On Thursday, March 13 the UPEI Executive MBA program will be hosting special guest speaker, Dawn Desjardins, Assistant Chief Economist with RBC, from 10:00-11:00 am in Andrew Hall, Room 142. Dawn Desjardins joined the RBC Economics team in January 2006 as a senior economist. She is responsible for the macroeconomic and interest rate forecasts for Canada and the U.S. Previously, Dawn worked as a reporter for Bloomberg Financial News in Toronto covering the Canadian bond and currency markets, and was the Canadian bond market strategist for a major U.S. bank for ten years. The campus community is invited to attend, however, due to limited space, we would ask that you please RSVP by Friday, March 7 to Ingrid MacLeod, at: imacleod@upei.ca

Human Resources, in partnership with Murphy's Pharmacies, will be hosting an information session on The Science of Medication & Customized Medication Options - Gain a clearer understanding of medications and how they work in your body. This session is the second in a series of Healthy Campus Sessions taking place over the coming months. The session will be held on Friday, February 28 in Andrew Hall Rm 142 beginning at 1:00 pm. Please pre-register by contacting Lacey Myers at ljmyers@upei.ca

Please note: Arrival time change to 11:56 pm from original 11:00 pm on Wednesday, February 26. UPEI Women's Hockey student-athlete Anja Weisser is returning home tonight from the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia after patrolling the blue line for Team Germany. Anja's flight is scheduled to arrive into the Charlottetown Airport at 11:56 pm. Everyone is invited to attend the "welcome home" celebration!

On Thursday, February 27, Central Printing will be closing at 9:15 am and will reopen at 1:00 pm. For information, please contact Wendy at 566-0558 or whenderson@upei.ca

Set a time for you to check your glucose, cholesterol, and blood pressure. The clinic will be held from 8:30 am – 12:00 pm on March 5. To book your 10-minute appointment, please contact Angela Marchbank at amarchbank@upei.ca. No cost for clinic for UPEI students and employees.

On February 26, the new Student Diversity Office and the Diversity and Social Justice Studies Program will be hosting an ‘Anti-Bullying’ Awareness Day, as part of the national Pink Shirt Day. This day will consist of a number of events, including an information session and displays in the Murphy Student Centre from 11 am - 1 pm, and a screening of the documentary “Toilet Training” at the Wave at 3:30 pm. After the documentary, Dr. Ann Braithwaite will facilitate a conversation surrounding the connection between this documentary and various forms of bullying. Please come by and see the displays, enter the prize draw, and show your support by wearing pink. For more information, contact Nabila Acra at sdo@upei.ca or Treena Smith at trlsmith@upei.ca.

UPEI student group Enactus will host "Financially Fit" on Tuesday, March 4 from 12:00-1:30 pm in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre. Glenn Trueman, Branch Manager at CIBC Queen Street will lead the presentation that is focused on personal budgeting, debt, loan applications, credit cards, and more. "Financially Fit" is a project hosted by UPEI's student group for the Enactus Canada Financial Education Challenge, where UPEI's team will be competing at on March 7. For more information, please contact Scott Landry at srlandry@upei.ca. All are welcome to attend.

The Canadian Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (CAVEPM) and Epi on the Island summer courses will be hosted at the AVC from June 5-13. Every year, this conference provides an opportunity to bring together students, researchers, and policy-makers working in the area of animal and human population health. Any research including a population health approach fits with the vision of CAVEPM. Every year, the conference venue provides pre-and post-conference courses. This year, we again have two excellent courses. The pre-conference course is on the assessment of bias and how that can be quantified in observational epidemiological studies. This course will be taught by Drs. Ian Dohoo and Henrik Stryhn. The post-conference course will be on the analysis of genomic information and its use to track diseases and their determinants. Drs. Kim Halpin and Peter Durr from Australia will visit the island to deliver this novel course. More information about the CAVEPM conference and courses can be found at: http://conferences.upei.ca/cavepm2014/ Those working in the area of human, animal, and environmental health are encouraged to submit an abstract for this conference and/or participate in this event. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Javier Sanchez at 566-0803 or jsanchez@upei.ca The deadline for abstract submissions is March 6, and the deadline for an early-bird registration discount is March 31.

