Campus Notices
The schedule at the Chaplaincy Centre is different with exams and Holy Week beginning this week:
- Monday, April 10 - Chili Lunch, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm, (no noon mass) Chrism Mass at Saint Dunstan's Basilica at 7:00 pm
- Tuesday, April 11 - Chili Lunch, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
- Thursday, April 13 - Holy Thursday, (no noon mass) masses in local parishes
- Friday, April 14 - Good Friday Service 3:00 pm
- Sunday, April 16 - Easter Sunday Mass (no 6:00 pm mass in the evening) 11:00 am with confirmation of two UPEI students
Department heads and chairs are reminded that the University's fiscal year-end is April 30, 2017. To ensure that 2016-17 expenditures are recorded in the 2016-17 operating budget, all external requisitions to be processed for purchase orders must be received by the Procurement Services office no later than 12:00 noon on Tuesday, April 18, 2017. View full memo here.
PEI Chief Justice David Jenkins will share with Prince Edward Islanders what he's learned as a member of Bermuda's Constituency Boundaries Commission. He will deliver a lecture Monday, April 10, at 7:00 pm., in the UPEI Main Building Faculty Lounge.
While Prince Edward Island goes through the process of updating its electoral boundaries, over the past several months Justice Jenkins has been on hand as Bermuda underwent a similar process. The Honourable Gerard Mitchell, who is chairing Prince Edward Island's Electoral Boundaries Commission, will be on hand to provide the PEI context of reviewing its 27 electoral districts, including the boundaries and the names.
Admission is free and all are welcome to attend!
The UPEI Bookstore is looking to gather information that will assist in continuing to provide products and services that meet the needs of the campus community and visitors. To collect this information, a short survey has been created and can be completed here.
By completing the survey, respondents are given the opportunity to enter for a chance to win one of three $50.00 gift cards from the UPEI Bookstore.
Your feedback is greatly appreciated!
Campus Life presents its annual Easter Egg Hunt for kids on Saturday April 8, 1:00 - 3:00 pm in Student Affairs (Above the Bookstore) at the W.A. Murphy Student Centre.
If you're a UPEI Student, Alumni, Staff, or Faculty member who has children or grandchildren we invite you to attend this event. This is a non-denominational, non-religious event, for people of all faiths.
Join the celebration for "Let's Talk Science" experiments, snacks, a ball pit, the movie "Hop", and an Easter Egg Hunt for the kids (children will collectively hunt for all of the eggs and then take turns choosing an egg to keep until we run out of eggs)
Any questions may be directed to Elyse Cottrell at ecottrell@upei.ca.
Dr. Mansel W. Griffiths, Professor Emeritus, University of Guelph and Chief Scientific Officer, MicroSintesis, will give a seminar entitled "Probiotics as alternatives to antibiotics: The advent of proteobiotics" on Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at 3:00 pm in AVC Lecture Theatre "A".
Everyone welcome!
Enjoy a free snack at the Robertson Library Stress Free Zone on Saturday, April 8 at 1:00 pm and, again, at 4:00 pm. Sweets and hot beverages co-sponsored by Chartwells and the Robertson Library.
All students are welcome!
UPEI is updating to a newer version of Moodle for the spring and summer session. Because of this, the courses for the Spring/Summer session are being generated on the upgraded version of Moodle. This version of Moodle is available at moodle31.upei.ca (courses will be available there).
What's new in new Moodle?
If you're familiar with using Moodle, the updated version will look and feel very similar to the previous version. We have a list of some of the new changes that have been made in the update: Moodle 3.1 : new features.
What if I have old teaching materials that I need for next semester?
If you have teaching materials from previous versions of your next semester courses, you can import those materials into the new version of Moodle by doing a Backup and Restore. We have a video that shows each step of the process which you can watch here: Moodle Backup and Restorehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D47ThVmqzA. The E-Learning Office will also be hosting working sessions where we will walk through the process, you can register through this form. The E-Learning Office is happy to help you backup and restore your materials if you need assistance.
Final grade submissions:
With the launch of myUPEI, Moodle will be the where final grades are submitted. If you keep track of your grades in Moodle or with a spreadsheet like Excel or Google Spreadsheets, this should make final grade submissions easier. We go over the changes in a bit more detail on this blog post.
We will be running workshop sessions on Final Grade Entry and the Moodle Gradebook. You can sign up for these workshops here.
If you have any questions or if you need support with Moodle you can reach us at moodle@upei.ca
Department heads and chairs are reminded that the University's fiscal year-end is April 30, 2017. To ensure that 2016-17 expenditures are recorded in the 2016-17 operating budget, all external requisitions to be processed for purchase orders must be received by the Procurement Services office no later than 12:00 noon on Tuesday, April 18, 2017. View full memo here.
