The UPEI women's basketball team will host a fundraising golf tournament on Thursday, September 19 at the Rustico Resort Golf & Tennis Club. The 2013 Hoops & Greens Golf Classic will begin with check-in at 9:00 am and a shotgun start at 10:00 am. Teams of four can register for $400 per team which includes their green fee, a post-round barbecue, on course contests, and awards/door prizes. Registration deadline is Monday, September 16. To register, contact Panther Central at (902) 566-0368 or panthercentral@upei.ca, or contact Tournament Organizer Adrian Murray at asmasm6655@gmail.com

On Monday, September 16, the UPEI Accounting Office will be closed until 1:00 pm in order to process all first semester tuition charges. Campus faculty and staff are encouraged to use the drop boxes located outside the Accounting Office or within Procurement Services during this time.

The UPEI women's basketball team will host a fundraising golf tournament on Thursday, September 19 at the Rustico Resort Golf & Tennis Club. The 2013 Hoops & Greens Golf Classic will begin with check-in at 9:00 am and a shotgun start at 10:00 am. Teams of four can register for $400 per team which includes their green fee, a post-round barbecue, on course contests, and awards/door prizes. Registration deadline is Monday, September 16. To register, contact Panther Central at (902) 566-0368 or panthercentral@upei.ca, or contact Tournament Organizer Adrian Murray at asmasm6655@gmail.com

On Monday, September 16, the UPEI Accounting Office will be closed until 1:00 pm in order to process all first semester tuition charges. Campus faculty and staff are encouraged to use the drop boxes located outside the Accounting Office or within Procurement Services during this time.

The UPEI women's basketball team will host a fundraising golf tournament on Thursday, September 19 at the Rustico Resort Golf & Tennis Club. The 2013 Hoops & Greens Golf Classic will begin with check-in at 9:00 am and a shotgun start at 10:00 am. Teams of four can register for $400 per team which includes their green fee, a post-round barbecue, on course contests, and awards/door prizes. Registration deadline is Monday, September 16. To register, contact Panther Central at (902) 566-0368 or panthercentral@upei.ca, or contact Tournament Organizer Adrian Murray at asmasm6655@gmail.com

On Monday, September 16, the UPEI Accounting Office will be closed until 1:00 pm in order to process all first semester tuition charges. Campus faculty and staff are encouraged to use the drop boxes located outside the Accounting Office or within Procurement Services during this time.

The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions -- new, renewal, or amendments -- is Friday, October 4 for the October meeting. Ensure you always download the current forms from http://research.upei.ca/animal_care and use Adobe Reader to complete forms. Only current forms will be accepted. Both the signed hard copy and electronic protocol submission must be submitted by the deadline date. ∙ Submit one copy of original protocol with signature to AVC - Annex, Biomedical Sciences Dept., Rm 2302. ∙ Submit an electronic copy to animalcare@upei.ca Those protocols received after the deadline will be reviewed the following month. For more information, please contact Sherri Pineau at 566-0973.

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, September 16 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

Next week we'll be starting new programs in Yoga, TRX Suspension training, Athletic Strength n' Toning, Athletic Strength n' Cardio, Runners Speed Work Training, Spin, Chi & Movement, Pilates & Toning and Kettlebells. Each program will run for 6 weeks, one class per week. Cost is $60 plus hst or for Sports Centre members a 15% discount ($51 plus hst). To register, please visit the Panther Central desk at the Sports Centre. More detailed descriptions of classes can be found here under Specialty Fitness Classes at http://ar.upei.ca/recreation/fitness/fitness-programming

The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions -- new, renewal, or amendments -- is Friday, October 4 for the October meeting. Ensure you always download the current forms from http://research.upei.ca/animal_care and use Adobe Reader to complete forms. Only current forms will be accepted. Both the signed hard copy and electronic protocol submission must be submitted by the deadline date. ∙ Submit one copy of original protocol with signature to AVC - Annex, Biomedical Sciences Dept., Rm 2302. ∙ Submit an electronic copy to animalcare@upei.ca Those protocols received after the deadline will be reviewed the following month. For more information, please contact Sherri Pineau at 566-0973.

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, September 16 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

Next week we'll be starting new programs in Yoga, TRX Suspension training, Athletic Strength n' Toning, Athletic Strength n' Cardio, Runners Speed Work Training, Spin, Chi & Movement, Pilates & Toning and Kettlebells. Each program will run for 6 weeks, one class per week. Cost is $60 plus hst or for Sports Centre members a 15% discount ($51 plus hst). To register, please visit the Panther Central desk at the Sports Centre. More detailed descriptions of classes can be found here under Specialty Fitness Classes at http://ar.upei.ca/recreation/fitness/fitness-programming

The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions -- new, renewal, or amendments -- is Friday, October 4 for the October meeting. Ensure you always download the current forms from http://research.upei.ca/animal_care and use Adobe Reader to complete forms. Only current forms will be accepted. Both the signed hard copy and electronic protocol submission must be submitted by the deadline date. ∙ Submit one copy of original protocol with signature to AVC - Annex, Biomedical Sciences Dept., Rm 2302. ∙ Submit an electronic copy to animalcare@upei.ca Those protocols received after the deadline will be reviewed the following month. For more information, please contact Sherri Pineau at 566-0973.

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, September 16 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

Next week we'll be starting new programs in Yoga, TRX Suspension training, Athletic Strength n' Toning, Athletic Strength n' Cardio, Runners Speed Work Training, Spin, Chi & Movement, Pilates & Toning and Kettlebells. Each program will run for 6 weeks, one class per week. Cost is $60 plus hst or for Sports Centre members a 15% discount ($51 plus hst). To register, please visit the Panther Central desk at the Sports Centre. More detailed descriptions of classes can be found here under Specialty Fitness Classes at http://ar.upei.ca/recreation/fitness/fitness-programming

"Help! My dog just tore down my blinds...and other behaviour issues in dogs and cats" presentation by Dr. Barbara Sherman (Animal Behaviour and Welfare, North Carolina State College of Veterinary Medicine)will take place on Friday, September 13, 7:00–8:30 pm. Due to very strong registration numbers, this talk will take place in the Don and Marion McDougall Hall, Room 242 (instead of AVC "A," as originally planned). This talk is part of this weekend's conference on companion animal behaviour and welfare - see awc.upei.ca/ for more information. The Saturday talks will remain in AVC lecture theatre A.

The fourteenth annual Recognition of Founders Ceremony and the H. Wade MacLauchlan Plaza Dedication will take place on Wednesday, September 25 in front of the Health Sciences Building at 12:30 pm (rain location McMillan Hall). A reception will take place after the ceremonies in McMillan Hall at 2:30 pm. Please RSVP to Rebecca Gass at rjgass@upei.ca or 566-0949.

The Psychology Department would like to kick off another season of the 2013–14 Fiona Papps Colloquium Series on Thursday, September 12 at 3:00 pm in AVC Lecture Theatre B. Our first lecture of the series "Why Usually Honest People Sometimes Steal" is being presented by Dr. Will Cupchik, formerly Psychologist-in-Charge, Forensic Out-Patient Psychological Services,Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Toronto. Please join us on Thursday at 3:00 pm for this very interesting lecture. For more information please contact Dr. Stacey MacKinnon, smackinnon@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, September 16 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

Dr. Robert Gilmour, VP Research/AVC Biomedical Sciences will present a talk entitled: "Low energy cardiac defibrillation” on Friday, September 13 in the Duffy Science Centre, Room 204, 12:30–1:30 pm. Everyone is welcome to attend.