Treat yourself and celebrate as another school year comes to a close! Join us for a full Mexican-inspired dinner for $11.99 on Thursday, April 11th at the AVC Cafe starting at 11:30am. Please view the menu below!

Appetizer: Antojitos served with a Cilantro Crema
Main: Chipotle Beef Tacos, Refried Bean Taquitos, Mexican Rice, Pico de Gallo, Sour cream, Guacamole
Dessert: Churros

For more information, feel free to contact alan.paul@compass-canada.com.

Staff and Faculty - thank you for the great response to the request for volunteers, April 9 for set up and April 10 and 12 for the event itself. Special call for volunteers who don't wind washing the large pots and pans at the end of the day. Please email Sister Sue at sukidd@upei.ca

The monthly meeting of the UPEI & Friends Neuroscience Journal Club will be held Friday, April 12th from 3-4 pm in the "Fishbowl" of the Duffy Research Centre (NRC). All faculty, staff and students with an interest in neuroscience research are welcome. For a copy of the paper to be discussed please contact Paul Bernard (pbernard@upei.ca) or Andy Tasker (tasker@upei.ca)

This year's annual Faculty Recognition dinner to recognize FA Members for their accomplishments takes place on Wednesday, April 24th, 2019 at The Culinary Institute of Canada (2 Sydney Street, Charlottetown).

Time: 6:30 pm reception, 7:00 pm dinner
Recipients: TBA
Ticket Prices: Member $30 (members' guests $30 each)
Non-Member Price: $55.00 each
* Registration through the FA Office, upeifa@upeifa.org * 
Deadline to register: WEDNESDAY, April 17
** TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE for purchase & pickup from Heather or Kate in the FA OFFICE. 
Stop in during the hours of 9:00 am - 12:00 noon OR 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Duffy Science Centre (DSC) Room 415 *Cash or Cheque (made out to the Faculty Association)*

Place your order before April 21 and you could win your frame!

Degree framing services are offered by the UPEI Alumni Association. Visit the secure site 8734upei.com to view the five models of frames that are available and to order (choose "pick up in store" option). Each frame includes a mat with the UPEI coat of arms embossed in gold. 

Frames may be picked up at the reception in McMillan Hall immediately following convocation ceremonies.

Contact Sarah Hastelow in the UPEI Alumni Office at (902) 566-0615 or frames@upei.ca with any questions.

Central Printing will be closed Friday, April 12, 2019. Please contact Wendy Henderson at 902-566-0558 or whenderson@upei.ca.

It's Spring (apparently), so time to clean out your inbox!
In your gmail/outlook, you can create filters to send promotional or store emails to archive or delete by making the word "unsubscribe" a filter. 
Its worth knowing how to select all, giving you the opportunity to delete all.
To do this, click the tickbox at the top of the page to select all emails on that page. Look carefully and you'll see that a message appears that says 'All XX conversations on this page are selected. Select all XX conversations in XXX'. 
Now you can delete at will. Free yourself! Call the helpdesk if you have any questions 902-566-0465 Mon-Fri 8:00 am to 4:00 pm.

Staff and Faculty - thank you for the great response to the request for volunteers, April 9 for set up and April 10 and 12 for the event itself. Special call for volunteers who don't wind washing the large pots and pans at the end of the day. Please email Sister Sue at sukidd@upei.ca.

Next meeting of the Animal Welfare Journal Club: Friday, April 26, 12:30-1:15, AVC 343N, to discuss: 
Chatigny F. 2018. The controversy on fish pain: A veterinarian’s perspective. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science. https://doi.org/10.1080/10888705.2018.1530596

The Animal Welfare Journal Club meets approximately once a month to discuss scientific articles related to animal welfare; for eg in areas of animal welfare science, animal ethics, animal behaviour, anesthesia and analgesia; ethical veterinary practice. Everyone is welcome to attend and to propose articles for future discussion. 

The club is cohosted by AVC’s Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre and Animal Welfare Club. Email acrook@upei.ca or jdamico@upei.ca to be on the e-mail list for future information.

The AARMS 2019 Summer School, taking place June 17 to July 12, 2019 at UPEI, is intended for graduate students and promising senior undergraduate students from all parts of the world.  Each participant is expected to register for at least two of the four courses. 

Courses offered:

Fractals: Using Iterated Function Systems (IFS) to Construct, Explore, and Understand Fractals
Instructor:  Franklin Mendivil from Acadia University
June 17 to June 28, 2019

q-Series in Analysis and Combinatorics
Instructor:  Mourad Ismail from the University of Central Florida, USA
June 17 to July 12, 2019

The Mathematics and Science of Chaos
Instructor:  James Yorke from the University of Maryland, USA
June 17 to June 28, 2019

Rough Paths Theory
Instructor: Laure Coutin from the Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse, France
July 2 to July  12, 2019

Please visit the AARMS 2019 Summer School website for course prerequisites and details.

