The UPEI Tutor Bank is looking for new tutors for the 2017/18 academic year! If you are a student, alumnus, or community member and meet these criteria and are looking to make a little extra money, please contact us. We need tutors in every subject and program. Applicants must have a minimum academic average of 80 per cent in courses you wish to tutor and have excellent communication skills. They also must be able to work with a variety of learning styles; have an interest in teaching; and be highly motivated, flexible, and reliable.

Documentation needed to apply:

• Transcripts (unofficial)
• Letter of recommendation from professor (if you are a student)
• List of courses you want to tutor
• Resume/CV

If you wish to become a tutor, or require further information please contact tutorbank@upei.ca or go to www.upei.ca/studentlife/tutoring

There will be a UPEI Biosafety Training Session for summer students on:

Wednesday, May 17, 2017
1:30-3:30 pm
AVC Room 287N

This session is aimed at students working in and around containment labs for the summer.  (It does not qualify as required biosafety training for AVC graduate students.) Topics to be covered include biosafety and biosecurity principles and what is required to work in biohazard containment labs. If you have questions or to attend, contact or pre-register with Kathryn Harrison, Health and Safety Assistant, before May 12, 2017 by email at kharrison@upei.ca kharrison@upei.ca or by phone, 902-566-0901. Provide your name, email address, department, and the name of your supervisor for the summer. 

Are you teaching a course that you've taught before? The E-Learning Office is inviting instructors to join us on May 4 at 10 am to migrate previous course materials into spring courses. The session will be held in the LINC lab in the Robertson Library. You can register for this session with this form: https://goo.gl/forms/lESIOiAwQQQ0uHpp1

The most important day of year is quickly approaching! Convocation ceremonies will be held in the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre on Saturday, May 13, 2017 at 10:00 am and 2:30 pm.

Mr. Stan H. MacPherson will deliver the convocation address during the morning ceremony, and will receive an honorary degree along with Ms. Judith Clark. Dr. Elizabeth Epperly will deliver the convocation address during the afternoon ceremony, and will receive an honorary degree along with Mr. Allan Curran.

Due to limited seating capacity, only guests with invitations will be admitted to the convocation ceremonies. Guests are asked to be seated fifteen minutes prior to each ceremony. If staff members would like to attend, please contact Eileen Kinch at kinch@upei.ca for an invitation.

Parking is available in Parking Lot “B” and “C” as well as the MacLauchlan Arena parking lot. Guests may enter the gymnasium through either the MacLauchlan Arena concourse or front doors of the Sports Centre. Convocation receptions will be held immediately following each ceremony in the SDU Engineering 1954 Lecture Hall at the School of Sustainable Design Engineering.

For more information on Convocation 2017, visit upei.ca/convocation

In order to allow ITSS sufficient time to install new and upgraded software in student computer labs so that students have the software resources needed for the fall semester (September 2017), we must receive requests including any installation media (CDs, DVDs, etc.) and any related licensing information such as serial numbers before June 1, 2017. (NOTE: Software should be Windows 7 compatible and is required to be licensed as network installations, not for single workstations only.)

Email all requests to Stephen at smahar@upei.ca. Any requests received after June 1 will be applied in the next round of software updates. ITSS appreciates your co-operation.

The Department of Human Resources wishes to remind the campus community that summer hours for some departments begin the first week of May and end the last week in August. Some offices may allow employees to start/end earlier while still working their normal 6.75 or 7.5 hour work day. Office hours for most departments during the academic year (September 1 - April 30) are 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Some exceptions to these hours of operation include:

• 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)
• Robertson Library hours may vary during the year. Visit the website for details.
• Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre hours may vary during the year. Visit website for details.
• UPEI Bookstore hours may vary during the year. Visit the website for details.

Other changes to UPEI's hours of operation (ie. around exams, Christmas, or other holidays) will be posted. Please refer to the complete listing of UPEI's Hours of Operation on the Directory page of UPEI.ca. 

Now that winter semester has ended, UPEI Security Services would like to remind the campus community that all designated permit parking lots and parking metres continue to be enforced year-round without exception. However, starting April 24th, permit enforcement is relaxed in general parking lots A, B General, D, and E until the fall semester begins in September. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.

