Raise to the top! Join the UPEI Squash Ladder and have some great matches with new folks. The Squash Ladder is the best way to get some competitive squash in, and be introduced to lots of players you may not have played otherwise. Dates are January 27–April 30, 2014, and registration is free to all Sport Centre members and full-time UPEI students. Know someone who might be interested, but not a member? No problem – we are offering a five-match punch card for $25 (plus HST). For more details check out http://ar.upei.ca/intramural/squash-league

The 2014 idea competition (the UPEI Nicol Competition) is now underway! Three rounds of competition and cash prizes totaling $9,500. The first deadline is January 24, 2014. Students from across campus are eligible to compete. Details and registration at: https://upei-nicol.fluidreview.com/ Further questions can be directed to Reuben Domike at rdomike@upei.ca

The Search Committee for a tenure track position in Accounting is pleased to invite the campus community to the following public presentation on Friday, January 24 from 2:00 - 3:00 pm in McDougall 243. Amy MacFarlane will speak on "The Challenges Facing Accounting Educators - A UPEI Perspective." All are welcome to attend.

The 2014 Summer Session timetable is now available for viewing at upei.ca/studentlife/registrar/timetables Registration for Summer Sessions begins on Tuesday February 18, 2014.

UPEI student group, the Mindfulness Club, will host an introductory session on transcendental meditation on Friday, January 24 at 7:30 pm in Main Building’s Faculty Lounge. The session will be led by Peter Cameron, certified transcendental meditation instructor with over 40 years of teaching experience in Atlantic Canada. Cameron will present some of the research that verifies the many subjective benefits of practicing this meditation technique, including improved quality of life and grade point average through stress reduction. All are welcome to attend. For more information on the event or on the Mindfulness Club, contact Derrick Biso at dbiso@upei.ca

Raise to the top! Join the UPEI Squash Ladder and have some great matches with new folks. The Squash Ladder is the best way to get some competitive squash in, and be introduced to lots of players you may not have played otherwise. Dates are January 27–April 30, 2014, and registration is free to all Sport Centre members and full-time UPEI students. Know someone who might be interested, but not a member? No problem – we are offering a five-match punch card for $25 (plus HST). For more details check out http://ar.upei.ca/intramural/squash-league

The 2014 idea competition (the UPEI Nicol Competition) is now underway! Three rounds of competition and cash prizes totaling $9,500. The first deadline is January 24, 2014. Students from across campus are eligible to compete. Details and registration at: https://upei-nicol.fluidreview.com/ Further questions can be directed to Reuben Domike at rdomike@upei.ca

The Search Committee for a tenure track position in Accounting is pleased to invite the campus community to the following public presentation on Friday, January 24 from 2:00 - 3:00 pm in McDougall 243. Amy MacFarlane will speak on "The Challenges Facing Accounting Educators - A UPEI Perspective." All are welcome to attend.

The 2014 Summer Session timetable is now available for viewing at upei.ca/studentlife/registrar/timetables Registration for Summer Sessions begins on Tuesday February 18, 2014.

The Public Health Agency of Canada advises how to protect yourself and others from the flu: · Get your annual flu shot · Wash your hands frequently with soap and warm water · Keep your hands away from your face · Cough and sneeze into your arm, not your hand · If you get sick, stay home until your symptoms are gone · Keep common surface areas clean and disinfected The UPEI Student Health Centre has now completed distributing its supply of the flu shot, but for a list of available PEI Flu Shot Clinics, visit: www.healthpei.ca/fluclinics For more information, visit www.fightflu.ca.

Join us Friday, January 24 at 2:30 pm in the 2nd floor lounge of the Kelley Building to celebrate the first recipients of the Katherine Schultz Research Recognition Awards. Dr. Schultz, who served as UPEI's first Vice-President Research, established these awards to honour UPEI faculty, staff, and volunteers who play a critical role in supporting research endeavours. The research success of an institution rests fundamentally on the excellence, dedication, and insights of its researchers and their teams of collaborators, trainees, students, and technicians. However, their success also rests on the work of those who might be labelled the “unsung heroes” of the research enterprise – that is, those whose work behind the scenes make it all possible. Without the dedication, professionalism, and commitment of these individuals, our researchers and their research endeavours would be seriously constrained. Please join us for the awards; a small reception will follow. For more information, contact Dave Atkinson at 620-5117, datkinson@upei.ca.