On Friday, February 28, at 10:30 am in AVC's Lecture Theatre B, Bradley Haltli (Candidate for Adjunct Faculty) will present a special seminar entitled “Marine Gold: Bacterial Natural Products Research at UPEI.” All are welcome to attend. Haltli is currently employed as Research Manager, Kerr Marine Natural Products Lab, Departments of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences, UPEI as well as Senior Research Scientist- Nautilus Bioscience Canada Inc. He received his Masters in Biology at Dalhousie University.

All graduates are required to wear a hood and/or gown to their convocation ceremony on May 10, 2014. To ensure graduates have high quality and proper gowns and hoods for their special day, UPEI is introducing a new, online graduation gown rental service. Offered through Gaspard, a third-party company known for its high-quality academic regalia, the rental service will ensure more effective management and distribution of convocation gowns and hoods. Graduating students, as well as faculty and staff members, will need to register online on the UPEI Convocation webpage, beginning March 24 through April 19, 2014, to preorder academic hoods and gowns through Gaspard Gown Service. Students are encouraged to register during this time frame as this will guarantee that a gown and hood will be available for them on Convocation Day. The cost to rent convocation regalia is $16 + taxes (or $20 after April 19) for students, or $25 + taxes for faculty/staff. Prepaid regalia can be picked up on May 9 from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm, and on May 10 starting at 8:00 am (location to be determined) upon presentation of a UPEI ID and the Gaspard online confirmation form. Regalia must be returned an hour and a half following the ceremony. For more information, visit the UPEI Convocation webpage or contact Eileen Kinch at kinch@upei.ca or Cathy Toombs at toombs@upei.ca .

The Road to Halifax for the AUS Men's Basketball Championship will be packed with Panthers! Your UPEI Panthers take on the Cape Breton Capers Friday night at 8:15 pm for their quarterfinal match up. The Metro Centro Centre will be alive with excitement! Get your tickets now! $10 floor seats are still available for Friday night, and for every UPEI game. There's only 75 tickets available, so drop by or call Panther Central at 566-0368. All purchased floor seats will be available for pick up at the UPEI Panther Table in the Metro Centre Concourse on Friday from 6:00 pm until game time. For other ticket information, contact the Ticket Atlantic Box Office at 902-451-1221 or visit www.ticketatlantic.com. Panther fans are asked to sit in section 6. Also, Panther green t-shirts are available for purchase at Panther Central now, and will be available at the UPEI Panther Table Friday night. Go Panthers go!

The Atlantic Veterinary College will host a community workshop entitled “Care of the Geriatric Pet” on Wednesday, March 5, in Lecture Theatre A, from 7 to 8:30 pm. With advances in veterinary medicine, proper nutrition, and increased awareness of pet owners, pets are living longer lives. How do owners prepare for, and provide the best care during, their pet’s senior years? At what age is a pet considered senior or geriatric? Dr. Peter Foley, assistant professor of small animal internal medicine, will discuss common diseases of older pets, how to spot symptoms of potential illnesses or problems, and how to handle their special needs. He will also present information on end of life issues and euthanasia. Everyone is welcome. Admission is free and refreshments will be served. Donations to the AVC Friends and Family are gratefully accepted. For information, call (902) 566-0589 or visit upei.ca/avc.

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, March 3 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 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!

On February 26, the new Student Diversity Office and the Diversity and Social Justice Studies Program will be hosting an ‘Anti-Bullying’ Awareness Day, as part of the national Pink Shirt Day. This day will consist of a number of events, including an information session and displays in the Murphy Student Centre from 11 am - 1 pm, and a screening of the documentary “Toilet Training” at the Wave at 3:30 pm. After the documentary, Dr. Ann Braithwaite will facilitate a conversation surrounding the connection between this documentary and various forms of bullying. Please come by and see the displays, enter the prize draw, and show your support by wearing pink. For more information, contact Nabila Acra at sdo@upei.ca or Treena Smith at trlsmith@upei.ca.

UPEI student group Enactus will host "Financially Fit" on Tuesday, March 4 from 12:00-1:30 pm in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre. Glenn Trueman, Branch Manager at CIBC Queen Street will lead the presentation that is focused on personal budgeting, debt, loan applications, credit cards, and more. "Financially Fit" is a project hosted by UPEI's student group for the Enactus Canada Financial Education Challenge, where UPEI's team will be competing at on March 7. For more information, please contact Scott Landry at srlandry@upei.ca. All are welcome to attend.

