Saturday September 14, the UPEI Women's Rugby team opens its 2013 season against Saint Thomas at 2:00 pm. Please note -- game has been moved to the Artificial Turf Field.

UPEI's Cross Country Club will host the Panther Pace 5K fun run on Tuesday, October 8th. Registration is at 4:00 pm with run starting at 5:00 pm. Entry fee is $10 per person with proceeds going to the club. For additional information contact Melanie McKenna at mjmckenna@upei.ca

Join us for an open house to celebrate renovations to the Qualitative Research Lab. The UPEI Qualitative Research Lab (QRL) provides a range of equipment and training to outfit researchers for field work in the community and a facility to analyze data and prepare scholarly works. The lab provides remote data acquisition technology to capture stories, experiences, and cultures of interest. Researchers access transcription, analysis, and dissemination technologies. Researchers also have access to the QRL’s state-of-the-art Co-Laboratory to meet and share information with researchers around the world. The open house runs from 9:00-11:00 am on Friday, September 20. Light refreshments will be available. The lab is located in room 413 of Dalton Hall. The QRL is led by Dr. Kate Tilleczek, Canada Research Chair in Youth Cultures and Transitions, and is created through funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). For more information, visit katetilleczek.ca, or contact cyct@upei.ca.

Are you a new graduate veterinary medicine student to UPEI? Join us for a Welcome Wine and Cheese on Tuesday, September 24 at 7:00 pm in McMillan Hall. There will be live entertainment, refreshments, and a cash bar! Staff and faculty are welcome to attend.

The first annual UPEI Women’s Basketball "2013 Hoops & Greens Golf Classic" will be held at Rustico Resort Golf & Tennis Club on Thursday, September 19. Come play a round of golf and support the UPEI Women's Basketball Panthers. The Classic also provides the opportunity to build strong relationships within our community during a fun and friendly day on the golf course. Check-in at 9:00 am Shotgun start tee-off at 10:00 am (based on full registration) Cost: $400 per team (20 team limit) For registration and further information, please contact Panther Central or Adrian Murray via email at asmasm6655@gmail.com.

The campus community is cordially invited to attend the fourteenth annual Recognition of Founders Ceremony and the MacLauchlan Plaza Dedication on Wednesday, September 25, 2012 at 12:30 pm. Please join us join us in the plaza outside the Health Sciences Building to honour the 2013 Founders Janice Robertson, Bob MacAulay, Verner Smitheram, Mike Read, and John and Carol MacLeod (Honourable Eugene F. Whelan Green Hat Award). The event will be followed by the MacLauchlan Plaza Dedication honouring President Emeritus H. Wade MacLauchlan. Reception to follow in McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre (also rain location). All are welcome to attend. RSVP to Rebecca Gass, 902.566.0949 or rjgass@upei.ca. Parking is available at the CARI Complex.

All UPEI donors are invited to attend the first annual Donor Picnic on Founders' Day, followed by the fourteenth annual Recognition of Founders Ceremony and the MacLauchlan Plaza Dedication. The picnic will take place on Wednesday, September 25 at 11:30 am in The McCain Foundation Learning Commons at AVC. If you are a UPEI donor and have not yet confirmed your attendance, contact Deborah at (902) 566-0415 or dannear@upei.ca.

The horn of plenty will be very much in evidence when David Parker stars as the featured performer on the second UPEI concert of the season titled "A Cornucopia of Music." Works for horn and piano by Saint-Saëns, Strauss, Dukas and Poulenc and a solo for horn alone entitled "Appel interstellaire" by Messiaen will form part of the program. Pianist Frances Gray will perform solo in an Intermezzo and a Capriccio from the intimate romantic music of Brahms. The concluding work welcomes flutist Morgan Saulnier to join in an engaging trio for this unusual combination of instruments. The Ballade, Pastorale and Dance by Eric Ewazen makes a lot of demands on each of the performers but shows the brilliant talent of this American composer. The concert takes place on Sunday, September 22 at 7:30 pm in the Dr. Steel Recital Hall on the UPEI Campus. Tickets are available at the door at $15 (adults) and $12 (seniors and students). Read more about UPEI's Concert Series at http://music.upei.ca/recital-series.

You are invited to the Science Atlantic Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science conference at the University of Prince Edward Island on October 18th-20th, 2013! The Conference features a mathematics competition and computer science competition, student and other contributed talks, and a banquet on Saturday evening. You can register on-line at the Conference website; Computer Science competitors must also register via ACM for the competition. Conference website: http://conferences.upei.ca/samscs2013

On September 26, the Faculty of Education PhD Seminar Series presents guest speaker, Dale McIsaac. Dale is a PhD Candidate at UNB. His topic will be: Factors Influencing PEI Teachers' Aspirations to the Principalship. Thursday, September 26, 8:30-10am, Health Sciences Building, Room 105. All welcome to attend.