The UPEI Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of David Shephard, will present their end of semester concert on Tuesday, December 1st at 7:30 pm in the Dr. Steel Recital Hall. The Jazz Ensemble will once again be joined by vocal students from the studio of Sung-Ha Shin Bouey and Stephen Bouey. The featured vocal tunes will include Minnie the Moocher (from the Cab Calloway / Blues Brothers movie) sung by Cody Collins and Etta James version of At Last performed by Alexandra Smith. Will Millington will perform an arrangement of Robbie William’s Kids .

The Jazz Ensemble will also feature a number of their lead players as soloists including pianist Parker Clements on a gospel/pop arrangement of Prayer Meeting and Whatever Lola Wants from the Stan Kenton Band. Sean MacIntyre on trumpet will play the haunting Miles Davis tune Blue in Green and lead alto saxophonist Emily Proude will be featured on the wonderful Thelonious Monk and Cootie Williams tune  Round Midnight.

Admission is $10.00 Adults & Seniors/$5.00 students and are available at www.brownpapertickets.com/profile/573446 or by calling or e-mailing the music office at 902-566-0507/music@upei.ca.

UPEI is pleased to invite all students and their families, faculty and staff, retirees, alumni and friends to join the President in conversation about the priorities and direction of UPEI at University Update 2015.

The update will take place in the Duffy Ampitheatre, Room 135 in the Duffy Science Centre on Thursday, November 26 from 2:30 - 4:00 pm.  All are welcome.

The Human Biology and Environmental Sciences research seminars continue on Friday, November 27 at 12:30 in Duffy Science 204. Graduate students Andrew Clark and Justin Ferrish will present the following talks:

Andrew Clark, MSc (ESC) – UPEI Climate Laboratory, Fenech Lab
“Assessing coastal monitoring techniques on Prince Edward Island”

​Justin Ferrish, MSc (ESC) – Biology, Samis Lab
“Identifying variation in salt tolerance between ecotypes of Cakile edentula”

All are welcome

The Search Committee for the Dean of Nursing position has recently posted the video presentations and CV's for candidates Dr. Kim Critchley and Dr. Gulrose Jiwani. These can be viewed at the following link: https://sites.google.com/a/upei.ca/nursing-candidates-for-dean---2015/

The committee welcomes your feedback on the two candidates and requests that it be forwarded by email to vpa@upei.ca by 4 pm on Wednesday, November 25.

Ms. Xiaotong Liang will present her Master of Arts - Island Studies thesis defence on Tuesday, December 1st at 8:30am in Rm. 409 Dalton Hall. The thesis title is: Claiming Green to Earn Green: Environmental laws and uninhabited islands - A case study of Fangji Island, China. There is limited seating at this location. Anyone interested in attending should reserve a seat by contacting Jim Randall at jarandall@upei.ca or 9023-620-5013. 

In an effort to communicate clearly with prospective students and external university visitors, Marketing and Communications' web team  has recently updated the UPEI Directory page. Internal links to staff and faculty email, Groupwise, and Campus Login have been removed. Staff and faculty can access these services in many ways:

UPEI GMail: visit g.upei.ca or mail.google.com
Groupwise: visit groupwise.upei.ca
Campus Login: visit upei.ca/campuslogin or click "Campus Login" in the
UPEI.ca website footer

Please contact web@upei.ca with questions or concerns. Thanks!

Dr. Marc Renault, Candidate for Tenure Track Position in Computer Science.
Friday, November 27, 2015
Research Talk "Online Advice and the Offline Adversary"
3:30 pm, Cass Science Hall, Room 104

The Search Committee for the Dean of Nursing position has recently posted the video presentations and CV's for candidates Dr. Kim Critchley and Dr. Gulrose Jiwani. These can be viewed at the following link: https://sites.google.com/a/upei.ca/nursing-candidates-for-dean---2015/

The committee welcomes your feedback on the two candidates and requests that it be forwarded by email to vpa@upei.ca by 4 pm on Wednesday, November 25.

A sales rep. from Nortons jewelers will be at the the UPEI Bookstore taking grad ring orders on Tuesday November 24 and Wednesday November 25 from 10:00am to 3:00pm.
 

UPEI is pleased to invite all students and their families, faculty and staff, retirees, alumni and friends to join the President in conversation about the priorities and direction of UPEI at University Update 2015. The update will take place in the Duffy Ampitheatre, Room 135 in the Duffy Science Centre on Thursday, November 26 from 2:30 - 4:00 pm.  All are welcome.

 

Over the past several months there have been many requests to increase the per diem rates for University business travel in light of current expenses.  The office of the Vice-President, Administration and Finance has conducted a national review of per diem and mileage rates and in light of those results we have increased the allowances.

These increases take effect on November 23, 2015 for all travel scheduled on or after that date.

Details of the allowances can be found in the Travel Procedures document found on the UPEI Policies webpage. 

The International Relations Office would like to create a database of staff and faculty who speak a language in addition to English. This database will be used by the staff of the International Relations Office as a resource when visitors come to campus and to assist students at times  when translation would be helpful. We are not asking for certified translation services, but if you  are interested in offering your language skills, please email irostu@upei.ca with your name, gender, additional language(s), phone number, and email, and please title subject as “Translator Database”. Please submit this information by November 27. Thank you and have a great day!

Christian Veterinary Fellowship at UPEI is collecting winter items (clothes, boots, outerwear for children and adults) for the refugees coming to the Island, as well as toiletries, sundries, gifts, housewares.
If you have items to donate please drop them off at Sunny Hartwig's office, 2333N AVC, before December 4. These items will be delivered to Summerside on December 4 and will go directly to the refugee
families.

UPEI has a weekly knitting and crocheting group open to all students, staff, faculty and friends. 

From beginner to expert, all levels are welcome.  Supplies and guidance are currently available for beginner knitters and we hope to be set up to teach crocheting in the new year. 

Yarn & Soul meets weekly Monday evenings in the Student Affairs Boardroom.  Drop in between 6:30 and 8:30 pm.  For more info please contact Kathryn Harrison kharrison@upei.ca, 902-566-0623 or check out the Facebook group. 

Ms. Xiaotong Liang will present her Master of Arts - Island Studies thesis defence on Tuesday, December 1st at 8:30 am in Rm. 409 Dalton Hall. The thesis title is: "Claiming Green to Earn Green: China solidifying of environmental laws to secure economic monopoly in uninhabited islands - A case study of Fangji Island, China"

ITSS will be performing emergency maintenance work on UPEI's network on Sunday, November 22, 2015 between the hours of 8:00 am and 12:00 pm (noon). 

This maintenance is required to replace failed equipment that led to last weekend's network failure. All IT services with the exception of the local desktop will be affected by this outage. ITSS regrets any inconvenience that this may cause.

Please inform the ITSS Help Desk 902-566-0465 if this interruption will affect an important event or activity.

Dr. Dounia Daoud, Scientific Coordinator, Homarus Inc., Shediac New Brunswick will present a seminar called "Lobster research - from the Fisherman to the lab" on Wednesday, November 25 at 10:30 am in AVC Lecture Theatre B.

Everyone is welcome

The Office of the Vice-President Administration and Finance has a surplus HP LaserJet Print Cartridge Black number 124A. If your office could use this cartridge, please contact Kathryn Harrison, kharrison@upei.ca, 902-566-0623 .

As one response to the events of the past weeks, the Muslim students who pray each Friday afternoon in the Chaplaincy Centre are opening their prayer time and space to others who may wish to join them.  Sister Sue will be there and others are invited for prayer. 
Friday November 27
1:30 at the Chaplaincy Centre.