Campus Notices
MyUPEI and the Colleague system will be unavailable on July 13 from 7:30 pm to 11:30 pm as we perform routine maintenance and apply updates to the system. If you have any concerns regarding this maintenance window please contact ITSS by July 6.
This course will focus on assessment of the adult with the content organized around the four main components of health assessment:
- subjective history
- objective exam
- critical analysis of data
- communication of findings
This two day interactive course provides an opportunity for registered nurses to practice/enhance interview strategies and physical assessment skills (inspection, palpation, percussion and auscultation). With a focus on detailed history taking, critical thinking, clinical interpretation, diagnostic reasoning, documentation and communication of clinical findings, registered nursed who wish to expand their health assessment skills will do so with the confidence and capacity required of dynamic work environments. Cost $350.
For more information go to www.upei.ca/
Jennifer Tinkham, candidate for the tenure track position in Social Studies and Indigenous Education at the Faculty of Education, will make a public presentation that focuses on “Social Studies and Indigenous Education in Times of Truth and Reconciliation” on Tuesday, 05-July-2016 from 9:30am to 10:30am in HSB 104.
There will also be a Meet & Greet in the Education Student Lounge (Memorial 306) from 3:00pm-3:45pm. All are welcome to attend.
- Project Management
- Collaborative Leadership and Facilitation Certificate
- Financial Management Certificate
- New Managers Series
- Administrative Professionals Development Program
- Communication Fundamental Certificate
Hank will also be available for several pH clinics after the seminar held in labs around campus where he will look at instrumentation and provide some hands on testing of equipment and electrodes. Hank has indicated these clinics would be particularly useful to users attempting to measure pH in the areas of Environmental Science and Foods and Nutrition as their samples are typically more challenging.
Troy Life & Fire Safety will be performing fire alarm inspections throughout campus beginning Monday, June 20/16. As part of the inspections, there will be testing of alarms, however, there will be an audible notification stating this is a test at the beginning and when the test is completed. The building occupants are not required to evacuate during the testing period. The ringing of alarms is required to test their function and to ensure the speakers work throughout the building. This will be a small portion (up to 2 hours) of the total time they are in the building.
Duffy Science Centre – June 28
Steel Building – July 4 - 5
Robertson Library – July 6-7
Cass Building - July 7
Alumni Canada Games Place – July 8
Memorial Hall – July 11
Regis & Joan Duffy Research Centre – July 12
Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre – July 13
W.A. Murphy Student Centre – July 15
Health Sciences Building – July 25
K.C. Irving Chemistry Centre – July 26
Central Utility Building – July 27-28
Main Building – August 1
Tunnel System – August 2
AVC – August 8 – 12
Bernardine, Blanchard, Andrew & Dining Hall - August 22-26
If you have any questions or concerns please contact Jackie MacPhail at jmacphail@upei.ca or 6034.
The room for the presentation of John Doran, candidate for the tenure track position in Social Studies and Indigenous Education at the Faculty of Education, has changed. The presentation will now be held in Kelley 210.
This public presentation will focus on “Social Studies and Indigenous Education in Times of Truth and Reconciliation” and takes place Tuesday, 28-June-2016 from 9:00am to 10:00am.
There will also be a Meet & Greet in the Education Student Lounge (Memorial 306) from 3:15pm-4:00pm. All are welcome to attend.
Please join us on Tuesday, June 28 from 2:00 - 4:00 pm, in the Faculty Lounge of SDU Main Building, as the University community celebrates the retirement of our friend and colleague Dr. Martha Gabriel, Professor Emerita. After many years with UPEI, Martha will officially retire on June 30. Cake and light refreshments will be served. We hope to see you there to wish Martha all the best in her retirement.
Please note that the Student Union office will be closed on Monday, June 27 and Thursday, June 30.
We will be open our regular hours (9am-4pm) on Tuesday, June 28 and Wednesday, June 29.
John Doran, candidate for the tenure track position in Social Studies and Indigenous Education at the Faculty of Education, will make a public presentation that focuses on “Social Studies and Indigenous Education in Times of Truth and Reconciliation” on Tuesday, 28-June-2016 from 9:00am to 10:00am in Duffy Science Centre 423.
There will also be a Meet & Greet in the Education Student Lounge (Memorial 306) from 3:15pm-4:00pm. All are welcome to attend.
Student Affairs is offering mental health first aid training for student staff on campus. If there are any students working in your department or within your office please pass this message along. There is a capacity of 25 per workshop so it will be first come first serve.
This workshop will be spread across two full day sessions;
June 28th 9:00am-4:00pm & June 29th 9:00am-4:00pm. All materials will be provided for you, and there is no fee related to taking the training.
There will be a one hour break for lunch each day (lunch is not provided), as well as nutritional breaks during the sessions; Coffee, tea and snacks will be provided.
Attendance for both full days is mandatory to receive your MHFA certification.
If you are interested in this session, have any questions, or need more information please respond to saworkshops@upei.ca
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There will be more Mental Health First Aid training sessions coming up during the year open to the campus community, if you are interested in joining the wait list please contact saworkshops@upei.ca
Central Printing will be closed Mondays & Fridays beginning June 27 to August 15. Also closed entire week of July 18-22. Please contact Wendy at whenderson@upei.ca or 902-566-0558. Subject to change.
IYIP Internship Opportunities - Marine Institute
The Fisheries and Marine Institute (MI) of Memorial University of Newfoundland is now recruiting for the International Youth Internship Program (IYIP) from September 2016 to March 2017. Participants will be gaining valuable international experience in Cambodia, Malawi, the Philippines, South Africa or Vietnam! Kick start your career, gain valuable knowledge and skills, and learn in an exciting new cultural setting. Send your CV and resume to ian.murdoch@mi.mun.ca to apply. Deadline is July 1, 2016. For more information about these positions, please visit the MI website (http://www.mi.mun.ca//departments/miinternational/currentopportunities/…).
If you are looking for a summer job and are a student (international student or PR) there is funding that can help you find a job.
Skills PEI is providing employers with wage subsidies to hire students. To find out if you qualify, contact your employment counsellor at the PEIANC. If you do not have an employment counsellor and would like to have one, please contact Jennifer Jeffrey at Jennifer@peianc.com or 902-628-6009 ext. 209.
In an ongoing effort to provide our employees with value added opportunities, Human Resources is pleased to launch a new site that provides information on special employee rates and discounts offered to UPEI Staff and Faculty. For further information, please visit our UPEI HR webpage at http://www.upei.ca/hr/
UPEI’s new School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences is in the process of searching for its first Associate Dean.
On Monday, June 20, candidate Dr. Gordon MacDonald made a public presentation on the vision for the new School. The Search Committee welcomes feedback from the UPEI community to maclellan@upei.ca and requests that it be received by 4 p.m. on
Monday, June 27. If you were unable to attend the presentation you can view it using the link below. Unfortunately, the sound recording was adverselyaffected by equipment in the room so we apologize in advance.
https://drive.google.com/a/upei.ca/file/d/0Bw-B_X0CRHaZVnlWZHVvdXloQmM/view
