Interactive videos can increase student engagement and interest. Our latest version of Moodle is now equipped with interactive video creation capability. Instructors are invited to attend a workshop, offered by the E-Learning Office, on how to create a basic interactive video. This workshop will be offered on two separate dates. Tuesday, November 14 11:00 am to 12:00 pm or Friday, November 17 1:00 to 2:00 pm; in the Robertson Library, Room 265. REGISTER

As part of Health and Fitness Week 2017, Piecing Together a Healthy Lifestyle is an interactive learning experience for UPEI students, staff and faculty. We will give you hands on activities to help you better understand how to eat nutritiously and incorporate physical activity into your busy lifestyle.

This hour long session on November 24, 2017 from 12:00 to 1:00pm will leave you feeling more competent in the overwhelming areas of nutrition and physical activity. Please pre-register by emailing otheriault@upei.ca with your Campus ID number.

Click here for the full schedule of events and for more information!

Nutrition is a major component to good health, as part of Health and Fitness Week 2017 there are three events planned to improve your knowledge on nutrition and the best choices you can make!

The Intro to Cooking Healthy Session is open to UPEI students, staff and faculty - you do not need a meal plan to attend. Join us and Executive Chef Alan Paul of Chartwells for a cooking session - learn how to cook simple, healthy meals and have fun while doing it! Pre-registration is required. Please email otheriault@upei.ca to register with your Campus ID number and specify whether you will attend on November 20 at 1:30 pm or November 23 at 1:30 pm.

Click here for the full schedule and more information!

POWER SHUTDOWN

There will be a power shutdown for Memorial Hall on Friday, November 10, 2017 beginning at 8:30 pm. This power shutdown will also cause an interruption of power for approximately ½ hour at the beginning of the work and again when the work is completed for the Robertson Library, K. C. Irving Building, Don and Marion McDougall Hall, Duffy Science Centre, Cass Building, Chaplaincy Centre, Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall, Andrew Hall, Bernardine Hall and Blanchard Hall.

This shutdown is necessary to replace the main electrical panel in Memorial Hall, the work is expected to take approximately 10 hours to complete. Emergency power will not be affected.

Facilities Management apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Jackie MacPhail at jmacphail@upei.ca, or 902-566-6034.

The Robertson Library is offering an intro 30-minute presentation with further hands-on time on the RefWorks citation management system on Tuesday, November 7 at 2:00 pm and repeating on Friday, November 10 at noon in the LINC classroom in the Robertson Library.

This will be useful for students and faculty, whether you used the old RefWorks or are learning RefWorks for the first time. If you bring your laptop, we can help you set up the Word or Google Docs plugin following the main presentation. If you are unable to make these times but would like to learn about RefWorks, please contact Melissa Belvadi, mbelvadi@upei.ca.

Faculty are encouraged to share this announcement with their classes!

UPEI Athletics and Recreation invites all UPEI faculty and staff to the Panther Basketball Home Openers on Friday, November 10 for free! The UPEI Women's Basketball team tips off at 6 pm while the UPEI Men's Basketball team plays at 8 pm, both against the UNB Varsity Reds. Please present your Campus Card (employee ID card) for free admission.

While at the games, pick up your Panther Package for the 2017–18 AUS season. UPEI staff and faculty can purchase the Panther Package for just $20—a savings of $55 dollars from the regular price! The Panther Package gives access to all Men's/Women's Soccer, Women's Rugby, Women's Hockey, and Men's/Women's Basketball.

Go Panthers Go!

The Robertson Library is offering a presentation, with hands-on tutorial time, on Tuesday November 7 at 3:00 pm and again on Friday November 10 at 11:00 am in the LINC classroom (Rm 265) in the Library. Faculty, staff, and students that use Google Scholar, this is a chance to learn some useful time-saving tips!

If you are unable to make this time but would like to learn these tips, please contact Melissa Belvadi, mbelvadi@upei.ca to arrange another time.

PEI's Disability Support Program is making changes with the goal of creating a program that is more inclusive of all islanders. They are looking for feedback from Islanders with disabilities and their families, service providers who support people with disabilities, and employers. If this is you, please take the time to complete the survey found here.

The survey should only take 5 minutes to complete and is open until November 10 at 4:00 pm.

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, provided by the E-Learning Office, instructors will learn strategies for the use of feedback and rubrics that they can use to accompany student assessments. This workshop will be offered on two separate dates. Thursday, November 9 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm; Robertson Library, Rm 265 or Thursday, November 30 10:00 to 11:00 am; Robertson Library, Room 265.

Click here to register. For more information, please contact Joel MacDonald at joelmacdonald@upei.ca.

Representatives from Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Dentistry will be on campus for an admission presentation. The presentation will run from 12:00 - 1:00 pm on Wednesday, November 15 in the Atlantic Veterinary College, Room 286B N.

Click here for more information. All are welcome!

Dylan Michaud, UPEI Department of Pathology and Microbiology, will give a seminar entitled "Expression and evolution of sex-biased genes and functional characterization of important louse pathways in the host-parasite interaction" on Wednesday, November 8 at 3:00 pm at the AVC in Lecture Theatre A.

All are welcome!

POWER SHUTDOWN

There will be a power shutdown for Memorial Hall on Friday, November 10, 2017 beginning at 8:30 pm. This power shutdown will also cause an interruption of power for approximately ½ hour at the beginning of the work and again when the work is completed for the Robertson Library, K. C. Irving Building, Don and Marion McDougall Hall, Duffy Science Centre, Cass Building, Chaplaincy Centre, Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall, Andrew Hall, Bernardine Hall and Blanchard Hall.

