As chair of the search committee for the Dean of the Faculty of Education, I am pleased to announce Dr. Ronald MacDonald as a candidate for the position. Dr. MacDonald is currently a faculty member and Interim Dean in the Faculty of Eduction. On Thursday, June 26, at 2:30 pm, Dr. MacDonald will make a public presentation. The presentation will be in the KC Irving Chemistry Centre, Room 104 and all faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend. The topic of his talk will be "Challenges and opportunities facing the Faculty of Education in the next five years." The search committee welcomes feedback and requests that it be forwarded by email to vpa@upei.ca by Friday, July 4, 2014. Sincerely, Dr. Christian Lacroix Interim Vice-President Academic

The Centre for Life-Long Learning is excited to announce our line-up of professional development programs and courses for 2014-15. Highlights include: Practitioners Certificate in Alternative Dispute Resolution; New Managers Series - in Charlottetown and Summerside; Interpersonal and Workplace Conflict Resolution Certificate; Certificate in Effective Communication; and Administrative Professional's Development Program New Programs for 2014-15: Financial Management Certificate, offered in both Charlottetown and Summerside, and a Collaborative Leadership and Facilitation Certificate. For more information on any of these programs, visit http://www.upei.ca/lifelonglearning/professional-development or call 902-566-0336. Our complete listing of courses can be viewed at www.upei.ca/lifelonglearning/2014-2015-course-schedule

Dr. Ben Sutherland, Université Laval, Quebec, will present "Comparative transcriptomics in salmonids and their parasites: predictive smoltification markers and drug resistance traits" on Tuesday, June 24 at 10:00 am in Room 287N - AVC McCain Learning Commons. The presentation is hosted by Pathology & Microbiology. Everyone is welcome to attend.

As chair of the search committee for the Dean of the Faculty of Education, I am pleased to announce Dr. Ronald MacDonald as a candidate for the position. Dr. MacDonald is currently a faculty member and Interim Dean in the Faculty of Eduction. On Thursday, June 26, at 2:30 pm, Dr. MacDonald will make a public presentation. The presentation will be in the KC Irving Chemistry Centre, Room 104 and all faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend. The topic of his talk will be "Challenges and opportunities facing the Faculty of Education in the next five years." The search committee welcomes feedback and requests that it be forwarded by email to vpa@upei.ca by Friday, July 4, 2014. Sincerely, Dr. Christian Lacroix Interim Vice-President Academic

The Centre for Life-Long Learning is excited to announce our line-up of professional development programs and courses for 2014-15. Highlights include: Practitioners Certificate in Alternative Dispute Resolution; New Managers Series - in Charlottetown and Summerside; Interpersonal and Workplace Conflict Resolution Certificate; Certificate in Effective Communication; and Administrative Professional's Development Program New Programs for 2014-15: Financial Management Certificate, offered in both Charlottetown and Summerside, and a Collaborative Leadership and Facilitation Certificate. For more information on any of these programs, visit http://www.upei.ca/lifelonglearning/professional-development or call 902-566-0336. Our complete listing of courses can be viewed at www.upei.ca/lifelonglearning/2014-2015-course-schedule

Dr. Ben Sutherland, Université Laval, Quebec, will present "Comparative transcriptomics in salmonids and their parasites: predictive smoltification markers and drug resistance traits" on Tuesday, June 24 at 10:00 am in Room 287N - AVC McCain Learning Commons. The presentation is hosted by Pathology & Microbiology. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Quentin Chiotti, will present on his research "Addressing Climate Change in Ontario: Lessons for Prince Edward Island" on Tuesday, June 24 at 1:00 pm in McDougall Hall, Room 243. Dr. Chiotti has applied for a Climate Change position within the School of Business. Everyone is welcome to attend.

To serve the campus better Shipping & Receiving and Mail Services has a new email address. Our new address is shipping@upei.ca. Please use this email when inquiring about all of our services, such as: tracking numbers, cost estimates, and deliveries. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

The Department of Psychology invites members of the campus community--students, faculty, and staff, and those in the wider local community to attend a public presentation by Dr. Tracy Doucette, a candidate for the tenure-track position in Behavioural Neuroscience. The presentation will take place on Monday, June 23 from 1:00 - 2:00 pm in room 215, Memorial Building. Dr. Doucette's presentation is entitled: "Schizophrenia: A Uniquely Human Disease?" For more information, contact Heather Russell at hrussell@upei.ca or 566-0563.

