With the adoption of the UPEI Strategic Plan 2013-2018 earlier this year, the University is poised to become a leader in offering experiential learning opportunities. UPEI has looked at a variety of ways to best support students in seizing these opportunities and has decided to group several existing functions under a centralized office. Vice-President Academic Christian Lacroix is excited to announce that the Centre for Life-Long Learning is expanding to take on these additional functions, and effective immediately, will be known as the Office of Skills Development and Learning. In addition to maintaining offerings for adult learners, professional development programs, the Explore program, and e-learning services, the new Office of Skills Development and Learning will incorporate Career Services, previously housed at Student Affairs, and centralize the administration of Co-operative Education programs (currently offered in the School of Business and Faculty of Science). The Office expects to announce several further initiatives this fall. For more information, contact the Director Pat MacAulay, Office of Skills Development and Learning at phmacaulay@upei.ca.

The UPEI community is asked to be aware of mulch fires on campus during the summertime, when weather is especially dry and warm. Although small mulch fires are easily extinguished if noticed, an unchecked fire can spread rapidly to shrubbery and structures, endangering campus buildings, and more importantly, people. We ask that you please take care and be cautious when discarding cigarettes. Please use the proper fire-proof receptacles located on campus to dispose of cigarettes as this will help to reduce mulch fires on campus grounds. If you notice a mulch fire, please contact UPEI Security immediately at 566-0384. Thank you for your cooperation, UPEI Facilities Management

The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions -- new, renewal, or amendments -- is Friday, August 1 for the August meeting. Ensure you always download the current forms from http://research.upei.ca/animal_care and use the most current Adobe Reader to complete forms. Only current forms will be accepted. Both the signed hard copy and electronic protocol submission must be submitted by the deadline date. ∙ Submit one copy of original protocol with signature to AVC - Annex, Biomedical Sciences Dept., Rm 2302. ∙ Submit an electronic copy to animalcare@upei.ca Those protocols received after the deadline will be reviewed the following month. For more information, please contact Sherri Pineau at 566-0973.

The next deadline for submitting Biosafety Protocols including new applications, renewals and/or amendments, is Friday July 25. These protocols will be reviewed at the August meeting. Please ensure that you download and use the current forms from http://research.upei.ca/forms. Use Adobe Reader to complete the forms. Submit one copy of the original protocol with signatures to 200 Kelley Memorial Building and send one e-copy to reb@upei.ca Please note that protocols received after this deadline will be reviewed the following month. For more information, please contact Joy Knight at 620-5104.

Ethics protocols involving ‘more than minimum risk’: The full UPEI Research Ethics Board must review ethics protocols that involve more than minimal risk. The next deadline for submitting these protocols is Friday August 1. They will be reviewed at the August meeting. Protocols involving more than minimal risk that are received after August 1 will be reviewed in September. Ethics protocols that do not involve more than minimum risk: Other ethics submissions, including new applications, renewals, and amendments, that do not involve more than minimal risk, may be submitted at any time. They will be sent for delegated review as soon as all of the necessary forms are received. Please ensure that you download and use the current forms from http://research.upei.ca/forms. Use Adobe Reader to complete forms. Submit one copy of the signed, original protocol and associated documents to 200 Kelley Memorial Building and send one e-copy of all documents to reb@upei.ca For more information, please contact Joy Knight at 620-5104.

With the adoption of the UPEI Strategic Plan 2013-2018 earlier this year, the University is poised to become a leader in offering experiential learning opportunities. UPEI has looked at a variety of ways to best support students in seizing these opportunities and has decided to group several existing functions under a centralized office. Vice-President Academic Christian Lacroix is excited to announce that the Centre for Life-Long Learning is expanding to take on these additional functions, and effective immediately, will be known as the Office of Skills Development and Learning. In addition to maintaining offerings for adult learners, professional development programs, the Explore program, and e-learning services, the new Office of Skills Development and Learning will incorporate Career Services, previously housed at Student Affairs, and centralize the administration of Co-operative Education programs (currently offered in the School of Business and Faculty of Science). The Office expects to announce several further initiatives this fall. For more information, contact the Director Pat MacAulay, Office of Skills Development and Learning at phmacaulay@upei.ca.

