President’s Town Hall: Strategic Plan, 2025–2030—Update and Input
The following message was also emailed to UPEI students, faculty, and staff on January 10, 2025.
Dear UPEI Community,
You may recall that I sent a message in December to “save the dates” for several town halls during the 2025 winter semester.
You’re Invited! “Access for All UPEI” event
The UPEI campus community is invited to participate in the “Access for All UPEI” event on January 13, 2025, from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm, in McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre, to raise awareness of and advocate for improved accessibility on campus for students.
The event is organized by students Anthonia Bebiem (Mathematical and Computational Sciences), Obed Oluwakoya (Psychology), and Luciana Quiroa Paredes (Business) in partnership with UPEI Accessibility Services and the UPEI Student Union.
“Access for All UPEI” will feature several components:
Two UPEI Men’s Hockey players and coach selected to represent Canada at FISU World Games
Two UPEI Men’s Hockey student-athletes and head coach Forbes MacPherson are headed to the international stage.
Panthers captain Kurtis Henry and assistant captain Kaleb Pearson have been selected to play with Team Canada’s hockey team at the 2025 International University Sports Federation (FISU) World Games in Italy this month. MacPherson will serve as an assistant coach—his second time coaching in the FISU World Games.
POSTPONED--Teaching Dossier Workshop for Tenure/Permanency or promotion
This workshop is postponed today. It has been rescheduled to Monday, February 10, at 2 pm; delivery will be hybrid.
Intro to Moodle - Online Workshop
New to Moodle and wanting to learn more about how announcements work or how to access the photographic class list? Bring these and other questions to this virtual session on Teams. Join the meeting here: Meeting ID: 236 823 336 024 Passcode: MC3W8Hi6
Teaching Philosophy Workshop
A statement of teaching philosophy is an essential opening for most teaching dossiers: and it signals the central beliefs and practices that the rest of the dossier will demonstrate. This workshop will take participants through a variety of strategies for crafting an effective and authentic statement, after we look at examples from across disciplines. This is a writing-intensive session, so come ready to respond to a number of prompts. Participants will leave with a sound basic structure for starting or updating their teaching statements.
MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing Celebration
The Office of the President cordially invites you to attend the MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing Celebration on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, at 2:30 p.m.
Please join members of the MacLauchlan family, guest speaker Paul MacNeill, and the UPEI community in this celebration of our students.
For further information, please contact Donna Lawless at dlawless@upei.ca or 902.566.0637.
Save the dates! President's Town Halls in 2025
The following message was also emailed to students, staff, and faculty on December 16, 2024.
Dear UPEI Community,
As part of continuing to engage the campus community, I will be holding several town halls during the 2025 winter semester. To help you plan ahead, I invite you to "save the dates" listed below.
Board Game Night (in the afternoon)!
Join us at the Catherine Callbeck Centre for Entrepreneurship for a fun-filled couple of hours where we will experience the board game Playing Lean! Playing Lean teaches players to embrace innovation and think like an entrepreneur while competing against other students to race and capture the most market share. Grab some popcorn and get ready. It's sure to be a wild ride! This event is open to students, faculty, and staff!
📍 Where: Catherine Callbeck Centre for Entrepreneurship, 201 Robertson Library
📅 Date: Friday, January 17
⏰ Time: 2:00-4:00 pm
CCCE Speaker Series: Lessons Learned from founding Iron Fox Games with Chris Gallant
Join us at the Catherine Callbeck Centre for Entrepreneurship for our first speaker series event of 2025 with Chris Gallant, COO and co-founder of Iron Fox Games, and executive director of the PEI IT Alliance and The Foundry! Chris will talk about his journey from studying arts at UPEI to founding a prominent video game developing company on PEI and the lessons he's learned along the way.
