For the second year, UPEI will host ONE BILLION RISING – a global activist movement to end violence against women and girls on Friday, February 14, 2014 at 12:15 pm. The campus community is invited to McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre to rise up and dance together to support the movement. Fitness instructor, Anna Lacroix, will lead the group in dancing. One Billion Rising began in 2013 as a call to action based on the staggering statistic that 1 in 3 women on the planet will be beaten or raped during her lifetime. With the world population at 7 billion, this adds up to more than one billion women and girls. One billion women and those who love them will walk out, dance, rise up, and demand an end to this violence. For inspiring videos from around the world, and more information, see www.onebillionrising.org. Both the Advisory Council on the Status of Women and PEI Family Violence Prevention Services will be present as community representatives and supporters. Donations will be accepted in support of PEI Family Violence Prevention Services.

UPEI will celebrate its second annual Mental Health Week from March 10-14. A full schedule of events will be posted at upei.ca/mentalhealthweek in the coming weeks! Contact Cathy Rose at crose@upei.ca or James Reddin at jareddin@upei.ca for more information.

Join Dr. Art van der Est, Department of Chemistry from Brock University for a seminar on Tuesday, February 11 at 12:30 pm. Dr. van der Est’s presentation is entitled "Electron Transfer in Natural and Artificial Photosynthesis Studied Using Time Resolved EPR Spectroscopy". The seminar will be held in the Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre, Lecture Theatre, room 212.

Join the Psychology Department for the fourth lecture in the Fiona Papps Colloquium Series on Friday February 14 at 3:00 pm in Memorial Hall, room 215. The lecture is entitled "Abortion in PEI: Understanding for a Change" and is being presented by Dr. Colleen MacQuarrie. For more information, please contact Dr. Stacey MacKinnon at smackinnon@upei.ca.

Join Dr. Maria Forzan, Pathology and Microbiology, for a seminar entitled "Experimental infection of wood frogs, Rana sylvatica, with Frog Virus 3 (ranavirus)."

Drop by McMillan Hall in the W.A. Murphy Student Center on Wednesday, February 12, between 11:00am-1:00pm, and join us in thinking about 'what (else) is sex'! There will be displays, videos, exhibits, questions and quotes as part of the UPEISU Sex Week activities. The aim of the fair is to broaden our understanding of what 'sex' is and how many possibilities there are to talk about it this term. This is the first event organized by the new Student Diversity Office. For more information, contact Ann Braithwaite at abraithwaite@upei.ca.

Join your colleagues for staff/faculty skate on Wednesday, February 19 from 11:30 am-1:30 pm on the UPEI Outdoor Rink (located in the Quad between Kelley Memorial Building and the W.A. Murphy Student Centre). Skates can be borrowed from the Department of Athletics and Recreation by contacting Panther Central at 566-0368. Refreshments will be served in the day lounge of the W.A. Murphy Student Centre. This event is weather dependent. Everyone is welcome to attend.

The Department of Music presents Cora Wong on flute, on Sunday, March 2 at 2:30 pm in the Dr. Steel Recital Hall as a part of the junior/senior recital performances. Admission is free and all are welcome to attend.

The Department of Music presents Jillian Clow, soprano, and Olivia Barnes, mezzo soprano, on Sunday, March 9 at 7:30 pm in the Dr. Steel Recital Hall, as a part of the junior/senior recital performances. Admission is free and all are welcome to attend.

The Department of Music presents Lucas McPhail on saxophone, on Tuesday, March 11 at 7:30 pm in the Dr. Steel Recital Hall as a part of the junior/senior recital performances. Admission is free and all are welcome to attend.