UPEI’s new School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences is in the process of searching for its first Associate Dean and Dr. Gordon MacDonald has been invited to make a public presentation on his vision for the new School. Everyone is encouraged to attend on Monday, June 20, 2016, from 1:00-2:00 pm, in the K.C. Irving Chemistry Centre, Room 104. For those who wish to view a copy of Dr. MacDonald’s CV it can be obtained by contacting Kate in the Office of the Dean of Science, kegraham@upei.ca

ITSS will be performing maintenance work on the UPEI network on

Thursday, June 9/16 at 7:00 pm.

Due to connectivity issues on the Bell Aliant end of the internet service, the changeover was not successful last week. 

Monday’s postponement of the maintenance work was due to requests received from the campus community that the time of day was not suitable because of events occurring on campus. 

While we recognize that scheduling an internet outage at any time of the day is not without disruption, this maintenance window is required. 

​ITSS regrets any inconvenience that this may cause.

There will be a UPEI blood borne pathogen training session:

Friday, June 10, 9:00am – 11:00 am, Kelley Memorial Building, room 222

This session is for those people whose research involves human blood, tissue, and other bodily fluids. If you wish to attend, you must pre-register by contacting Angela Deighan, Office of VP Academic & Research, before June 7 by email (adeighan@upei.ca) or by phone (902-628-4308). 

Please provide your name, department, email address and phone number in your email or voice message. If you have any questions about this training session, please contact Angela or Dr. Rhoda Speare by email (rspeare@upei.ca) or phone(902-620-5071).

The School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences is looking for a black canvas bag with a handle that holds a large banner. It was last used in Don and Marion McDougall Hall and has not been returned to the department. If someone has seen it, could you please contact Rita Stanley at 4349 in the School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences. Thank-you!
 

UPEI Athletics and Recreation is excited to offer faculty and staff special pricing on "Panther Packages" from June 1-30, 2016 only. The June special allows you to combine a UPEI Fitness Centre membership with other great UPEI Panther offerings such as Panther Academy Camps and Panther Sport varsity game tickets/passes. To choose your own winning Panther Package Combination for huge savings, read the flyer or drop by Panther Central at the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre or call 902-566-0368.

The Canadian Biosafety Handbook, Second Edition,(CBH) a companion document to the Canadian Biosafety Standard (CBS) Second Edition is now available. While the CBS details the biosafety and biosecurity elements required by containment laboratories, the CBH provides information and guidance on how to achieve these specifications. Both should be readily available for all CL2 laboratory staff. It can be accessed at http://canadianbiosafetystandards.collaboration.gc.ca/cbh-gcb/index-eng.php
If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Rhoda Speare (rspeare@upei.ca, or 902-620-5071)

As part of National Health and Fitness Day in Canada on Saturday, June 4 we invite everyone to come in and work out at the UPEI Sports Centre for FREE! We also have a FREE spin class at 11:30 am with spin instructor Melinda Martell. Space is limited with the spin class and first come, first serve. The UPEI Sports Centre has a fitness centre, indoor track, 2 squash courts and a gymnasium. All welcome!

A 1 day Hazmat Spill Clean-up Training session will be offered on campus Thursday, June 16. This training is aimed at individuals who work with a moderate to high amount of chemicals in areas such as labs, workshops, shipping & receiving, chemical storage, etc.  

For a course agenda please visit:  http://www.upei.ca/research/health-and-safety/training.

Each session holds 20 people so please sign up early. If there is a need for more than one session then that will be arranged. This training will be covered by the Health and Safety Budget. 
Please preregister with Angela Deighan at adeighan@upei.ca by Friday, June 3.

Hi everyone, we are in the process of doing our spring inventory and would greatly appreciate if you would contact Marc at 902-628-4370 if you have any of our dishes and we will send someone to pick them up.
Thanks.

There will be a UPEI blood borne pathogen training session:

Friday, June 10, 9:00am--11:00 am, Kelley Memorial Building, room 222

This session is for those people whose research involves human blood, tissue, and other bodily fluids. If you wish to attend, you must pre-register by contacting Angela Deighan, Office of VP Academic & Research, before June 7th by email (adeighan@upei.ca) or by phone (902-628-4308). Please provide your name, department, email address and phone number in your email or voice message. If you have any questions about this training session, please contact Angela or Dr. Rhoda Speare by email (rspeare@upei.ca) or phone (902-620-5071).

