Central Printing will be closed May 31 - June 8, 2018.

Any questions may be directed to Wendy Henderson at 902-566-0558 or whenderson@upei.ca.

Dr. Alejandro Alvarez-Sanchez, a candidate for the two-year term small animal surgery lecturer position in the Department of Companion Animals will be interviewing on Thursday, May 10, 2018. As part of this interview process, Dr. Alvarez-Sanchez has been asked to deliver a seminar to the AVC community. You are encouraged to attend.

His seminar on "Prevention and Management of Surgical Site Infections" will be given on Thursday, May 10th at 9:00 am in Lecture Theatre B, AVC.

All are welcome!

UPEI will be migrating from the Groupwise email system to Microsoft Exchange this spring and summer 2018. The UPEI Microsoft Exchange email system is hosted in Canada and is an enterprise level email system.

At this time, only current faculty and staff who are using Groupwise will be migrated to Exchange Online. A direct communication will be sent out to this group with details on next steps. If you do not receive this communication and are actively using a Groupwise email account, or you are using Gmail and still have archived Groupwise mail that was not migrated, please contact ITSS at emailmigration@upei.ca by June 1, 2018. Failure to contact ITSS via the email address above will result in the loss of archives.

Details of the migration plan, and more information and training regarding the new Microsoft Exchange environment, will be communicated to the campus community over the coming weeks. In the meantime, for more information, please contact us via email at emailmigration@upei.ca.

Wendy Chappell will be leading two new specialty fitness classes in May/June. Each program includes 6 classes. Fee: Sports Centre members $36+hst, non-members $45 +hst.

Clubbell Yoga - Mondays 7:00 am - 7:45 am, May 14 - June 25
Kettlebell Circuit - Wednesdays 7:00 am - 7:45 am, May 16 - June 20

For details on class descriptions please click here. Pre-registration required for all specialty classes at least the day prior to start date of each program. Visit Panther Central desk at Sports Centre to complete registration with payment.

The UPEI Faculty of Business is launching a new MBA in Global Leadership program this fall. This twelve month cohort-model program is designed for those who have completed an undergraduate degree and wish to pursue graduate studies.

Anyone interested in learning more about this new program is invited to an information session on Thursday, May 10, from 12:15 to 1:15 pm in AVC 218S. The MBA Coordinator will be there to give an overview of the program and there will be a representative from the Registrar’s Office there to assist candidates in making their application to the program.

The $75 application fee will be waived for those in attendance that apply at the session. There will be pizza and refreshments! Please call (902)-894-2866 or email cprime@upei.ca to reserve a seat.

Come help the UPEI Registrar’s and Student Affairs’ staff in hosting an unprecedented, sold-out conference for CACUSS and ARUCC at the Delta this June. Over 900 members from both the Canadian Association of College and University Student Services (CACUSS) and the Association of Registrars of the Universities and Colleges of Canada (ARUCC) are gathering June 17 - 20 and we need your help.

Shifts will be 4 hours long in areas such as registration/information tables and helping delegates navigate the conference. We have a comprehensive and engaging program that volunteers will be able to check out, including the keynote, Actor, Writer, Activist, Comedian and Multiple Award-Winning TV and Radio Personality, Candy Palmater. Concurrent sessions will be delivered by Canadian and International Student Affairs professionals and faculty, exploring topics such as Indigenizing campuses, equity and diversity, campus mental health, academic advising, adapting to new marijuana legislation and much, much more.

Check out the conference program and if you have any questions, please contact Anne: ambartlett@upei.ca. To volunteer, please email our Volunteer Coordinator, Tanya: tbjackson@hollandcollege.com. 

There will be a UPEI Biosafety Training Session for Summer Students on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm in AVC Room 287N.

This session is aimed at all students working in and around containment labs for the summer. Topics to be covered include biosafety and biosecurity principles and what is required to work in biohazard containment labs.

This is a new training program, and is required for all summer students working in CL2 labs, even if the student attended the summer training session provided last year.

To attend, you must pre-register by contacting Kathryn Harrison, Health, Safety, and Environment before May 10, 2018 by email at kharrison@upei.ca or by phone: 902-566-0901. Provide your name, email address, Department, and the name of your supervisor for the summer. If you have any questions on this training session, please contact Kathryn.

