Campus Notices
Up to 10 Presidential Awards of Merit for UPEI Faculty, Librarians, Clinical Veterinary Professionals and Clinical Nursing Instructors and four categories of Presidential Awards of Merit for UPEI Staff will be awarded in 2019. These awards will be presented during a Celebration of Colleagues to be held on Tuesday, April 30, 2019 from 10:30am-12:00pm in McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre.
Susan Connolly, Associate Vice-President, Human Resources & Legal, will lead the process and chair the committee to select award recipients.
Nominations for both faculty and staff awards close on Friday, March 29, 2019.
For further details on the awards and the nomination process, please visit: http://www.upei.ca/president/presidential-recognition-awards-merit
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With final exams approaching, registration can begin on Access Deck under the "Final Exams" section. Please be sure to input your exam requests in the final exams section and not the midterm/test section. All final exam requests MUST be submitted by Sunday, March 31st at midnight to secure accommodations. Requests that come in after this date may not receive accommodation.
As always, exam requests will be verified 3-4 days before the exam to provide time for professors to submit exams to Student Affairs. Please check your Access Deck Login page for information regarding exam start time, exam location, and proctor. You must have a piece of photo ID with you for each of your final exams.
For questions regarding exam requests or accommodations, please contact Amanda Squires, our Accessibility Support Facilitator at amangallant@upei.ca or 902-566-0668.
As part of UPEI’s 50th anniversary, the Robertson Library is presenting a lecture series to celebrate the historical roots of higher education on Prince Edward Island and its future. The series is named after educator Frank Pigot, honoured as a UPEI Founder for his work building the Library’s PEI Collection and University Archives.
Dr. Edward MacDonald’s will deliver the first lecture of the series on Tuesday, March 26 from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm in the Faculty Lounge of UPEI’s SDU Main Building. Dr. MacDonald’s presentation is titled “The School of Experience: A Patchwork Quilt of Informal Island Education, 1825-1965.”
While the Island’s formal education system evolved slowly and painfully across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, other, more informal modes of teaching and learning developed to answer Islanders’ educational needs. From the agricultural societies and mechanics’ institutes of the first half of the 20th century, through the farmer’s institutes that followed, to the adult education underpinning of the Antigonish Movement and the DIY ethos of community schools in the 1960s, these informal systems of education shared one characteristic: they emphasized various kinds of practical, applied learning for Islanders who found themselves outside the province’s structured educational system.
Refreshments will be provided. Everyone is welcome.
On March 27 and 28, 2019, the University of Prince Edward Island will host an event called “Think BIG! Exploring Issues and Opportunities to Promote Family Well-being on Prince Edward Island” in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre’s McMillan Hall. This event is part of the Vanier Institute of the Family’s pan-Canadian Families in Canada Conference 2019 (#FAM2019) that will be taking place in Ottawa and simultaneously at seven co-hosting university partners across the country. A unique aspect of the UPEI event is a post-symposium on March 29 about grandparents raising their grandchildren in McMillan Hall from 9 am to 3 pm. To register for the UPEI event, visit https://familiesincanada.ca/upei/
As part of the interview process, Dr. Cuq has been asked to present two brief seminars; one suitable for 3rd year DVM students and the other a presentation of his research interests.
MONDAY, March 25th, 2019
12:30pm, AVC Lecture Theatre 'C'
Treatment & Management of Hypoadrenocorticism
Interleukin-17 in Canine Immune-mediated Hemolytic Anemia
Any interested faculty / staff are invited to attend. A copy of his CV and letter of application will be available from Laurel Fisher (fisher@upei.ca).
Title: Investigations into two separate approaches for microbial natural product discovery: in situ bacterial isolation and fungal co-culture
These three days are a celebration of the accomplishments of our graduate students and their research efforts. Over the course of the three days, graduate students from multiple faculties will present their research orally.
Call for Abstracts - Deadline Extended to April 5, 2019!
The faculty of Graduate Studies invites all graduate students to submit an abstract for a presentation to the second UPEI Graduate Studies and Research Conference. For details on submissions, please refer to the Call for Abstracts: http://www.upei.ca/graduatestudies/notice/annual-upei-graduate-studies-and-research-conference
On Tuesday, March 26th from 10:30 to 11:30 anyone involved in instruction is invited to come hear about research on the design of learning targets, what works and what doesn't and how targets created for learners need to be different than those created for instructors. The workshop takes place in Room 265 of the Robertson Library. REGISTER
Colorectal cancer does not always display obvious symptoms, especially in early stages, but free testing is available to help identify when the illness may be developing.
Screening using the FIT (Fecal Immunochemical Test) Kit is recommended every two years for those of average risk who are 50 to 74 years of age. Average risk means no family history of colorectal cancer (parent or sibling) or no symptoms such as a change in bowel movements, visible blood in the stool, or excessive vomiting. The test screens stool for signs of blood which can indicate the presence of polyps or cancer cells.
Testing is simple, can be done in the comfort of your home and takes only a few minutes. Anyone can do this test to detect warning signs of cancer and take action while you are still feeling healthy. It’s convenient, free and improves your chances of survival. Pick up a FIT kit at the UPEI Health & Wellness Centre, 2nd Floor North, Murphy Building.
Up to 10 Presidential Awards of Merit for UPEI Faculty, Librarians, Clinical Veterinary Professionals and Clinical Nursing Instructors and four categories of Presidential Awards of Merit for UPEI Staff will be awarded in 2019. These awards will be presented during a Celebration of Colleagues to be held on Tuesday, April 30, 2019 from 10:30am-12:00pm in McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre.
Susan Connolly, Associate Vice-President, Human Resources & Legal, will lead the process and chair the committee to select award recipients.
Nominations for both faculty and staff awards close on Friday, March 29, 2019.
For further details on the awards and the nomination process, please visit: http://www.upei.ca/president/presidential-recognition-awards-merit
I am working as a group member conducting research into the mussel industry for a third-year business course (BUS 3910). My group has created a short, anonymous survey asking about various knowledge and attitudes of mussels. Please fill take 2 minutes to complete this form and help us out. Thanks! -Keegan Dyment
A hackathon takes a creative and collaborative problem solving approach to addressing a real issue. In May-June, 2019, the Province of Prince Edward Island will be hosting the second annual public service hackathon, a 6-week case competition designed as a professional development opportunity that brings together multi-disciplinary teams of federal, provincial, municipal and private sector professionals working in PEI. In recognition of the value of experiential learning, the planning committee is offering one space on each of the ten teams to a UPEI student as an unpaid internship opportunity. The hackathon/internship carries 3-semester credit hours. Students must apply by March 31, 2019 by registering in ARTS 1050-1. For more information email policyhack@upei.ca
On March 25th & 26th, 2019, Dr. Benoît Cuq will be interviewing for the open, tenure-track faculty position in small animal internal medicine in the Department of Companion Animals at the Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC). Dr. Cuq received his DVM from the École Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse, France (2011); completed several specialty internships (France, St. Hyacinthe & OVC); completed his DVSc at OVC in 2017 and is board-certified by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. Dr. Cuq is currently finishing a PhD program at OVC.
As part of the interview process, Dr. Cuq has been asked to present two brief seminars; one suitable for 3rd year DVM students and the other a presentation of his research interests.
MONDAY, March 25th, 2019
12:30pm, AVC Lecture Theatre 'C'
Treatment & Management of Hypoadrenocorticism
Interleukin-17 in Canine Immune-mediated Hemolytic Anemia
Any interested faculty / staff are invited to attend. A copy of his CV and letter of application will be available from Laurel Fisher (fisher@upei.ca).
