Campus Notices
Graduates and faculty are reminded that the deadline to order their gown and hood for Convocation 2017 is today, April 25, 2017 at 6:30 pm. All graduates are required to rent and wear a gown and hood to their Convocation ceremony on May 13, 2017. Ordering is easy - use the following links:
Faculty Gown Rental
For more information about convocation exercises, visit upei.ca/convocation
The UPEI Student Union invites you to its Annual Year End Reception on Friday April 28 at 3:00 pm in the Murphy Student Centre Day Lounge. Come enjoy some refreshments and welcome the incoming executive team.
All are welcome!
A research project at the University of Prince Edward Island is seeking volunteers for a study on the impact of consumption of blueberries on indicators of diabetes. The research team is seeking participants who are healthy, non-smoking, and age 21 to 65. Eligible participants will be compensated up to 200 dollars.
Those interested in participating are invited to attend a 30-minute information session in room 301 of UPEI’s Health Sciences Building. To accommodate participants, sessions will be held at the following dates and times:
Wednesday, April 26, at 12:00 pm and 5:00 pm
Thursday, April 27 at 12:00 pm and 5:00 pm
Friday, April 28 at 12:00 pm and 5:00 pm
This project is a collaboration between UPEI’s Dr. Katherine Gottschall-Pass, Dr. Marva Sweeney-Nixon, and Dr. Kim Stote, 2016/2017 UPEI Fulbright Scholar and Research Chair of Nutrisciences and Health. For more information, contact Dr. Stote at kstote@upei.ca.
Please join us for this year’s dinner and gala event for Faculty Association Recognition and Awards. Everyone is welcome to celebrate the end of the academic year and to honour FA Award recipients and retirees.
Date: Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Time: Reception at 6:30 pm, Dinner at 7:00 pm
Location: Fox Meadows Golf Club (167 Kinlock Road, Stratford, PEI)
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, Main Bldg., Room 315, 566-0438, hjpenny@upei.ca.
Deadline: Noon Wednesday, May 3, 2017.
Faculty Recognition Night is co-sponsored by the UPEI Faculty Association and the Office of the President, University of Prince Edward Island.
Financial Services requests members of the campus to assist in the year end review of their own accounts.
Procurement: When creating requisitions to be delivered in the new year, please put your requisition date in as May 1, 2017. Purchase orders will be sent out on April 28 if they have a date for the new year to ensure that these products do not arrive on campus before April 30.
Payment Services: Please be advised that you must log in to myUPEI and receive goods and services that were received in your department before April 30, 2017. Only the goods that have been physically received should be accepted at this time. This will ensure that these goods are paid in the 2016/17 Fiscal year.
*Any items received in myUPEI after April 30 will be considered new year goods and services and will then be deducted from your new year budget (2017-2018).
Purchase Orders: At this time we ask for all departments to look at their outstanding purchase order list to see if there are any purchase orders that need to be cancelled. You can access this through the myUPEI Self Serve Menu; financial information; receiving goods and services selection. This will let you know what is still outstanding on purchase orders. If the items have been back ordered for some time you will need to check with the company to see if this is still on their records as back ordered. If it is not back ordered then please email procurement@upei.ca to cancel your purchase order.
Please take a look at the online instructional videos under the Self Service Help on myUPEI. There are some great tools here for reviewing your budgets and other year end help. If you are having questions about myUPEI or accessing your information please submit a ticket to the Beacon team by clicking the big question mark icon on the right hand side of myUPEI.
Emergency First Aid Training is being held on Thursday April 27 from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm. There are still a few spaces available for UPEI faculty and staff and the cost will be covered by the UPEI Health & Safety budget.
If you are interested in attending, please email kharrison@upei.ca or call Kathryn at 902-566-0901 today.
Please note the following buildings are in need of certified emergency first aiders. If you primarily located in one of these buildings we hope that you will consider signing up for this training.
- W. A. Murphy Student Centre
- Don and Marion McDougall Hall
- Steel Building
- Cass Science Hall
Any questions can be directed to Kathryn Harrison at kharrison@upei.ca or 902-566-0901
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.
The UPEI Graduate Students Association's Annual General Meeting (AGM) is Thursday April 27, 4:30-6:00 pm, in AVC 286A North.
All graduate students are encouraged to attend!
