The following scholarship is searching for applicants with an extended deadline of Wednesday, December 4, 2019.

There are 35 awards to be issued to undergraduate and graduate students valued at $1,000 each. 

Roderick Stirling MacDonald Scholarships

Granted to 15 graduate and 20 undergraduate students who are registered in full time studies at UPEI, maintained an academic record of 85% or greater in every course in their previous year of study, and show an interest in developing skills to enhance local and global communities  

There is a separate application required and can be submitted electronically to scholarships@upei.ca or in person to the Registrar's Office front desk. 

Best Regards,

UPEI Scholarships & Awards 

PLEASE NOTE: Due to the poor weather forecast for Saturday, the Charlottetown Christmas Parade has been postponed by 24 hours and will now take place on Sunday, December 1, 2019 at 5:00 pm.

To ensure the safety of parade participants and members of the campus community, there will be traffic restrictions at UPEI's University Avenue entrance. The parade will begin at the intersection of University Avenue and Enman Crescent at 5:00 pm and groups who are walking in the parade will be staged in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre parking lot.

Therefore, the University Avenue entrance will be closed between 3:30 pm and 6:30 pm. Please be aware of increased traffic and use the Belvedere Avenue entrance to access campus during this time.

Did you know that as an employee of UPEI you can access funding to take professional development courses and certificates right here on campus through the UPEI Office of Continuing Education and Professional Development?

We offer a wide range of career enhancing education opportunities available right here for you to take coming up in December and early 2020.  Now is the time to plan and apply!

Our courses and certificates can help you improve your professional and personal skills, and are a great addition to your resume.

To learn what professional development funding available to you please visit this link if you are a contract employee, or this link if you are a union employee.

For more information about our upcoming courses please visit www.upei.ca/professional-development or email lreaman@upei.ca 

At the Chaplaincy Centre, our thoughts are with students during exam time, their success and yes, of course, the chili lunch. During exam time the Chaplaincy Centre will be offering two free chili lunches for our students. Lunch will be served on Wednesday, December 4 and Thursday December 6 between 11:30am and 1:30pm. 

About 300 students show up each day with smiles and conversation during this busy time. We are looking for faculty and staff to help out and provide encouragement for students during the exam period. If you are able to volunteer some time please sign up here.

Courtyard Cafe / Tim Hortons: Starting December 2, operating hours are Monday to Thursday 7:30 am to 7 pm, Friday 7:30am to 3 pm | Closing date TBA
MicroMarket: Closes end of day on November 29
Samuel's Cafe: Closes end of day on December 6
AVC Cafe: Closes end of day on December 23

For any questions or concerns, you can contact angela.mackenzie@compass-canada.com 

 

Visit Samuel's Cafe at the Robertson Library from 10 am to 2 pm (or until sold out) on Wednesday, November 27th for Mellow Dough's classic and seasonal doughnuts!

MELLOW DOUGH is an artisan doughnut catering & pop-up shop based out of Charlottetown, PEI, focusing on handcrafted and small-batch doughnuts with a rotating menu featuring seasonal and local ingredients. The brioche-like, yeast-raised doughnuts are fluffy and have got that irresistible chew you keep coming back for. They are also a vegan-friendly business, with our dough being entirely plant-based and with our menu having an extensive vegan selection.

http://mellowdough.com

PLEASE NOTE: This event has been cancelled due to weather. 

This workshop was re-scheduled and is now happening on Thursday, November 28 from 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm. Pre-registration is required with a fee of $10 per person. The mandala is a spiritual symbol of the universe and good fortune. All designs are unique, and the colours evoke a feeling of joy and happiness. No experience required, all supplies will be provided. Please email Angela Marchbank at amarchbank@upei.ca to register. For UPEI students, staff and faculty members only!

 

Please join Anayet Kabir for his Molecular and Macromolecular Sciences Seminar Program presentation of Multifunctional Magnetic Nanoparticles for Imaging and Hyperthermia.

Nanoparticles have belonged to various fields of biomedical research for quite some time. A promising site-directed application in the field of nanomedicine is imaging and hyperthermia using magnetic nanoparticles which are directed at the target tissue by means of an external magnetic field. Magnetic nanoparticles (MNP) have attracted much attention because of their unique physical properties, magnetic susceptibility, biocompatibility, stability and many more relevant characteristics. Especially in medicine, application of MNPs is very promising. This review focuses on the most recent progress made with respect to synthetic routes to produce magnetic nanoparticles and their salient accomplishments for in vivo cancer imaging and hyperthermia.

All are welcome to attend.

President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz invites you to attend the 2019 PRESIDENT’S HOLIDAY SOCIAL for faculty and staff on Thursday, November 28 from 3:00 to 4:30 pm in McMillan Hall at the W. A. Murphy Student Centre.Celebrate with your colleagues at this special time of year and enjoy complimentary appetizers and refreshments!

You are encouraged to bring your food and monetary donations for the UPEI Food Bank—the Office of the President will match your support!

The Faculty of Nursing invites members of the campus community; students, faculty and staff to attend a public presentation by T. Diane Campbell RN, PhD candidate for a tenure track position. Her public presentation on Linking Teaching, Learning and Research at the UPEI Faculty of Nursing will be held on Wednesday, November 27, 2019 in the Health Science Building, room 104 at 11:00 am. 

As part of UPEI’s commitment to safety, the University has launched a new, free safety app called UPEI SAFE to advise the community about university/storm closures, crisis situations, and safety-related issues, as well as offer health and safety information.

