At the next Graduate Research on Tap, join two UPEI graduate students for conversations about education and the environment. The event begins at 7 pm, Tuesday, January 21 in the Wave. Graduate Research on Tap is a new extension of our popular public discussion series; it features the work of UPEI's up-and-coming graduate student researchers. The first discussion will be led by Laura Phalen, an MSc student in Biology. The title of the discussion is "Do the oil sands make fish sick?" Gabriela Arias de Sanchez, a PhD student in Education, will lead the second discussion, entitled "Cracking the math code: how we talk numbers with young children." Sound interesting? Join us! Graduate Research on Tap is a series of public discussions with UPEI graduate student researchers. Presented by the UPEI Student Union, the UPEI Graduate Student Association, and the Vice-President Research and Graduate Studies.

Please be advised that the Government of Canada is once again sponsoring the Canada Summer Jobs program designed to help employers create summer job opportunities for students. Canada Summer Jobs provides funding to not-for-profit organizations, public-sector employers, and small businesses to create summer job opportunities for young people aged 15 to 30 years who are full-time students intending to return to their studies in the next school year. Public and private-sector employers are eligible for a wage subsidy of up to 50% of the provincial/territorial adult minimum hourly wage – in PEI the minimum wage is $10.00 an hour. For additional information and application information for this program please refer to: http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/epb/yi/yep/programs/scpp.shtml The closing date for applications is January 31, 2014. For additional information please contact Gillian Profitt, Human Resources, 0515

Please contact fmworkorders@upei.ca to arrange for pickup of any surplus of computer equipment departments may have for disposal. Do not send this equipment directly to ITSS. Contact 566-0552 for any questions you may have.

Friday, January 17: 6:00 pm (W) Basketball @ Acadia 7:00 pm (M) Hockey @ StFX 7:00 pm (W) Hockey vs. UdeM 8:00 pm (M) Basketball @ Acadia Saturday, January 18: 2:00 pm (W) Hockey vs. DAL 6:00 pm (W) Basketball @ Acadia 7:00 pm (M) Hockey @ SMU 8:00 pm (M) Basketball @ Acadia All games are webcast on AUStv (http://austv.ca/) Go Panthers Go!

Set a time for you to check your glucose, cholesterol, and blood pressure. A clinic will be held from 8:30 am-1:00 pm on Wednesday, January 22. To book your 10 minute appointment, please contact Angela Marchbank at amarchbank@upei.ca. No cost for UPEI students or employees.

The Psychology Department continues the tradition of the 2013–14 Fiona Papps Colloquium Series on Friday January 17 at 3:00 pm in Memorial 215. Our fourth lecture in the series "Curiosity: What's the point of getting out of bed without it?" is being presented by Dr. Stacey MacKinnon. Please join us on Friday at 3:00 pm for this very interesting lecture. For more information, please contact Dr. Stacey MacKinnon, smackinnon@upei.ca

The Biology Department will host the Human Biology & Environmental Sciences Seminar Series on January 17. Dr. Rebecca Reed-Jones, Department of Applied Human Sciences, UPEI will present “Visual Guidance of Human Locomotion Activities” from 12:30-1:30 pm in the Duffy Science Centre, Room 204. All are welcome to attend.

The Search Committee for a tenure-track position in management is pleased to invite the campus community to the following public presentations. All presentations will be held in the David & Doris Scales Family Lecture Theatre (McDH 243). Friday, January 17: -Dr. Ellyn Lyle will present, "Pedagogies of Experience and Possibilities for Practice" from 2:00-3:00 pm. Monday, January 20: -Ms. Tina Saksida will present, "Committed to Whom? Unravelling How Volunteer Perceptions of their Impact on Beneficiaries Influences their Turnover Intentions and Hours Volunteered" from 10:30-11:30 am. Friday, January 31: -Dr. Ellen Crumley will present, "Same but Different: (Re) conceptualizing Professional Identity" from 2:00-3:00 pm. All are welcome to attend. Contact: Dr. Blake Jelley (bjelley@upei.ca; ext. 0449), Chair of the Search Committee

Check out TRX Suspension training, Bootcamp, and Cycling. We still have some spots left for the following fitness programs: TRX Suspension Training beginning Tuesday, January 21, 12:10-12:50 pm. Ultimate Cycle beginning Wednesday, January 22, 5:00-5:45 pm Bootcamps beginning Thursday, January 23, 5:00-5:45 pm, Saturday, January 25 at 11:15 am, and Sunday, January 26, 6:00-6:45 pm All sessions run for eight weeks and include eight classes/session. Cost is $80 plus HST for non-members. Sports Centre members receive a 15% discount off these classes (cost is $68 plus HST). To register, please visit Panther Central at the Sports Centre. For more information, please contact Angela Marchbank at amarchbank@upei.ca

Set a time for you to check your glucose, cholesterol, and blood pressure. A clinic will be held from 8:30 am-1:00 pm on Wednesday, January 22. To book your 10 minute appointment, please contact Angela Marchbank at amarchbank@upei.ca. No cost for UPEI students or employees.

The Psychology Department continues the tradition of the 2013–14 Fiona Papps Colloquium Series on Friday January 17 at 3:00 pm in Memorial 215. Our fourth lecture in the series "Curiosity: What's the point of getting out of bed without it?" is being presented by Dr. Stacey MacKinnon. Please join us on Friday at 3:00 pm for this very interesting lecture. For more information, please contact Dr. Stacey MacKinnon, smackinnon@upei.ca

The Biology Department will host the Human Biology & Environmental Sciences Seminar Series on January 17. Dr. Rebecca Reed-Jones, Department of Applied Human Sciences, UPEI will present “Visual Guidance of Human Locomotion Activities” from 12:30-1:30 pm in the Duffy Science Centre, Room 204. All are welcome to attend.