In case you missed this informative presentation from Jaclyn Borden, Stars for Life Foundation, here is the PowerPoint presentation complete with suggested resources in the notes.
Campus Life presents its annual Easter Egg Hunt for kids on Saturday April 8, 1:00 - 3:00 pm in Student Affairs (Above the Bookstore) at the W.A. Murphy Student Centre.
If you're a UPEI Student, Alumni, Staff, or Faculty member who has children or grandchildren we invite you to attend this event. This is a non-denominational, non-religious event, for people of all faiths.
Join the celebration for "Let's Talk Science" experiments, snacks, a ball pit, the movie "Hop", and an Easter Egg Hunt for the kids (children will collectively hunt for all of the eggs and then take turns choosing an egg to keep until we run out of eggs)
Any questions may be directed to Elyse Cottrell at ecottrell@upei.ca.
PEI Chief Justice David Jenkins will share with Prince Edward Islanders what he's learned as a member of Bermuda's Constituency Boundaries Commission. He will deliver a lecture Monday, April 10, at 7:00 pm., in the UPEI Main Building Faculty Lounge.
While Prince Edward Island goes through the process of updating its electoral boundaries, over the past several months Justice Jenkins has been on hand as Bermuda underwent a similar process. The Honourable Gerard Mitchell, who is chairing Prince Edward Island's Electoral Boundaries Commission, will be on hand to provide the PEI context of reviewing its 27 electoral districts, including the boundaries and the names.
Admission is free and all are welcome to attend!
Department heads and chairs are reminded that the University's fiscal year-end is April 30, 2017. To ensure that 2016-17 expenditures are recorded in the 2016-17 operating budget, all external requisitions to be processed for purchase orders must be received by the Procurement Services office no later than 12:00 noon on Tuesday, April 18, 2017.
NOMINATION GUIDELINES:
Award Value: Beginning in 2013, two awards valued at $1,000 each will be granted until the fund is depleted.
Nominators: Individuals or groups of UPEI faculty, staff, or students may submit nominations.
Eligibility: A nominee can be a UPEIFA member, staff member, or volunteer who has made an outstanding contribution to the research enterprise at UPEI.
Deadline: The Scholarships and Awards Committee will accept nominations until April 14, 2017
For submission guidelines, visit the Research Notice.
UPEI Marketing and Communications' web team has updated the process to request edits to UPEI.ca. All requests may be sent directly to web@upei.ca, or by clicking "Request Website Edit" in the UPEI.ca website footer and completing the request form.
UPEI is updating to a newer version of Moodle for the spring and summer session. Because of this, the courses for the Spring/Summer session are being generated on the upgraded version of Moodle. This version of Moodle is available at moodle31.upei.ca (courses will be available there).
What's new in new Moodle?
If you're familiar with using Moodle, the updated version will look and feel very similar to the previous version. We have a list of some of the new changes that have been made in the update: Moodle 3.1 : new features.
What if I have old teaching materials that I need for next semester?
If you have teaching materials from previous versions of your next semester courses, you can import those materials into the new version of Moodle by doing a Backup and Restore. We have a video that shows each step of the process which you can watch here: Moodle Backup and Restorehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D47ThVmqzA. The E-Learning Office will also be hosting working sessions where we will walk through the process, you can register through this form. The E-Learning Office is happy to help you backup and restore your materials if you need assistance.
Final grade submissions:
With the launch of myUPEI, Moodle will be the where final grades are submitted. If you keep track of your grades in Moodle or with a spreadsheet like Excel or Google Spreadsheets, this should make final grade submissions easier. We go over the changes in a bit more detail on this blog post.
We will be running workshop sessions on Final Grade Entry and the Moodle Gradebook. You can sign up for these workshops here.
If you have any questions or if you need support with Moodle you can reach us at moodle@upei.ca
The UPEI Bookstore is looking to gather information that will assist in continuing to provide products and services that meet the needs of the campus community and visitors. To collect this information, a short survey has been created and can be completed here.
By completing the survey, respondents are given the opportunity to enter for a chance to win one of three $50.00 gift cards from the UPEI Bookstore.
Your feedback is greatly appreciated!
On Wednesday, April 5, Dr. Umar Boodoo will give a teaching demonstration on "Contingencies in Organizational Behaviour and/or Management" at 10:00 am in MCDH 246 which will be followed by his public presentation of research and scholarship on "The Influence of Unions on CEO Compensation during the Financial Crisis." to be held in MCDH 246 at 11:30 am.
All are welcome to attend!
The Master's of Science Graduate Studies Committee would like to invite the campus community to Michael Cowper' presentation of his master's thesis entitled "Synthesis and Characterization of Terpyridine Based Coordination Polymers". Michael's presentation will be held in Irving Chemistry Centre, room 104 on Friday, April 7 at 1:30 pm.
