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

The Office of the President cordially invites you to attend the MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing Celebration. Please join members of the MacLauchlan family, guest speaker Dr. David Hickey, and the UPEI community on Friday, November 22, 2019 at 1:00 pm in Schurman Market Square, Don and Marion McDougall Hall to celebrate the writing achievements of UPEI students and faculty and staff.

Event cancelled - Teaching presentation: Creating a Welcoming Classroom

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.

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is a two-day interactive workshop in suicide first aid. ASIST teaches participants to recognize when someone may have thoughts of suicide and work with them to create a plan that will support their immediate safety. This training is available free of charge for UPEI's staff, students and faculty, thanks to a generous grant received from Bell Let's Talk.

The next workshop is scheduled on December 16th & 17th (with December 18th held as a backup in the event of weather interruption).

Please email kjlawlor@upei.ca to request to join the workshop.

Have your glucose and cholesterol tested! No appointments necessary, just drop in. Testing takes approximately 6–8 minutes per person.  Friday, November 22, 9:00 am - 11:30 am at UPEI Health Centre, W.A. Murphy Student Centre.   Part of Health & Fitness Week, supported by Healthy Campus Committee.
 

Title: Portfolio Selection using Fundamental Analysis

Speaker:  Ben Wang, School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences (SMCS)

Abstract:  This summer research project consists of data exploration and analysis with the objective of proposing suitable portfolio selection strategies that take into account quarterly financial statements of publicly traded companies (fundamental analysis) that may affect public perception of these companies.

For further information, please contact the seminar organizer, Dr. Shafiqul Islam, at sislam@upei.ca

Faculty of Education is bringing you a teaching presentation titled Creating a Welcoming Classroom by Janet Payne. Everyone is welcome to join. 

In this presentation, we will explore the importance of creating welcoming classroom environments as outlined in Teaching at Its Best: A Research-Based Resource for College Instructors by Linda B. Nilson. 

This presentation will focus on ways of creating a warm, welcoming classroom environment that fosters student participation, motivation to learn, satisfaction with the course, and achievement of course objectives. Much of the practical information suggested by Nilson revolves around planning a welcoming classroom, creating a positive first day of class, developing rapport with and between students, learning students’ names, and creating an inclusive and equitable classroom.​

President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz cordially invites the University community to University Update 2019 on Thursday, November 21, 2019 at 2:00 pm in McMillan Hall at W.A. Murphy Student Centre. All are welcome.

Speaker:  Dylan Michaud, Pathology and Microbiology

Title: Salmon lice: A description of sex, development, virulence and co-infection of Lepeophtheirus salmonis

Everyone Welcome

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

Neal Jamieson, Reactive Health, will discuss Foot Care and how it can affect us if we have poor foot health.   He’ll highlight some common foot health issues and treatments, review foot anatomy, discuss proper footwear and discuss foot reflexology.  Session is free and no need to pre-register.  Will be held at Health Science Building room #106 on Friday, November 22 from 12:10 pm - 12:50 pm.  Session is part of Health and Fitness Week, supported by Healthy Campus Committee.
 

The Health, Safety and Environment Department (HSE) is offering Emergency & Standard First Aid/CPR training sessions:

Emergency First Aid/CPR 
December 3, 2019
8:30 am – 3:30 pm
HSB 105

This basic one-day course offers lifesaving first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills. 

Standard First Aid/CPR
December 4 and 5, 2019
8:30 am – 3:30 pm
HSB 105

This comprehensive two-day course offers first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills for those who need enhanced training as a work requirement (high risk areas such as labs).

Cost of registration will be covered by HSE for all UPEI faculty and staff, including students who require training for on-campus employment. Students who do not require training for on-campus employment are welcome to attend; however, the cost of registration will not be covered. Please note, lunch will not be provided.

As space is limited, please pre-register by contacting Sarah Sudworth before Tuesday, November 26th, 2019 via email (hse@upei.ca) or by phone (902-566-0901).

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is a two-day interactive workshop in suicide first aid. ASIST teaches participants to recognize when someone may have thoughts of suicide and work with them to create a plan that will support their immediate safety. This training is available free of charge for UPEI's staff, students and faculty, thanks to a generous grant received from Bell Let's Talk.

The next workshop is scheduled on December 16th & 17th (with December 18th held as a backup in the event of weather interruption).

Please email kjlawlor@upei.ca to request to join the workshop.

We have two MSc-SDE students presenting at this week's Graduate Seminar in the Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering.

Hamed Bozorgi,  MSc-SDE Student,  Advisor: Dr. Trung Ngo
"3D Perception for Human Intention and Motion Prediction"

Jultwahnique McDonald, MSc-SDE Student, Advisor: Dr. Ali Ahmadi
"The Microbial Domestication Pod Project: Fabrication, Microfluidics and Perfusion
Based System"

Wednesday, November 20 at 11:30am (PLEASE NOTE NEW TIME) in FSDE 212 

While the topic will be focused for FSDE graduate students, all are welcomed to attend.  

Have your glucose and cholesterol tested! No appointments necessary, just drop in. Testing takes approximately 6–8 minutes per person.  Friday, November 22, 9:00 am - 11:30 am at UPEI Health Centre, W.A. Murphy Student Centre.   Part of Health & Fitness Week, supported by Healthy Campus Committee.
 

Title: Portfolio Selection using Fundamental Analysis

Speaker:  Ben Wang, School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences (SMCS)

Abstract:  This summer research project consists of data exploration and analysis with the objective of proposing suitable portfolio selection strategies that take into account quarterly financial statements of publicly traded companies (fundamental analysis) that may affect public perception of these companies.

For further information, please contact the seminar organizer, Dr. Shafiqul Islam, at sislam@upei.ca

Celebrate UPEI Health and Fitness Week and join the campus community at a free hot lunch served at the UPEI Chaplaincy Centre.  Our own International Student Office and Recruitment (aka Jerry's Team) will prepare tasty Black Bean and Lentil Soup and Creamy Wild Rice and Mushroom Soup  11:30 - 1:00 (or until we run out)

Soup for the Soul 5.2 served 208 people in October.  Can we match it?  Beat it?  Come this Wednesday as find out.

Faculty of Education is bringing you a teaching presentation titled Creating a Welcoming Classroom by Janet Payne. Everyone is welcome to join. 

In this presentation, we will explore the importance of creating welcoming classroom environments as outlined in Teaching at Its Best: A Research-Based Resource for College Instructors by Linda B. Nilson. 

This presentation will focus on ways of creating a warm, welcoming classroom environment that fosters student participation, motivation to learn, satisfaction with the course, and achievement of course objectives. Much of the practical information suggested by Nilson revolves around planning a welcoming classroom, creating a positive first day of class, developing rapport with and between students, learning students’ names, and creating an inclusive and equitable classroom.​

The Faculty of Science Graduate Studies Committee invites the campus community to the next Environmental Sciences/Human Biology seminar on Wednesday, November 20, 2019 at 12:30 pm in the Duffy Science Centre, Room 204.  

Dr. Hai Nguyen from Agricultural and Agri-Food Canada will present "My agricultural research journey - from classical fungal taxonomy to modern genomics"