The Master's of Nursing Program Graduate Studies Committee would like to invite the campus community to Valerie Abd-El-Aziz' public presentation of her master's thesis entitled "Fear of Falling, Physical Activity Volume, and Stage of Motivational Readiness to Change Physical Activity Behaviour of Adults in Late Midlife". Valerie's presentation will be held in HSB Rm. 103 on Friday, March 24 at 9:00 am.

Please join us, weather permitting, Thursday, March 23, from 3:00-5:00 in Lecture Theatre A of the AVC for “Dreaming Big: What Should UPEI Be?” This panel discussion and workshop is co-sponsored by the Senate Committee on the Enhancement of Teaching and the Faculty Development Office and is the culmination of our year’s theme – “What and Whom are University For?” .

All faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend, and light refreshments will be provided, so come out and have your say!

Selvi Roy will present her PhD dissertation entitled "Grade Ten Students’ Agentic Engagement Within Project-Based Learning” on Monday, March 27 at 1:00 pm in AVC Lecture Room A.

Melissa D. MacLean will present her Master of Education thesis enitled "Instructional Videos and the Flipped Classroom” on Wednesday, March 29 at 9:00 am in Memorial Hall Rm. 308.

Yuanyuan Zhang will present her Master of Education thesis entitled "Visitors or Stakeholders? Engaging International Students in the Development of Higher Education Policy” on Wednesday, March 29 at 2:00 pm in Memorial Hall Rm. 215. 

All are welcome to attend!

A lecture entitled The Demand for Applied Mathematics in Supply Chain and Manufacturing will be presented by Mr. Pat Sinnott (Former executive at Ernst & Young, former VP at Canadian Tire, UPEI alumnus (B.Sc. Math ‘76) and Chair of UPEI Board of Governors) on Monday, March 27 from 3:00-3:50 pm in MCDH 246.

Abstract: The ever-increasing availability and affordability of software and computing power is making it much easier to capture, store and manipulate data, to develop algorithms, models and engines to act on and the analyze data; and to interpret the results to make better business decisions. These technology advances are making it possible for many more organizations to benefit from applied mathematics. Pat will talk about his experience leading supply chain and technology functions in major companies and provide several remarkable examples where mathematical optimization was used to reduce cost and enable superior execution across a retail supply chain.

If you missed the session on Google Apps - view it here!
If you missed the session last week on Google Apps and how they can assist with reading, writing, note taking, and other great features, you may watch the presentation here.

For more information on these apps feel free to contact Nicole Wadden Garland, Learning Strategist, Student Affairs, nwadden@upei.ca.

On Wednesday, March 22 at 12:00 pm a Menopause walk and talk presentation is open to anyone at no cost. A short presentation (approx 20 min) at Sports Centre Rm. 212, followed by a 20 minute walk around the indoor track to walk and talk about menopause and how to get through it. No pre-registration required. Just show up with your sneakers!

All are welcome!

If you missed the session last week on Google Apps and how they can assist with reading, writing, note taking, and other great features, you may watch the presentation here. 

For more information on these apps feel free to contact Nicole Wadden Garland, Learning Strategist, Student Affairs, nwadden@upei.ca.

The Robertson Library is offering a presentation, with hands-on time, on Wednesday, March 22 at 12:30 pm in the LINC classroom in the Library. If you or your students use Google Scholar, this is a great chance to learn some useful time-saving tips! If you are unable to make this time but would like to learn these tips, please contact Melissa Belvadi, mbelvadi@upei.ca.

Dr. Sarah Gallagher, an associate professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Western Ontario, will be at UPEI as part of the 2017 Canadian Association of Physicists Lecture Tour. Her talk, “The Biggest Blowhards: Windy Supermassive Black Holes,” is Wednesday, March 22 at 4:30 pm in the Alex H. MacKinnon Auditorium, room 242 of UPEI’s Don and Marion McDougall Hall. All are welcome. 

For more information, see the full press release. 

As we continue to transition to myUPEI, experts will be stationed at a Help Booth to answer questions about planning, scheduling, registering, degree audit, student account, and other topics related to myUPEI.

You can drop by a myUPEI Help Booth on:

● Wednesday, March 15, 10:30 am–1:30 pm, W.A. Murphy Student Centre
● Thursday, March 16, 1:00 pm–4:00 pm, W.A. Murphy Student Centre
● Tuesday, March 21, 9:30 am–12:30 pm, “The Pit”, Robertson Library building

If you have any pressing questions, send an email to studentsupport@upei.ca

Please remember that UPEI is a scent-free environment and has been for almost ten years. The Scent-Free Initiative policy was created in consideration of the difficulties that exposure to scented products cause to sensitive individuals.

