Student Affairs is beginning to organize Mental Health Week 2017. This year a student-led, one day conference focused on Mental Health and Wellness using a peer-to-peer model is being organized.

The committee is open to any and all students. We hope to have a variety of people on the planning committee to bring together the diversity of knowledge, skills and abilities that the campus community holds. In creating our conference, we strive to build a collaborative and supportive temporary community that will have lasting impacts on our UPEI community, the individuals within it and beyond.

If you are interested in being involved, we would love to have you join us! Please contact Nouhad Mourad with any questions, concerns or suggestions at nmourad@upei.ca.

Campus phone service will be disrupted Thursday, January 26 to facilitate upgrades to campus phone equipment. The outage is scheduled for 5:30 pm to approximately 6:00 pm. The outage will cause all phone and voice mail service to be non-functional. Certain line service to critical areas and departments (Security, VTH, Residence) will be functional.

If you have any questions or concerns please contact Peggy Court at mcourt@upei.ca or 902-566-0424.

Student Affairs is beginning to organize Mental Health Week 2017. This year a student-led, one day conference focused on Mental Health and Wellness using a peer-to-peer model is being organized.

The committee is open to any and all students. We hope to have a variety of people on the planning committee to bring together the diversity of knowledge, skills and abilities that the campus community holds. In creating our conference, we strive to build a collaborative and supportive temporary community that will have lasting impacts on our UPEI community, the individuals within it and beyond.

If you are interested in being involved, we would love to have you join us! We will meet on Thursday, January 26 at 4:00 pm in MacDougall Hall Rm. 328.

Please contact Nouhad Mourad with any questions, concerns or suggestions at nmourad@upei.ca.

Career Services will be hosting the Campus Job Fair on February 15th, 2017 in the Louis W. MacEachern Market Street from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm. Students are encouraged to attend and meet with on-campus employers. UPEI departments and faculties that offer employment opportunities for students throughout the year are invited to attend to promote their available and/or upcoming positions. Registration for the fair ends on Friday, January 27.

To register for the fair, please fill out the form found here.

Graduate Student Evan MacDonald (MSc-c) will give the next presentation in the Environmental Sciences and Human Biology seminar series.  Evan’s seminar entitled “Are vegetation index maps from sUAS mounted multi-spectral sensors a good predictor of yield in potatoes?” will take place on Friday, January 27, 2017 at 12:30 pm in Duffy Science Centre, Room 204.
                                 
All are welcome!

Career Services will be hosting the Campus Job Fair on February 15th, 2017 in the Louis W. MacEachern Market Street from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm. Students are encouraged to attend and meet with on-campus employers. UPEI departments and faculties that offer employment opportunities for students throughout the year are invited to attend to promote their available and/or upcoming positions. Registration for the fair ends on Friday, January 27.

To register for the fair, please fill out the form found here.

Dylan Michaud, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, will give a seminar entitled "Sex-biased genes and their rates of evolution in salmon lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis)" on Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at 3:00 pm in AVC Lecture Theatre "A".  Everyone welcome!

Which do universities value more – research or teaching? Click here to read this week’s SCENT blog post: “Changing the Value of Teaching in Universities.” And be sure to leave a comment!

Call for applications from potential graduate students for the 2017 Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Graduate Scholarship. The scholarship will support the training of researchers at the masters or doctoral level to pursue animal welfare research at the UPEI. Both applied or more fundamental approaches to research pertaining to animal welfare are welcome. Students may take up their award at any time of the year but must do so within 12 months of the date of the letter of offer. Applications for 2017 will be accepted until 12 noon AST on Friday, February 17.

For more information please click here.

UPEI has a weekly knitting and crocheting group open to all students, staff, faculty, and friends.

From beginner to expert, all levels are welcome. Supplies and guidance are currently available for beginner knitters and we hope to be set up to teach crocheting in the near future.

