Ryan A. Casey will present his Master of Education Thesis Defense on Wednesday, Dec. 2 at 9:00am in Memorial Hall, room 308. Thesis Title: “The Use of Interactive Whiteboards by Prince Edward Island High School Teachers”.  All are welcome to attend. 

ABSTRACT

This Masters of Education thesis used a questionnaire to examine Prince Edward Island high school teachers’ self-reported practices related to interactive whiteboards in their classrooms and the factors influencing their interactive whiteboard use.  Despite research suggesting that interactive whiteboards have the potential to improve student academic achievement, the extent to which this technology can actually achieve these claims was likely to be dependent on many factors. Factors identified in this thesis as hindering teachers’ interactive whiteboard use and by extension, students’ learning was the understanding of what interactivity with an interactive whiteboard is, teachers’ attitudes towards using interactive whiteboards and the theoretical and practical training provided to teachers.

Oyeyemi Oyenike Olajide will present her Master of Education Thesis defense on Thursday, Dec. 3 at 1:45pm in Room HSB 105. Thesis Title: "Perspectives of Mathematics Education in Prince Edward Island”.

ABSTRACT

President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz cordially invites you to attend the 2015 President's Holiday Social on Thursday, December 3 from 3:30 - 5:30 pm in Schurman Market Square, Don and Marion McDougall Hall. Celebrate the season with the UPEI community!

You are encouraged to donate to the UPEI Food Bank during the event (food and cash donations will be accepted). UPEI will match your donations.

Retirement Party for Carol MacDonald, Administrative Assistant for the Dean of Science, will be held on December 8 from 2:00 - 4:00 pm, in Main Faculty Lounge. Cake and light refreshments will be served.  ope to see you there to wish Carol the best in her retirement. Thank you.

Ryan A. Casey will present his Master of Education Thesis Defense on Wednesday, Dec. 2 at 9:00am in Memorial Hall, room 308. Thesis Title: “The Use of Interactive Whiteboards by Prince Edward Island High School Teachers”.  All are welcome to attend. 

ABSTRACT

This Masters of Education thesis used a questionnaire to examine Prince Edward Island high school teachers’ self-reported practices related to interactive whiteboards in their classrooms and the factors influencing their interactive whiteboard use.  Despite research suggesting that interactive whiteboards have the potential to improve student academic achievement, the extent to which this technology can actually achieve these claims was likely to be dependent on many factors. Factors identified in this thesis as hindering teachers’ interactive whiteboard use and by extension, students’ learning was the understanding of what interactivity with an interactive whiteboard is, teachers’ attitudes towards using interactive whiteboards and the theoretical and practical training provided to teachers.

Krista Gill, PhD student will present a seminar on Wednesday, December 02, 2015 at 12:30 pm.  The presentation is entitled "From Academia to Industry: Business Opportunity Plan for Epoch BioDiscovery".   The seminar will be held in the Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre, Lecture Theatre, Room 212.

All are Welcome!

Tuesday, December 1 from 11:30 am - 1:30 pm at the CARI Complex rink

The International Relations Office is asking all former student volunteers to contact Richelle Greathouse at rgreathouse@upei.ca if they are still interested in being on the IRO volunteer list. In January, UPEI will be welcoming twenty-three students from Korea's Dankook University, and we would like to have a small number of volunteers available to assist with social outings. Students are also welcome to stop in to the International Relations Office, Room 226 in the Robertson Library and ask for Richelle. We gladly welcome new student volunteers.

Please note the following changes to hours of operation for the food services retail locations on campus:

December

• On Friday, December 4 at 2:00 pm , the Courtyard Café (W.A. Murphy Student Centre) will close for the Holidays.
• The AVC Cafeteria will close for the holiday break on Monday, December 21 at 3:00 pm.
• Beginning Monday, December 14, Samuel's (Robertson Library) hours of operation will be 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. This location will close at 3:00 pm on Wednesday, December 23 for the holiday break.
• With the exception of special functions and catering services,the Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall will close for the holidays, at 10:00 am on Saturday, December 19.

Sunday, January 3

• The Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall will resume regular hours of operation beginning at 4:00 pm.

Monday, January 4

• Samuel's will resume regular hours of operation

Monday to Thursday: 8:00 am - 9:00 pm & Friday 8:00 am - 3:00 pm.

• AVC Cafeteria will resume regular hours of operation

Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 3:00 pm

• Courtyard Cafe will resume regular operations with new daily hours

Monday to Friday 8:00 am - 2:00 pm

The staff of Ancillary Services and Chartwells would like to wish everyone a safe and happy holiday!
 

Friday night will be an exciting evening of Panther hockey as the Men's and Women's teams will play simultaneously at MacLauchlan Arena. The Women's Panthers host StFX at 6:45 pm in Arena B while the Men's face Saint Thomas, puck drop 7:00 pm in Arena A.

It will be Campus Food Bank Night with both teams asking fans to bring non-perishable food items to help stock the cupboard at the Chaplaincy Centre. The campus food bank is donation driven, open and available for UPEI students.  Depending on finances at any given time of year, many students take advantage for donations and receiving support. There will also be a Raffle Draw with great Panther Prizes to generate revenue.

Special ticket pricing for the doubleheader includes:  Purchasers of a Men's Hockey ticket will have free access to the Women's game; all Men's Hockey season ticket, All Access and Panther Package holders will have free access to both games.

Event organizer women's hockey student-athlete Teagan Pringle comments, "As exams and the holidays are quickly approaching, it is crucial to make sure our fellow students have enough to eat. I feel it's part of our responsibility as student athletes to support one another through this time".

For more information contact Teagan Pringle at tpringle@upei.ca or Campus Food Bank student assistant Rebecca Coles at rcoles@upei.ca.

The UPEI Music Department presents its annual Christmas Choral Concert on Friday, December 4 at 7:30 pm at the Dr. Steel Recital Hall, UPEI.

The concert, under the direction of Sung-Ha Shin Bouey, will feature the UPEI Concert Choir and Chamber Singers performing selections from Handel's Messiah and Fantasy on Christmas Carols by Vaughan Williams.

The Ragazze Provincial Girls Vocal Ensemble and Ragazzi Juniors Children's Choir will also take part in the concert as well as special guests The Atlantic String Machine.

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.

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