While UPEI student, faculty, and staff emails have been automatically entered into UPEI SAFE, community members are encouraged to download the app from the App Store (for iOS devices) or Google Play (for Android devices) in order to receive push notifications and to access a full menu of features such as Mobile BlueLight, Friend Walk, and WorkAlone. Community members who do not have a smartphone or a supported app platform may subscribe to receive notifications by text (SMS) over cell connections by texting the word UPEI to the short code 723389. (Standard data and message rates may apply.)

Notifications about crisis situations and university/storm closures are pushed through UPEI SAFE as well as emailed to student, faculty, and staff @upei.ca email addresses. Messages are also posted on the UPEI home page (upei.ca), the UPEI Campus Screen network, and on Twitter (@UPEI). Messages may also be broadcast in UPEI buildings through a public address system. 

Learn more at upei.ca/upeisafe

Visit Samuel's Cafe at the Robertson Library from 10 am to 2 pm (or until sold out) on Wednesday, November 27th for Mellow Dough's classic and seasonal doughnuts!

MELLOW DOUGH is an artisan doughnut catering & pop-up shop based out of Charlottetown, PEI, focusing on handcrafted and small-batch doughnuts with a rotating menu featuring seasonal and local ingredients. The brioche-like, yeast-raised doughnuts are fluffy and have got that irresistible chew you keep coming back for. They are also a vegan-friendly business, with our dough being entirely plant-based and with our menu having an extensive vegan selection.

http://mellowdough.com

This workshop was re-scheduled and is now happening on Thursday, November 28 from 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm. Pre-registration is required with a fee of $10 per person. The mandala is a spiritual symbol of the universe and good fortune. All designs are unique, and the colours evoke a feeling of joy and happiness. No experience required, all supplies will be provided. Please email Angela Marchbank at amarchbank@upei.ca to register. For UPEI students, staff and faculty members only!

 

Please join Anayet Kabir for his Molecular and Macromolecular Sciences Seminar Program presentation of Multifunctional Magnetic Nanoparticles for Imaging and Hyperthermia.

Nanoparticles have belonged to various fields of biomedical research for quite some time. A promising site-directed application in the field of nanomedicine is imaging and hyperthermia using magnetic nanoparticles which are directed at the target tissue by means of an external magnetic field. Magnetic nanoparticles (MNP) have attracted much attention because of their unique physical properties, magnetic susceptibility, biocompatibility, stability and many more relevant characteristics. Especially in medicine, application of MNPs is very promising. This review focuses on the most recent progress made with respect to synthetic routes to produce magnetic nanoparticles and their salient accomplishments for in vivo cancer imaging and hyperthermia.

All are welcome to attend.

There will be a UPEI Biosafety Refresher training session:

Wednesday, December 18th, 2019  1:30 pm – 4:00 pm.
AVC, Room 287N

This session is required for those who attended the Basic Biosafety course in 2016 or earlier. It is not a substitute for Basic Biosafety. Topics to be covered include a review of basic biosafety principles, a practical approach to spill cleanup, and an update on what’s new at UPEI in the field of biosafety.

To attend the Biosafety Refresher course, you must pre-register by contacting Sarah Sudworth, before December 11, 2019 by email (hse@upei.ca) or by phone (902-566-0901). 

Please include your name, department, supervisor’s name (if applicable), email address, and phone number in your email or voice message. 

If you have any questions about this training session, please contact Sarah.

There will be a UPEI Basic Biosafety training session:

Tuesday, December 17th, 2019  9:00 am – 12:30 pm 
KMB, Room 237

Topics to be covered include basic biosafety principles and how they are applied at the University of Prince Edward Island, as well as biosecurity training. This session is open to everyone including graduate students.

Please note: those who attended training in 2016 or earlier are currently due for the Biosafety Refresher Course.

To attend the Basic Biosafety course, you must pre-register by contacting Sarah Sudworth, before December 11, 2019 by email (hse@upei.ca) or by phone (902-566-0901).

Please provide your name, department, your supervisor’s name (if applicable), email address, and phone number in your email or voice message. Please indicate if you are a graduate student. 

If you have any questions about this training session, please contact Sarah.

The Department of Pathology and Microbiology invites members of the campus community to attend a seminar presentation by Dr. Arathy Nair, the first of three candidates interviewing for the tenure-track faculty position in Molecular Clinical Bacteriology.  As part of the interview process, Dr. Nair will be presenting a seminar entitled Diagnostics and Vaccines for Canine Rickettsial Diseases; novel approaches on Tuesday, November 26 at 2:30 pm in Room 287N (AVC Learning Commons).

A copy of the candidate's CV and letter of application are available by contacting Karen Roche (kroche@upei.ca) in the Department of Pathology and Microbiology.

Everyone is welcome.

President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz invites you to attend the 2019 PRESIDENT’S HOLIDAY SOCIAL for faculty and staff on Thursday, November 28 from 3:00 to 4:30 pm in McMillan Hall at the W. A. Murphy Student Centre.Celebrate with your colleagues at this special time of year and enjoy complimentary appetizers and refreshments!

You are encouraged to bring your food and monetary donations for the UPEI Food Bank—the Office of the President will match your support!

The challenges of modern life seem constant and at times overwhelming. In this respect, it is not surprising that so much attention has recently been devoted to resilience, namely how we deal with life’s adversities, learn from them and even grow alongside or in the face of them.  The purpose of this presentation is to start a dialogue about resilience in a holistic way, a dialogue that considers not only our own resources as individuals, but also the importance of developing relationships and workplaces that foster health and well-being. Presentation will be lead by Dr. Stephen Butler.

Session will be held on Wednesday, November 27 from 10:00 am - 11:00 am at Andrews Hall, Room #142.  Please email Angela Marchbank to register. Session provided by the Healthy Campus Committee.