Dr Ian Gardner, Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Aquatic Epidemiology, and a team of AVC researchers will be hosting Drs Fred Page and Jon Grant during the week of July 21. To make the best of this visit, we have organized a morning of short talks on how oceanographic tools can be applied to research on fish health. Both researchers from the CERC group and Drs Page and Grant will present their work in this area. The event will take place on Tuesday, July 22, 8:30-10:30 am in AVC's Lecture Theatre B. Dr. Fred Page is the Head of the Coastal Oceanography Section (COS) at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) St Andrews Biological Station (SABS) and a member of the SABS Management Team. Over the past 20+ years with DFO, Dr. Page's team has developed several ocean models for the East Coast of Canada. Dr. Jon Grant is the NSERC-Cooke Industrial Research Chair in Sustainable Aquaculture at the University of Dalhousie. Dr. Grant is involved in ecosystem-based research and provides expertise to grow a sustainable aquaculture sector in Nova Scotia. All are welcome to attend the event. Coffee will be provided after the talks.

Dr Ian Gardner, Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Aquatic Epidemiology, and a team of AVC researchers will be hosting Drs Fred Page and Jon Grant during the week of July 21. To make the best of this visit, we have organized a morning of short talks on how oceanographic tools can be applied to research on fish health. Both researchers from the CERC group and Drs Page and Grant will present their work in this area. The event will take place on Tuesday, July 22, 8:30-10:30 am in AVC's Lecture Theatre B. Dr. Fred Page is the Head of the Coastal Oceanography Section (COS) at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) St Andrews Biological Station (SABS) and a member of the SABS Management Team. Over the past 20+ years with DFO, Dr. Page's team has developed several ocean models for the East Coast of Canada. Dr. Jon Grant is the NSERC-Cooke Industrial Research Chair in Sustainable Aquaculture at the University of Dalhousie. Dr. Grant is involved in ecosystem-based research and provides expertise to grow a sustainable aquaculture sector in Nova Scotia. All are welcome to attend the event. Coffee will be provided after the talks.

Dr. Galina Hayes will be on-campus next week interviewing for the open, tenure-track faculty position in small animal surgery in the Department of Companion Animals at the Atlantic Veterinary College. Dr. Hayes is board-certified in both small animal surgery and small animal emergency and critical care, and also has a PhD in clinical epidemiology from the University of Guelph. As a part of the interview process, Dr. Hayes will present a seminar entitled "Illness Severity Scores -- What are they and why do we need them?" on Monday, July 14 at 8:30 am in the AVC Lecture Theatre A. All faculty and staff are invited to attend. A copy of Dr. Hayes' CV and letter of application is available by contacting Laurel Fisher at fisher@upei.ca

Dr. Galina Hayes will be on-campus next week interviewing for the open, tenure-track faculty position in small animal surgery in the Department of Companion Animals at the Atlantic Veterinary College. Dr. Hayes is board-certified in both small animal surgery and small animal emergency and critical care, and also has a PhD in clinical epidemiology from the University of Guelph. As a part of the interview process, Dr. Hayes will present a seminar entitled "Illness Severity Scores -- What are they and why do we need them?" on Monday, July 14 at 8:30 am in the AVC Lecture Theatre A. All faculty and staff are invited to attend. A copy of Dr. Hayes' CV and letter of application is available by contacting Laurel Fisher at fisher@upei.ca

The search committee for the Dean of Education has recently posted a video of the presentation by Dr. Ron MacDonald, candidate for the position. The video can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2A5fDCzjFo The committee welcomes feedback on the candidate until Friday, July 11. Please submit feedback to vpa@upei.ca

The E-Learning Office is offering a variety of Moodle workshops this summer for faculty and staff. There will be six weeks of sessions, which will run every Tuesday at 10:00 am and every Thursday at 2:00 pm from July 15 to August 21. If you are interested in attending any of the sessions, please fill out the following form regarding which day/days you want to attend: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/18cMRIeO2TbdiTcjwTyKhdEVAyBwd-0Gff_Fpiz…

There are a number of post-graduate scholarships available through UPEI for students who are continuing their studies in professional graduate programs this fall. There are awards for individuals entering Medicine, Dentistry, Law, and furthering studies in Business Administration or Political Studies; there are also opportunities for Master of Nursing and Master of Science (Biology or Chemistry) students, with all deadlines for these scholarships being Thursday, July 31. All applications for the following awards are available online: Arlie Parks Scholarship – In Memory of Dr. Kenneth MacIntyre (Medicine) Dr. Lorne Bonnell Bursary (Medicine) Dr. L. I. Duffy Memorial Award (Dentistry) Hon. Justice Mark R. MacGuigan Memorial Scholarship (Law) Joseph A. Ghiz Memorial Scholarship (Law) W. Chester McLure Memorial Fellowship (Business Administration/Political Studies) Dr. Margaret F. Munro Master in Nursing Entrance Scholarship (M. Nursing) Dr. Vera Elizabeth Dewar Graduate Nursing Scholarship (M. Nursing) Janet Lovering Nursing Scholarship (M. Nursing) Janet Lovering Graduate Scholarship in Science (M. Science) Please pass along the information to any interested and qualified students; if you have any questions, feel free to contact Adrienne Montgomery, Manager of Scholarships Awards and Financial Aid, at amontgomery@upei.ca.