The Canadian Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (CAVEPM) and Epi on the Island summer courses will be hosted at the AVC from June 5-13. Every year, this conference provides an opportunity to bring together students, researchers, and policy-makers working in the area of animal and human population health. Any research including a population health approach fits with the vision of CAVEPM. Every year, the conference venue provides pre-and post-conference courses. This year, we again have two excellent courses. The pre-conference course is on the assessment of bias and how that can be quantified in observational epidemiological studies. This course will be taught by Drs. Ian Dohoo and Henrik Stryhn. The post-conference course will be on the analysis of genomic information and its use to track diseases and their determinants. Drs. Kim Halpin and Peter Durr from Australia will visit the island to deliver this novel course. More information about the CAVEPM conference and courses can be found at: http://conferences.upei.ca/cavepm2014/ Those working in the area of human, animal, and environmental health are encouraged to submit an abstract for this conference and/or participate in this event. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Javier Sanchez at 566-0803 or jsanchez@upei.ca The deadline for abstract submissions is March 6, and the deadline for an early-bird registration discount is March 31.

On Friday, February 28, at 10:30 am in AVC's Lecture Theatre B, Bradley Haltli (Candidate for Adjunct Faculty) will present a special seminar entitled “Marine Gold: Bacterial Natural Products Research at UPEI.” All are welcome to attend. Haltli is currently employed as Research Manager, Kerr Marine Natural Products Lab, Departments of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences, UPEI as well as Senior Research Scientist- Nautilus Bioscience Canada Inc. He received his Masters in Biology at Dalhousie University.

All graduates are required to wear a hood and/or gown to their convocation ceremony on May 10, 2014. To ensure graduates have high quality and proper gowns and hoods for their special day, UPEI is introducing a new, online graduation gown rental service. Offered through Gaspard, a third-party company known for its high-quality academic regalia, the rental service will ensure more effective management and distribution of convocation gowns and hoods. Graduating students, as well as faculty and staff members, will need to register online on the UPEI Convocation webpage, beginning March 24 through April 19, 2014, to preorder academic hoods and gowns through Gaspard Gown Service. Students are encouraged to register during this time frame as this will guarantee that a gown and hood will be available for them on Convocation Day. The cost to rent convocation regalia is $16 + taxes (or $20 after April 19) for students, or $25 + taxes for faculty/staff. Prepaid regalia can be picked up on May 9 from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm, and on May 10 starting at 8:00 am (location to be determined) upon presentation of a UPEI ID and the Gaspard online confirmation form. Regalia must be returned an hour and a half following the ceremony. For more information, visit the UPEI Convocation webpage or contact Eileen Kinch at kinch@upei.ca or Cathy Toombs at toombs@upei.ca .

The Road to Halifax for the AUS Men's Basketball Championship will be packed with Panthers! Your UPEI Panthers take on the Cape Breton Capers Friday night at 8:15 pm for their quarterfinal match up. The Metro Centro Centre will be alive with excitement! Get your tickets now! $10 floor seats are still available for Friday night, and for every UPEI game. There's only 75 tickets available, so drop by or call Panther Central at 566-0368. All purchased floor seats will be available for pick up at the UPEI Panther Table in the Metro Centre Concourse on Friday from 6:00 pm until game time. For other ticket information, contact the Ticket Atlantic Box Office at 902-451-1221 or visit www.ticketatlantic.com. Panther fans are asked to sit in section 6. Also, Panther green t-shirts are available for purchase at Panther Central now, and will be available at the UPEI Panther Table Friday night. Go Panthers go!

The Atlantic Veterinary College will host a community workshop entitled “Care of the Geriatric Pet” on Wednesday, March 5, in Lecture Theatre A, from 7 to 8:30 pm. With advances in veterinary medicine, proper nutrition, and increased awareness of pet owners, pets are living longer lives. How do owners prepare for, and provide the best care during, their pet’s senior years? At what age is a pet considered senior or geriatric? Dr. Peter Foley, assistant professor of small animal internal medicine, will discuss common diseases of older pets, how to spot symptoms of potential illnesses or problems, and how to handle their special needs. He will also present information on end of life issues and euthanasia. Everyone is welcome. Admission is free and refreshments will be served. Donations to the AVC Friends and Family are gratefully accepted. For information, call (902) 566-0589 or visit upei.ca/avc.