Beginning this year, both new and returning UPEI students are able to register earlier for 2015–16 courses than ever before. Registration* for returning UPEI students opens in June as follows: June 2 – fourth-year students June 3 – third-year students June 4 – second-year students June 5 onward – first-year students, and registration remains open to all students Registration can be completed via Campus Login or in person at the Registrar’s Office from Monday to Friday, 8:30 am–4:00 pm. (NEW! To facilitate the transition to earlier registration dates, the $100 tuition deposit will be deferred until July 17 for current, returning students.) Students’ year of study will be updated under “Registration Status” on their Campus Login before registration begins. New, first-year UPEI students can register for courses with the First-Year Advising office either during group sessions or individually with a first-year advisor. Contact beready@upei.ca or 902-628-4353 to schedule a time. *Note: Some professional programs follow different registration dates. Please check with individual program for more information.

The Search Committee for the AVC Associate Dean, Graduate Studies and Research is pleased to announce that two candidates have been short-listed for this position - Dr. Michael Cockram and Dr. Larry Hammell. Their public presentations entitled A Vision for Graduate Studies and Research at AVC are scheduled as follows and all are invited to attend: FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2015 - DR. MICHAEL COCKRAM 8:30 - 9:30 am AVC Lecture Theatre "A" WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10 - DR. LARRY HAMMELL 8:30 - 9:30 AM AVC Lecture Theatre "A" Please see the link below to view the candidates' CV and itinerary. The itinerary is set up to provide an opportunity for various individuals and groups to meet with the candidates. Please review the itinerary to determine which group meeting pertains to you. If you are unable to meet with the candidates on their interview dates, you may wish to arrange a separate meeting with the candidates themselves. If you are unable to attend the presentations, they will be recorded and also made available for your review at this site. Your feedback/comments on the two candidates is welcomed. Please email your comments to Dr. Greg Keefe at gkeefe@upei.ca prior to 4:00 pm, Friday, June 12, 2015.

The Search Committee for the AVC Associate Dean, Graduate Studies and Research is pleased to announce that two candidates have been short-listed for this position - Dr. Michael Cockram and Dr. Larry Hammell. Their public presentations entitled A Vision for Graduate Studies and Research at AVC are scheduled as follows and all are invited to attend: FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2015 - DR. MICHAEL COCKRAM 8:30 - 9:30 am AVC Lecture Theatre "A" WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10 - DR. LARRY HAMMELL 8:30 - 9:30 AM AVC Lecture Theatre "A" Please see the link below to view the candidates' CV and itinerary. The itinerary is set up to provide an opportunity for various individuals and groups to meet with the candidates. Please review the itinerary to determine which group meeting pertains to you. If you are unable to meet with the candidates on their interview dates, you may wish to arrange a separate meeting with the candidates themselves. If you are unable to attend the presentations, they will be recorded and also made available for your review at this site. Your feedback/comments on the two candidates is welcomed. Please email your comments to Dr. Greg Keefe at gkeefe@upei.ca prior to 4:00 pm, Friday, June 12, 2015.

Dr. Johanna Wolf, Associate Professor for the School of Environment and Sustainability at Royal Roads University, British Columbia, is a candidate for UPEI's new Canada Research Chair in Sustainability, Resilience, and Island Contexts. Dr. Wolf will make two presentations, both of which will open to the campus and research communities. A general presentation, entitled “Better off or Worse for Wear: Sustainability and Resilience Through Climate Adaptation", will take place on May 27, 2:00 – 3:00 pm in AVC Lecture Theatre A. A technical presentation, entitled “Connect, Collaborate, Co-produce: Shaping Climate Change Adaptation to Foster Island Resilience and Sustainability", will take place on June 1, 10:00 – 11:00 am, in AVC Lecture Theatre A. A reception will follow each presentation in the McCain Foundation Learning Commons at AVC. All are welcome to attend. Dr. Wolf’s CV is available at the reserve desk, Robertson Library. Comments on this candidate are welcome and can be forwarded to research@upei.ca.

Dr. Johanna Wolf, Associate Professor for the School of Environment and Sustainability at Royal Roads University, British Columbia, is a candidate for UPEI's new Canada Research Chair in Sustainability, Resilience, and Island Contexts. Dr. Wolf will make two presentations, both of which will open to the campus and research communities. A general presentation, entitled “Better off or Worse for Wear: Sustainability and Resilience Through Climate Adaptation", will take place on May 27, 2:00 – 3:00 pm in AVC Lecture Theatre A. A technical presentation, entitled “Connect, Collaborate, Co-produce: Shaping Climate Change Adaptation to Foster Island Resilience and Sustainability", will take place on June 1, 10:00 – 11:00 am, in AVC Lecture Theatre A. A reception will follow each presentation in the McCain Foundation Learning Commons at AVC. All are welcome to attend. Dr. Wolf’s CV is available at the reserve desk, Robertson Library. Comments on this candidate are welcome and can be forwarded to research@upei.ca.

The UPEI Alumni and Friends Calgary chapter is hosting a spring social at the National on 8th (Calgary, Alta.) on June 1 from 4:30 - 7:00 pm. If you know any alumni or friends of UPEI in Calgary, please let them know about this event.

The UPEI Alumni and Friends Vancouver chapter is hosting a spring social at the Vancouver Rowing Club (450 Stanley Park Dr.) on June 2 from 4:30 - 6:30 pm. Please let any UPEI alumni or friends in the Vancouver area know about this upcoming event!

The UPEI Alumni and Friends Ottawa chapter is participating in the Atlantic Universities Pub Night on June 4 at Hooley's on Elgin Street, Ottawa from 5:30 - 9:00 pm. Let any alumni and friends of UPEI know about the event!

This sixth annual celebration of graduate research at UPEI will take place June 17. Graduate and postdoctoral research will be featured in the poster session.

Everyone is invited to a public talk by Summerside’s Dr. Tiber F. M. Falzett on Scottish Gaelic language and culture as passed down through generations on Prince Edward Island. Through oral traditions, music, songs, poetry, newspaper articles, and census returns, attendees will be taken on a journey in the life of Scottish Gaels on Prince Edward Island from their arrival on these shores to the decline and eventual disappearance of the language from everyday Island life by the close of the last century. Excerpts of field recordings made by Dr. John Shaw for the Institute of Island Studies in 1987, as well as earlier recordings made by others, will serve as primary vehicles in our explorations. Tiber will play these Gaelic recordings, which can be easily followed with English translations he’ll provide. This small but significant collection of recordings holds tremendous potential for the homegrown linguistic and cultural renewal of these local traditions at the communal level. Tiber has himself conducted over a decade of fieldwork among Scottish Gaels in Cape Breton and the Scottish Highlands and Western Isles. He enjoys a good cèilidh sharing Gaelic songs and tunes on the bagpipes. He recently completed his PhD in Celtic and Scottish Studies at the University of Edinburgh and has now returned home to the Island, where he is now a Research Associate of the Institute of Island Studies. He looks forward to making connections with fellow Islanders interested in Scottish Gaelic in our province.