Dr. Greg Keefe, president and vice-chancellor (interim), invites, faculty staff, and students to the University’s 2022 Recognition of Founders ceremony on Monday, December 19, at 1:30 pm. During the ceremony, Dr. Douglas Dahn, Cathy Gillan, and Dr. Timothy Ogilvie will be honoured as Founders for their contributions to UPEI. The ceremony and reception will take place in The McCain Foundation Learning Commons, Atlantic Veterinary College. All are welcome to attend.

Employees who are using payroll deduction for parking are reminded to notify parking@upei.ca if they move to the Bell Aliant lot or no longer drive a vehicle to the campus so we can stop their parking deduction. 

Employees who take a leave of absence from UPEI (i.e., maternity leave, sabbatical, etc.) and park in one of the designated lots--B Gated, C Gated, Lot F, or Lot G--are asked to email parking@upei.ca with their employee ID number, departure date, and expected return date in order to maintain their access to the lot when they return. 

UPEI Panthers Men’s Hockey holiday gift packs are now available for purchase at the Eastlink Centre Box Office. The gift pack offers a great deal to watch one of the country's best hockey teams compete for an AUS title and a national championship.

Packages are $70 plus HST and include five individual tickets for the remaining 2022–23 regular season home games; $25 savings on a 2023 Cavendish Farms University Cup tournament pass; open ticket redemption; and the ability to hold a seat for the playoffs.

Consider purchasing a hockey holiday gift pack for the hockey lover on your list!

Thinking about health and wellness?  We can help!

The UPEI Department of Athletics and Recreation is offering a Sports Centre membership special, which extends beyond the campus to the greater Island community as well!

Purchase a one-year Sports Centre Fitness membership, including the walking track and squash courts, between December 1 and 23, 2022, and receive one month free....Your membership won't expire until January 31, 2024!

Visit Panther Central Desk at the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre to purchase your membership. For more information, please visit recreation.upei.ca

Entries are now being accepted for the Science Exposed 2023 photo competition. Eye-catching images coming from research projects in the natural sciences, engineering, humanities, or health sciences can now be submitted. The individuals or groups that have the most successfully combined creativity and science will be awarded one of many cash prizes. The contest is organized by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and Acfas. The deadline to submit is January 30 at 11:59 pm (ET).
 
The goal of Science Exposed is to help foster a science culture in Canada by capturing vibrant research images that showcase the work of our talented research community. These images will help the Canadian population better understand and see, through the same lens as our scientists and engineers, the work that is being done behind the scenes.

Click here for more information. 

During final exams, access to the track will be allowed only on the following dates and times. Please note that no one is permitted on the track during exams.

Sunday, December 11: noon –2:00 pm and 5:00 –7:00 pm
Monday, December 12 to Friday, December 16: 6:00–9:00 am, noon –2:00 pm, and 5:00–7:00 pm
Saturday, December 17, and Sunday, December 18: noon –2:00 pm and 5:00–7:00 pm
Monday, December 19 to Wednesday, December 21: 6:00–9:00 am, noon–2:00 pm, and 5:00–7:00 pm

Note: Dates are subject to change due to any weather conditions.

PhD Thesis Defence

Presenter: Holly Wilts

Title of the Thesis: "Cultivating Shrub Willow Downslope of Potato Cropping Systems on Prince Edward Island to Mitigate Indirect Agricultural N2O Emissions, Enhance Stream Protection from Diffuse Pollutants, and Produce Renewable Biomass"

Date: Monday, December 19, 2022, 10:00 am

Via web conference. If you wish to attend the public presentation, please contact the Graduate Studies Coordinator at gsc@upei.ca to receive the link. 

Everyone is welcome!

Dr. Greg Keefe, president and vice-chancellor (interim), invites UPEI faculty and staff to attend the 2022 President’s Holiday Social on Monday, December 19, from 3 to 4:30 pm, in The McCain Foundation Learning Commons, Atlantic Veterinary College. Faculty and staff are encouraged to bring food and monetary donations for the UPEI Campus Food Bank. The Office of the President will match the value of your support up to $10,000. Celebrate with your colleagues while enjoying complimentary refreshments and listening to festive songs performed by UPEI music students! 

Text or computer code generated by artificial intelligence platforms like ChatGPT is going to have a profound impact on student learning and assessment, bringing up many questions around academic integrity. If you missed Dr. Sarah Eaton's keynote when she visited UPEI at the beginning of the fall 2022 semester where she discussed the impact of these technologies, we have a recording. Click this link to watch Academic Integrity: Evidence-Based Insights and Key Issues. 

You might also be interested in attending the Teaching and Learning with Artificial Intelligence Online Symposium on February 8--9, 2023. For more details about the symposium or to read the call for proposals that was generated using ChatGPT, check out this link 

Dr. Greg Keefe, president and vice-chancellor (interim), invites, faculty staff, and students to the University’s 2022 Recognition of Founders ceremony on Monday, December 19, at 1:30 pm. During the ceremony, Dr. Douglas Dahn, Cathy Gillan, and Dr. Timothy Ogilvie will be honoured as Founders for their contributions to UPEI. The ceremony and reception will take place in The McCain Foundation Learning Commons, Atlantic Veterinary College. All are welcome to attend.

The excitement for the UPEI Panthers Gold Rush draw continues to grow! With no winners in the last NINE draws, the total pot has grown to more than $15,800—the highest it's ever been—with half going to the winner of Saturday night's draw.

