There will be a UPEI biosafety training session on 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 by email (heartz@upei.ca) or by phone (x 0775). Please include your name, department, email address and phone number in your email.

UPEI alumna and York University doctoral candidate Heather Barnick will give a public presentation of her fieldwork on Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games in Shanghai, "Digital Designs: Cultural Identity and China's Online Role Playing Game Industry," on Monday June 9 at 3:00 pm in Dalton Hall, Room 409. The presentation is sponsored by the Young Lives Research Lab and the Department of Sociology & Anthropology.

The Canadian Chamber of Commerce is pleased to offer university students across Canada the opportunity to win a $2,000 bursary. Students will want to familiarize themselves with the Partnership for Research Trade (PRT) and produce a brief video on the merits of supporting its objectives. The videos must be creative, original, and fun, no more than 3 to 5 minutes long. It should address one or more of the three objectives and promote support of the PRT. Participants are to email their videos to prt@chamber.ca where a Project Coordinator will post the video onto the YouTube channel. In addition to the $2,000 bursary, the winning video will be featured in the PRT communications campaign. The goal of this contest is not only to create more awareness among youth on the importance of Canada’s natural resource sectors, but also to further interest and engage our younger generation in one of Canada’s key policy and economic issue. In order to be eligible for the bursary, contestants must be full-time registered students of a Canadian University. In addition, students must "like" the Canadian Chamber of Commerce (CCC) on Facebook, follow CCC on Twitter, and subscribe to the CCC’s YouTube channel. Finally, students must sign themselves and five friends as supporters of the PRT at: http://powerofcanada.ca/speak-up/?ccc=1 UPEI staff and faculty are asked to encourage students to apply. For more information visit http://www.chamber.ca/

Are you looking to add value to your organization? If so, this is your opportunity to participate in a rewarding and meaningful program that will allow you to expand your workforce with energetic, bilingual students, at little cost to your business. UPEI’s Languages at Work program—a part of the Explore Program—takes place from June 30–August 22, and invites you to get involved by hiring a qualified bilingual student eager to improve their language skills in a working environment. Not only does this program provide students with an excellent opportunity to be immersed in their second language, it also gives employers the opportunity to hire these employees at a lower cost during the peak tourism season as the students’ salaries (plus benefits) are 60% funded by the program! Interested employers must provide students with a meaningful work experience, along with appropriate guidance and orientation, for 35 hours of work per week. For more information, contact Gillian Lush, UPEI Languages at Work Project Officer, at (902) 566-0579 or languagesatwork@upei.ca

With the nice weather finally here, Security Services would like to remind everyone to please secure windows in classrooms and offices when you are finished in the room for the day. Everyone's assistance on this matter will help to keep our campus buildings safe and secure.

Are you looking to add value to your organization? If so, this is your opportunity to participate in a rewarding and meaningful program that will allow you to expand your workforce with energetic, bilingual students, at little cost to your business. UPEI’s Languages at Work program—a part of the Explore Program—takes place from June 30–August 22, and invites you to get involved by hiring a qualified bilingual student eager to improve their language skills in a working environment. Not only does this program provide students with an excellent opportunity to be immersed in their second language, it also gives employers the opportunity to hire these employees at a lower cost during the peak tourism season as the students’ salaries (plus benefits) are 60% funded by the program! Interested employers must provide students with a meaningful work experience, along with appropriate guidance and orientation, for 35 hours of work per week. For more information, contact Gillian Lush, UPEI Languages at Work Project Officer, at (902) 566-0579 or languagesatwork@upei.ca

With the nice weather finally here, Security Services would like to remind everyone to please secure windows in classrooms and offices when you are finished in the room for the day. Everyone's assistance on this matter will help to keep our campus buildings safe and secure.

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 timeframe in mind. Printing jobs required in August will be printed on a first-in first-out basis, in an as efficient and time sensitive manner as possible. 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.

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 timeframe in mind. Printing jobs required in August will be printed on a first-in first-out basis, in an as efficient and time sensitive manner as possible. 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.