You're invited to submit stories, announcements, or departmental updates to UPEI's newsletter, the Campus Connector. The submission deadline for the next edition is Monday, July 7 by 5:00 pm. Submissions must follow these guidelines: -be emailed to Sheila Kerry at communications@upei.ca -sent in a Microsoft Word or plain text document -be no longer than 250 words -maximum one photo per story The editors reserve the right to edit content, will not consider incomplete submissions, and cannot guarantee that all submitted materials will be published. If you have any questions or comments, please contact communications@upei.ca. Not receiving the Campus Connector? To subscribe, please email communications@upei.ca to get your email address on the list!

The search committee for the Dean of Education has recently posted a video of the presentation by Dr. Ron MacDonald, candidate for the position. The video can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2A5fDCzjFo The committee welcomes feedback on the candidate until Friday, July 11. Please submit feedback to vpa@upei.ca

The E-Learning Office is offering a variety of Moodle workshops this summer for faculty and staff. There will be six weeks of sessions, which will run every Tuesday at 10:00 am and every Thursday at 2:00 pm from July 15 to August 21. If you are interested in attending any of the sessions, please fill out the following form regarding which day/days you want to attend: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/18cMRIeO2TbdiTcjwTyKhdEVAyBwd-0Gff_Fpiz…

There are a number of post-graduate scholarships available through UPEI for students who are continuing their studies in professional graduate programs this fall. There are awards for individuals entering Medicine, Dentistry, Law, and furthering studies in Business Administration or Political Studies; there are also opportunities for Master of Nursing and Master of Science (Biology or Chemistry) students, with all deadlines for these scholarships being Thursday, July 31. All applications for the following awards are available online: Arlie Parks Scholarship – In Memory of Dr. Kenneth MacIntyre (Medicine) Dr. Lorne Bonnell Bursary (Medicine) Dr. L. I. Duffy Memorial Award (Dentistry) Hon. Justice Mark R. MacGuigan Memorial Scholarship (Law) Joseph A. Ghiz Memorial Scholarship (Law) W. Chester McLure Memorial Fellowship (Business Administration/Political Studies) Dr. Margaret F. Munro Master in Nursing Entrance Scholarship (M. Nursing) Dr. Vera Elizabeth Dewar Graduate Nursing Scholarship (M. Nursing) Janet Lovering Nursing Scholarship (M. Nursing) Janet Lovering Graduate Scholarship in Science (M. Science) Please pass along the information to any interested and qualified students; if you have any questions, feel free to contact Adrienne Montgomery, Manager of Scholarships Awards and Financial Aid, at amontgomery@upei.ca.

You're invited to submit stories, announcements, or departmental updates to UPEI's newsletter, the Campus Connector. The submission deadline for the next edition is Monday, July 7 by 5:00 pm. Submissions must follow these guidelines: -be emailed to Sheila Kerry at communications@upei.ca -sent in a Microsoft Word or plain text document -be no longer than 250 words -maximum one photo per story The editors reserve the right to edit content, will not consider incomplete submissions, and cannot guarantee that all submitted materials will be published. If you have any questions or comments, please contact communications@upei.ca. Not receiving the Campus Connector? To subscribe, please email communications@upei.ca to get your email address on the list!

The UPEI community was saddened to hear of the passing of former economics faculty member Robin Neill who passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 29 at the age of 82. After retiring as a full-time economics professor at Carleton University in Ottawa, Professor Neill came to UPEI in the fall of 1996. He was appointed adjunct professor of economics for a three-year term, and then became a sessional professor teaching two courses per term. He was loved by his students, always available for extra help and consultations, and was known for writing numerous reference letters for his students. Professor Neill was also an active researcher, and just recently before his passing received a request to write a review for an economics journal. Our sympathies are with his wife of 42 years, Sharon, daughter Natalie, and all of his family and friends he leaves behind. A funeral was held in Charlottetown for Professor Neill on July 3.

Effective July 1, the Department of Student Affairs' hours of operation will be Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. If you have any questions, please contact Krystal Mayne, Reception, at 566-0488 or Treena Smith, Manager, at 566-0674.