This year's Holiday Bootcamp offers a results-driven workout that will kick-start a positive, fitness-focused New Year. Our qualified fitness leaders will motivate you and guide you to positive results leaving you looking and feeling your the fittest and strongest ever. Classes are free for Sports Centre members. Non-members pay $9 per class (plus HST). Bring a friend and it's two for the price of one!

The North American Veterinary Conference is taking place in Orlando, Florida this year. On Sunday, January 19, Dr. Don Reynolds, Dean of the Atlantic Veterinary College, will be hosting an AVC Alumni Reception in Crystal Ballroom C at the Orlando World Centre Marriott from 7:00 to 8:30 pm. Please join us for an opportunity to greet former classmates and get caught up on AVC news. Everyone is welcome.

The Western Veterinary Conference is taking place in Las Vegas, Nevada again this year. On Monday, February 17, Dr. Don Reynolds, Dean of the Atlantic Veterinary College, will be hosting an AVC Alumni Reception in the Cottonwood Room of the Four Seasons Hotel from 7:30 to 9:30 pm. Everyone is welcome to come and greet former classmates, and get caught up on AVC news.

Join the campus community for a Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony and caroling on Thursday, December 5 at 4:30 pm in the quadrangle (outdoor space between the W.A. Murphy Student Centre and the Kelley Memorial Building). Refreshments to follow in The Wave (including beverage specials and 10% off nachos).

Join Catherine MacNeill, MSc-ESC, Biology, on Friday, December 6 at 12:30 pm for a seminar entitled: “Youth livelihood strategies and environmental decision-making in Cameroon.” Catherine's presentation will be followed by a seminar presented by Brendan McKeown, MSc-ESC, Biology, entitled: “Magnolol causes a Go/G1 cell cycle arrest in human prostate cancer cells in vitro.” Both presentations will be in the Duffy Science Centre, room 204. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Join Dr. John Gordon, Professor, Division of Respiratory, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, for a seminar entitled: “The varied roles of the ELR-CXC chemokines in health and disease,” on Monday, December 9 at 2:00 pm in AVC Lecture Theatre B. Dr. Gordon received his Ph.D in Immunopathology from the University of Saskatchewan in 1984, and then did advanced training in immunopathology at Mill Hill, U.K. and Harvard Medical School. He returned to University of Saskatchewan in 1991 as an Associate Professor in Immunology at the College of Veterinary Medicine, where he studied respiratory diseases of veterinary and human importance and, more specifically, immunotherapeutics.

Join Dr. Alan Denton, Department of Physics, North Dakota State University will present a seminar on Tuesday, December 10, at 11:00 am. Dr. Denton’s presentation is entitled “Multiscale Modelling of Screening and Crowding in Soft Materials.” The seminar will be held in the Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre, Lecture Theatre Room 212.

Join the men's basketball team as they take on Holland College at 8:00 pm at the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre.

The University of Prince Edward Island and the UPEI Alumni Association invite everyone to our New Year's Levee. Please join us on Wednesday, January 1, 2014 at 11:00 am - 1:00 pm in Don and Marion McDougall Hall, Schurman Market Square. For more information, contact Sarah MacInnis at (902) 566-0687.

Come cheer on the UPEI Men's Hockey team as they take on the Dalhousie Tigers.