Yarn & Soul meets weekly Tuesday evenings in the lounge area on the second floor of Kelley Memorial Building. Drop in between 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. For more information please contact Kathryn Harrison kharrison@upei.ca, 902-566-0901 or check out our Facebook group.

When phoning anyone in the Department of Development and Alumni Engagement, you must dial all ten digits. Simply dialing the last four will no longer work for this department.

Matthew Dunlop, MSc student and Christian Agatemor, PhD student, will each present a seminar on Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at 12:30 pm. Matthew Dunlop's presentation is entitled "Nanocrystalline Cellulose Sourced from Island Tunicates” and Christian Agatemor's presentation is entitled “Organoiron-Mediated Synthesis of Functional Macromolecules".  The seminars will be held in the Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre, Lecture Theatre, Room 212.

All are welcome!

UPEI has a weekly knitting and crocheting group open to all students, staff, faculty, and friends.

From beginner to expert, all levels are welcome. Supplies and guidance are currently available for beginner knitters and we hope to be set up to teach crocheting in the near future.

Yarn & Soul meets weekly Tuesday evenings in the lounge area on the second floor of Kelley Memorial Building. Drop in between 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. For more information please contact Kathryn Harrison kharrison@upei.ca, 902-566-0901 or check out our Facebook group.

The myUPEI portal will be unavailable this Saturday from 6:30 pm to 12:30 am due to ITSS applying updates to the system.

Please contact ITSS with any concerns or questions. 902-566-0465 / helpdesk@upei.ca

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 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.

Friday, January 20

7:00 pm (M) Hockey vs Acadia "Celebrating 1987 & 1988 Championship Teams"

Saturday, January 21

1:30 pm (W) Hockey vs UdeM
7:00 pm (M) Hockey vs SMU "Men's Hockey Alumni Night"
 

The Second Annual Destination Imagination (DI) PEI Provincial Tournament takes place March 11, 2017 at East Wiltshire Intermediate School. The Department of Education, Early Learning, and Culture is seeking volunteers to help in a number of areas. Most importantly is the  need for appraisers (judges). Training will be provided on Thursday, March 2 (Stormdate of Friday, March 3) in Room 208 A&B in the Holman Building in Summerside.

Information on Destination Imagination can be found here.

If you have any questions, please contact either Kieran Hennessey at kjhennessey@edu.pe.ca or Vicki Allan-Cook at vlallen-cook@edu.pe.ca

Featuring Chef Emily Wells of The Mill & Local 343.
$30 Per seat; 8 per table.
Saturday January 28, 2017 5:00-8:00 pm at the Jack Blanchard Hall, 3 Pond St. Charlottetown.
Storm Date: Sunday January 29th.

For ticket purchase contact: Carolyn Francis
crfrancis@upei.ca

Small group training offers training sessions with a focus on individual progression and skill development. Sessions are two times per week, and will include a small group of six clients who will work together with a certified personal trainer. Pre-registration required!

Lyndsey Paynter – Mon/Wed 12:05-12:50 pm, January 23-March 6

Kris Lutwick – Mon/Wed 4:30-5:15 pm, January 23-March 6 or Tue/Thu 12:05-12:50 pm, January 24-March 2

Fee for Sports Centre Members and UPEI full-time students is $129 + hst /person/group. Non-Members - $139 + hst /person/group. To register contact Angela Marchbank, Fitness & Wellness Coordinator at amarchbank@upei.ca or 902-566-0606.

Calling all singers! The UPEI Multicultural Choir and Song Circle will be meeting this Wednesday, January 18th, from 4:30 to 5:30 pm in the Robertson Library Building, in the basement, Rm 103. This area is also accessible by an elevator, if needed (call or email - see below).

The multicultural choir is in its 6th year, and is a non-audition, open, free and fun activity which brings people from campus and the community together, sharing songs from cultures all around the world!

If you have any questions or comments, please contact the AIRS lab at 902-566-6023, or airs@upei.ca.