This shutdown is necessary to replace the main electrical panel in Memorial Hall, the work is expected to take approximately 10 hours to complete. Emergency power will not be affected.

Facilities Management apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Jackie MacPhail at jmacphail@upei.ca, or 902-566-6034.

Be sure to keep an eye out this week for Health and Fitness Week 2017 booths around campus! Stop by and speak to our nursing students about the variety of events taking place November 20-25, and how you can be entered for a draw for a Panther Prize Pack valued at more than $100!

Booths will be at the following locations from 12:00 to 1:30 pm:
November 6 - Atlantic Veterinary College
November 7 - Robertson Library
November 8 - W.A. Murphy Student Centre

Click here for full details and more information. Health and Fitness Week activities are only open to UPEI staff, faculty, and students!

This is a reminder that the UPEI Biosafety Policy requires that all Principal Investigators confirm the security and complete inventory of all biohazardous materials being used or stored, due in November of each year. This is accomplished by updating your entries, then confirming this action, as follows:

1. Access your inventory by clicking here.

2. Ensure your inventory is up to date, and then confirm this by following the steps as listed below.

3. Select User Menu (Top right of screen) then My account from the left side of the drop down screen.

4. Click Edit (just below the user name)

5. Click on Information, on the top right section of the screen.

6. Scroll down this page. Below the box with the phone number, you will notice a box next to I accept. If you have not already done so, please read this section and, if you agree, please check this box.

7. To report your inventory is up to date, please enter the date that you confirm this in the 2017 box.

8. Hit Save! Task completed.

Thank you for your attention to this matter. If you are not yet a user of this site, but store or use biohazardous materials, please contact me to arrange access.

If you have any questions, please contact Rhoda Speare, UPEI Biosafety Officer, at 902-620-5071 or rspeare@upei.ca.

With the increase in quality and quantity of brain sciences research over the last few years, what of it can be usefully applied to teaching? This workshop, provided by the E-Learning Office, aims to summarize that research on learning and memory and provide instructors with tips for integration into their teaching. The workshop takes place on Monday, November 6 from 10:00 to 11:00 am or on Tuesday, November 21 10:00 to 11:00 am. Location is Robertson Library, Room 265. Click here to register. 

UPEI Career Services presents 2017 Atlantic Canada Career Week from October 30 - November 3. See the full list of events here.

Friday's events include:

Great Canadian Sales Competition Booth: 10:00—11:25, Robertson Library Breezeway
Grad School Planning and Application Workshop: 11:30—12:30, AVC 286B N 
Scholarships and Bursaries Workshop: 12:30—1:30, Robertson Library 312 
Canadian Workplace Culture Workshop: 1:30—2:45, Robertson Library 210 

Hosted by the PEI Association of Newcomers to Canada. This workshop provide information and resources that will help International students when they start a new job in Canada. The workshop will help them you feel more comfortable and confident working in the Canadian workplace. 

Photo Booth: Get Your Professional Headshot! 3:00—5:00, McDougall Hall, Schurman Market Street 

Offered by the School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences Society. $2 for SMCSS members, $5 for non-members.

The Robertson Library is offering a presentation with hands-on time on Tuesday November 7 at 3pm and again on Friday November 10 at 11am in the LINC classroom in the Library. If you or your students use Google Scholar, this is a chance to learn some useful time-saving tips! If you are unable to make this time but would like to learn these tips, please contact Melissa Belvadi, mbelvadi@upei.ca to arrange another time.

The Robertson Library is offering an intro 30-minute presentation with further hands-on time on the RefWorks citation management system on Tuesday, November 7 at 2:00 pm and repeating on Friday, November 10 at noon in the LINC classroom in the library.

This will be useful for students and faculty, whether you used the old RefWorks or are learning RefWorks for the first time. If you bring your laptop, we can help you set up the Word or Google Docs plugin after the main presentation. If you are unable to make these times but would like to learn about RefWorks, please contact Melissa Belvadi, mbelvadi@upei.ca. Faculty are encouraged to share this announcement with their classes.

Starting November 7, 2017, the Robertson Library will have a 3D printer available for public use. There will also be three 3D printing workshops for an overview of the 3D printing process. Please note the change in dates.

Workshops will all be held in Robertson Library Room 265 (LINC) on Wedneday, November 1, 2017 from 3:00 - 4:00 pm and Saturday, November 4, 2017 from 11:00 am - 12:00 pm.

There are more details about 3D printing at the library to come! Any questions may be sent to Keltie MacPhail at kmacphail@upei.ca.

Announcing a UPEI Health and Fitness Week First …

MIDNIGHT MADNESS
Friday, November 24
10:00 pm-1:00 am in the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre.
Are you a night owl or just looking to have fun? Join us for MIDNIGHT MADNESS! We will have activities to suit everyone, including dodgeball, gym games, board games, movie, jam session, and more! Bring your friends, stay up past your bedtime, and have some fun! Free to attend!

Also taking place at this time is... 

Yoga and Sound: Elements
10:15 pm-12:15am, Fitness Studio 1, Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre
A unique experience with yoga, music, and storytelling. Samantha Sambrooke will lead you on a yoga journey through the elements of water, earth, air, fire and ether to the sounds of crystal singing bowls, drums and flutes played by Trevor Grant of Soundescapes. This is suitable for ALL LEVELS. Cost is $10 per person. No refunds. Pre-registration is required. Please visit the Panther Central desk with payment to register. Yoga mats provided.

Check out our website for the full schedule and more information. UPEI Health and Fitness Week activities are for UPEI students, staff and faculty only.