Campus Notices
Please note the following changes to hours of operation for the food services retail locations on campus:
December:
- Friday, December 1: the Micro-Market (School of Sustainable Design Engineering) closes for the holidays
- Friday, December 8: Samuel's Cafe (Robertson Library) closes at 3:00 pm until after the holidays
- Friday, December 22: the AVC Cafeteria closes at 3:00 pm until after the holidays.
- Sunday, December 17: Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall, with the exception of special functions and catering services, closes for the holidays at 12:00 pm.
Beginning Monday, December 11, The Courtyard Cafe (W.A. Murphy Student Centre) hours of operation will be:
- 7:30 am to 7:00 pm, Monday - Thursday
- 7:30 am to 3:00 pm, Fridays
- Friday, December 15: this location will close at 3:00 pm for the holiday break
Please note that Tim Horton's and On-the-Go products will be available at the Courtyard Cafe. However, the Grill will be closed until after the holidays
Tuesday, January 2:
- The Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall will resume regular hours of operation beginning at 4:00 pm
- AVC Cafeteria will resume regular hours of operation (Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 3:00 pm)
- The Courtyard Cafe will be open from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm
Wednesday, January 3:
- The Courtyard Cafe will resume regular operations with new daily hours (Monday to Thursday 7:30 am - 8:00 pm and Friday 7:30 am - 3:00 pm)
- Samuel's will resume regular hours of operation (Monday to Friday: 8:00 am - 3:00 pm)
Monday, January 8:
- Micro-Market will resume regular hours of operation (Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 3:00 pm)
The staff of Ancillary Services and Chartwells would like to wish everyone a safe and happy holiday season!
Tuition Waiver forms for the Winter 2018 semester must be submitted to Human Resources by no later than December 19, 2017. When completing the form, please include all of the required information (Course name, time, start and end date, cost and the number of semester hours) to avoid any delays in processing the waiver. Please submit original forms directly to Human Resources (lower level Kelley building, room #143).
Click one of the following to access the tutition waiver form:
If you have any questions please contact Heather Walsh at: (902) 566-0514 or hwalsh@upei.ca.
An updated version of the UPEI Tobacco-use policy went into effect on September 1, 2017. This is a reminder that tobacco products are not to be used on University property. For more information regarding campus boundaries or cessation supports and services, please click here.
The Department of Development and Alumni Engagement and the UPEI Alumni Association invite you to attend their Sweets and Swag Open House on Monday, December 4, 11:00 am -1:00 pm.
Haven't had the chance to visit the department's new home at 618 University Avenue? Come check it out and enjoy music, yummy sweets, delicious hot chocolate with mini marshmallows, and leave with some FREE UPEI swag!
Click here to view full event listing.
On behalf of the UPEI Health Centre Team, we would like to encourage all campus Faculty, Staff and Students Staff to get the flu shot. The best way to protect yourself and others from the flu is to get vaccinated each year.
Health PEI offers Public Health Nursing Community Flu Vaccination Clinics. These Clinics are provided on a walk-in basis, no appointments are required.
The Flu Clinic Information Line, 1-855-354-4358 (4FLU) is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and provides up-to-date information about flu vaccination clinic dates, time and locations in your area.
Flu vaccinations are also available through your family physician or nurse practitioner and at local pharmacies across the province.
Where can I get more information about the flu?
For more information about the flu, how it spreads, symptoms, or how you can protect yourself and others, visit About Influenza (the flu).
Let's help Prince Edward Island become #FluLess
Students, staff and faculty, are welcome to come by the Campus Life Lounge in Student Affairs, W.A. Murphy Student Centre, on Thursday, November 30 between 11:30 and 1:30 for some cake and hot chocolate. Bring along your phone/camera, your friends and colleagues, and your best smile to take a picture with Santa!
For more information, please contact Anne Bartlett at ambartlett@upei.ca or 902-894-2835.
The UPEI Multicultural Choir and Song Circle meets every week from 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm in the SDU Main Building Faculty Lounge. Join students, staff, and faculty from all over the world, share songs of many cultures, relax, have fun.
Please note: this week's rhearsal will take place on Thursday, November 30 and it will be the final gathering of the year. Stay tuned for details regarding rehearsals in the new year.
Refreshments will be served following the rehearsal. All are welcome!
Mark your calendar! Graduate students, faculty, and staff are invited to attend the upcoming GSA Wine and Cheese Social. Join us for refreshments, a silent auction and presentation of faculty and staff awards.
For more information on this annual event, click here.
The holiday schedule for specific departments, and the pay dates/deadline changes for the month of December have been posted to myUPEI.
Click here to login and access a PDF with the detailed infromation.
