An Emergency First Aid, CPR & AED Training session will be held on Wednesday, May 25 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm in McDougall Hall, Room 328.

Friday May 6 9:30 am at the Chaplaincy Centre.  Join us in this moment of gratitude and blessing for our 2016 UPEI graduates. Bishop Richard Grecco will celebrate with Fathers John Lacey and Charlie Cheverie and all gathered! "Coffee Break" reception to follow.

UPEI Athletics & Recreation has some great NEW small group training programs starting in May. Small group training provides more personal attention to training, it's more economical, has variety, camaraderie, support and helps with motivation and adherence. It's helps YOU get results and most importantly it's FUN!!!

Sessions offered two- to three-times per week, a small group of six to eight clients will work with a certified personal trainer, Lyndsey, Kris and Mitch. For details on registration dates, training days/times, etc. please visit www.upei.ca/ar/programs

Twelve sessions. Fee: $135 + taxes per person. Please register at Panther Central Desk at the UPEI Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre. Payment required at registration!

It's Convocation Week at UPEI! UPEI employees are invited to attend the Convocation exercises on Saturday, May 7, 2016 at the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre. The morning ceremony begins at 10:00 am; the afternoon ceremony begins at 2:30 pm. Each ceremony is preceded by a procession of graduates across campus.

Seating is limited due to safety regulations so if staff members would like an invitation, please contact Eileen Kinch at kinch@upei.ca.

All guests must present their invitations in order to be admitted to the Sports Centre. (Graduates can obtain up to five guest invitations at the Office of the Registrar from Monday, May 2 to Friday, May 6, 2016, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.)

Approximately 520 graduates will attend the morning ceremony, while approximately 420 graduates will attend the afternoon ceremony. UPEI will confer honorary Doctor of Laws degrees to three distinguished members of the healthcare field. Dr. Katherine L. Bick and Dr. William D. Stanish will receive honorary degrees in the morning, with Dr. Stanish delivering the Convocation Address. Mr. Ray Murphy will receive an honorary degree during the afternoon ceremony and will address graduates.

For more information, visit upei.ca/convocation

Department Heads and Chairs are reminded the UPEI's fiscal year-end was April 30th and if you have not already done so, please request your suppliers to forward their invoices to the Accounts Payable Office on or before May 6th. If necessary - please refer to the year-end memo located on the Procurement Website.

Noontime Yoga class on Tuesday, May 3 at the UPEI Chaplaincy Centre is cancelled. The class will held the following week for the remainder of the year. 

Faculty Recognition Night will be held Wednesday, May 4, beginning at 7:00 p.m. (Reception: with live music, 6:30 p.m.) at the Fox Meadow Golf and Country Club. This event honours the winners of the Hessian Award for Excellence in Teaching, the UPEI Merit Award for Scholarly Achievement, and the Outstanding Service Award as well as those FA Members who are retiring. Tickets are $50.00 each (with a subsidized price of $25.00 for FA members and their guests), and can be pre-ordered at the Faculty Association Office, SDU Main Bldg., Room 315, Ext. 0438. Deadline for reserving tickets is 11:00 a.m., Monday, May 2nd . Faculty Recognition Night is co-sponsored by the U.P.E.I. Faculty Association and the Office of the President. 

The Faculty of Science Graduate Studies Committee is hosting a PhD Environmental Sciences Research Presentation on:

Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Time:  9:00 a.m.

Place:  Duffy Science Centre, Room 204

Paula Tummon Flynn, BSc.  will present: 

“Direct and indirect interactions in marine crustaceans”

This public presentation is part of Ms. Tummon Flynn’s PhD Comprehensive exam and will be followed by an oral examination.

Wael Alsaedi, MSc student will present a MMS 890 Research Seminar on Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at 12:30 pm entitled "Synthesis, Properties and Application of Fullerenes”.  The seminar will be held in the KC Irving, Lecture Theatre, Room 104.

All are Welcome!

Osama Al-Harbi, MSc student will present a MMS 890 Research Seminar on Wednesday, May 04, 2016 at 12:30 pm entitled "Design and Polymerization of Polyaromatic Ethers”.  The seminar will be held in the Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre, Lecture Theatre, Room 212.

Friday May 6 9:30 am at the Chaplaincy Centre.  Join us in this moment of gratitude and blessing for our 2016 UPEI graduates. Bishop Richard Grecco will celebrate with Fathers John Lacey and Charlie Cheverie and all gathered! "Coffee Break" reception to follow.

UPEI Human Resources wishes to remind the campus community that summer hours for some office staff and service department areas begin the first week of May. For a complete Hours of Operation listing, visit the UPEI website directory page.  All hours of operation are subject to change, however, any changes (i.e. around exams, Christmas or other holidays) will be posted in advance.

UPEI students, staff and faculty are invited to a presentation by the Tobacco Use Policy Review working group. The working group will present the results of a recent survey and will seek further input for proposed changes to the current UPEI Tobacco Use Policy.  Sessions will be held on Monday, May 2 at 10:00 am and Tuesday, May 3 at 2:00 pm at Don and Marion McDougall Hall, room #246.

ITSS wishes to remind the University community that in order to accommodate changes to software* installed on computers in the student computer labs for the new school year (Fall semester), we must receive requests including any installation media (CDs, DVDs, etc.) and any related licensing information such as serial numbers before June 1, 2016. Email all requests to smahar@upei.ca.

Any requests received after June 1, 2016 will be applied in the next round of software updates. All software installations are required to be licensed as network installations and not single workstations only. For a complete list of software installed in the labs and classrooms, please follow the following link: http://www.upei.ca/itss/computer-lab-software-preparations-fall-2016

* NOTE: Software should be Windows 7 compatible.

UPEI, SDU, and PWC alumni are invited to the UPEI Alumni Association's Annual Alumni Welcome Mixer, celebrating the UPEI Class of 2016. Join your fellow alumni to mix and network with this year's graduating class:

Thursday, May 5, 2016
5:00 - 7:00 pm
PEI Brewing Company
96 Kensington Road, Charlottetown, PEI

Entertainment by Ryan Merry. Draw prizes and light refreshments are available! Shuttle service will be available from 5:00 - 7:30 pm, leaving from the PEI Brewing Company with pick-up and drop-off location at the W. A. Murphy Student Centre bus stop on the UPEI campus.

Facilities Management will be conducting scheduled maintenance on the power systems for UPEI's data centre on Saturday, May 14 between the hours of 8:00 and 10:00 am. This maintenance should not affect our systems, however, there is a very slight chance it may interrupt service. For more information contact Jeff MacDonald at jmacdonald@upei.ca

Project Beacon, UPEI's organizational tranformation intiative, will be reaching its first "go live" milestone when components of the finance module on the myUPEI portal become operational on May 2, 2016. Learn more

The Project Beacon team invites everyone to a "Go Live" Celebration on Monday, May 2 at 10 am in the second floor lounge in the Kelley Memorial Building.

UPEI will be recognizing the National Day of Mourning for workers killed or seriously injured on the job by lowering the flags on campus to half-mast on Thursday, April 28. The National Day of Mourning is not only a day to remember and honour those lives lost or injured due to a workplace tragedy, but also a day to renew the commitment to improve health and safety in the workplace and prevent further injuries, illnesses and deaths.The Day of Mourning was first recognized in Canada in 1984, and has been marked in over 100 countries.