Come see some of the marvels of the night sky through our 8-inch telescope at the UPEI observatory. Potential viewing objects include the Moon, planets, nebulae, and galaxies. Volunteers from the Charlottetown Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) and the UPEI Physics Department will be on hand to show you the sights and answer your astronomical questions. Our next viewing is scheduled from 9:15 pm to 10:45 pm on Saturday, May 10, 2014. Guests are asked to come to Memorial Hall Room 417. This event is weather dependent. In the event of cloudy skies requiring a cancellation, the viewing may be shifted to Sunday, May 11 at the same time (if weather permits). Updates will be provided on our website at http://physics.upei.ca/astronomy, on our voice-mail at 566-0745, or on Twitter @UPEIAstronomy. This event is free of charge and open to all members of the public. It is necessary to climb the stairs from the 4th floor up to the observatory, but an elevator can be taken up to the 4th floor.

AVC's White Coat Ceremony provides AVC veterinary students with the opportunity to celebrate their many successes and passage from the rank of students to Doctors of Veterinary Medicine. White Coat is a jubilant celebration where students are cloaked in a white coat, presented by family members or close friends. Many awards are presented ranging from class spirit and leadership awards, to recognition for academic performance and skill competencies. Following the White Coat presentations, the graduating class recites the Veterinary Oath with the Dean of Veterinary Medicine. This year's Ceremony will take place at the Homburg Theatre in Confederation Centre of the Arts from 4-6 pm.

Join Father John Lacey with Fathers Andrew MacDonald, and Charlie Cheverie in the Dr. Steel Recital Hall for a celebratory Mass to honour the class of 2014. A reception will follow in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre at 7:30 pm.

Please join us to celebrate our graduate students' research achievements in this year's Graduate Studies day. The event includes welcoming remarks, an invited keynote speaker presentation, and an array of student oral and poster presentations.

As part of the Festival preceding the combined gala for the PEI Book Awards and the Atlantic Book Awards May 21, there will be a panel discussion by non-fiction nominees John Flood – editor (The Master’s Wife: The Book and the Place), Earle Lockerby (Diaries of the Acadian Deportations, No. 1: Jeremiah Bancroft at Fort Beauséjour and Grand-Pré) and Pan Wendt (Lionel F. Stevenson: Fifty Years of Photographs/ Cinquante ans de photographie (1962-2012). For more information, visit: www.atlanticbookawards.ca

The Office of the Vice-President Academic invites you to a "Celebration of Island Studies" on Wednesday, May 21, from 3:00-4:30 pm in the Faculty Lounge, Main Building. Join us at an informal reception to celebrate Island Studies at the University of Prince Edward Island that will pay tribute to the work of the Institute of Island Studies and recognize the contributions of its past Director, Irene Novaczek.

The R.G. Thomson Lecture is an endowed annual lecture that honours AVC's founding dean. The lecture will be presented by Dr. Jonna Mazet, University of California, Davis. Dr. Mazet's lecture, "Rising to the Research Challenge: new approaches for identifying emerging infectious diseases and mitigating their spread," will be held on Thursday, May 15 at 9:20 a.m. in Lecture Theatre A.

In celebration of the graduate studies program, will be held on Thursday and Friday, May 15 and 16, 2014, in AVC's Lecture Theatre A. Students will present their recent research findings (or their research plans if they are new students) in animal health research, fish health and marine research and biomedical science and human health research. An awards ceremony will follow.

Join H. Wade MacLauchlan and Alex B. Campbell for the Charlottetown Launch of Alex B. Campbell:The Prince Edward Island Premier Who Rocked the Cradle, on Saturday, May 31 from 2:30-5:00 pm in McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre. Bruce Rainnie will be the event's master of ceremonies. Published by the Prince Edward Island Museum and Heritage Foundation, Alex B. Campbell: The Prince Edward Island Premier Who Rocked The Cradle will be over 400 pages, include more than 150 photos, and have a hard-cover binding with a full-colour dustjack. For more information and to purchase an advanced copy, visit the www.alexbcampbell.ca.

The UPEI School of Nursing is pleased to host the 2014 ARCASN AGM and Research Conference from May 21-22 on campus. The 2014 theme is "The Value of the Registered Nurse in Creating Positive Change and Transforming Health Care."