A representative from Custom Protect Ear will be at UPEI on Tuesday March 27th to perform fittings for custom ear plugs which are molded to fit the individual user’s ear, providing superior hearing protection. This is a one-time opportunity for UPEI’s staff, faculty, and students to take advantage of UPEI’s discounted pricing of $109.50 + hst on the dB Blocker Classic (non-vented) ear protection. Product details can be found here.

Fitting appointment are 5 minutes in length and payment will need to be made at the time of fitting by cash, cheque or credit card (preferred). Please contact Kathryn Harrison in the Health, Safety and Environment Department at 902-566-0901 or kharrison@upei.ca to arrange a time to be fitted or if you have any questions.

We have a variety of new Specialty Fitness classes starting soon. Each session is 8 classes specific to day/time/class type. Hatha Yoga with Rebecca/Cynthia will start Thursday March 29 at 4:30 pm, Yoga Sculpt with Kelly will start Tuesday, March 27 at 4:30 pm. A NEW 'Clubbell Yoga' class with Wendy will start on Tuesday, April 9 at 7:00 am and AcroYoga with Marie-Eve will start on Saturday April 13 at 11:00 am. Registration with payment required at least 24 hours prior to start date of class. More detail at http://www.upei.ca/ar/fitness-classes

The School of Mathematical and Computational Science presents Dr. Martin Mueller, Professor, University of Alberta.
Title: Computer Go: from the Beginnings to AlphaGo Zero
Dr. Martin Mueller is the grandfather of AlphaGo in the sense that AlphaGo is created by Dr. David Silver (Lead Researcher on AlphaGo in DeepMind Inc.) and Dr. Mueller is his PhD supervisor. This is the third presentation in the Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning series.

Presentation Series
Date: 3pm, Mar. 26 (Monday)
Location: Cass 104

Calling all Grade 7-10 girls!

Go CODE Girl Day is a hands-on opportunity for girls in Grades 7 to 10 to learn about the exciting world of computer programming and software development. We will introduce and inspire girls with the skills needed to pursue interests in the fastest growing industries of technology, computing and engineering. UPEI SSDE is excited to be a participant in Go CODE Girl Day, which is an initiative that takes place at 20+ universities with Engineering programs across Canada! Registration is free but space is limited. Sign up here:
https://sites.google.com/upei.ca/ssde-go-code-girl/home

**RE-SCHEDULED DUE TO WEATHER**
Free snacks and free Samuel's coffee & muffin voucher at this screening!

Perfume War is an inspiring documentary about two friends and their unstoppable fight for world peace. Captain Trevor Greene’s mission in Afghanistan ends violently with a Taliban axe in his head. Miraculously, he survives to see his best friend Barb Stegemann, a single mom, carry on his peace mission with a new strategy – perfume. In an Art of War maneuver, she takes what the enemy loves most, the poppy crop, by purchasing rose and orange blossom oils, which pay Afghan farmers twice the income over illegal poppy. Scientists marvel at Greene’s recovery as he rebuilds his brain, while Stegemann helps rebuild in Afghanistan and Rwanda. Barb fights a retail war in stores while working to keep her company financially afloat. In a world that monetizes war, Barb needs a cavalry of business to take up her retail activist charge. A global beauty giant shows interest, but is her essential oil good enough? Will she run out of money? Will she win her perfume war?

Located in the Campus Life Lounge, which is in Student Affairs (above the bookstore).

This event is Thursday, March 29 at 6:00 pm.

The Faculty of Business is pleased to present a candidate for a tenure track position in Marketing.
On Friday, March 23rd, at 11:30am in MCDH329 Qian Deng will be presenting on 'What Makes Products Weird? Antecedent to and Underlying Mechanism of Weirdness'.
All are welcome to attend. Please contact business@upei.ca with any questions.

Island filmmaker John Hopkins will be on the Island to introduce his multi-award-winning film, Bluefin, at UPEI on on March 25. Filmed in the “tuna capital of the world”, North Lake, PEI, the documentary explores the baffling mystery of a sudden abundance of tuna off the shores of eastern Prince Edward Island, despite scientific assessments claiming tuna stocks are substantially depleted.

