The East Coast Student Leadership Conference is a leadership and development summit, welcoming college and university level student leaders from throughout Atlantic Canada, and beyond. This year's theme is Cultivating Leaders: It's Your Time to Grow! The conference is comprised of keynote presentations, student-led concurrent sessions, networking and brainstorming sessions, service learning experiences, and social activities, all designed to encourage growth, development, and understanding of what it truly means to be a leader. More information on the conference can be found by visiting the conference website. The organizing committee is enthusiastic about showcasing UPEI's dynamic campus community, and we are excited at the opportunity to include more UPEI students than ever before in this unique leadership and development experience. For specific questions about the conference, or to support a student leader in your area, please contact Keith Lawlor, by phone at 902-566-0568 or email kjlawlor@upei.ca.

Join the International Relations Office, and the Chinese Knot Club for the first International Coffee House of the 2014-15 year. Enjoy free entertainment, games, BBQ, snacks, and coffee on Friday, October 3 from 5:30-9:30pm in McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre. This event is sponsored by the Chinese Knot Club.

UPEI’s new School of Engineering is in the process of searching for its first Associate Dean who will be the academic, administrative, and community leader of the School. Two candidates have been short-listed and have been invited to campus for a public presentation and final interview process. Join Dr. Nicholas Krouglicof, Memorial University of Newfoundland on Thursday, October 2, from 10:30am-11:45am, in AVC Lecture Theatre A. Dr. Krouglicof will present to the campus community on “The Role of the Associate Dean in Leading the New School of Engineering at UPEI”.

UPEI’s new School of Engineering is in the process of searching for its first Associate Dean who will be the academic, administrative, and community leader of the School. Two candidates have been short-listed and have been invited to campus for a public presentation and final interview process. Join Dr. Amarjeet Bassi, Western University, on Friday, October 17, from 10:45am-12:00pm, in Don and Marion McDougall Hall, Room 243. Dr. Bassi will present to the campus community on “The Role of the Associate Dean in Leading the New School of Engineering at UPEI”.

A prominent American researcher in the field of addictions treatment is coming to Prince Edward Island to give a public talk, and to discuss ways of importing her web-based treatment methods to the Island’s healthcare system. Dr. Kathleen Carroll is a Professor of Psychiatry from the Yale School of Medicine. The public is welcome to her talk on Tuesday, October 7 at 6:00 pm in the Alex H. MacKinnon Auditorium, room 242 of UPEI’s Don and Marion McDougall Hall. Dr. Carroll is best known for her work in computer-based training for cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT4CBT, which has received multiple awards and recognitions for its success. CBT4CBT is being implemented within the U.S. healthcare system and has been shown in several sites to nearly double the improvement of treatment success for patients struggling with addictions. Dr. Carroll comes to Prince Edward Island as a guest of Dr. Juergen Krause, Dean of the School of Business and Director of UPEI’s Centre for Health and Biotech Management Research (CHBMR). Dr. Carroll’s talk will offer more information about this new treatment option for Prince Edward Island and Canada, and will give the public an opportunity to ask questions to learn more.

Join us Friday, October 10 at 5:00pm for the first Graduate Student Pub at the Wave! It’s been a long week. You’ve been working hard. Come out and meet some of the other graduate students on campus who make this place tick. Come for the camaraderie, stay for the Three Minute Thesis Open Mic! 3MT is an international competition where graduate students deliver lay-summaries of their research in less than three minutes. It’s fast past, hectic, and a lot of fun. We’ll be participating in the formal competition this spring, but if you want a bit of practice, we’ll give you a shot! If you’d like to participate, email datkinson@upei.ca. We’ll start the competition around 6:00pm. We’ll supply some great prizes! The Graduate Student Pub is organized by the UPEISU, the UPEI Graduate Student Association, and UPEI’s Office of Graduate Studies.

Join us Friday, October 10 for a celebration of the culture of writing and publishing from UPEI’s Faculty of Arts. We’ll launch six new books by UPEI author/editors that were published in 2014. The event begins at 3:00 pm in the Faculty Lounge of UPEI’s SDU Main Building. Books will be available for sale and for signing.This year’s titles include: Books: • Dr. Ian Dowbiggin, The Search for Domestic Bliss: Marriage and Family Counseling in 20th-Century America (University Press of Kansas) • Dr. Peter Koritansky, Human Nature, Contemplation & the Political Order: Essays Inspired by Jacques Maritain’s Scholasticism and Politics (Catholic University of America Press) • Dr. Udo Krautwurst, Culturing Bioscience: A Case Study in the Anthropology of Science (University of Toronto Press) Journal Special Issues: • Dr. Michael Arfken, guest co-editor (with Dr. Jeffery Yen), Journal of Theoretical & Philosophical Psychology, Volume 34, number 1, 2014, Special issue: Psychology and Social Justice (American Psychological Association) • Dr. Annabel Cohen, Psychomusicology: music, mind, & brain, Volume 23, number 4, 2013, Special Issue: Jazz improvisation; Cognitive Perspectives (guest co-editors: Dr. Martin Norgaard, Dr. Susan Rogers, Dr. Peter, Vuust) (American Psychological Association) • Dr. Annabel Cohen, Psychomusicology: music, mind, & brain, Volume 24, number 1, 2014, Special Issue: Interactions between emotion and cognition in music (guest co-editors: Renee Timmers, Eduardo Coutinho) (American Psychological Association) For more information, including a video interview with Dr. Udo Krautwurst about his book Culturing Bioscience, visit upei.ca/news.

The School of Business Dean's Honours will be held on Thursday, October 9 at 7:00 pm at Government House on 1 Government Drive. Business students who achieved 80% or higher in ten hours courses during the 2013-14 academic year, are invited to take part in the ceremony. For more information or to pick up your invitation, contact Mollie Cooke at mcooke@upei.ca or 902-566-0626.

Want to attend the virtual classroom event being led by Dr. David Suzuki? The David Suzuki Foundation, the National Film Board of Canada and Humber College on the intersection of food equity and environmental justice will host a live feed for UPEI students, staff, and faculty in the K.C. Irving Chemistry Centre, room 104 at 1:00-2:30pm on Monday, October 6. A panel discussion, led by Dr. David Suzuki, and streaming live from Humber to classrooms across the country, will examine the impact of modern farming practices on our health, land and food security. Suzuki will be joined by panelists J.B. MacKinnon, co-author of Canadian bestseller "The 100-Mile Diet", and Utcha Sawyers, from Food Share Toronto to discuss what we can do as individuals and as a nation to ensure that every person has the basic ingredients for a life of health and dignity. The event also features poet Tanya Davis, whose compelling poem is the backdrop for the NFB film "Island Green", a look at conventional and organic farming on Prince Edward Island. The film is the catalyst for the panel discussion. A screening of the 20 minute film "Island Green" will precede the live event at 12:30 and, if there is interest, will also follow the event at 2:30. For more information, contact Larry Hale (Biology Dept) at lhale@upei.ca

Join artist Susan Christensen for an art show opening of the The Frank Ledwell Literacy Legacy Project in the Robertson Library, on Sunday October 5 from 2:00-4:00 pm. Susan was commissioned by the PEI 2014 Committee to paint ten original art pieces based on Frank Ledwell's writings. The ten paintings will be on display from October 5-October 31. This project celebrates the anniversary of the Charlottetown meetings in 1864 of the Fathers of Confederation. The stop at the Robertson Library will complete the tour of the paintings. At the end of the tour, the pieces will be made part of a permanent collection in the hosting libraries throughout PEI, including the Robertson Library at UPEI.