You're invited to submit stories, announcements, or departmental updates to UPEI's newsletter, the Campus Connector. The submission deadline for the next edition will be on Wednesday, April 17 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
-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.
Campus telephone service will be disrupted between 6 and 9 pm, Tuesday,
April 16 to facilitate upgrades to the equipment.
The campus voice-mail system will not be functional during this time; also,
a couple 2- to 3-minute outages will cause all telephone service to be
non-functional during this time.
If you have any questions or concerns about services in your area, contact
Procurement Services 566-0424 or mcourt@upei.ca
An Office Ergonomics Session will be offered by Marie Brine, occupational
therapist on Thursday, April 18 from 2:00-3:30 pm. Location: AVC 287N.
She will be reviewing information on proper work station setups such as
proper positioning of your chair, desk, keyboard, mouse, screen, phone,
etc. for individual body type/size.
These information sessions are covered by the Health and Safety budget and
are open to staff, faculty, and students free of charge.
Please register in advance with Rylie Cole (rcole@upei.ca) as space is
limited.
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 Wednesday, April 17 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.
The next UPEI on-site training session in animal use and care will be held Wednesday, May 15.
1:00-4:00 pm
AVC - The McCain Foundation Learning Commons (278N)
This will be a 3-hour training session with handout, based on CCAC Recommended Syllabus (exam included).
The Canadian Council of Animal Care (CCAC) requires that all personnel involved in the use of animals in research, teaching, testing and service take this course. (A refresher course is required every 5 years.)
Need legal hanging file holders?
Student Affairs has a large quantity of gently used ones.
Contact Krystal Mayne at 566-0488 or studentserv@upei.ca to make arrangements to obtain them.
Dr. Carlos Lopez Mendez, Department of Pathology and Microbiology will
give a seminar entitled "Renal histopathology in Sox4 and Wt1 Knockout
mice - A 13-month study" on Tuesday, April 23 at 1:30 pm in AVC, Lecture
Theatre "C".
Everyone is welcome.
The Atlantic Computational Excellence Network (ACEnet) is pleased to offer a series of scientific computing workshops for its member institutions, including UPEI. Please see the brochure at the following link for more information. Sessions can be attended in person or by using our videoconferencing facility located in Duffy 202.
http://www.ace-net.ca/w/images/a/a4/Workshops_2013.pdf
Dr. Jason Pearson
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
Tel: 902-566-0934
Email: jpearson@upei.ca
IT Systems and Services is pleased to announce that UPEI now participates
in the federated network access service, "eduroam." eduroam is an
initiative of educational and research institutions from around the world
that provides “education roaming” or a simple way for students, faculty,
and staff from participating institutions to get instant and secure access
to the Internet when visiting each others’ institutions. eduroam
participants need only enter their login credentials from their home
institution to gain access to the eduroam service where they are visiting.
Convocation exercises will be held in the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre on Saturday, May 11, 2013. If any members of staff would like an invitation, please contact Eileen Kinch at kinch@upei.ca.
The morning ceremony will be held at 10:00 and the afternoon ceremony at 2:30. Frederick E. Hyndman will deliver the convocation address at the morning ceremony; he and Marie Burge will receive honorary degrees. Regis Duffy will deliver the convocation address at the afternoon ceremony; he and Diane F. Griffin will receive honorary degrees.
