President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz invites you to attend the 2014 President’s Holiday Social and Tree Lighting in Schurman Market Square, Don and Marion McDougall Hall on Thursday, December 4 3:30–5:00 pm. Celebrate the Season with the UPEI campus community, and learn about our “UPEI Commits to Care” initiative! You are encouraged to donate to the UPEI Food Bank (food and cash will be accepted)—UPEI will match your donations!

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The annual Fall UPEI Choral Concert takes place at the Dr. Steel Recital Hall on Saturday November 29 at 7:30 pm. Under the direction of Professor Sung Ha Shin-Bouey the Concert Choir and soloists from the UPEI Vocal Program will present Mozart’s “Coronation Mass,” works by Palestrina and Eric Whitacre, as well as contemporary folk and jazz pieces Soloists include sopranos; Rebecca Apps and Lindsay Gillis, altos; Hannah Rollwage and Olivia Barnes, tenors; William Millington and Cody Collins, and basses; Travis Boudreau and Parker Clements. Special guests for the evening will be Le Ragazze and I Ragazzi Jrs vocal ensembles, also under the direction of Professor Shin-Bouey. Tickets are $10 general admission and $5 for students and are available at the door, online at www.upeirecitals9.bpt.me or in advance by calling 566‐0507.

President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz cordially invites you to the Official Groundbreaking Ceremony for the School of Sustainable Design Engineering. Join the President; the Honourable Robert Ghiz, Premier; the Honourable Allen Roach, Minister of Innovation and Advanced Learning; UPEI Board of Governors Chair Tom Cullen; and UPEI Student Union President Lucas MacArthur as they mark the beginning of construction in the Health Sciences Building Lobby on Thursday, December 4, 2014 at 10:00 am. Hot beverages will be served before proceeding to the construction site.

The Public Service Commission is reaching out to recent UPEI alumni and current students by offering an information session on job opportunities within the Government of Canada. Students and recent alumni are invited to stop in to ask questions about the public service, to find out how to apply, to gain knowledge on the type of opportunities available and to gather tips on how to improve their application.

The University of Prince Edward Island and the UPEI Alumni Association invite everyone to our New Year's Levee. Please join us on Thursday, January 1, 2015 at 11:30 am - 1:00 pm in Don and Marion McDougall Hall, Schurman Market Square. For more information, contact Sarah MacInnis at (902) 566-0687.

Join your colleagues and friends for a very FESTIVE celebration at the Annual Sugar Plum Luncheon. Enjoy all your favourite holiday foods and delight in the holiday décor. We think Santa may even take time to stop by! The luncheon is on Thursday, December 18 from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm in the Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall. Tickets are $20.95 + HST and can be purchased by contacting Marc Doiron at 902-628-4370, or by emailing catering@upei.ca. This event is brought to you by Chartwells with support from the Office of the President.

The University of Prince Edward Island is pleased to inform you that Mr. Henry Tam, proud alumnus (BBA’73), scholarship donor, and chair of UPEI’s Alumni and Friends Toronto Chapter, will visit campus on Monday December 15 to deliver a presentation about his life-altering experience as a student at UPEI. In 1969 Mr. Tam travelled from Hong Kong to study at St. Dunstan’s University and UPEI. While here Mr. Tam adjusted to a new culture and language, and excelled as a student. He was the first graduate of UPEI’s Bachelor of Business Administration program to win the prestigious Governor General’s silver medal, and has gone on to a successful career as a respected accountant, financial advisor, and tax consultant. He is founder and senior partner of H. Tam and Partner LLP, Chartered Accountants, in Toronto. Please join Mr. Tam in the Alex H. MacKinnon Auditorium, Room 242, Don and Marion McDougall Hall, at 5:30 pm, Monday, December 15.

Join Brendan McKeown, BSc.as he will defend his Master of Science thesis entitled: Magnolol affects cellular growth and proliferation in human prostate cancer cells in vitro on Thursday, December 18, at 10:00 am in Duffy Science Centre, room 204 Everyone is welcome to attend.

The Masters in Nursing Graduate Studies Committee will host a Master of Nursing Thesis Examination on Thursday, December 18 at 2:00 pm. Darlene Robison, BScN, will defend her Master of Nursing thesis entitled The Lived Experience of Dignity in Older Adults Living with Schizophrenia: A Phenomenological Study. The presentation will be held in the Health Sciences Building, room 105. Everyone is welcome to attend.