Scent-free means the smells or odours from cosmetics (perfume, shampoos, deodorant, make-up, etc.) or from other products such as air fresheners, cleaning products, etc. Please make the choice for unscented products.

For more information, see UPEI’s Scent-Free Initiative policy.

There will be a blood borne pathogen training session Tuesday April 11, 2017 3:00-4:30 p.m. (location to be determined)

This session is for those people whose research involves HUMAN blood, tissue, and other bodily fluids. If you wish to attend, you must pre-register by contacting Kathryn Harrison, Health and Safety Assistant, before April 5 by email (kharrison@upei.ca) or by phone (902-566-0901). Please provide your name, department, email address and phone number in your email or phone message.

Vagabond Productions presents Dead Man’s Cell Phone March 22-25.

Would you answer a stranger’s cell phone? Well, Jean does, and so begins Dead Man’s Cell Phone, by Sarah Ruhl. The play is a funny take on relationships in the digital age. Jean’s decision to answer the phone is complicated because its owner is dead. This simple action draws Jean into Gordon’s world, taking her places she never expected.

The play runs March 22 to March 25, 2017, in the Faculty Lounge, in the Main Building. The doors open at 7:00 for a 7:30 pm start. Admission: pay what you can. The play contains adult language, so it may not be appropriate for younger audiences.

For more information, you can call UPEI Theatre Studies at 902-566-6013 or email gdoran@upei.ca.

The UPEI Health and Safety Office has released new forms for reporting an incident that can be found here. We hope that you will take a minute to familiarize yourself with the new forms. Please ensure that you are using the new PDF form for reporting incidents.

If you have any questions related to the new forms, the incident reporting and investigation process, or Health and Safety here at UPEI please contact Kevin Robinson, Health and Safety Manager at 902-566-0516 or Kathryn Harrison, Health and Safety Assistant at 902-566-0901.

The Robertson Library is offering a presentation with hands-on time on Wednesday, March 22 at 12:30 pm in the LINC classroom in the Library. If you or your students use Google Scholar, this is a chance to learn some useful time-saving tips! If you are unable to make this time but would like to learn these tips, please contact Melissa Belvadi, mbelvadi@upei.ca

Dr. Geniece Hallett-Tapley, St. Francis Xavier University, will present a seminar on Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at 12:30 pm. Dr. Hallett-Tapley's presentation is entitled "Exploiting the Photocatalytic Activity of Nanoparticle-Niobium Oxide Perovskite Hybrids in Light-Mediated Catalysis".  The seminar will be held in the Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre, Lecture Theatre, Room 212.

All are welcome!

UPEI’s History Department invites students, faculty and staff to check out the student poster presentations on the history of the devil and the history of plague. Posters will be on display in McMillan Hall and students will be there to discuss them.  

The presentation will be mounted Wednesday March 22 from 3:00 to 4:15 pm in the Murphy Student Centre

Don’t be “plagued” with indecision.  Just join us and have a “devil” of a good time. 

In recognition of the outstanding performance and dedication of our faculty and staff, a number of annual awards have been created to acknowledge their efforts and achievements.

Up to 10 Presidential Awards of Merit for UPEI Faculty, Librarians and Clinical Veterinary Professionals and four Presidential Awards of Merit for UPEI Staff will be awarded in 2017. These awards will be presented during a Celebration of Colleagues to be held on Wednesday, May 17, 2017 date changed to Tuesday, May 23, 2017 from 2:00-4:00 in McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre.

Susan Connolly, Associate Vice-President, Human Resources & Legal, will lead the process and chair the committee to select award recipients.

Nominations for both faculty and staff awards close on Friday, March 31, 2017.

For further details on the awards and the nomination process, please click here.

Are we teaching students, or are we providing customer service? Is there a "middle ground" between those two possibilities? Visit the SCENT blog to read and comment on "Customer Service in Higher Education: Finding a Middle Ground."

And please plan to attend SCENT's end-of-the-year event this Thursday, March 23 from 3:00-5:00 in Lecture Theatre A of the AVC: "Dreaming Big: What Should UPEI Be?"

We hope to see you there!

Is there a staff or faculty member that stood out to you this year? Do you think they deserve an award for going the extra mile? The UPEI Student Union is currently accepting nominations for the Faculty/Staff of the Year Award! Nominate a staff or faculty member that you think deserves to win this award. Deadline for submissions is Thursday, March 23.