The Office of the President invites students to enjoy a festive study break on Thursday, December 5 from 1:00 - 2:30 pm, in the lobby of the W.A. Murphy Student Centre. There will be free hot cocoa, coffee, and cookies along with holiday music -- all to help ease the stress of studying and exams, and to celebrate the holiday season. All students are welcome!

Join the International Relations Office for a "Holiday Drop In" on Friday, November 29 from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm. Take part in tree decorating, cookie decorating, gingerbread house building and more!

Join the Department of Student Affairs on Wednesday, November 27 from 2:00-4:00 pm. Drop by and enjoy a hot cup of cider and visit with Santa Calus (make sure to bring your camera to take a photo with Santa.

Join Mr. Davids Agboola (from the School of Mathematics and Physics, the University of Queensland, Astralia) for a seminar entitled From "Hypergeometric equation to Heun equation and Beyond: Exact solvability" on Wednesday, November 27 at 3:00 pm in Main Building, room 420.

The Society of International Students (SIS) is hosting an international potluck on Friday, November 29 from 6:00-9:00 pm in McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre featuring food, music and dancing from around the world! Students, staff and faculty are all welcome to attend. If you would like to contribute a dish for the potluck, contact Erica Stanely at estanley@upei.ca, or 566-0443 to ensure safe food handling procedures are met.

Come cheer on the men's panther hockey team as they take on StFX on Friday, November 29 at 7:00 pm.

Come cheer on the men's panther hockey team as they take on SMU on Saturday, November 30 at 7:00 pm at the MacLauchlan Arena.

There will be a UPEI biosafety training session on Tuesday, December 17, from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm in the McCain Foundation Learning Commons, AVC, Room 287N. Topics to be covered include basic biosafety principles and how they are applied at the University of Prince Edward Island, as well as biosecurity training. Please note: only those who attended the training sessions in December 2012, February 2013, or June 2013 are currently considered to be “up to date” in their training requirements. If you wish to attend, you must pre-register by contacting Carol Heartz, Research Services and Graduate Studies, before December 10, 2013 by email (heartz@upei.ca) or by phone (x 0775). Please include your name, department, email address and phone number in your email.

All staff and faculty are invited to the 2013 President's Holiday Social on Thursday, December 19 from 3:00-5:00 pm. Please join us in the Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall for refreshments, music and holiday cheer.

Join Dr. Abbas Dehghani, Leeds University, candidate for Chair of Engineering at UPEI on Monday, December 2 at 2:30 pm in Don and Marion McDougall Hall, room 246. He will be giving a presentation entitled "Building the Future Now - The impact of interdisciplinary engineering". All are welcome to attend.