In celebration of UPEI’s 50th anniversary, the University is hosting a series of inspiring talks by alumni from all eight faculties. Speakers will tell their stories of success and how UPEI changed their lives. On Thursday, October 10, at 12:00 pm in Health Sciences Building 105, the Faculty of Nursing welcomes Dr. Christine Cassidy, BScN ‘13, back to campus. Dr. Cassidy is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at Dalhousie University. All are welcome, a light lunch will be provided.

In July 2011, the family of Harry and Marjorie MacLauchlan of Stanhope, PEI made another leadership gift to UPEI to create a substantial program of awards to encourage and recognize student writing achievement. The gift is to honour H. Wade MacLauchlan’s twelve years of service as UPEI president and vice-chancellor, and to recognize the importance of effective writing as a foundational skill for academic success and lifelong learning.

The MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing is the largest such student-oriented program in Canada. There are up to 60 prizes available for returning undergraduate students who produced outstanding written work in the previous academic year (September 1–August 31), as a substantive role in their academic course work or for the broader community audience, and who showed most improvement through a writing support program coordinated through the Webster Centre.

There are also up to 3 prizes available for faculty or staff members, who have shown exceptional leadership in the development of writing among students at UPEI.

For application information, please check out the following links:

MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing (Coursework) – up to 35 prizes
MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing (Community) – up to 11 prizes
MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing (Webster) – up to 11 prizes
MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing (Staff/Faculty) - up to 3 prizes

For more details regarding this awards program, please feel free to contact Logan Dawson in the Scholarships, Awards and Financial Aid office at lodawson@upei.ca or (902) 620-5187.

The Faculty of Education would like to invite all to attend Ian Hogg's public presentation of his MEd research titled: Engaging the Disengaged: A Shop Teacher's Reflection on Project Authenticity.

Come join us for the official opening of this Mi'kmaq Petroglyph Exhibit featuring the artwork of Mi'kmaq artisan Todd Labrador. There will be an oral story telling by Mi'kmaq Author and PEI Poet Laureate Julie Pellisier-Lush, as well as complimentary tea/coffee.

This exhibit is a partnership between the Mawi'omi Centre and the Roberston Library.

The much awaited reopening of Samuel's Cafe is finally here! Our soft launch will be on Monday, October 7th with operational hours of 8 am to 3 pm, Monday to Friday until further notice. 

We will continue to offer our On the Go products, Bagels Your Way, Van Houtte coffee and Davids Tea, and a Soup of the Day, as well as our bakery and confectionery items.

We hope to see you back at Samuel's Cafe!

The UPEI Health and Wellness Centre will be hosting a HPV (Human Papillomavirus) awareness booth outside McMillan Hall on Monday, October 7 from 11:00am-2:00pm. Approximately 75% of sexually active Canadians will have at least one HPV infection in their lifetime, and it can affect all ages. Please drop by to learn more about the most common sexually transmitted infection in the world today and find out how you can reduce your risk of developing the types of cancer associated with HPV. 

A brief HPV Awareness presentation will take place Monday, October 7 at 12:30pm in Room 238 of the Health & Wellness Centre (above the bookstore). Bring your lunch and learn some quick facts on HPV!

A limited number of free HPV vaccines will be available in the Health and Wellness Centre from 1:00pm-3:30pm on Monday, October 7, on a first-come-first-serve basis, for eligible PEI health card holders who meet criteria to receive the vaccine (visit our booth to find out if you are eligible). Participants must be agreeable to receiving the full series of three vaccines at 0, 2 and 6 month intervals. Additionally, students with UPEI insurance now have great coverage to help cover the cost of their vaccines. 

Hope you can join us for any or all of these events!

Security Services would like to remind the campus community that by law/UPEI Traffic and Parking Policy accessible parking spaces on campus are only for those with accessible permits. 

These spaces are not to be used as a drop-off area, and violators may be subject to appropriate parking enforcement action.

Please be courteous to the members of our community who rely on these designated spaces to conduct their daily business on campus.

For more information on drop off locations, please refer to the UPEI campus map or contact Security Services. 

UPEI students, staff, and faculty are you up for a challenge? Test your mental abilities alongside your fellow UPEI colleagues in a problem-solving fun experience—and, you won't be marked on it!

Robertson Library is presenting an escape room in the Library, Room 312, this semester: Escape the Deadly Virus on PEI: Crow Disease.

You and your fellow UPEI colleagues are locked in a room! Find clues, solve puzzles, find keys, and open locks to find the map to escape. Can you find the map and escape in time?

The Escape Room is limited to UPEI students, staff, and faculty and up to six participants per time.  Free admission!

Come and see if you have what it takes to escape!  Don’t miss out!