This message is intended for faculty or departments with VREs or servers hosted by the Robertson Library. There will be an interruption in service on Saturday, June 21 and your VRE and/or server will be unavailable from 6:00 am until 12 noon. This interruption is necessary to allow us to perform upgrades, and, more importantly, update the electrical infrastructure in the server room. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. For more information, contact: Donald Moses, MLIS Digital Initiatives and Systems Librarian Robertson Library 902-566-0479

To serve the campus better Shipping & Receiving and Mail Services has a new email address. Our new address is shipping@upei.ca. Please use this email when inquiring about all of our services, such as: tracking numbers, cost estimates, and deliveries. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

The Department of Psychology invites members of the campus community--students, faculty, and staff, and those in the wider local community to attend a public presentation by Dr. Tracy Doucette, a candidate for the tenure-track position in Behavioural Neuroscience. The presentation will take place on Monday, June 23 from 1:00 - 2:00 pm in room 215, Memorial Building. Dr. Doucette's presentation is entitled: "Schizophrenia: A Uniquely Human Disease?" For more information, contact Heather Russell at hrussell@upei.ca or 566-0563.

This message is intended for faculty or departments with VREs or servers hosted by the Robertson Library. There will be an interruption in service on Saturday, June 21 and your VRE and/or server will be unavailable from 6:00 am until 12 noon. This interruption is necessary to allow us to perform upgrades, and, more importantly, update the electrical infrastructure in the server room. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. For more information, contact: Donald Moses, MLIS Digital Initiatives and Systems Librarian Robertson Library 902-566-0479

Volunteers are needed for UPEI's 11th Lucy Maud Montgomery Institute (LMMI)'s biennial conference—“L.M. Montgomery and War”—which takes place June 25–29 in Charlottetown. The conference will include open discussions on war, conflict, the Canadian Home Front, gender roles, and more. To volunteer, contact Jessica Brimacombe at jess_brimacombe@hotmail.com or conference coordinator Elizabeth DeBlois at lmmconference@upei.ca.

To serve the campus better Shipping & Receiving and Mail Services has a new email address. Our new address is shipping@upei.ca. Please use this email when inquiring about all of our services, such as: tracking numbers, cost estimates, and deliveries. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

The UPEI Alumni Association held its annual general meeting on Wednesday, June 18 and are excited to announce the addition of Colleen Parker (BIS'14) and Lisa Doyle-MacBain (BBA'89) to the Board of Directors. The Alumni Association would also like to extend a thank you to outgoing members Walter Bradley (SDU'67) and Andrew MacPherson (Dip.Eng'95) for their many years of service in a variety of roles. Outgoing President Bruce Davison (BA'93) announced Alicia Bremner (BBA'09) as the incoming President for a two year term (effective immediately), while Curtis Toombs (BBA'00) has accepted the role of Vice President. Term extensions were accepted by Ryan Bradley (BBA'94, MBA'11) and Claudia DeBlois (PWC'69). The Alumni Association representatives on the UPEI Board of Governors will be Andrew Bartlett (BBA'92) and Ryan Bradley and Colleen Parker will represent the Association on Senate. If you have any questions please contact Anthony at alumni@upei.ca or 566-0761.

Please be advised that the Central Printing Office will be closed from Thursday, June 26 –Friday, July 25 inclusive. The office will officially re-open Monday, August 4. Any printing jobs required before the closure date should be submitted with that time frame in mind. Print jobs required in August will be printed on a first-in first-out basis, in an efficient and time sensitive manner. Thank you for your co-operation in this matter. If you have any questions or concerns please contact Wendy Henderson at 566-0558 or whenderson@upei.ca.

There will be a UPEI biosafety training session: Thursday June 26 9:00 am to 12:00 pm AVC, Room 286A Topics to be covered include basic biosafety principles and how they are applied at the University of Prince Edward Island, as well as biosecurity training. Please note: only those who attended a training session after November 2012 are currently considered to be “up to date” in their training requirements.If you wish to attend, you must pre-register by contacting Carol Heartz, Research Services and Graduate Studies, before June 20, 2014 by email (heartz@upei.ca) or by phone (x 0775). Please include your name, department, email address and phone number in your email.

The Department of Psychology invites members of the campus community--students, faculty, and staff, and those in the wider local community to attend a public presentation by Dr. Tracy Doucette, a candidate for the tenure-track position in Behavioural Neuroscience. The presentation will take place on Monday, June 23 from 1:00 - 2:00 pm in room 215, Memorial Building. Dr. Doucette's presentation is entitled: "Schizophrenia: A Uniquely Human Disease?" For more information, contact Heather Russell at hrussell@upei.ca or 566-0563.

The Department of Psychology invites members of the campus community--students, faculty, and staff, and those in the wider local community to attend a public presentation by Dr. Tracy Doucette, a candidate for the tenure-track position in Behavioural Neuroscience. The presentation will take place on Monday, June 23 from 1:00 - 2:00 pm in room 215, Memorial Building. Dr. Doucette's presentation is entitled: "Schizophrenia: A Uniquely Human Disease?" For more information, contact Heather Russell at hrussell@upei.ca or 566-0563.