This workshop was re-scheduled and is now happening on Thursday, November 28 from 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm. Pre-registration is required with a fee of $10 per person. The mandala is a spiritual symbol of the universe and good fortune. All designs are unique, and the colours evoke a feeling of joy and happiness. No experience required, all supplies will be provided. Please email Angela Marchbank at amarchbank@upei.ca to register. For UPEI students, staff and faculty members only!

 

Please join Anayet Kabir for his Molecular and Macromolecular Sciences Seminar Program presentation of Multifunctional Magnetic Nanoparticles for Imaging and Hyperthermia.

Nanoparticles have belonged to various fields of biomedical research for quite some time. A promising site-directed application in the field of nanomedicine is imaging and hyperthermia using magnetic nanoparticles which are directed at the target tissue by means of an external magnetic field. Magnetic nanoparticles (MNP) have attracted much attention because of their unique physical properties, magnetic susceptibility, biocompatibility, stability and many more relevant characteristics. Especially in medicine, application of MNPs is very promising. This review focuses on the most recent progress made with respect to synthetic routes to produce magnetic nanoparticles and their salient accomplishments for in vivo cancer imaging and hyperthermia.

All are welcome to attend.

President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz invites you to attend the 2019 PRESIDENT’S HOLIDAY SOCIAL for faculty and staff on Thursday, November 28 from 3:00 to 4:30 pm in McMillan Hall at the W. A. Murphy Student Centre.Celebrate with your colleagues at this special time of year and enjoy complimentary appetizers and refreshments!

You are encouraged to bring your food and monetary donations for the UPEI Food Bank—the Office of the President will match your support!

The Faculty of Nursing invites members of the campus community; students, faculty and staff to attend a public presentation by T. Diane Campbell RN, PhD candidate for a tenure track position. Her public presentation on Linking Teaching, Learning and Research at the UPEI Faculty of Nursing will be held on Wednesday, November 27, 2019 in the Health Science Building, room 104 at 11:00 am. 

As part of UPEI’s commitment to safety, the University has launched a new, free safety app called UPEI SAFE to advise the community about university/storm closures, crisis situations, and safety-related issues, as well as offer health and safety information.

While UPEI student, faculty, and staff emails have been automatically entered into UPEI SAFE, community members are encouraged to download the app from the App Store (for iOS devices) or Google Play (for Android devices) in order to receive push notifications and to access a full menu of features such as Mobile BlueLight, Friend Walk, and WorkAlone. Community members who do not have a smartphone or a supported app platform may subscribe to receive notifications by text (SMS) over cell connections by texting the word UPEI to the short code 723389. (Standard data and message rates may apply.)

Notifications about crisis situations and university/storm closures are pushed through UPEI SAFE as well as emailed to student, faculty, and staff @upei.ca email addresses. Messages are also posted on the UPEI home page (upei.ca), the UPEI Campus Screen network, and on Twitter (@UPEI). Messages may also be broadcast in UPEI buildings through a public address system. 

Learn more at upei.ca/upeisafe

Visit Samuel's Cafe at the Robertson Library from 10 am to 2 pm (or until sold out) on Wednesday, November 27th for Mellow Dough's classic and seasonal doughnuts!

MELLOW DOUGH is an artisan doughnut catering & pop-up shop based out of Charlottetown, PEI, focusing on handcrafted and small-batch doughnuts with a rotating menu featuring seasonal and local ingredients. The brioche-like, yeast-raised doughnuts are fluffy and have got that irresistible chew you keep coming back for. They are also a vegan-friendly business, with our dough being entirely plant-based and with our menu having an extensive vegan selection.

http://mellowdough.com

This workshop was re-scheduled and is now happening on Thursday, November 28 from 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm. Pre-registration is required with a fee of $10 per person. The mandala is a spiritual symbol of the universe and good fortune. All designs are unique, and the colours evoke a feeling of joy and happiness. No experience required, all supplies will be provided. Please email Angela Marchbank at amarchbank@upei.ca to register. For UPEI students, staff and faculty members only!