As an instructor, you’ve set up a syllabus that clearly explains your expectations of where students will end up. Then you set them on the journey to that destination. However, some will get off track along the way. In this workshop, offered by the E-Learning Office...
For more information on this workshop, click here.
Please join Dr. Shannon Murray, Department of English, as she leads a discussion entitled Why I Don't Do Learning Outcomes (but it's OK if you do).
"Many universities—and indeed whole provinces—have moved to requirements for Learning Outcomes, either for individual courses or for whole programs"...Learn more about this brown-bag lunch by clicking here.
On November 28 UPEI will hold a reception to dedicate a plaque in Rocky Paquet's honour and potentially launch a new student award in his memory.
This is the first year UPEI is embracing #GivingTuesday and its motto of rallying for favourite causes and thinking of others. Join UPEI in honouring Rocky's legacy of dedication and heart by contributing to the potential creation of an award in his memory.
Click here to view full event listing.
The Karma Yoga Class is cancelled on Tuesday, November 28 at the Chaplaincy Centre. The class will start up again on December 5 and go until December 19. There will be no class on Boxing Day, November 26. The class will resume on Tuesday, January 2.
Contact Angela Marchbacnk for more informtion, amarchbank@upei.ca.
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.
On November 28 UPEI will hold a reception to dedicate a plaque in Rocky Paquet's honour and potentially launch a new student award in his memory.
This is the first year UPEI is embracing #GivingTuesday and its motto of rallying for favourite causes and thinking of others. Join UPEI in honouring Rocky's legacy of dedication and heart by contributing to the creation of an award in his memory.
Click here to view full event listing.
Learning is an action that only the student can own and control. As an instructor, what can be done to help a student maximize his/her learning capabilities? In this workshop, instructors will learn about three key skills that contribute to more efficient and effective learning. Those skills are how to take notes, how to read for learning, and how to study effectively.
Offered by the E-Learning Office, this workshop is available on Tuesday, November 28, 1:00-2:00 pm in Rm 265, Robertson Library. Register.
Time to get creative and expressive things that you've been aching to #voice! This slam poetry night will be full great performances, a writing workshop, eating tasty snacks and having a chance to share your own poetry with others.
In partnership with the Our Turn UPEI Chapter, the Student Diversity Office invites you to a safe space to hear and share creative writing on issues that are important to you.
Click here to view full event listing.
Please note the following changes to hours of operation for the food services retail locations on campus:
December:
- Friday, December 1: the Micro-Market (School of Sustainable Design Engineering) closes for the holidays
- Friday, December 8: Samuel's Cafe (Robertson Library) closes at 3:00 pm until after the holidays
- Friday, December 22: the AVC Cafeteria closes at 3:00 pm until after the holidays.
- Sunday, December 17: Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall, with the exception of special functions and catering services, closes for the holidays at 12:00 pm.
Beginning Monday, December 11, The Courtyard Cafe (W.A. Murphy Student Centre) hours of operation will be:
- 7:30 am to 7:00 pm, Monday - Thursday
- 7:30 am to 3:00 pm, Fridays
- Friday, December 15: this location will close at 3:00 pm for the holiday break
Please note that Tim Horton's and On-the-Go products will be available at the Courtyard Cafe. However, the Grill will be closed until after the holidays
Tuesday, January 2:
- The Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall will resume regular hours of operation beginning at 4:00 pm
- AVC Cafeteria will resume regular hours of operation (Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 3:00 pm)
- The Courtyard Cafe will be open from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm
Wednesday, January 3:
- The Courtyard Cafe will resume regular operations with new daily hours (Monday to Thursday 7:30 am - 8:00 pm and Friday 7:30 am - 3:00 pm)
- Samuel's will resume regular hours of operation (Monday to Friday: 8:00 am - 3:00 pm)
Monday, January 8:
- Micro-Market will resume regular hours of operation (Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 3:00 pm)
The staff of Ancillary Services and Chartwells would like to wish everyone a safe and happy holiday season!
The Office of the President cordially invites you to attend the MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing Celebration. Please join members of the MacLauchlan family, guest speaker Dr. Edward MacDonald, and the UPEI community on Friday, November 24, 2017 at 1:30 pm in Schurman Market Square, Don and Marion McDougall Hall to celebrate the writing achievements of UPEI students and faculty and staff.
Learning is an action that only the student can own and control. As an instructor, what can be done to help a student maximize his/her learning capabilities? In this workshop, instructors will learn about three key skills that contribute to more efficient and effective learning. Those skills are how to take notes, how to read for learning, and how to study effectively.
Offered by the E-Learning Office, this workshop is available on Tuesday, November 28, 1:00-2:00 pm in Rm 265, Robertson Library. Register.