I am pleased to announce that our faculty and staff Annual Fund Campaign is underway. Thank you so much to those of you who have given already, and to those of you who give every month or every pay period. Your support means a lot. I am proud of our department’s 100% participation in charitable giving to UPEI. Collectively, we support many areas on campus that mean something to us, including university priorities, student awards, and AVC, to name a few. We would like to challenge all faculty and staff to join us, and our many other colleagues, in supporting the Annual Fund Campaign, too. To make it as simple as possible, you can even do so through your Campus Login. If this option is not available, please send along your completed form that we provided. Every gift counts. Every faculty and staff member is important. Please give today. Thank you, Myrtle Jenkins-Smith Interim Director, Development and Alumni Engagement

On Thursday, January 23 at 11:00 am, the Honourable Gail Shea, Canada's Minister of Fisheries and Oceans will be on campus to announce the renewal of two Canada Research Chairs. The event will be held in Schurman Market Square, Don and Marion McDougall Hall, with a brief reception to follow. All are welcome to attend. For more information, please contact Dave Atkinson, 620-5117 or datkinson@upei.ca

The Digital Economy Research Team, led by Dr. Sean Wiebe, invites you to an evening of fun and presentations by students from Colonel Gray High School. The event begins at 7:00 pm, Wednesday, January 22, in the Alex H. MacKinnon Auditorium of UPEI's Don and Marion McDougall Hall. Grade ten English students from Colonel Gray will present and preform their final projects from their project-based learning approach to the current curriculum. Light snacks will be provided.

I am pleased to announce that our faculty and staff Annual Fund Campaign is underway. Thank you so much to those of you who have given already, and to those of you who give every month or every pay period. Your support means a lot. I am proud of our department’s 100% participation in charitable giving to UPEI. Collectively, we support many areas on campus that mean something to us, including university priorities, student awards, and AVC, to name a few. We would like to challenge all faculty and staff to join us, and our many other colleagues, in supporting the Annual Fund Campaign, too. To make it as simple as possible, you can even do so through your Campus Login. If this option is not available, please send along your completed form that we provided. Every gift counts. Every faculty and staff member is important. Please give today. Thank you, Myrtle Jenkins-Smith Interim Director, Development and Alumni Engagement

On Thursday, January 23 at 11:00 am, the Honourable Gail Shea, Canada's Minister of Fisheries and Oceans will be on campus to announce the renewal of two Canada Research Chairs. The event will be held in Schurman Market Square, Don and Marion McDougall Hall, with a brief reception to follow. All are welcome to attend. For more information, please contact Dave Atkinson, 620-5117 or datkinson@upei.ca

The Digital Economy Research Team, led by Dr. Sean Wiebe, invites you to an evening of fun and presentations by students from Colonel Gray High School. The event begins at 7:00 pm, Wednesday, January 22, in the Alex H. MacKinnon Auditorium of UPEI's Don and Marion McDougall Hall. Grade ten English students from Colonel Gray will present and preform their final projects from their project-based learning approach to the current curriculum. Light snacks will be provided.

The Public Health Agency of Canada advises how to protect yourself and others from the flu: · Get your annual flu shot · Wash your hands frequently with soap and warm water · Keep your hands away from your face · Cough and sneeze into your arm, not your hand · If you get sick, stay home until your symptoms are gone · Keep common surface areas clean and disinfected The UPEI Student Health Centre has now completed distributing its supply of the flu shot, but for a list of available PEI Flu Shot Clinics, visit: www.healthpei.ca/fluclinics For more information, visit www.fightflu.ca.

Join us Friday, January 24 at 2:30 pm in the 2nd floor lounge of the Kelley Building to celebrate the first recipients of the Katherine Schultz Research Recognition Awards. Dr. Schultz, who served as UPEI's first Vice-President Research, established these awards to honour UPEI faculty, staff, and volunteers who play a critical role in supporting research endeavours. The research success of an institution rests fundamentally on the excellence, dedication, and insights of its researchers and their teams of collaborators, trainees, students, and technicians. However, their success also rests on the work of those who might be labelled the “unsung heroes” of the research enterprise – that is, those whose work behind the scenes make it all possible. Without the dedication, professionalism, and commitment of these individuals, our researchers and their research endeavours would be seriously constrained. Please join us for the awards; a small reception will follow. For more information, contact Dave Atkinson at 620-5117, datkinson@upei.ca.

In an effort to improve services to employees and cut down on printing and mailing costs, UPEI HR will be launching online T4 slips for the 2013 tax year. Online tax slips will be available, through Campus Login, to current and former employees who received taxable earnings or benefits in 2013. Online T4s are official tax slips accepted by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). However, CRA requires employees to give their consent in order to access their tax slips electronically. Your consent will be valid for all subsequent tax years. New employees can grant consent for online T4s after they have received their first pay cheque. Employees who do not provide consent will have their 2013 T4s mailed to the address on file no later than February 28, 2014. Electronic T4s will be available sooner than the printed versions due to a lesser processing time. The consent form can be accessed through Campus Login (https://secure.upei.ca/cls/login.html). The consent form must be completed by January 31, 2014. For employees who file their taxes electronically, printing the slip is optional. You will be able to read the values for each of the tax slip boxes online as you are completing your income tax return. You will always have access to slips under Campus Login should you need them now or in the future. We hope to offer similar online service for T4A slips in the future, however, for the 2013 tax year all T4As will be printed and mailed no later than February 28, 2014. If you have any questions, please contact the Human Resources Department at 566-0514.