 

Please join Anayet Kabir for his Molecular and Macromolecular Sciences Seminar Program presentation of Multifunctional Magnetic Nanoparticles for Imaging and Hyperthermia.

Nanoparticles have belonged to various fields of biomedical research for quite some time. A promising site-directed application in the field of nanomedicine is imaging and hyperthermia using magnetic nanoparticles which are directed at the target tissue by means of an external magnetic field. Magnetic nanoparticles (MNP) have attracted much attention because of their unique physical properties, magnetic susceptibility, biocompatibility, stability and many more relevant characteristics. Especially in medicine, application of MNPs is very promising. This review focuses on the most recent progress made with respect to synthetic routes to produce magnetic nanoparticles and their salient accomplishments for in vivo cancer imaging and hyperthermia.

All are welcome to attend.

There will be a UPEI Biosafety Refresher training session:

Wednesday, December 18th, 2019  1:30 pm – 4:00 pm.
AVC, Room 287N

This session is required for those who attended the Basic Biosafety course in 2016 or earlier. It is not a substitute for Basic Biosafety. Topics to be covered include a review of basic biosafety principles, a practical approach to spill cleanup, and an update on what’s new at UPEI in the field of biosafety.

To attend the Biosafety Refresher course, you must pre-register by contacting Sarah Sudworth, before December 11, 2019 by email (hse@upei.ca) or by phone (902-566-0901). 

Please include your name, department, supervisor’s name (if applicable), email address, and phone number in your email or voice message. 

If you have any questions about this training session, please contact Sarah.

There will be a UPEI Basic Biosafety training session:

Tuesday, December 17th, 2019  9:00 am – 12:30 pm 
KMB, Room 237

Topics to be covered include basic biosafety principles and how they are applied at the University of Prince Edward Island, as well as biosecurity training. This session is open to everyone including graduate students.

Please note: those who attended training in 2016 or earlier are currently due for the Biosafety Refresher Course.

To attend the Basic Biosafety course, you must pre-register by contacting Sarah Sudworth, before December 11, 2019 by email (hse@upei.ca) or by phone (902-566-0901).

Please provide your name, department, your supervisor’s name (if applicable), email address, and phone number in your email or voice message. Please indicate if you are a graduate student. 

If you have any questions about this training session, please contact Sarah.

The Department of Pathology and Microbiology invites members of the campus community to attend a seminar presentation by Dr. Arathy Nair, the first of three candidates interviewing for the tenure-track faculty position in Molecular Clinical Bacteriology.  As part of the interview process, Dr. Nair will be presenting a seminar entitled Diagnostics and Vaccines for Canine Rickettsial Diseases; novel approaches on Tuesday, November 26 at 2:30 pm in Room 287N (AVC Learning Commons).

A copy of the candidate's CV and letter of application are available by contacting Karen Roche (kroche@upei.ca) in the Department of Pathology and Microbiology.

Everyone is welcome.

President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz invites you to attend the 2019 PRESIDENT’S HOLIDAY SOCIAL for faculty and staff on Thursday, November 28 from 3:00 to 4:30 pm in McMillan Hall at the W. A. Murphy Student Centre.Celebrate with your colleagues at this special time of year and enjoy complimentary appetizers and refreshments!

You are encouraged to bring your food and monetary donations for the UPEI Food Bank—the Office of the President will match your support!

The challenges of modern life seem constant and at times overwhelming. In this respect, it is not surprising that so much attention has recently been devoted to resilience, namely how we deal with life’s adversities, learn from them and even grow alongside or in the face of them.  The purpose of this presentation is to start a dialogue about resilience in a holistic way, a dialogue that considers not only our own resources as individuals, but also the importance of developing relationships and workplaces that foster health and well-being. Presentation will be lead by Dr. Stephen Butler.

Session will be held on Wednesday, November 27 from 10:00 am - 11:00 am at Andrews Hall, Room #142.  Please email Angela Marchbank to register. Session provided by the Healthy Campus Committee.

Faculty of Education is bringing you a teaching presentation titled Outcome-based Course Design by Michelle Gough. Everyone is welcome to join. 