With stunning cinematography, Hopkins documents this mystery, exploring the complex issues at the heart of the story. Underlying the documentary is a shared and passionate concern for the fate of the giant bluefin tuna. The film has received rave reviews from audiences around the world, and has been awarded prizes at the 2017 Santa Barbara International Film Festival and the 2017 International Ocean Film Festival, and the 2016 Lunenburg DocFest.

This screening is being hosted by the UPEI Environmental Society and Save our Seas and Shores PEI and Cinema Politica Charlottetown. More information can be found on the Cinema Politica Charlottetown Facebook page.

The UPEI Wind Symphony will perform its final recital of the academic year on Saturday, March 24, at 7:30 PM at Park Royal United Church in Charlottetown. This has been a particularly busy and musically rewarding year for the Wind Symphony with highly successful performances throughout the Fall and Winter.

This recital will feature contemporary works for the modern wind band, with several emerging masterworks of the genre. The program will open with Pansori's Rhapsody, a virtuosic work by Korean composer Chang Su Koh. This work is imbued with Korean culture and, through Su Koh's masterful orchestration, creates innovative colours and effects. effervescent widgets, this recital's title work, is among the most rhythmically complex scores that the Wind Symphony has ever performed. Here, American Richard Drehoff Jr., creates, in musical terms, a narrative of a widget's journey through the modern manufacturing mechanism. To accomplish this, Drehoff Jr. uses repetitive ostinato passages which layer upon themselves to the point of collapse.

Percy Grainger, an Austrailian by birth but an American by choice, wrote his Children's March: Over The Hills and Far Away around 1919. Based on an original Grainger melody, it is a light, carefree work the utilizes the full symphonic resources and colour of the modern wind band. Grainger was among the first to use piano and mallet percussion as part of his works for wind band. Another featured work by an American composer is Julie Giroux's One Life Beautiful. It is an introspective work with some of the most lyrical lines. Additional works by Dimitri Shostakovich and Warren Benson will be performed.

This recital will be the final Wind Symphony performance for thirteen of its graduating students – the largest in the history of this ensemble. All have made significant contributions to UPEI, and the Wind Symphony in particular, throughout their undergraduate careers.

The UPEI Wind Symphony received the 2014 Music PEI award for Achievement in Classical Music. Under the direction of Dr. Karem J Simon, the Wind Symphony has had a progressive approach to its programming, and in reaching a wider audience. With performances throughout PEI and beyond each year, partnerships with PEI school music programs, and utilizing unique performance spaces, the Wind Symphony is among PEI's most respected large ensembles. Commissioning new compositions, featuring outstanding student and professional soloists, and showcasing masterworks of the wind band genre are all hallmarks of this ensemble. In recent years performances at Zion Presbyterian Church, St. Dunstan’s Basilica, and Park Royal United Church have attracted capacity audiences.

Tickets [$15 Adults; $10 Students] for this performance may be acquired in advance at UPEI’s music department or at the door prior to the recital. The public is cordially invited to attend.

The UPEI Wind Symphony will perform its final recital of the academic year on Saturday, March 24, at 7:30 pm at Park Royal United Church in Charlottetown. This has been a particularly busy and musically rewarding year for the Wind Symphony with highly successful performances throughout the Fall and Winter.

This recital will feature contemporary works for the modern wind band, with several emerging masterworks of the genre. The program will open with Pansori's Rhapsody, a virtuosic work by Korean composer Chang Su Koh. This work is imbued with Korean culture and, through Su Koh's masterful orchestration, creates innovative colours and effects. effervescent widgets, this recital's title work, is among the most rhythmically complex scores that the Wind Symphony has ever performed. Here, American Richard Drehoff Jr., creates, in musical terms, a narrative of a widget's journey through the modern manufacturing mechanism. To accomplish this, Drehoff Jr. uses repetitive ostinato passages which layer upon themselves to the point of collapse.

Percy Grainger, an Austrailian by birth but an American by choice, wrote his Children's March: Over The Hills and Far Away around 1919. Based on an original Grainger melody, it is a light, carefree work the utilizes the full symphonic resources and colour of the modern wind band. Grainger was among the first to use piano and mallet percussion as part of his works for wind band. Another featured work by an American composer is Julie Giroux's One Life Beautiful. It is an introspective work with some of the most lyrical lines. Additional works by Dimitri Shostakovich and Warren Benson will be performed.

This recital will be the final Wind Symphony performance for thirteen of its graduating students – the largest in the history of this ensemble. All have made significant contributions to UPEI, and the Wind Symphony in particular, throughout their undergraduate careers.