The UPEI Department of Human Resources wishes to remind the campus community that–begining the first week of May and ending the last week of August–some departments and areas on campus may operate under summer hours. 

Click here to review the university's hours of operation on the UPEI website.

This summer UPEI will be welcoming over one hundred students from around the world to our beautiful campus. These students will be here to participate in short-term intensive language camps, and enjoy summertime in PEI. Program lengths vary, and students will be here for anywhere from two weeks to six weeks. Hosts are needed in August for two or three week programs. If you are interested in hosting one of these students or would like to find out more about Homestay Host obligations and remuneration please visit the website at: http://www.upei.ca/studentlife/incoming-international-students/homestay-information-for-hosts or contact Amy Palmer at homestay@upei.ca.

Do you need Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) training?

Health, Safety and Environment Department is preparing for the annual offering of Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) Training here at UPEI.

Who needs the training?

In addition to WHMIS training, anyone who prepares/packages hazardous or dangerous goods for transport off campus should have this training. This includes employees in shipping and receiving functions, and even loaders within a business.

We ask that you consider your job duties and if you answer yes to any of the following questions you require TDG training.

• Do you require TDG training as dictated by your job duties?
• Do you prepare hazardous/dangerous goods for transport off campus?
• Do you transport hazardous/dangerous goods off campus?

Training will be offered in late May/early June.

Please contact Kathryn Harrison by May 11, 2018 if you answered yes to any of the questions above to arrange TDG training at 902-566-0901 or by email kharrison@upei.ca.

We also ask supervisors to review the job duties of their direct reports and advise if TDG training is required. Please note training costs will be covered by the HSE departmental budget.

UPEI Comptroller Tara Judson wishes to remind the campus community that the University's fiscal year-end is April 30, 2018.

1. Requisitions for Purchase Orders, 2017–18 Budget Year
   All requisitions for purchases to be charged to the 2017–18 budget year will be processed by Procurement if received by noon on Monday, April 23, 2018, subject to budget availability. To ensure that 2017–18 expenditures are recorded in the 2017–18 operating year, all requisitions must be completed and approved by the appropriate spending authority in myUPEI no later than 12 noon Monday, April 23, 2018. Before creating a requisition, you should be reasonably certain that the purchase will be delivered and received in myUPEI by April 30, 2018 (see item 2 below). If it is necessary to enter requisitions for 2017-18 purchases after this deadline, contact Carolyn Garro at 902-566-0315.
    
2. Receiving Goods at myUPEI
   For purchases charged to the 2017–18 budget, the purchases must be invoiced, received on campus, and received by you in myUPEI on or before April 30, 2018, and as such, requisitions will be reviewed for acceptability prior to the April 23, 2018 final cut-off date. During this year end period, when requisitioning goods or services for delivery and receipt for the 2017-18 budget year, please ensure your supplier’s invoice is submitted to invoices@upei.ca for payment on or before May 11, 2018.• Goods invoiced or received after April 30, 2018 will be charged to the next fiscal year (2018-19). The April 23, 2018 cut-off date will be strictly enforced, so please make your plans now for the remaining week of the 2017-18 fiscal year.
    
3. Hourly-Rate Employees
   Hours worked and approved for the month of April will be charged to the 2017-18 fiscal year for students and other hourly-rate employees.

Thank you for your ongoing cooperation.

On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday May 16, 17, 18, 2018, the School of Graduate Studies will be holding its Annual UPEI Graduate Studies and Research Conference. This will be the first time that grad students from all UPEI Faculties will jointly participate in presenting their research at a university-wide event. 

These three days are a celebration of the accomplishments of our Graduate Students and their research efforts. Over the course of the two days, graduate students and post-doctoral fellows from multiple Faculties will present their research orally or in poster sessions.

Opening ceremonies are scheduled to begin at 9:00 am on Wednesday, May 16, 2018. Students (undergraduate and graduate), researchers, and faculty are encouraged to attend as much of the conference as their schedule permits. Most activities will occur in AVC Lecture Theatre A and the McCain Foundation Learning Commons at AVC. This year, we are instituting a no-cost registration to facilitate planning and communication to participants.