In this presentation, we will explore outcome-based design as outlined in Teaching At Its Best: A Research-Based Resource for College Instructors by Linda B. Nilson. The presentation will focus on how instructors can design their courses around what they want students to be able to do by the end of the course. The presentation will critique the research supporting the benefits of outcomes-centered course design, writing outcomes, types of outcomes, sequencing outcomes into a learning process, helpful frameworks for designing a course, showing students their learning process and outcomes-centered course development.

Upcoming Career Month Events
Staff, Faculty and Students are encouraged to attend these upcoming Career Month events on campus:

Tips & Tricks with Trello
- Want to work smarter? Come learn about this versatile online time-management tool 
- Wednesday, November 27th
- 12:30 - 1:30 pm
- Health Sciences Building room 106
- Free snacks provided!

Employee Rights and Employment Standards Info Session
- Learn about employee rights and work standards in PEI
- Thursday, November 28th
- 10:00 - 11:00 am
- Main Building room 320

UPEI's Executive MBA program offers a high-quality learning experience for working business professionals. The program is designed for those working in, or aspiring to work in, a management or leadership position. Classes are offered bi-weekly on Fridays and Saturdays with the option to complete the program in 20 months.

Central to the program design is an evidence-based management approach which helps students develop the skills and knowledge to make better-informed and well-supported decisions both in the program and in applied situations in their workplaces.

To learn more about this exciting opportunity, UPEI's Faculty of Business invites you to attend the following information session. Learn more about the program and application process, have your questions answered, and meet with staff, faculty and students.

We encourage you to call 902-894-2866 or email mba@upei.ca to reserve a seat. For more information about UPEI's Executive MBA program, please visit www.upei.ca/emba or email mba@upei.ca

Online Employee and Spouse/Dependent Tuition Waiver fillable form can be found on the main page of MyUPEI under UPEI Forms.

The deadline for tuition deadline Winter 2020 Tuition Waivers is no later than December 6, 2019. Accounts for which waivers are received by HR after the deadline of December 6th, may be subject to late fees in accordance with the Academic Calendar. Please be advised Human Resources will no longer accept printed waiver forms.

If you have any questions please contact Kellie Nicholson at: (902) 566-0514 or HRgeneral@upei.ca.

The UPEI campus food bank has lots of fun things planned for the month of November. We will be having a different donation theme every week! We have “Fruits and Veggies”, “Donations by the Day”, “Soup for the Soul”, and “Study Snacks”! We are so excited to put this fun little twist on our donation drives and hope to increase student awareness of the food bank. Of course, don’t feel pressured to follow these themes as any donations are always welcomed and appreciated! Tune in to the UPEI Campus Food Bank Facebook page for more details about these themes and donation ideas. Thank you to all!

November 4th – November 8th: Fruits and Veggies

November 11th – November 15th: Donations by the Day

November 18th – November 22nd: Soup for the Soul

November 25th – November 29th: Study Snacks

And if you would like us to come to your department or to your desk for pick up, don't hesitate to ask!  Email us at foodbank@upei.ca

Calling all singing and music enthusiasts! Join us to share world music and songs from different countries and cultures represented on the UPEI campus. This is a non-audition singing group that meets Thursdays 4:30 to 5:45 pm in the Faculty Lounge of SDU Main Building.

Now in its 9th year. For more information, contact airs@upei.ca, Heather Barnick  hbarnick@upei.ca, or Annabel Cohen at 902-629-4325.

The Department of Pathology and Microbiology invites members of the campus community to attend a seminar presentation by Dr. Arathy Nair, the first of three candidates interviewing for the tenure-track faculty position in Molecular Clinical Bacteriology.  As part of the interview process, Dr. Nair will be presenting a seminar entitled Diagnostics and Vaccines for Canine Rickettsial Diseases; novel approaches on Tuesday, November 26 at 2:30 pm in Room 287N (AVC Learning Commons).

A copy of the candidate's CV and letter of application are available by contacting Karen Roche (kroche@upei.ca) in the Department of Pathology and Microbiology.

Everyone is welcome.