Join the campus community for a public presentation by Dr. Sadegh Babaii, from McMaster University, as a candidate for tenure track position in Engineering. Dr. Babaii's presentation is entitled: "Not Just 3D Printing! Promises, Challenges and Opportunities," and will take place on Wednesday, June 4 at 11:00 am in the Health Sciences Building, Room 106.

Procurement Services is missing one of their Polycom conference phones. This was loaned out within the last month. Please check areas within your department for this item and return to 126 Kelley.

Melissa Brownlow will present her Master of Education Thesis Defence on Tuesday, June 3, at 1:00pm in the Health Sciences Building, Room 106. Thesis Title: Everyday Stories: Exploring A Storytelling Curriculum In Kindergarten. All are welcome to attend.

You're invited to submit stories, announcements, or departmental updates to UPEI's newsletter, the Campus Connector. The submission deadline for the next edition is Monday, June 2 by 5:00 pm. Submissions must follow these guidelines: -be emailed to Sheila Kerry at communications@upei.ca -sent in a Microsoft Word or plain text document -be no longer than 250 words -maximum one photo per story The editors reserve the right to edit content, will not consider incomplete submissions, and cannot guarantee that all submitted materials will be published. If you have any questions or comments, please contact communications@upei.ca. Not receiving the Campus Connector? To subscribe, please email communications@upei.ca to get your email address on the list!

Join the campus community for a public presentation by Dr. Carol Ann McDevitt, from MIT, as a candidate for tenure track position in Engineering. Dr. McDevitt's presentation is entitled: "A Tale of Two Toy Cars-Effect of the product development approach on the final product–two winning designs from student teams." The presentation will take place on Thursday, June 5 at 10:30 am in Don and Marion McDougall Hall, Room 246.

You're invited to submit stories, announcements, or departmental updates to UPEI's newsletter, the Campus Connector. The submission deadline for the next edition is Monday, June 2 by 5:00 pm. Submissions must follow these guidelines: -be emailed to Sheila Kerry at communications@upei.ca -sent in a Microsoft Word or plain text document -be no longer than 250 words -maximum one photo per story The editors reserve the right to edit content, will not consider incomplete submissions, and cannot guarantee that all submitted materials will be published. If you have any questions or comments, please contact communications@upei.ca. Not receiving the Campus Connector? To subscribe, please email communications@upei.ca to get your email address on the list!

Join the campus community for a public presentation by Dr. Carol Ann McDevitt, from MIT, as a candidate for tenure track position in Engineering. Dr. McDevitt's presentation is entitled: "A Tale of Two Toy Cars-Effect of the product development approach on the final product–two winning designs from student teams." The presentation will take place on Thursday, June 5 at 10:30 am in Don and Marion McDougall Hall, Room 246.

Join the campus community for a public presentation by Dr. Sadegh Babaii, from McMaster University, as a candidate for tenure track position in Engineering. Dr. Babaii's presentation is entitled: "Not Just 3D Printing! Promises, Challenges and Opportunities," and will take place on Wednesday, June 4 at 11:00 am in the Health Sciences Building, Room 106.

Procurement Services is missing one of their Polycom conference phones. This was loaned out within the last month. Please check areas within your department for this item and return to 126 Kelley.

Melissa Brownlow will present her Master of Education Thesis Defence on Tuesday, June 3, at 1:00pm in the Health Sciences Building, Room 106. Thesis Title: Everyday Stories: Exploring A Storytelling Curriculum In Kindergarten. All are welcome to attend.

Are you looking to add value to your organization? If so, this is your opportunity to participate in a rewarding and meaningful program that will allow you to expand your workforce with energetic, bilingual students, at little cost to your business. UPEI’s Languages at Work program—a part of the Explore Program—takes place from June 30–August 22, and invites you to get involved by hiring a qualified bilingual student eager to improve their language skills in a working environment. Not only does this program provide students with an excellent opportunity to be immersed in their second language, it also gives employers the opportunity to hire these employees at a lower cost during the peak tourism season as the students’ salaries (plus benefits) are 60% funded by the program! Interested employers must provide students with a meaningful work experience, along with appropriate guidance and orientation, for 35 hours of work per week. For more information, contact Gillian Lush, UPEI Languages at Work Project Officer, at (902) 566-0579 or languagesatwork@upei.ca