Please join us for an open house at the new English Language Centre, located on the first floor of Kelley Memorial Building room 105 (where the Registrar's Office was previously located). Learn about the EAP and Homestay programs, and other services offered at the Centre.  The open house will be held on Wednesday, February 27th from 1:30-4:30 pm. All students, staff and faculty are welcome to attend. Snacks available.

The Faculty of Science graduate Studies Committee invites the campus community to Pradeepa Gunasena's MSc Thesis defence. Her presentation is entitled "Establishing the test retest reliability of contralateral auditory suppression of transient evoked oto-acoustic emissions in a cohort of normal healthy individuals." Everyone is welcome.

Take some time for 'YOU' and drop by the UPEI Health and Wellness Centre between 10:00 am-3:00 pm on Wednesday, February 27. See the nutritional information display and learn more about your biometric measurements and the healthy rates to strive for. Tests include blood pressure, glucose, COPD test, BMI, hand grip strength, flexibility test, and stress questionnaire.    Lynne Fraser, UPEI's Nurse Practitioner will also provide a 15-minute "Heart Health" presentation from noon-12:15 pm and 12:45-1:00pm. Light Refreshments provided. No appointment required! The UPEI Health and Wellness Centre is on the second floor (north) of the W.A. Murphy Student Centre (above the bookstore). This clinic is brought to you by UPEI's Healthy Campus Committee, through its Employee Wellness Strategy.

The next event in the series being presented by the Faculty Development Office and the Indigenous Education Advisory Circle’s faculty development committee will occur on Tuesday, February 26, from 2:30-3:30 in SDMB 201 (Faculty Lounge). Gerald Wandio will facilitate a discussion of the article "Mandatory Indigenous Studies courses aren't Reconciliation, they're an easy way out" by Rauna Kuokkanen. Rabble.ca. 2016. Please read the article and come discuss it! 

BlackBoard Collaborate is web conferencing software that allows instructors to do many things to engage with their students. Use BlackBoard Collaborate to record your teaching for days when your face-to-face class has been cancelled. Share your PowerPoint or use the interactive whiteboard, BlackBoard Collaborate allows you to set up a complete virtual classroom. It’s simple, easy and reliable. This workshop takes place on March 12 from 10:30 to 11:30 am in Room 265 of the Robertson Library. REGISTER

Year Four. Event Five. Come and get it on Wednesday, February 27 at 11:30 am in the Chaplaincy Centre. Lentil and Black Bean Soup. Potato and Roasted Red Soup. Prepared and served by UPEI Recruitment and Advisement Office. They got you here, let them feed you here!

Speaker: Dr. Juan Carlos Rodriguez-Lecompte Title: The gut an immunological organ: Part II - The gut associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) and nutritional intervention.

As part of the Molecular and Macromolecular Sciences Seminar Series, two topics will be presented:  Riley Jackson "Building a Novel Transition State Search Algorithm using Machine Learning"  Will McCombs "Characterization of Phosphorus Speciation and Mineralization in PEI Soil"  All are welcome to attend.  

Dr. Ali Ahmadi will be this week's FSDE Graduate Research Seminar presenter. His topic will be "Presentation Skills".  Please note - new room location Everyone is welcome to attend.

Register now to join NSERC for an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Workshop! The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), on behalf of the granting agencies and in collaboration with UPEI's Office of the Vice-President Academic and Research, is hosting a workshop at UPEI on the implementation of the “made-in-Canada” Athena SWAN program on Tuesday, March 19, 2019 from 9 am to 12 noon (with a reception from 8:30 am - 9 am). We hope you can attend this workshop and share your insights on how we can best implement this initiative in Canada and provide comments on the proposed draft Charter. The workshop is a half-day event. Refreshments and treats will be provided. For more information on the made-in-Canada Athena SWAN initiative and to register for the workshop, please visit NSERC’s website.