As part of the current Leadership 203 Student Engagement group, our goal is to strengthen the bond between the students, faculty, and staff here at UPEI. We want to provide feedback and tips to faculty aiding them to build better relationships with their students. We hope we can provide some helpful information about the experiences of student engagement within the classroom to faculty, that then may eventually with future groups, lead to initiatives to better the overall university experience for everyone involved. We hope that you will review our Employee Engagement Alphabet Blog: http://upei203.blogspot.ca/ and perhaps you will find some useful information. We also have a Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/university203 where we have asked students to share their personal student engagement stories within the classroom, as well as their class work preferences in terms alike. -Jodhi Wood UPEI student and project member

The UPEI Field Hockey Panthers present "Field Hockey Day in Canada," an all ages and skill levels indoor field hockey tournament on Sunday, March 30. Also included is a junior high school clinic (9 – 10:30 am) and a junior/senior high school tournament (10:30 – noon). Cost per event is $5 per participant; application deadline is March 30. Application forms for these events can be picked up at Panther Central or by emailing elizamaclauchlan@hotmail.com

As part of the current Leadership 203 Student Engagement group, our goal is to strengthen the bond between the students, faculty, and staff here at UPEI. We want to provide feedback and tips to faculty aiding them to build better relationships with their students. We hope we can provide some helpful information about the experiences of student engagement within the classroom to faculty, that then may eventually with future groups, lead to initiatives to better the overall university experience for everyone involved. We hope that you will review our Employee Engagement Alphabet Blog: http://upei203.blogspot.ca/ and perhaps you will find some useful information. We also have a Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/university203 where we have asked students to share their personal student engagement stories within the classroom, as well as their class work preferences in terms alike. -Jodhi Wood UPEI student and project member

The UPEI Field Hockey Panthers present "Field Hockey Day in Canada," an all ages and skill levels indoor field hockey tournament on Sunday, March 30. Also included is a junior high school clinic (9 – 10:30 am) and a junior/senior high school tournament (10:30 – noon). Cost per event is $5 per participant; application deadline is March 30. Application forms for these events can be picked up at Panther Central or by emailing elizamaclauchlan@hotmail.com

The Faculty Development Office and the Office of the VP Academic are pleased to announce that Ken Steele, Chief Trendspotter and President of Eduvation, will be visiting UPEI on May 1. He will be making a public presentation on Innovations in Teaching and Learning, which will be followed by a workshop on the same topic. Further details will be announced shortly. Many of us know Ken as the Editor of Academica Top Ten. For more information about this interesting news feed, go to: http://academica.ca/topten

The UPEI Student Union and the UPEI Convocation Committee are looking for a valedictorian for the 2014 morning convocation ceremony. Eligible students are those from the faculties of business, nursing, education, and veterinary medicine. Interested applicants are asked to forward their name, faculty of study, and a summary explaining their interest in being this year’s valedictorian. Summaries are to be no more than 250 words and word count is to be displayed. Deadline for applications is 4:00 pm, Wednesday, April 2, and students are asked to submit applications to admin@upeisu.ca. Faculty and staff are encouraged to speak to students and inform them of the availability of this position and encourage interested students to apply.

On Thursday April 3, the UPEI Concert Choir, under the direction of Professor Sung Ha Shin-Bouey, will present its annual Spring Concert. The Concert Choir, accompanied by violinist Christina Bouey, cellist Natalie Williams Calhoun, and pianist Jeremy Gallant will be performing Mozart's Requiem. Many of the talented UPEI vocal majors will also be featured as soloists, and in the UPEI Chamber Singers and the UPEI Women’s and Men's Vocal Ensembles. Special guest performers from the community will include SIRENS, Le Ragazze, and I Ragazzi Jrs. Admission for this recital at the Dr. Steel Recital is $10 adults/ $5 for students and tickets are available at the door, or in advance, by calling 566-0507, or by email at music@upei.ca.

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, March 31 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!

The UPEI community was saddened to hear of the passing of Dr. Wei-Ching Lin, former faculty member and chair of the physics department. Dr. Lin dedicated over 28 years of teaching to the University. Dr. Lin began his time teaching in June of 1968 at Prince of Wales College and continued until his retirement from UPEI in June of 1996. He also served as Chair of the physics department for many years. Former colleague Doug Dahn, remembers Dr. Lin as a passionate teacher with a great knowledge and love of physics, who was always there for his students. “He was also a mentor who gave me a lot of valuable advice when I was a new faculty member at UPEI,” says Dahn. The well-known PEI-Chinese community leader passed away on Monday, March 17 at the age of 83. Our sympathies are with his wife, retired UPEI physics professor Dr. Lucy Lin and their son Edward. Dr. Lin is resting at the Hennessey Cutcliffe Charlottetown Funeral Home with visiting hours on Friday from 5-8 pm. The funeral will be held in the funeral home chapel on Saturday at 3 pm.