For further information, please visit the AARMS 2019 Summer School website or contact Dr. Shafiqul Islam sislam@upei.ca or SMCS smcs@upei.ca

To apply, please visit the AARMS 2019 Summer School website. Application deadline is April 15, 2019.

On Monday, April 8, 2019, the AVC Wildlife Service and the AVC Wildlife Club will hold their annual Wildlife Art Silent Auction and Raffle during National Wildlife Week from 9:30 am-4 pm. The fundraiser will be held on AVC's main floor near the cafeteria. The AVC Wildlife Service provides veterinary care for sick, injured, and displaced wildlife, with over 300 admissions each year. Every year, our talented students, faculty, and staff generously provide art and wildlife-related items for the fundraiser. There will be delicious wildlife-themed cupcakes during the day and a prize draw at 4 pm. Please come and check it out!

The Department of Psychology is pleased to present two candidates for a tenure-track position. Please join us for the following presentations:
On Monday, April 8th at 9:45am, Dr. Susan Longley will present her research talk entitled "Back to the Future Extended". The presentation will take place in MCDH328. 
On Tuesday, April 9th at 10:00am, Dr. Susan Longley will present “Building Research Excellence in the PsyD Program”. The presentation will take place in MCDH328. 
On Tuesday, April 16th at 9:45am, Dr. Jessica Strong will present her research talk entitled “Understanding the Intersection of Cognition, Health, and Aging Through Music”. The presentation will take place in MCDH328. 
On Wednesday, April 17th at 10:00am, Dr. Jessica Strong will present “The World Is Your Lab: Developing Research Excellence in Clinical PsyD Graduate Students”. The presentation will take place in MCDH328.

The UPEI Health and Wellness Centre reminds the campus community to wear green shirts on April 7 and 8 for Green Shirt Day, which aims to raise awareness about organ and tissue donations. Green Shirt Day falls on the anniversary of the Humboldt Bronco bus crash tragedy, where one of the victims, Logan Boulet, was an organ donor. Six people received organ/tissue because Logan signed a donor card. Learn more or register to be an organ donor at Make it Zero https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/information/health-pei/organ-and-tissue-donation

The Department of Companion Animals at the Atlantic Veterinary College, UPEI, will be interviewing the third, and final, candidate for a newly-created, tenure-track faculty position in Zoo, Exotic & Wildlife Animal Medicine.

Each candidate has been asked to present two (2) thirty-minute seminars; one a topic of their choosing that should be geared toward 3rd year DVM students and aimed at delivering “core” information for veterinary students (i.e., information that a new graduate will need to possess to be successful on Day 1); and the other on their vision for building/expanding an exotic animal practice at the AVC.

Our third candidate will be on-campus Monday & Tuesday of next week.

April 8th and 9th, 2019
Dr. Ariane Santamaria-Bouvier (U of Montréal ’07) has completed an internship in Zoological Medicine at the Université de Montréal (2008); an internship in Wildlife & Conservation Medicine at the Wildlife Center of Virginia (2010) and a residency in Zoological Medicine at the Université de Montréal (2014). She obtained a Certificate in Laboratory Animal Medicine from OVC in 2017 and is currently working as an Associate Veterinarian at the Assiniboine Park Zoo in Winnipeg, MB.


Zoonotic Diseases of Exotic Pets
Vision for Building/Expanding an Exotic Animal Practice at AVC
Monday, April 8th @ 12:30pm, AVC Lecture Theatre ‘A’

Any interested faculty / staff are invited to attend. A copy of the candidate’s CV and letter of application are available by contacting Laurel Fisher (fisher@upei.ca) in the Department of Companion Animals.

The UPEI Health and Wellness Centre reminds the campus community to wear green shirts on April 7 and 8 for Green Shirt Day, which aims to raise awareness about organ and tissue donations. Green Shirt Day falls on the anniversary of the Humboldt Bronco bus crash tragedy, where one of the victims, Logan Boulet, was an organ donor. Six people received organ/tissue because Logan signed a donor card. Learn more or register to be an organ donor at Make it Zero.

Girls in grades 7 to 9 are invited to a science and engineering retreat on Friday, May 3, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. This 5th Girls Get WISE Science and Engineering Retreat will give girls a hands-on experience in chemistry, physics, biology, computer science, and engineering through fun workshops. Girls will also meet female role models who are working or studying in the science, engineering, and technology fields. These experiences will help girls make informed decisions about subject choices in their later school years.

Register at http://www.engineerspei.com/node/455 by Friday, April 26. Space is limited. Cost is $10 which includes lunch. Subsidies may be available upon request.

This event is hosted by UPEI with assistance from WISE (Women In Science and Engineering) Atlantic and Engineers PEI.