The UPEI Wind Symphony received the 2014 Music PEI award for Achievement in Classical Music. Under the direction of Dr. Karem J Simon, the Wind Symphony has had a progressive approach to its programming, and in reaching a wider audience. With performances throughout PEI and beyond each year, partnerships with PEI school music programs, and utilizing unique performance spaces, the Wind Symphony is among PEI's most respected large ensembles. Commissioning new compositions, featuring outstanding student and professional soloists, and showcasing masterworks of the wind band genre are all hallmarks of this ensemble. In recent years performances at Zion Presbyterian Church, St. Dunstan’s Basilica, and Park Royal United Church have attracted capacity audiences.

Tickets [$15 Adults; $10 Students] for this performance may be acquired in advance at UPEI’s music department or at the door prior to the recital. The public is cordially invited to attend. 

Mr. Steve Jreige, Knowledge Mobilization Analyst with the Public Health Agency of Canada is on campus March 21 and 22.

Please call 902-628-4308 Research Services or email researchservices@upei.ca to make an appointment to speak with him.

Come and check out the artistic talents of AVC’s students, faculty, and staff at the fifth annual AVC Art Show/Auction and Coffee House on Friday, March 23, in The McCain Foundation Learning Commons. The art show and auction takes place from 8:30 am to 6:00 pm, and the coffee house, featuring live entertainment, from 4:30-6 pm A portion of the proceeds from the art auction will be donated to CAT Action PEI. The Class of 2020 is organizing this free event.

The next UPEI on-site training session in animal use and care will be held on:

Wednesday, April 11, 2018
1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
AVC - The McCain Foundation Learning Commons Rm 286 B & 286C N

This will be a 3 hour training session with handouts, based on CCAC Recommended Syllabus (exam included).  The Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC) requires that all personnel involved with the use of animals in research, teaching, testing and service take this course.  (A refresher course is required every 5 years). Please notify Sherri Pineau by e-mail at animalcare@upei.ca by 12:00 noon on Wednesday, April 4, 2018 if you will be attending this session and also indicate that you are a grad student and the name of your supervisor.

A representative from Custom Protect Ear will be at UPEI on Tuesday March 27th to perform fittings for custom ear plugs which are molded to fit the individual user’s ear, providing superior hearing protection. This is a one-time opportunity for UPEI’s staff, faculty, and students to take advantage of UPEI’s discounted pricing of $109.50 + hst on the dB Blocker Classic (non-vented) ear protection. Product details can be found here.

Fitting appointment are 5 minutes in length and payment will need to be made at the time of fitting by cash, cheque or credit card (preferred). Please contact Kathryn Harrison in the Health, Safety and Environment Department at 902-566-0901 or kharrison@upei.ca to arrange a time to be fitted or if you have any questions.

The Faculty of Business is pleased to present a candidate for a tenure track position in Marketing.
On Friday, March 23, at 11:30am in MCDH329 Qian Deng will be presenting on 'What Makes Products Weird? Antecedent to and Underlying Mechanism of Weirdness'.
All are welcome to attend. Please contact business@upei.ca with any questions.

UPEI Career Services 
It's the time of year where students and soon to be graduates are seeking employment. Career Services posts off-campus jobs for both students and alumni. On the left hand panel, there is a 'subscribe' option, this notifies students any time a new job gets posted. We post employment, volunteer and internships that are available literally around the world! Please share with students, add to Moodle pages and social media sites!

http://www.upei.ca/experientialeducation/career-services/job-postings
 

The Faculty of Arts, Island Studies wishes to announce that Erin Rowan, a Master’s student, will be defending her thesis entitled, “Isle of Hunger, Isle of Pain: Islandness, Memory, and Landscape of the Great Famine in Cahersiveen and Valentia Island, Co. Kerry, Ireland”. It will take place Friday, March 23rd, 9:00-11:00am in Rm. 335 SDUMain Bldg. All are welcome.

Join students from HIS4050, Crusades and Crusading in a student conference as they present their research.

Topics include: crusading logistics; Christian-Muslim interaction in Spain and the Holy Land; the role of the Italian merchant city states; the children's crusade; the Assassins.

This event runs 1:30 to 5:30 pm Friday, March 23 in SDU Main Building 116.