UPEI’s Accessibility Services and the Faculty Development Office are offering a session on March 28 on providing support at UPEI for the growing number of students affected by Asperger Syndrome. Students affected often face new challenges as they continue their education in post-secondary environments. Recognizing and understanding the key areas of difficulty is vital to providing a positive learning environment. This session will focus on the characteristics of this disorder which impact academic, as well as social success, and suggest practical and effective educational strategies. Our special guest speaker will be Marlene Breitenbach, a Special Educator and Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) with over 30 years experience teaching individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders. In her current role as Special Education Autism Coordinator at the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, she supports the implementation of the provincial autism strategy, provides staff and consultant training and support for complex cases. Please plan to join us from 1:00-3:30 pm on March 28 in Andrew Hall, room 142. If you are planning to attend, kindly RSVP to Gerald at the Faculty Development Office by March 25: fdo@upei.ca. We hope to see you there. Refreshments provided!

The membership of Decanal Search Committees for the Faculties of Arts, Education, and Veterinary Medicine were announced at Senate recently. These groups will begin meeting shortly to fulfill their respective mandates with the goal of recommending a candidate by the end of the summer semester. Thank you to nominating Chair of Senate, Dr. Sheldon Opps, for overseeing the constitution of these committees. Sincerely, Christian Lacroix Vice-President Academic (interim) lacroix@upei.ca Dean of Arts: Christian Lacroix (Chair) Colleen MacQuarrie Udo Krautwust Doug Dahn John McIntyre Richard Raiswell Students: Emily Roberts, Cheryl Carmichael Dean of Education: Christian Lacroix (Chair) Lori Weeks Ron Srigley PEI Teacher’s Federation rep: Chad Gallant Sandy MacAulay Jane Preston Students: Nicole Dupuis, Jennifer Redmond Dean, Veterinary Medicine: Christian Lacroix (Chair) Fred Kibenge John VanLeeuwen Jeanne Lofstedt Etienne Côté Cathy Ryan Judy Lynn Richards Students: Bruno Ouimet, Bob Deziel

Ravinder Sappal, Department of Pathology and Microbiology will present a seminar called "Modulation of energy homeostasis by environmental stress in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss" on Tuesday, March 25 at 3:30 pm in AVC Lecture Theatre C. Everyone is welcome.

The UPEI community was saddened to hear of the passing of Dr. Wei-Ching Lin, former faculty member and chair of the physics department. Dr. Lin dedicated over 28 years of teaching to the University. Dr. Lin began his time teaching in June of 1968 at Prince of Wales College and continued until his retirement from UPEI in June of 1996. He also served as Chair of the physics department for many years. Former colleague Doug Dahn, remembers Dr. Lin as a passionate teacher with a great knowledge and love of physics, who was always there for his students. “He was also a mentor who gave me a lot of valuable advice when I was a new faculty member at UPEI,” says Dahn. The well-known PEI-Chinese community leader passed away on Monday, March 17 at the age of 83. Our sympathies are with his wife, retired UPEI physics professor Dr. Lucy Lin and their son Edward. Dr. Lin is resting at the Hennessey Cutcliffe Charlottetown Funeral Home with visiting hours on Friday from 5-8 pm. The funeral will be held in the funeral home chapel on Saturday at 3 pm.

UPEI’s Accessibility Services and the Faculty Development Office are offering a session on March 28 on providing support at UPEI for the growing number of students affected by Asperger Syndrome. Students affected often face new challenges as they continue their education in post-secondary environments. Recognizing and understanding the key areas of difficulty is vital to providing a positive learning environment. This session will focus on the characteristics of this disorder which impact academic, as well as social success, and suggest practical and effective educational strategies. Our special guest speaker will be Marlene Breitenbach, a Special Educator and Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) with over 30 years experience teaching individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders. In her current role as Special Education Autism Coordinator at the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, she supports the implementation of the provincial autism strategy, provides staff and consultant training and support for complex cases. Please plan to join us from 1:00-3:30 pm on March 28 in Andrew Hall, room 142. If you are planning to attend, kindly RSVP to Gerald at the Faculty Development Office by March 25: fdo@upei.ca. We hope to see you there. Refreshments provided!

