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.

Dr. Derek Schipper, Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo will present a seminar on Wednesday, September 18 at 12:30 pm. Dr. Schipper’s presentation is titled “Advances in Catalytic Methods and Functional Aromatic Structures”. The seminar will be held in Room 212 in the NRC lecture theatre.

The School of Business Dean's Honours will be held on Thursday, October 3 at 7:00 pm at Government House on 1 Government Drive.

This year's Chief Justice Thane Campbell Lectureship in Law will be delivered by Lesli Bisgould, BA (York University) 1987, LLB (Osgoode - York University) 1990. Ms. Bisgould will be speaking on the changes to and development of laws relating to animals and animal welfare in Canada. It will take place on the UPEI campus in the MacKinnon Auditorium, McDougall Hall on Friday, October 4 at 1:30 pm. Ms. Bisgould has been practicing law since 1992, focusing on animal law and animal rights. She is also an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto's faculty of law where she teaches a course on animals and the law. She is also the author of Animals and the Law (2011), a Canadian law textbook published by Irwin Law.

UPEI will celebrate the International Day of Peace on Friday, September 20 at 12:30 pm at the Chaplaincy Centre. Come by for a "peace" of cake, a moment of silence, local musical talent, and more! The International Day of Peace takes place on Saturday, September 21. In 2002, the UN General Assembly officially declared September 21 as the permanent annual date for the International Day of Peace.

UPEI Athletics and Recreation is hosting the first Atlantic university field hockey tournament of the fall season this weekend, September 21–22, at the UPEI Turf Facility. Six universities—UPEI, SMU, DAL, StFX, UNB, and Acadia— will be participating. The first game will see UPEI take on StFX at 12:00 pm on September 21. Come out and support your UPEI Panthers! Go Panthers Go! Full tournament schedule: Saturday, September 21, 2013 12:00pm - UPEI vs StfX 1:00pm - SMU vs UNB 2:00pm - DAL vs ACA 3:00pm - UPEI vs UNB 4:00pm - SMU vs ACA 5:00pm - DAL vs StfX 6:00pm - ACA vs UPEI 7:00pm - StfX vs SMU 8:00pm - UNB vs DAL Sunday, September 22, 2013 9:00am - StfX vs ACA 10:00am - SMU vs UPEI 11:00am - UNB vs StfX 12:00pm - DAL vs SMU 1:00pm - ACA vs UNB 2:00pm - UPEI vs DAL

Students, staff, and faculty are invited to participate in Education Day 2013, taking place on Thursday, September 26th. Join members of the Student Union for a BBQ at 11:30 am, outside of the W.A. Murphy Student Centre. A Society Fair will take place in the concourse of the W.A. Murphy Student Centre from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. The day will end off with trivia for students, staff and faculty in McMillan Hall at 8:00 pm. Come to win some fantastic prizes and learn about post-secondary education!