Gold Rush is a virtual fundraising initiative that raises funds for UPEI’s athletic programs. 

Play today and every week for a chance to win! Download the UPEI Panthers app from the App Store or on Google Play, or play from your computer. The weekly draw is held at 8 pm every Saturday.

On Friday, December 16, 2022, ITSS will conduct required maintenance on the myUPEI portal and related services from 9 pm to 12 am (midnight). During this time, there may be intermittent access to and performance issues with myUPEI, Self-Service, Colleague, and Grade Submission.

We encourage students, faculty, and staff who may need documents or links located on myUPEI to plan ahead and bookmark or download the resources they may need during this period.

As a reminder, you can access Moodle directly using https://moodle.upei.ca and Outlook email directly using https://outlook.office.com.

If you have any questions, please contact the ITSS Help Desk at 902-566-0465.

A final Tea(ching) Break for the week. This one is a journal article that is informing some of the work of the Teaching and Learning Centre. You can read the article or download the mp3 to listen on the go. Conversations as a source of professional learning: exploring the dynamics of camaraderie and common ground amongst university teachers 

The Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) is pleased to partner with Holland College and the University of Prince Edward Island to host the 2023 annual STLHE/SAPES conference at the Delta Convention Centre in Charlottetown from June 14-16, 2023. (Pre-conference workshops will take place on June 13th.) Submissions are welcome from anyone interested in presenting to a multidisciplinary audience about teaching and learning in higher education. Submissions will close January 15, 2023 (midnight). Link to full details for the call for proposals

UPEI Procurement Services is currently taking bids on a used 2012 Dodge Ram 1500. 

Bids are being accepted in the University's e-tendering portal "Bonfire" until December 16 at 2:00 pm. This portal requires you to register by creating a username and password as your UPEI credentials are not connected to this system. When registering for the Bonfire portal, please put your name in the Vendor Name and Contact Name fields.  You can access the information on this opportunity at https://upei.bonfirehub.ca/projects/60905/details

Award-winning educator and coach Dr. Elizabeth Wells, author of the book The Organized Academic, shares key strategies for making your career a more enjoyable, less stressful experience. Get ready for a new year with some tips on organization and productivity – with exercises and discussion around priorities and goals for a new year. This session focuses on “Why Am I Here?” – creating a compelling mission for your teaching, research, and service.

UPEI Panthers Men’s Hockey holiday gift packs are now available for purchase at the Eastlink Centre Box Office. The gift pack offers a great deal to watch one of the country's best hockey teams compete for an AUS title and a national championship.

Packages are $70 plus HST and include five individual tickets for the remaining 2022–23 regular season home games; $25 savings on a 2023 Cavendish Farms University Cup tournament pass; open ticket redemption; and the ability to hold a seat for the playoffs.

Consider purchasing a hockey holiday gift pack for the hockey lover on your list!

Overview: Communication is critical to success in every field, especially in business and the workplace. In this certificate program, participants will gain knowledge and practical experience in all key areas of communication, including proper workplace writing, public speaking and presentation skills, blog posts, websites, social media, and other forms of communication essential to functioning and growth in the professional world, as well as in-depth communication plans. This certificate is hybrid in nature – some content is online and asynchronous and some content is in-person. (Please note – if you already have completed the Intro to Workplace Writing course, you can take the rest of the certificate, and the price of the Intro to Workplace Writing course will be subtracted from the cost.)

Designed for: People who deal with communication in businesses/organizations and in the workplace, from administrative professionals to communication officers, entrepreneurs, and executives

Type of Delivery: Virtual and in-person

Duration: Three courses for a total of approximately twenty-eight hours

Facilitators: Christine Gordon Manley, Tracy Stretch, Ann Worth

For more information, visit https://www.upei.ca/professional-development/certificates/professional-communications-certificate. 

On Thursday, December 29, over 60 former members of the UPEI Wind Symphony, representing graduating classes from 1972–2022, will give two public performances--at dress rehearsal at 9:30 am and a formal performance at 7:30 pm. Tickets for the performances are $20 (cash only) and can be purchased at the door.

Under the direction of Dr. Karem Simon, the Wind Symphony alumni will prepare an eclectic mix of traditional and contemporary wind band music featuring some of the treasured pieces from its repertoire. Included will be movements from “The Lord of the Rings Symphony” by Dutch composer Johan de Meij and “Medieval Suite” by American Ron Nelson. Classics, including Gustav Holst’s “First Suite in E-flat” and Percy Grainger’s “Shepherd’s Hey,” will be juxtaposed with “Skyline” by Charlottetown’s own Evan Hammell, and emerging composer who is a former UPEI music student and a graduate of the University of Toronto Faculty of Music Composition program. 

For more information, contact Dr. Simon at 902-566-0702.

Text or computer code generated by artificial intelligence platforms like ChatGPT is going to have a profound impact on student learning and assessment, bringing up many questions around academic integrity. If you missed Dr. Sarah Eaton's keynote when she visited UPEI at the beginning of the fall 2022 semester where she discussed the impact of these technologies, we have a recording. Click this link to watch Academic Integrity: Evidence-Based Insights and Key Issues. 

You might also be interested in attending the Teaching and Learning with Artificial Intelligence Online Symposium on February 8--9, 2023. For more details about the symposium or to read the call for proposals that was generated using ChatGPT, check out this link