There is still limited space available for the 2016 UPEI Panther Golf Classic presented by Stewart McKelvey.

On June 16, 2016 we hope you can join us at BELVEDERE GOLF COURSE to help develop the future of Panther Sport.

All funds raised will go towards UPEI Alumni Engagement Athletic Awards which are granted annually to deserving members of our varsity sport teams who demonstrate an interest in furthering public and alumni interest in their respective sports.

Register yourself or your team today! 

The Department of Chemistry & School of Sustainable Design Engineering invites you to attend Research Seminars presented by the four candidates on the following dates:

Dr. Marya Ahmed, Monday, May 30, at 10:00 am, entitled “Development of Synthetic Polymers, and Peptides, for the Delivery of Biological Therapeutics In Vitro and In Vivo"

Dr. Yingli Rao, Tuesday, May 31, at 10:00 am, entitled "From Serendipity to Functional Design: Stimuli-Responsive Materials"

Dr. David Wolstenholme, June 01, at 10:00 am,  entitled “The Missing Link in the Evolution of Hydrogen from Metal Hydrides”

Dr. Daniel Harrison, June 03, at 10:00 am, entitled "Reactions of Metal Perfluorocarbenes with Tetrafluoroethylene and Implications for Perfluoroalkene Metathesis"

The seminars will all be held in  the KC Irving, Lecture Theatre,  104.

All are Welcome!  

The Healthy Campus Committee is coordinating a FUN Challenge for UPEI Employees and Students over the summer. This FREE challenge involves a number of ways to boost your wellness!!! Kickoff activity on Wednesday, June 1. More details at www.upei.ca/ar/wellness To register, contact Angela Marchbank, Fitness and Wellness Coordinator at amarchbank@upei.ca or 566-0606. 

Challenge Kickoff - Wednesday, June 1, 12:15 pm. Stephanie Knickle will lead a walk, lunge, plank workout walk around cmapus. Meeting at the clock tower in the Quad area.

http://www.upei.ca/ar/wellness

We have printer toner cartridges for LaserJet HP printers: 2100, 2100M, 2100TN, 2100SE, 2100XI, 2200D, 2200DN, 2200DSE, 2200DT, 2200DTN, HP C40496A. If anyone can use these cartridges please let me know at (902)566-0620.

If you have any questions or concerns contact Jackie MacPhail at jmacphail@upei.ca or 902-566-6034.

Message from IT Systems & Services

Replacement of Windows XP Computers

As part of the IT Risk Management Plan, many Windows XP Computers will be replaced on campus over the summer months. Standard Dell PC have already been acquired and are being configured for implementation.As part of this plan,the cost of these standard Dell PCs will not be charged to individual departments. If you have special equipment and/or software that requires the Windows XP platform and cannot be switched out, please notify the ITSS HelpDesk at helpdesk@upei.ca.

Migration from Novell Directory Services (NDS) to Microsoft Active Directory 
Services (AD).

To support Project Beacon and to extend our capability to provision end users, ITSS is migrating from Novell Directory Services (NDS) to Microsoft Active Directory Services (AD). In order to do this, ITSS will need to visit your location and update software and configurations on your computer. We will need you to be available at this time to enter passwords to complete this process. We are estimating this process will take approximately 30-60 minutes to complete on each computer. 

Migration from Novell Groupwise to Gmail

To improve our email service, maintain consistency and access from any device, anywhere, and to a have a universal email experience for all UPEI Faculty, Staff, and Students, UPEI will be migrating all users to the Google Apps for Education platform which includes Google mail web service.

The Google Mail service will improve uptime, availability and usability from the multitude of devices that users interact with eir email ( PCs, laptops, smart devices, mobile devices) and access from anywhere internet service is available. As well Google mail is an integrated part of Google Apps for Education and this integration offers many benefits such as collaboration. 

ITSS is currently drafting a plan to schedule these desk visits and will be communicating with departmental staff to coordinate the date and time for each department migration.

ITSS asks that you make every effort to be available when your department is scheduled to be visited as the replacement of Windows XP computers and the migration of the email program is to be completed by August 26th. Users who systems have not been migrated by this time may experience network login and email issues.

ITSS thanks you in advance for your anticipated cooperation.