The Search Committee for a tenure-track position in management is pleased to invite the campus community to the following public presentations. All presentations will be held in the David & Doris Scales Family Lecture Theatre (McDH 243). Friday, January 17: -Dr. Ellyn Lyle will present, "Pedagogies of Experience and Possibilities for Practice" from 2:00-3:00 pm. Monday, January 20: -Ms. Tina Saksida will present, "Committed to Whom? Unravelling How Volunteer Perceptions of their Impact on Beneficiaries Influences their Turnover Intentions and Hours Volunteered" from 10:30-11:30 am. Friday, January 31: -Dr. Ellen Crumley will present, "Same but Different: (Re) conceptualizing Professional Identity" from 2:00-3:00 pm. All are welcome to attend. Contact: Dr. Blake Jelley (bjelley@upei.ca; ext. 0449), Chair of the Search Committee

Check out TRX Suspension training, Bootcamp, and Cycling. We still have some spots left for the following fitness programs: TRX Suspension Training beginning Tuesday, January 21, 12:10-12:50 pm. Ultimate Cycle beginning Wednesday, January 22, 5:00-5:45 pm Bootcamps beginning Thursday, January 23, 5:00-5:45 pm, Saturday, January 25 at 11:15 am, and Sunday, January 26, 6:00-6:45 pm All sessions run for eight weeks and include eight classes/session. Cost is $80 plus HST for non-members. Sports Centre members receive a 15% discount off these classes (cost is $68 plus HST). To register, please visit Panther Central at the Sports Centre. For more information, please contact Angela Marchbank at amarchbank@upei.ca

In an effort to cut down on printing and mailing costs, and improve services to employees, UPEI's Human Resources will be launching online T4 slips for the 2013 tax year. Online tax slips will be available, through Campus Login, to current and former employees, who received taxable earnings or benefits in 2013. Online T4s are official tax slips accepted by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). However, CRA requires employees to give their consent in order to access their tax slips electronically. Your consent will be valid for all subsequent tax years. New employees can grant consent for online T4s after they have received their first pay cheque. Employees who do not provide consent will have their 2013 T4s mailed to the address on file no later than February 28, 2014. Electronic T4s will be available sooner than the printed versions due to a lesser processing time. The consent form can be accessed through Campus Login (https://secure.upei.ca/cls/login.html). Consent forms must be completed by January 31, 2014. For employees who file their taxes electronically, printing the slip is optional. You will be able to read the values for each of the tax slip boxes online as you are completing your income tax return. You will always have access to slips under Campus Login should you need them now or in the future. We hope to offer similar online service for T4A slips in the future, however, for the 2013 tax year all T4As will be printed and mailed no later than February 28, 2014.

As chair of the search committee for the Dean of the School of Business I am pleased to announce Dr. Juergen Krause as a candidate for the position. Dr. Krause is currently a faculty member and Interim Dean in the School of Business. On Monday February 10 at 2:00 pm, Dr. Krause will make a public presentation. The presentation will be in McDougall Hall, Room 328 and all faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend. The topic of his talk will be "Describe your vision and fit for the position of the Dean of the School of Business at the University of Prince Edward Island." The search committee welcomes feedback and requests that it be forwarded by email to vpa@upei.ca by Friday, February 14, 2014. Sincerely, Dr. Christian Lacroix Interim Vice-President Academic

In an effort to cut down on printing and mailing costs, and improve services to employees, UPEI's Human Resources will be launching online T4 slips for the 2013 tax year. Online tax slips will be available, through Campus Login, to current and former employees, who received taxable earnings or benefits in 2013. Online T4s are official tax slips accepted by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). However, CRA requires employees to give their consent in order to access their tax slips electronically. Your consent will be valid for all subsequent tax years. New employees can grant consent for online T4s after they have received their first pay cheque. Employees who do not provide consent will have their 2013 T4s mailed to the address on file no later than February 28, 2014. Electronic T4s will be available sooner than the printed versions due to a lesser processing time. The consent form can be accessed through Campus Login (https://secure.upei.ca/cls/login.html). Consent forms must be completed by January 31, 2014. For employees who file their taxes electronically, printing the slip is optional. You will be able to read the values for each of the tax slip boxes online as you are completing your income tax return. You will always have access to slips under Campus Login should you need them now or in the future. We hope to offer similar online service for T4A slips in the future, however, for the 2013 tax year all T4As will be printed and mailed no later than February 28, 2014.

As chair of the search committee for the Dean of the School of Business I am pleased to announce Dr. Juergen Krause as a candidate for the position. Dr. Krause is currently a faculty member and Interim Dean in the School of Business. On Monday February 10 at 2:00 pm, Dr. Krause will make a public presentation. The presentation will be in McDougall Hall, Room 328 and all faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend. The topic of his talk will be "Describe your vision and fit for the position of the Dean of the School of Business at the University of Prince Edward Island." The search committee welcomes feedback and requests that it be forwarded by email to vpa@upei.ca by Friday, February 14, 2014. Sincerely, Dr. Christian Lacroix Interim Vice-President Academic

The UPEI men's hockey team will take on UdeM on Wednesday, January 15 at 7:00 pm. This is the first of four games versus rival UdeM, with each game having playoff implications. Special ticket offers are available: Two adults for $12; season ticket holders can bring a friend for $6 (must be accompanied by the season ticket holder). GO Panthers GO!

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, January 6 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 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.