Sign up now!

The Faculty of Education would like to invite all to attend Ian Hogg's public presentation of his MEd research titled: Engaging the Disengaged: A Shop Teacher's Reflection on Project Authenticity.

Come join us for the official opening of this Mi'kmaq Petroglyph Exhibit featuring the artwork of Mi'kmaq artisan Todd Labrador. There will be an oral story telling by Mi'kmaq Author and PEI Poet Laureate Julie Pellisier-Lush, as well as complimentary tea/coffee.

This exhibit is a partnership between the Mawi'omi Centre and the Roberston Library.

Do you want to learn how to stay positive and confident as a parent and reduce stress in your family? Free Triple P-Positive Parenting Seminars will be held November 6th, 13th and 20th at Murphy’s Community Centre (room 207) from 7:00-8:30pm. Triple P is an international project promoted and supported by the Government of Prince Edward Island. There are three sessions in the seminar series, and each session addresses a different theme. Fathers, mothers, grandparents and guardians are welcome! Free onsite child care will be provided by CHANCES. 

For more information, contact Catherine Noseworthy at cnoseworthy@upei.ca,

The Faculty of Education would like to invite all to attend Ian Hogg's public presentation of his MEd research titled: Engaging the Disengaged: A Shop Teacher's Reflection on Project Authenticity.

Come join us for the official opening of this Mi'kmaq Petroglyph Exhibit featuring the artwork of Mi'kmaq artisan Todd Labrador. There will be an oral story telling by Mi'kmaq Author and PEI Poet Laureate Julie Pellisier-Lush, as well as complimentary tea/coffee.

This exhibit is a partnership between the Mawi'omi Centre and the Roberston Library.

Do you want to learn how to stay positive and confident as a parent and reduce stress in your family? Free Triple P-Positive Parenting Seminars will be held November 6th, 13th and 20th at Murphy’s Community Centre (room 207) from 7:00-8:30pm. Triple P is an international project promoted and supported by the Government of Prince Edward Island. There are three sessions in the seminar series, and each session addresses a different theme. Fathers, mothers, grandparents and guardians are welcome! Free onsite child care will be provided by CHANCES. 

For more information, contact Catherine Noseworthy at cnoseworthy@upei.ca,

The Human Resources Department and the Project Beacon team is pleased to introduce a new Time Entry System.  

Effective October 6, 2019 all employees who enter hours through Aestiva will now enter hours through a new Time Entry system which will be accessible through myUPEI. 

Training sessions for employees, students and supervisors have been scheduled.   

Please click on the link to sign up for a training session.

SIGN UP FOR TRAINING

We ask that all staff and student employees who submit hours and supervisors responsible for approving hours make every effort to attend one of these training sessions as we will be demonstrating how to submit and approve hours.

The Faculty of Education would like to invite all to attend Ian Hogg's public presentation of his MEd research titled: Engaging the Disengaged: A Shop Teacher's Reflection on Project Authenticity.

Come join us for the official opening of this Mi'kmaq Petroglyph Exhibit featuring the artwork of Mi'kmaq artisan Todd Labrador. There will be an oral story telling by Mi'kmaq Author and PEI Poet Laureate Julie Pellisier-Lush, as well as complimentary tea/coffee.

This exhibit is a partnership between the Mawi'omi Centre and the Roberston Library.

The much awaited reopening of Samuel's Cafe is finally here! Our soft launch will be on Monday, October 7th with operational hours of 8 am to 3 pm, Monday to Friday until further notice. 

We will continue to offer our On the Go products, Bagels Your Way, Van Houtte coffee and Davids Tea, and a Soup of the Day, as well as our bakery and confectionery items.

We hope to see you back at Samuel's Cafe!

As part of the Molecular and Macromolecular Seminar Series, Dr. Saurabh Chitnis, visiting faculty from Dalhousie University, will be presenting a talk on "Orbital engineering of main-group compounds for new reactivity".

Abstract: Besides steric and electronic tuning, geometric deformation of molecules away from their VSEPR structures offers another way of introducing new reactivity. This talk will focus on the use of geometric deformation as a strategy for eliciting new reactivity with antimony and bismuth compounds.

All are welcome to attend.

25Live is the program used to book space on campus. On Monday, October 7, you will be seeing some changes to the user interface. To assist you with this new look, we are offering the following information sessions in AVC Computer Lab - AVC 218S on 

• Tuesday, October 8 - 1:00 - 2:00 pm
• Wednesday, October 16 - 10:30 -11:30 am

During the session, we will give you an overview of the new look, walk you through creating a room booking,  and possibly even show you a few new tips and tricks. Space is limited, so please sign up for one of the above sessions as soon as possible by adding you name HERE.