UPEI Executive MBA Program Information Session
UPEI's Executive MBA program hosts Information Session
UPEI’s Executive MBA program offers a high-quality learning experience for working business professionals. The program is designed for those working in, or aspiring to work, in a management or leadership position. Classes are offered bi-weekly on Fridays and Saturdays with the option to complete the program in 20 months.
Central to the program design is an evidence-based management approach which helps students develop the skills and knowledge to make better-informed and well-supported decisions both in the program and in applied situations in their workplaces.
To learn more about this exciting opportunity in business graduate studies, UPEI’s School of Business invites you to attend the following information session. Learn more about the program and application process, have your questions answered, and meet with staff from the School of Business.
Thursday, March 14
The Gallery, The Guild
Charlottetown
5:00 pm
We encourage you to call (902) 566-6474 or email: mba@upei.ca to reserve a seat. For more information about UPEI’s Executive MBA program, please visit: upei.ca/mba or contact the MBA Coordinator at (902)566-6474.
English Language Centre Open House
Please join us for an open house at the new English Language Centre, located on the first floor of Kelley Memorial Building room 105 (where the Registrar's Office was previously located). Learn about the EAP and Homestay programs, and other services offered at the Centre.
The open house will be held on Wednesday, February 27th from 1:30-4:30 pm. All students, staff and faculty are welcome to attend. Snacks available.
Science MSc Thesis Defence: Pradeepa Gunasena
The Faculty of Science graduate Studies Committee invites the campus community to Pradeepa Gunasena's MSc Thesis defence. Her presentation is entitled "Establishing the test retest reliability of contralateral auditory suppression of transient evoked oto-acoustic emissions in a cohort of normal healthy individuals."
Everyone is welcome.
Employee Wellness Strategy: Biometric Clinic
Take some time for 'YOU' and drop by the UPEI Health and Wellness Centre between 10:00 am-3:00 pm on Wednesday, February 27. See the nutritional information display and learn more about your biometric measurements and the healthy rates to strive for. Tests include blood pressure, glucose, COPD test, BMI, hand grip strength, flexibility test, and stress questionnaire.
Lynne Fraser, UPEI's Nurse Practitioner will also provide a 15-minute "Heart Health" presentation from noon-12:15 pm and 12:45-1:00pm. Light Refreshments provided. No appointment required!
The UPEI Health and Wellness Centre is on the second floor (north) of the W.A. Murphy Student Centre (above the bookstore).
This clinic is brought to you by UPEI's Healthy Campus Committee, through its Employee Wellness Strategy.
Wondering How to Indigenize Your Courses?
The next event in the series being presented by the Faculty Development Office and the Indigenous Education Advisory Circle’s faculty development committee will occur on Tuesday, February 26, from 2:30-3:30 in SDMB 201 (Faculty Lounge). Gerald Wandio will facilitate a discussion of the article "Mandatory Indigenous Studies courses aren't Reconciliation, they're an easy way out" by Rauna Kuokkanen. Rabble.ca. 2016. Please read the article and come discuss it!
How to use BlackBoard Collaborate Workshop
BlackBoard Collaborate is web conferencing software that allows instructors to do many things to engage with their students. Use BlackBoard Collaborate to record your teaching for days when your face-to-face class has been cancelled. Share your PowerPoint or use the interactive whiteboard, BlackBoard Collaborate allows you to set up a complete virtual classroom. It’s simple, easy and reliable. This workshop takes place on March 12 from 10:30 to 11:30 am in Room 265 of the Robertson Library. REGISTER
Soup for the Soul 4.5
Year Four. Event Five.
Come and get it on Wednesday, February 27 at 11:30 am in the Chaplaincy Centre. Lentil and Black Bean Soup. Potato and Roasted Red Soup.
Prepared and served by UPEI Recruitment and Advisement Office. They got you here, let them feed you here!
Biomedical Sciences & Pathology and Microbiology Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Juan Carlos Rodriguez-Lecompte
Title: The gut an immunological organ: Part II - The gut associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) and nutritional intervention.
MMS Seminar Series - Riley Jackson and Will McCombs
As part of the Molecular and Macromolecular Sciences Seminar Series, two topics will be presented:
Riley Jackson "Building a Novel Transition State Search Algorithm using Machine Learning"
Will McCombs "Characterization of Phosphorus Speciation and Mineralization in PEI Soil"
All are welcome to attend.
FSDE Graduate Research Seminar
Dr. Ali Ahmadi will be this week's FSDE Graduate Research Seminar presenter. His topic will be "Presentation Skills".
Please note - new room location
Everyone is welcome to attend.