Click here to visit the registration page!

UPEI Comptroller Tara Judson wishes to remind the campus community that the University's fiscal year-end is April 30, 2018.

1. Requisitions for Purchase Orders, 2017–18 Budget Year
   All requisitions for purchases to be charged to the 2017–18 budget year will be processed by Procurement if received by noon on Monday, April 23, 2018, subject to budget availability. To ensure that 2017–18 expenditures are recorded in the 2017–18 operating year, all requisitions must be completed and approved by the appropriate spending authority in myUPEI no later than 12 noon Monday, April 23, 2018. Before creating a requisition, you should be reasonably certain that the purchase will be delivered and received in myUPEI by April 30, 2018 (see item 2 below). If it is necessary to enter requisitions for 2017-18 purchases after this deadline, contact Carolyn Garro at 902-566-0315.
    
2. Receiving Goods at myUPEI
   For purchases charged to the 2017–18 budget, the purchases must be invoiced, received on campus, and received by you in myUPEI on or before April 30, 2018, and as such, requisitions will be reviewed for acceptability prior to the April 23, 2018 final cut-off date. During this year end period, when requisitioning goods or services for delivery and receipt for the 2017-18 budget year, please ensure your supplier’s invoice is submitted to invoices@upei.ca for payment on or before May 11, 2018.• Goods invoiced or received after April 30, 2018 will be charged to the next fiscal year (2018-19). The April 23, 2018 cut-off date will be strictly enforced, so please make your plans now for the remaining week of the 2017-18 fiscal year.
    
3. Hourly-Rate Employees
   Hours worked and approved for the month of April will be charged to the 2017-18 fiscal year for students and other hourly-rate employees.

Thank you for your ongoing cooperation.

A special guest lecture in the Island Studies Lecture Series takes place Thursday, May 3, at 7 p.m. in the SDU Main Building Faculty Lounge on the UPEI campus. It features David Earl from Alderney, in the Channel Islands, speaking about Alderney: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats!

Click here to view more details on the UPEI Events Calendar.

Looking for an enriching volunteer experience this summer? The UPEI English Language Centre is looking for volunteers to join us in assisting with afternoon socio-cultural activities and acting as conversation partners in hosting this year’s English language Camps for International students! This is a fantastic opportunity to learn and strengthen valuable skills, experience other cultures, and of course have a blast doing it! Activities may include things such as trips to Anne of Green Gables, scavenger hunts, tours, on-campus workshops, beach visits, and more! If you are interested, please email Owen Shaw at oshaw@upei.ca, or call 902-566-0529.

President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz cordially invites the University community to University Update 2018 on Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 2:30 pm in the Alex H. MacKinnon Auditorium, Room 242, Don and Marion McDougall Hall. 

All are welcome!

This summer UPEI will be welcoming over one hundred students from around the world to our beautiful campus. These students will be here to participate in short-term intensive language camps, and enjoy summertime in PEI. Program lengths vary, and students will be here for anywhere from two weeks to six weeks. Hosts are needed in August for two or three week programs.

If you are interested in hosting one of these students or would like to find out more about Homestay Host obligations and remuneration please visit our website  or contact Amy Palmer at homestay@upei.ca.

As an instructor, you’ve set up a syllabus that clearly explains your expectations for where students will end up. Then you set them on the journey to that destination. However, some will get off track along the way. The information you provide, how you provide it and when you provide it will be key to getting them back on the right path or in keeping them on the right path.

In this workshop instructors will learn strategies for the use of feedback and rubrics that they can use to accompany student assessments. This workshop will take place on Thursday, May 17th from 2:00 to 3:00 pm in Room 265 of the Robertson Library and is put on by the E-Learning Office. REGISTER

Applications for NSO leaders, volunteers and Point People are open and all returning UPEI students are encouraged to apply!

Volunteering at New Student Orientation in the fall is a great opportunity to make friends, develop your leadership skills, and welcome new students to the UPEI community!

• Leader/volunteer application
• Point Person application

The deadline to apply is May 20th, so please apply before then. Contact nso@upei.ca with any questions.