Faculty Recognition Night will be held Monday, May 6, beginning at 7:00 pm (reception at 6:30 pm) at the Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall. Each year this event honours the winners of the Hessian Award for Excellence in Teaching and the UPEI Merit Award for Scholarly Achievement. It is also an opportunity to honour the service of retiring academic staff, as well as to recognize those who have served UPEI for 25 years or more (and who have not previously received a 25-year pin). Tickets are $50.00 each (with a subsidized price of $25.00 for Faculty Association members and their guests), and can be pre-ordered at the Faculty Association Office, Main Building, Room 315. Faculty Recognition Night is co-sponsored by the UPEI Faculty Association and the Office of the President.

The Community Connector is a great resource to find opportunities to give back to the local community. Many organizations offer a couple hours a week, while others ask for more of a commitment but for a short period of time. Volunteering allows you to develop skills to increase employability after graduation, and to grow your network for job opportunities and references.

SPEAKER: Stacey Goldberg, Biomedical Sciences TITLE: Molecular Approach to Identify Bioactive Brominated Natural Products from Marine Sponges

How will climate change impact our roads, bridges, and sewers? Join us for a free workshop, Planning for Risks Under a Changing Climate. From waterfronts to roads to bridges to storm sewers, there will be speakers from across the Atlantic region talking about how jurisdictions have adapted their major infrastructure to future climate changes. The event is topped off by a climate change video produced by Mount Allison University Professor Ian Mauro starring many Islanders identifying how they have already experienced the impacts of climate change. When: Friday, May 3, 8:30 am-3:00 pm Where: Lecture Theatre A, Atlantic Veterinary College, UPEI The workshop is free, but please register in advance by emailing climate@upei.ca with your name and phone number. For more information, contact Dr. Adam Fenech, director of the UPEI Climate Research Lab, at 620-5220 or afenech@upei.ca. See more details.

Hosted by the Panther Green and White Club and the Avondale Golf Club Date: Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 1:00 pm Registration 12:20-12:45 pm Site: Avondale Golf Course Entry Deadline (maximum 30 teams): Wednesday, June 19th Registration Fee: $500 per team or $125 for individuals , includes: Green Fee Two power carts per team Eligible for a variety of prizes Steak Dinner For more information and payment options contact: Tim Kendrick, UPEI Men’s Basketball Coach, 566 0562 Lyall Huggan, Chairman of the Green and White Club, 566 4967

UPEI is proud to host the PEISAA Track and Field Championship taking place at the UPEI Alumni Canada Games Place on May 31 and June 1.

The short story collection Riptides: New Island Fiction (Acorn Press) has been shortlisted for the 2013 Best Atlantic-Published Book Award. As part of the Festival preceding the Atlantic Book Awards gala, Riptides editor Richard Lemm of the UPEI English Department will convene a panel of contributors to the book -- including UPEI Philosophy professor Malcolm Murray -- for an evening of reading and discussion at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery. Copies of Riptides will be available for sale/signing. Light refreshments will be served. All are welcome and admission is free.

Tailings of Warren Peace, by Nova Scotia author Stephen Law, leads readers through tendrils of the past, evoking memories and spirits that both guide and forewarn a man who repossesses gravestones, to a burial site in the highlands of Guatemala. There will be a book launch on Friday, May 17, 2013 at 7:30 pm in the Faculty Lounge, Main Building. This event is sponsoried by Island Studies Press. For more information, contact Joan Sinclair at 566-0386 or jpstaff@upei.ca

There will be a UPEI Biosafety Training Session: Tuesday, June 4th 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm Room 286A, AVC Learning Commons Topics to be covered include Biosecurity Plan training as well as basic biosafety principles and how they are applied at the University of Prince Edward Island. (Please note, only those who attended the training sessions in December 2012 or February 2013 are currently considered to be “up to date” in their training requirements.) If you wish to attend, you must preregister by contacting Research Services before May 28th, 2013: Lisa MacDougall 620-5104 Janet Crowther 628-4308 (afternoons only)

PEI’s newest poet, Mathew Henderson, will launch his first book, The Lease, on Wednesday, June 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the UPEI Faculty Lounge, Main Building. Mathew grew up on the Island and graduated from UPEI in 2008. During his summers, he worked in the Saskatchewan oil patch. The poems in The Lease are written in the sweat, blood, and grease of those who labour in the oilfields. His poetry shows human technology and physical labour realigning our habitat. Henderson’s writing illuminates the often unflattering realities of industrial culture and its cast of hard-living humans. His reading is sponsored by the UPEI English Department with support from The Canada Council for the Arts.