The membership of Decanal Search Committees for the Faculties of Arts, Education, and Veterinary Medicine were announced at Senate recently. These groups will begin meeting shortly to fulfill their respective mandates with the goal of recommending a candidate by the end of the summer semester. Thank you to nominating Chair of Senate, Dr. Sheldon Opps, for overseeing the constitution of these committees. Sincerely, Christian Lacroix Vice-President Academic (interim) lacroix@upei.ca Dean of Arts: Christian Lacroix (Chair) Colleen MacQuarrie Udo Krautwust Doug Dahn John McIntyre Richard Raiswell Students: Emily Roberts, Cheryl Carmichael Dean of Education: Christian Lacroix (Chair) Lori Weeks Ron Srigley PEI Teacher’s Federation rep: Chad Gallant Sandy MacAulay Jane Preston Students: Nicole Dupuis, Jennifer Redmond Dean, Veterinary Medicine: Christian Lacroix (Chair) Fred Kibenge John VanLeeuwen Jeanne Lofstedt Etienne Côté Cathy Ryan Judy Lynn Richards Students: Bruno Ouimet, Bob Deziel

Ravinder Sappal, Department of Pathology and Microbiology will present a seminar called "Modulation of energy homeostasis by environmental stress in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss" on Tuesday, March 25 at 3:30 pm in AVC Lecture Theatre C. Everyone is welcome.

As part of our ongoing tree pruning, maintenance and inspection program, we have detected Dutch Elm disease in two Elm trees on campus, one of these Elm trees are located in the Main Quad on the south side of Steel Building and the other is on the east side of Dalton Hall. Unfortunately, these trees have to be removed and properly disposed of immediately to help avoid the spread of this disease to other Elm trees. This removal is scheduled to take place on Saturday, and Sunday, April 5-6. Each tree removed will be replaced in the spring of 2014 with two new trees in either the existing locations or at new locations on campus. While the contractors have been instructed that the work be executed with the least possible interference or disturbance to the campus community, a certain amount of disruption is inevitable. We thank you in advance for your patience and understanding. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Jackie MacPhail at 6034 or jmacphail@upei.ca

UPEI faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend research ethics training workshops on Tuesday, April 22. The workshops will be hosted by UPEI Research Services and will be delivered by Laura-Lee Balkwill, Policy Analyst in the Secretariat on Responsible Conduct of Research, Ottawa. The ethics workshop topics to be presented are: 9:00 am – 10:30 am: Social Sciences and Humanities and research ethics 10:45 am – 12:15 pm: Health Sciences and research ethics 1:15 pm – 2:45 pm: Research Ethics Board review: how is it done? 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm: Research involving First Nations, Inuit and Metis People of Canada. There is no cost to attend the workshops and you may attend as many as you like. The workshops will be held on campus, location to be announced. Please contact Carol Heartz (heartz@upei.ca) by Friday, March 28 if you are interested in attending. Please include the following information in your email: your name, contact information, and department or Faculty, as well as the workshop (s) that you would like to attend. Please contact Joy Knight at mknight@upei.ca if you have any questions.

Dr. Mark MacLachlan, Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia will present a seminar on Friday, March 21 at 12:30 pm in the Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre, Lecture Theatre Room 212. Dr. MacLachlan’s presentation is entitled “Supramolecular Origami: Transforming Paper into Twisted Structures.” All are welcome to attend.

UPEI faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend research ethics training workshops on Tuesday, April 22. The workshops will be hosted by UPEI Research Services and will be delivered by Laura-Lee Balkwill, Policy Analyst in the Secretariat on Responsible Conduct of Research, Ottawa. The ethics workshop topics to be presented are: 9:00 am – 10:30 am: Social Sciences and Humanities and research ethics 10:45 am – 12:15 pm: Health Sciences and research ethics 1:15 pm – 2:45 pm: Research Ethics Board review: how is it done? 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm: Research involving First Nations, Inuit and Metis People of Canada. There is no cost to attend the workshops and you may attend as many as you like. The workshops will be held on campus, location to be announced. Please contact Carol Heartz (heartz@upei.ca) by Friday, March 28 if you are interested in attending. Please include the following information in your email: your name, contact information, and department or Faculty, as well as the workshop (s) that you would like to attend. Please contact Joy Knight at mknight@upei.ca if you have any questions.