McCall MacBain Scholarships: UPEI Open Information Session
Please join us for a conversation with a McCall MacBain Scholarships representative visiting from Montreal, along with University of Prince Edward Island applicants Brian MacDonald and Carter Wynne! You’ll learn about the scholarship program and have the opportunity to ask questions.
Register now to reserve your spot: https://apply.mccallmacbainscholars.org/register/?id=1100270a-fde0-4be3-a484-38e7606ce924
UPEI Class of 2025 Mix and Mingle!
Join us at The Fox & Crow as we welcome the UPEI Class of 2025 to our alumni family! This event is open to all 2025 grads and UPEI/SDU/PWC alumni.
Friday, April 4, 2025
5:00–7:00 pm
Celebrate the last day of classes with free refreshments, live entertainment by Ryan Merry, fun door prizes to be won, and more!
Every 2025 grad in attendance will get a complimentary grad gift! Alumni who RSVP and attend the event will be entered to win an alumni prize pack.
Update on the development of Harassment and Discrimination and Sexual Violence policies
The following message was also emailed to UPEI students, faculty, and staff on January 21, 2025.
Dear UPEI Community,
In accordance with the UPEI Action Plan: Building A Culture of Trust, Safety and Inclusion, the University of Prince Edward Island has committed to developing a new Harassment and Discrimination Policy and a revised Sexual Violence Policy. We are pleased to announce that a Review Committee has been struck, and work is now underway in earnest.
Helena Ikpotokin and Daniel Gonzalez Longarela named UPEI Panther Athletes of the Week
Every week, UPEI Athletics and Recreation recognizes student-athletes for their achievements and contributions to their respective sports. The UPEI Panther Athletes of the Week for January 13–19, 2025, are Helena Ikpotokin (women’s track and field) and Daniel Gonzalez Longarela (men’s basketball).
UPEI Panthers this Week (January 20–26)
The UPEI Hockey and Basketball Panthers are looking forward to a week of competition at home and away.
Before the weekend games begin, UPEI international students will have the opportunity to connect with the UPEI Hockey Panthers to learn more about the game through the following activities:
Hockey 101: Smart Classroom Session
Wednesday, January 22, 5:15–6:00 pm
Location: Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre classroom 212
ACENET workshop: Job Scheduling with Slurm
The national systems use a job scheduler called “Slurm”. In this session, you will learn how Slurm works and how it allocates jobs, helping you to: minimize wait time by framing reasonable requests; ask for only the resources you need to improve efficiency; increase throughput; run more jobs simultaneously; and troubleshoot and address crashes. This workshop is designed for new HPC users familiar with Linux and Shell Scripting, or for experienced users transitioning to Slurm or seeking to improve efficiency with the scheduler.
ACENET workshop: Introduction to Shell Scripting
Shell scripting helps you save time, automate file management tasks, and better use the power of Linux. You’ll learn how to use the command line to carry out repetitive tasks, extract information from files quickly, combine commands in powerful ways, learn about job scripts, shell variables and looping commands, and capture a workflow so you can re-use it easily. Save time, reduce errors, and use Linux more effectively.
ACENET workshop: Introduction to the Linux Command Line
Linux is the terminal interface used to enable you to use the ACENET and the Digital Research Alliance of Canada (the Alliance) HPC clusters from your desktop. It's the tool you need to get your data on the clusters, run your programs, and get your data back. In this session, learn how to get started with Linux, how to create and navigate directories for your data, load files, manage your storage, run programs on the computing clusters, and set file permissions. This workshop is designed for those with no prior experience in working with a terminal interface.
Introduction to ACENET and High Performance Computing (HPC)
What is high performance computing (HPC) and what can it do for me? How can ACENET help? Used by researchers across many disciplines to tackle analyses too large or complex for a desktop, or to achieve improved efficiency over a desktop, this session takes participants through the preliminary stages of learning about high performance computing (HPC) and computing clusters, and how to get started with this type of computing. It then reviews software packages available for applications, data analysis, software development and compiling code.
ACENET workshop: Basics of Computers
Most of us have experience using a computer, whether for school, work, or entertainment, but how many of us have actually had an expert teach us how to use it? When one of your computing devices goes wrong, do you struggle to understand why? Perhaps you do an internet search in the hope that someone else who has had the exact same problem as you found a solution that also works for you. It doesn't need to be (quite) this way.
