To assist students for the UPEI Career Fair on February 5, Career Services and the Writing Centre will be collaborating to put on “Resumania 2014” on Monday, February 3 and Tuesday, February 4 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. This drop-in session is focused on resume development and advice.

To assist students for the UPEI Career Fair on February 5, Career Services and the Writing Centre will be collaborating to put on “Resumania 2014” on Monday, February 3 and Tuesday, February 4 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. This drop-in session is focused on resume development and advice.

Join UPEI faculty and staff members: Don Desserud, Ed MacDonald, Lee Ellen Pottie, and Jim Sentance, on Tuesday January 14, 7:00 pm at the Confederation Centre Library for a public discussion entitled 1864: did it matter, does it matter? This event is co-sponsored by the Canadian Studies Program and the PEI Provincial Library.

Come out and cheer on the Men's Basketball Team as they take on the Saint Mary's Huskies.

At the next Graduate Research on Tap, join two UPEI graduate students for conversations about education and the environment. The event begins at 7 pm, Tuesday, January 21 in the Wave. Graduate Research on Tap is a new extension of our popular public discussion series; it features the work of UPEI's up-and-coming graduate student researchers. The first discussion will be led by Laura Phalen, an MSc student in Biology. The title of the discussion is "Do the oil sands make fish sick?" Gabriela Arias de Sanchez, a PhD student in Education, will lead the second discussion, entitled "Cracking the math code: how we talk numbers with young children." Sound interesting? Join us! Graduate Research on Tap is a series of public discussions with UPEI graduate student researchers. Presented by the UPEI Student Union, the UPEI Graduate Student Association, and the Vice-President Research and Graduate Studies.

Join the International Relations Office for an International Coffee House on Tuesday, January 14 from 6:00-8:00 pm in the Robertson Library's PIT. The event will feature guest speaker Dr. Tim Goddard and musical entertainment by Devin Krauskopf. Snacks and coffee will be provided. The event is free and all are welcome to attend.

Don Gayton, ecologist and award­-winning nature and science writer, will be writer­-in-residence at UPEI during the week of February 3-­8, hosted by the English Department and Environmental Studies Program, with funding from The Canada Council for the Arts. Don will give a public reading from his recent writings on Thursday, February 6, at 7:30 pm in the Confederation Centre Public Library. A reception will follow the reading, which is co­hosted by the Library.

Join UPEI's writer-in-residence, Don Gayton, ecologist and award­-winning nature and science writer, for a workshop entitled Nature Writing: Where do we go from here? The workshop will take place on Saturday, February 8 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm in the Main Faculty Lounge. Nature writing traces back to Thoreau, the classical Greek writers and even beyond, but now it stands at a historic crossroads. Contemplation and oneness with nature are hallmarks of the genre, a mindset now at odds with our deepening environmental crises. Does nature writing now become a literature of protest, or of despair? In this interactive workshop, we will explore future directions for nature writers. Workshop fees are $25 for one workshop or $35 for both, and $15 or $25 for students and PEI Writers’ Guild members. For further information about his workshops and reading, and to register for workshops, contact the English Department: 566-­0389 or tjohnston@upei.ca.

Join UPEI's writer-in-residence, Don Gayton, ecologist and award­-winning nature and science writer, for a workshop entitled Ecology as Literature. The workshop will take place on Saturday, February 8 from 1:00 to 3:00 pm in the Main Faculty Lounge Writers have often turned to science for ideas and metaphors. The young science of ecology has increasing relevance to literature. Ecology embraces ambiguity, multiple states of being, and reciprocity between humans and nature. The practice of ecological restoration incorporates spirituality with science. Ecologist and writer Don Gayton will open up some of the concepts and paradoxes of ecology as new material for writers of fiction, non­fiction and poetry. Workshop fees are $25 for one workshop or $35 for both, and $15 or $25 for students and PEI Writers’ Guild members. For further information about his workshops and reading, and to register for workshops, contact the English Department: 566-­0389 or tjohnston@upei.ca.

Dr. Juergen Krause will make a public presentation as a candidate for the Dean of the School of Business on Monday, February 10, at 2:00 pm. The presentation is entitled: "Describe your vision and fit for the position of the Dean of the School of Business at the University of Prince Edward Island." Dr. Krause is currently a faculty member and Interim Dean in the School of Business. The presentation will be held in Don and Marion McDougall Hall, room 328. All are welcome to attend. The search committee welcomes feedback and requests that it be forwarded by email to vpa@upei.ca by Friday, February 14, 2014.