With Spring arriving, there have been some instances of residential waste finding its way into the University's waste bins and receptacles. UPEI Facilities Management reminds the campus community that the disposal and removal of waste on campus is strictly prohibited. Please dispose of residential waste according to the Island Waste Management Corporation's collection calendar and keep in mind that we do reduce, re-use and recycle, so please keep your garbage separated and in the appropriate places. Thank you!

The most important day of year is quickly approaching! Convocation ceremonies will be held in the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre on Saturday, May 13, 2017 at 10:00 am and 2:30 pm.

Mr. Stan H. MacPherson will deliver the convocation address during the morning ceremony, and will receive an honorary degree along with Ms. Judith Clark. Dr. Elizabeth Epperly will deliver the convocation address during the afternoon ceremony, and will receive an honorary degree along with Mr. Allan Curran.

Due to limited seating capacity, only guests with invitations will be admitted to the convocation ceremonies. Guests are asked to be seated fifteen minutes prior to each ceremony. If staff members would like to attend, please contact Eileen Kinch at kinch@upei.ca for an invitation. 

Parking is available in Parking Lot “B” and “C” as well as the MacLauchlan Arena parking lot. Guests may enter the gymnasium through either the MacLauchlan Arena concourse or front doors of the Sports Centre.Convocation receptions will be held immediately following each ceremony in the SDU Engineering 1954 Lecture Hall at the School of Sustainable Design Engineering.

For more information on Convocation 2017, visit upei.ca/convocation

UPEI will observe the National Day of Mourning on April 28 by flying the flags at half-mast to honour all those impacted by workplace incidents causing death, injury, or illness.  For more information, read the UPEI news story.

UPEI Marketing and Communications' web team has updated the process to request edits to UPEI.ca. All requests may be sent directly to web@upei.ca, or by clicking "Request Website Edit" in the UPEI.ca website footer and completing the request form.

The UPEI Student Union invites you to its Annual Year End Reception on Friday, April 28 at 3:00 pm in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre Day Lounge. Come enjoy some refreshments and welcome the incoming Student Union executive team. All are welcome!

Graduates and faculty are reminded to order their gown and hood for Convocation 2017. The deadline has been extended to April 30, 2017 at 6:30 pm. All graduates are required to rent and wear a gown and hood to their Convocation ceremony on May 13, while faculty participating in the Academic Procession should also wear regalia. Ordering is easy - use the following links:

Student Gown Rental
Faculty Gown Rental

For more information on Convocation 2017, visit upei.ca/convocation

UPEI will be upgrading its version of Moodle for the Spring and Summer semester. As of end of business hours on April 27, a new version of Moodle will be available via the myUPEI Portal or at the web address moodle.upei.ca. Spring courses that have been using the moodle31.upei.ca web address will be accessible on moodle.upei.ca following this change. Courses from previous semesters will be available on an archived version of the older Moodle, which can be accessed by pressing the "Old Moodle" link in the menu bar on moodle.upei.ca. Please note that some links may not function in Old Moodle because of the web address change. Students experiencing issues with Moodle are asked to notify their instructors so any necessary accommodations can be made. Faculty experiencing issues are asked to contact moodle@upei.ca.

Please note the UPEI Bookstore will be closed on Thursday, April 27 and Friday, April 28 to complete an annual inventory count. The store will re-open on Monday, May 1 at 8:30 am.

If you use Google Scholar either on-campus or off-campus, you may have previously used Settings - Library Links to see the "Check@UPEI" link to connect to our subscribed journal "holdings". Due to our switching to a new journal holdings lookup platform this month, that selection was removed by Google from your profile and you will need to go back into Scholar - Settings - Library Links to re-search for "UPEI" and select us to see the Check@UPEI link again.

Contact Melissa Belvadi, mbelvadi@upei.ca, or your subject librarian, if you have any questions about this.

What’s open this summer:

Student Centre (Tim Horton’s)

Monday – Thursday
7:30 am-3:30 pm

Friday
7:30 am-3:00 pm

AVC Cafe

Monday – Friday
8:00 am-3:00m

Wanda Wyatt

Please check website, will be opening around June 25 for 3 meals a day.

Please note the UPEI Bookstore will be closed on Thursday, April 27 and Friday, April 28 to complete an annual inventory count. The store will re-open on Monday, May 1 at 8:30 am.

The UPEI Student Union invites you to its Annual Year End Reception on Friday April 28 at 3:00 pm in the Murphy Student Centre Day Lounge. Come enjoy some refreshments and welcome the incoming executive team.

All are welcome!