Students in Kinesiology 3430 are looking for participants to perform a 4-week personalized exercise training program. No previous training experience is required. The program will take place on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons in the Kinesiology Teaching Lab (Steel 128). For information, please contact Travis Saunders (trsaunders@upei.ca).

The School of Sustainable Design Engineering will host an introductory session on motion capture and analysis in the Centre for Robotics and Industrial Automation. The goal is to raise awareness of new equipment in the Centre (OptiTrack Prime 41 motion capture cameras with Motive optical motion capture software), explain the process for requesting access, highlight related expertise and some potential applications, and demonstrate the equipment capabilities.

All UPEI faculty, staff and students are welcome to attend the event on Wednesday, September 13 from 3:30 to 4:30 pm in Rm 127 at the School of Sustainable Design Engineering.

The Environmental Sciences and Human Biology (ESC-HUB) seminar series for the new academic year begins on Friday, September 15, 2017.  Katie Donahoe, MSc student in the Department of Applied Human Sciences, will present a talk entitled:

“The Effects of a Topical Creatine Cream on Muscle Power Output and Fatigue Following Acute Application and Short-Term Loading”
Date: Friday, September 15, 2017
Time: 12:30 pm
Room: DSC 204

All are welcome

The UPEI Student Union is proud to announce that Mickey's Place is now serving exclusively local beverages. Stop by for a cup of Receiver Coffee or Lady Baker tea for $2.30. And remember, if you bring your own reusable mug, a large coffee or tea is only $1.75!

Colleagues, students, friends, and family will gather to remember Rocky who passed away this summer. The memorial service will be Wednesday, September 13 at 3:00 pm in the Chaplaincy Centre. 

UPEI will hold a test of the campus-wide emergency notification system on Wednesday, September 13 at 2:00 pm for approximately 15 minutes. During this time, most campus screens and UPEI website pages will show a banner stating this is only a test of the emergency system. 

In the event of a real emergency, the banner will display important information for students, staff and faculty.

The Faculty of Education invites members of the campus community – students, faculty and staff – to attend a public presentation by Anne Marie FitzGerald, candidate for a tenure-track position in Educational Leadership. Dr. FitzGerald will present her program of research in the area of educational leadership and how this program of research could unfold in the PEI context. The presentation takes place from 9:00 am-10:00 am on Friday, September 15 in Memorial 308. For further information, contact Karen-Anne O’Halloran at kohalloran@upei.ca.

Everyone is welcome!

The Department of Health Management invites you to attend a seminar by Dr. Ben Stoughton. Dr. Stoughton is interviewing for a tenure-track faculty position in Large Animal Internal Medicine. His research seminar is titled "Impaired Autophagy Correlates with Golden Retriever Muscular Dystrophy Phenotype" on Thursday, September 14, 2017 at 11:00 am in 286B Learning Commons, AVC.

The Selection Committee encourages everyone to participate and provide feedback on the candidate. The candidate's CV is available in the AVC Dean's Office, the VTH, and the four departmental offices of the AVC.

Selection Committee:
Dr. J McClure, Chair jmcclure@upei.ca
Dr. Shawn McKenna slmckenna@upei.ca
Dr. Aimie Doyle ajdoyle@upei.ca
Dr. Jennifer Burns jburns@upei.ca
Dr. Peter Foley pefoley@upei.ca

Everyone is welcome!

The AVC Café serves lunch specials Monday through Friday from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm. View this week's menu online by clicking here, and follow us @ChartwellsUPEI on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for daily updates and ongoing promotions.

Essentials of Conflict Resolution

This experiential core course examines principles, concepts and techniques of the interest-based approach to conflict resolution, and their applications to the stages of mediation, negotiation and facilitation.

What you will learn:

• Five styles of conflict handling and their uses
• Conflict self-awareness
• Conflict analysis
• Communication for improving relationships
• Interest-based approach to conflict resolution
• Applications in mediation, negotiation and facilitation

To register: http://www.upei.ca/professionaldevelopment/course-registration-form

The foodbank was closed for the summer due to our renovation, but is now open and getting busy! Please remember it is donation-driven by our UPEI community. Popular items include cooking oil, vegetables, peanut butter and jam, as well as treats, such as granola bars, pudding, and fruit cups. Be creative! $10 gift cards are also appreciated. 
PEI's Unitarian Fellowship was very generous in June and Connection Point Church has also donated this month.

I am grateful!

Sister Sue

Colleagues, students, friends, and family will gather to remember Rocky who passed away this summer. The memorial service will be Wednesday, September 13 at 3:00 pm in the Chaplaincy Centre. 

Athletics and Recreation is offering a special promotion 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 you admission to every home game for UPEI Women’s and Men’s Soccer, UPEI Women’s and Men’s Rugby, UPEI Men’s and Women’s Basketball, and UPEI Women’s Hockey.

You have three ways to buy the Panther Package:

• Drop by Panther Central in the Chi-Wan Young Sport Centre
• Buy it when you attend one of our weekend home games
• Athletics and Recreation will arrange a time to visit departments across campus early next week

Not sure yet if you want to commit? All three home games this weekend are free with your staff or faculty card. UPEI Women’s Soccer plays St. FX Saturday at 3:00 pm; UPEI Men’s Soccer takes on St. FX at 5:15 pm Saturday; UPEI Men’s Rugby plays St. Thomas University Sunday at 2:00 pm.

Let’s fill the stands and make 2017-18 the best season ever for the Panthers!

If you are planning to have the students in one of your courses or program complete UPEI’s online WHMIS training, please contact Kathryn Harrison, kharrison@upei.ca or 902-566-0901.

Athletics and Recreation is offering a special promotion 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 you admission to every home game for UPEI Women’s and Men’s Soccer, UPEI Women’s and Men’s Rugby, UPEI Men’s and Women’s Basketball, and UPEI Women’s Basketball.

You have three ways to buy the Panther Package:

• Drop by Panther Central in the Chi-Wan Young Sport Centre
• Buy it when you attend one of our weekend home games
• Athletics and Recreation will arrange a time to visit departments across campus early next week

Not sure yet if you want to commit? All three home games this weekend are free with your staff or faculty card. UPEI Women’s Soccer plays St. FX Saturday at 3:00 pm; UPEI Men’s Soccer takes on St. FX at 5:15 pm Saturday; UPEI Men’s Rugby plays St. Thomas University Sunday at 2:00 pm.

Let’s fill the stands and make 2017-18 the best season ever for the Panthers! 

The School of Sustainable Design Engineering will host an introductory session on motion capture and analysis in the Centre for Robotics and Industrial Automation. The goal is to raise awareness of new equipment in the Centre (OptiTrack Prime 41 motion capture cameras with Motive optical motion capture software), explain the process for requesting access, highlight related expertise and some potential applications, and demonstrate the equipment capabilities.

All UPEI faculty, staff and students are welcome to attend the event on Wednesday, September 13 from 3:30 to 4:30 pm in Rm 127 at the School of Sustainable Design Engineering.

Would you like to create a more interactive PowerPoint lecture for your students? Something your students could view outside of class so that your in class time could be spent promoting deeper exploration of content? The E-Learning Office is here to help. Give us your standard PowerPoint lectures and we can turn them into interactive learning pieces that will make reviewing them outside of class time an engaging experience for your students.

Book an appointment to see if this opportunity is right for you: elearning@upei.ca—space is limited so please book early!