Title: All Your Moodle Questions Answered Do you have Moodle questions you would like answered? Drop by brown-bag lunch with Kent our E-Learning Coordinator and Moodle Guy for an informal Moodle Q & A session.

SPEAKER: Katherine Duncan, Department of Biomedical Sciences TITLE: Investigating Actinobacterial diversity from sediments as a source of bioactive secondary metabolites.

First Student Engagement Speakers' Series Presentation: Dr. Shannon Murray Faculty, staff and students are invited to the first in a series of talks on student engagement. Sponsored by the Office of the Vice-President Academic, this series of presentations is intended to raise the profile at UPEI on issues related to student engagement. In this first talk, Dr. Shannon Murray of the English Department will speak on, "The End of University: Engaging Our Graduating Students". The presentation will take place at 3:00 PM on Wed. Feb. 2nd in Lecture Theatre A of the AVC

You are invited to engage with the students from the UPEI Executive-style Master of Business Administration Program as they present their marketing plans for a local business opportunity in the "3rd Annual Local Marketing Challenge". In past years, the challenge has focused exclusively on local food, but this year the topic range has been broadened to include any product or service targeted at the local PEI market. This public event will take place on Saturday, February 5, 2011 from 9 am to 1 pm in the Alex H. MacKinnon Auditorium, UPEI School of Business, Don & Marion McDougall Hall. For more information, call Grace McCourt at (902)566-6474 or e-mail mba@upei.ca .

The purpose of this study was to examine potential factors that may be influencing student achievement on PEI's Grade 9 Assessment of Mathematics. This study encompassed an item analysis, teacher questionnaire, and an examination of student achievement data over the three years for evidence of growth in student achievement. Findings revealed that teachers believed the purpose of Common Assessments was to focus instruction on the provincial curriculum which is encouraging; however, student achievement over the past three years showed no significant improvement. Presented as part of the 2010-2011 UPEI Centre for Education Research Seminar Series.

he UPEI Women’s Basketball team is pleased to announce their fundraising initiative to raise money for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation - and other related cancer charities - is up and running for a fourth straight season. The main celebration night will take place on Saturday February 5, 2011 during the game vs. Memorial. The UPEI Panthers will be selling t-shirts again this year, a black t-shirt with a pink UPEI Panthers logo selling for $12 and available at the UPEI Bookstore or by emailing head coach Carly Clarke at wbball@upei.ca. New this year, UPEI Panthers has teamed up with OT HairCutters. Show your colours and support by getting a fashion pink hair flare at OT HairCutters, all profits go toward UPEI Panthers` Shoot for the Cure. OT HairCutters stylists will be on-campus at the:W.A Murphy Student Union Center, Wednesday, Feb. 2nd 2 pm – 6 pm, and at the Chi Wan Young Sports Centre, Saturday, Feb 5th 4 pm – 9 pm.

Sunday is the last home basketball games of the season with the women playing at 1 pm vs. MUN and the men at 3 pm. The graduating students will be honoured at the event.

SPEAKER: Peter Gaudet, Department of Pathology and Microbiology TITLE: In vitro cultivation of Hematodinium sp.: Optimization of culture conditions and characterization of developmental stages. SPEAKER: Dan Hines, Department of Pathology and Microbiology TITLE: Analysis of gene expression profiles from the larval American Lobster, Homarus americanus.

Join us Tuesday, March 1 at 7 pm in Mavor's in the Confederation Centre for the Arts for the next Research on Tap. Dr. Crawford Revie, professor of Health Management at the AVC, and UPEI's Canada Research Chair in Population Health: Epi-Informatics, will lead the discussion: "The use and mis-use of science in on-going debates around aquaculture." Research on Tap is a series of public discussions with UPEI researchers. For more information, contact Dave Atkinson at 620-5117, datkinson@upei.ca, or research.upei.ca

Dr. Brian Evans, Chief Food Safety Officer and Chief Veterinary Officer for Canada and John Knubley, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agri-food Canada Will Deliver the following Presentation "Adapting to Current Realities in Policy Development and Program Implementation" in the Canadian federal government. This will include an opportunity for UPEI students and faculty to learn about and to interact with our visitors on policy development, as well as the public service workforce renewal and employment prospects. All are welcome.