday, February 17.

For more information please click here.

Please click here to read this thoughtful article from Australia: "Who should go to university? Everyone, or just enough people to fill skilled jobs?"

Good question! Leave a reply to let others know what you think.

The next deadline for submitting Biosafety applications including new applications, renewals and/or amendments is Friday, January 27, 2017. These applications will be reviewed at the February 2017 meeting.

Please ensure that you download and use the current forms from http://www.upei.ca/research/forms. 

Please use Adobe Reader to complete the forms and submit the following:

• one hard copy of the application form with signatures and associated documents to Joy Knight at the Office of Academic and Research, 200 Kelley Memorial Building and
• one e-copy of all documents to reb@upei.ca

Please note that applications received after this deadline will be reviewed the following month. For more information, please contact Joy Knight at 620-5104 or reb@upei.ca

Ethics protocols that involve ‘more than minimal risk’ must be reviewed by the full UPEI Research Ethics Board. The next deadline for submitting these protocols is Friday, February 3, 2017. They will be reviewed at the February meeting. Protocols involving ‘more than minimal risk’ that are received after February 3 will be reviewed at the March 2017 meeting.

Other ethics protocol submissions, including new applications that do not involve ‘more than minimal risk’, renewals, and amendments may be submitted at any time. They will be sent for delegated review as soon as all necessary forms are received.

Please ensure that you download and use the current forms from found here. 

Please use Adobe Reader to complete forms and submit the following:

• one hard copy of the signed application form and associated documents to Joy Knight at the Office of Academic and Research, 200 Kelley Memorial Building and
• one e-copy of all documents to reb@upei.ca

For more information, please contact Joy Knight at 620-5104 or reb@upei.ca