Due to the passing of Facilities Management employee David Cooper, UPEI has lowered flags to half-mast in his honour. The entire University community extends condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues. Information on his funeral arrangements can be found in the obituary.
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.
With the end of the semester aproaching, UPEI Security Services would like to remind you that all the designated permit parking lots and parking meters continue to be enforced year round without exception. Starting April 24th, permit enforcement is relaxed in general parking lots A, B General, D, and E until the fall semester begins.
Your cooperation is greatly appreciated!
On Monday, April 24, 2017 Dr. Xiuquan Wang, candidate for Assistant Professor in Data Analytics at School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, will deliver a presentation entitled Application of Big Data Analytics and Visualization for Regional Climate Projection and Impact Studies in MacDougall Hall, room 246, at 1:45 pm.
A research project at the University of Prince Edward Island is seeking volunteers for a study on the impact of consumption of blueberries on indicators of diabetes. The research team is seeking participants who are healthy, non-smoking, and age 21 to 65. Eligible participants will be compensated up to 200 dollars.
Those interested in participating are invited to attend a 30-minute information session in room 301 of UPEI’s Health Sciences Building. Dates and times can be found here.
This project is a collaboration between UPEI’s Dr. Katherine Gottschall-Pass, Dr. Marva Sweeney-Nixon, and Dr. Kim Stote, 2016/2017 UPEI Fulbright Scholar and Research Chair of Nutrisciences and Health. For more information, contact Dr. Stote, kstote@upei.ca.
The UPEI Student Union invites you to its annual Year End Reception on Friday, April 28 at 3:00 pm in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre Day Lounge. Come enjoy some refreshments and welcome the incoming executive team.
All are welcome!
The University of Prince Edward Island's School of Sustainable Design Engineering invites you to attend the 2017 UPEI SSDE Student Design Expo. Tours and public viewing of student design projects will run April 21 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. Everyone welcome!
*Please note that yesterday's Campus Notice was incorrect, the Design Expo was not underway on April 20.
The UPEI Graduate Students Association's Annual General Meeting (AGM) is Thursday April 27, 4:30-6:00 pm, in AVC 286A North.
All graduate students are encouraged to attend!
Girls in grades 7 to 9 are invited to a science retreat on Friday, April 28 from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm This 4th annual Girls Get WISE Science Retreat will give girls a hands-on experience in chemistry, physics, and engineering through fun workshops. Girls will also meet female role models who are working or studying in the science, engineering, and technology fields. These experiences will help girls make informed decisions about subject choices in their later school years.
Girls can register here before April 21. Space is limited. Cost is $10 which includes lunch.Women working in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) who are interested in participating in the lunch-time role model session can contact Megan Glover (mglover@upei.ca) for more information.
On Monday, April 24, 2017 Dr. Xiuquan Wang, candidate for Assistant Professor in Data Analytics at School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, will deliver a presentation entitled Application of Big Data Analytics and Visualization for Regional Climate Projection and Impact Studies in MacDougall Hall, room 246, at 1:45 pm.
Charlottetown’s Mike Conway will speak about his book Home Plate, Blue Helmet at the next OpenPages event, Wednesday, April 26, at 7:00 pm in UPEI’s Robertson Library. The public is warmly invited. Light refreshments will be served and Conway’s book will be available for sale and signing. OpenPages takes place in the new lounge on the main floor of the Robertson Library and features local authors discussing what inspired them, what they learned, what they want to share.
Conway grew up in Charlottetown’s historic north and east ends, in neighbourhoods full of colorful characters, hard-working families, and close-knit friendships. The stories in his book bring to life the joys and hardships, loyalties and eccentricities, and traditions and transformations he experienced growing up. For more information, contact Joan Sinclair at Island Studies Press, ispstaff@upei.ca or contact Simon Lloyd at the Library, ssloyd@upei.ca.
The Robertson Library invites the campus community to public presentations and mock classes by candidates for a permanent-track Library position, Metaliteracy and Student Engagement Librarian. Each candidate will present on the topic, “Metaliteracy at the University of Prince Edward Island”, followed by a mock “one-shot” class for first-year students, at the following dates/times:
- On Friday, April 21, Ms. Kate Peterson will present at 10:00 am, followed by mock class at 10:45 am.
- On Monday, April 24, Ms. Lindsey MacCallum will present at 10:00 am, followed by mock class at 10:45 am.
All sessions will be held in the Library Instruction Centre, room 265.
