UPEI faculty and staff are encouraged to join in on some of the O-Week activities to show their support and meet our new students. The following activities are open to faculty and staff: Pancake breakfast—September 1 8:30–10:00 am Chaplaincy Centre Volunteers are needed for cooking and serving Student Union BBQ—September 2 12:30–1:30 pm O-Week headquarters (green space between McDougall Hall and Duffy Science Centre) Shine Day kickoff—September 3 8:00–9:00 am W. A. Murphy Student Centre Faculty welcome sessions—September 4 4:00 pm (various locations) Speak to your dean for more information on how to get involved O-Week final banquet—September 5 6:00–9:00 pm Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall Tickets can be purchased at the Student Union desk For more information on O-Week, contact Lucas MacArthur at oweek@upeisu.caor (902) 566-0953.

What do you think you’re doing? How do we explain what we do? Do we know what our colleagues do? What does the community think we do? Join us for a day of discussion and learning at UPEI’s annual Let’s Talk Teaching Day on September 3, 2013, from 10 am–4 pm, and featuring keynote speaker, Dr. Robert Campbell, president, Mount Allison University. A meet-and-greet will take place at 10 am in Room 329, Don and Marion McDougall Hall. Lunch and coffee are provided and, as well, a wine-and-cheese reception will follow from 4 to 6 pm in the Faculty Lounge, Main Building. To register, email Gerald Wandio at the Faculty Development Office before August 29 at gwandio@upei.ca.

What do you think you’re doing? How do we explain what we do? Do we know what our colleagues do? What does the community think we do? Join us for a day of discussion and learning at UPEI’s annual Let’s Talk Teaching Day on September 3, 2013, from 10 am–4 pm, and featuring keynote speaker, Dr. Robert Campbell, president, Mount Allison University. A meet-and-greet will take place at 10 am in Room 329, Don and Marion McDougall Hall. Lunch and coffee are provided and, as well, a wine-and-cheese reception will follow from 4 to 6 pm in the Faculty Lounge, Main Building. To register, email Gerald Wandio at the Faculty Development Office before August 29 at gwandio@upei.ca.

What do you think you’re doing? How do we explain what we do? Do we know what our colleagues do? What does the community think we do? Join us for a day of discussion and learning at UPEI’s annual Let’s Talk Teaching Day on September 3, 2013, from 10 am–4 pm, and featuring keynote speaker, Dr. Robert Campbell, president, Mount Allison University. A meet-and-greet will take place at 10 am in Room 329, Don and Marion McDougall Hall. Lunch and coffee are provided and, as well, a wine-and-cheese reception will follow from 4 to 6 pm in the Faculty Lounge, Main Building. To register, email Gerald Wandio at the Faculty Development Office before August 29 at gwandio@upei.ca.

Kate Tilleczek's CFI-funded qualitative research lab will deliver several days of training for Nvivo 10, a qualitative research program, during the fall 2013 semester. We are looking for input from on-campus researchers to choose a date. If you are interested, please fill out this two-question survey found at http://fluidsurveys.com/surveys/qrlab/nvivo-training/

Kate Tilleczek's CFI-funded qualitative research lab will deliver several days of training for Nvivo 10, a qualitative research program, during the fall 2013 semester. We are looking for input from on-campus researchers to choose a date. If you are interested, please fill out this two-question survey found at http://fluidsurveys.com/surveys/qrlab/nvivo-training/

Kate Tilleczek's CFI-funded qualitative research lab will deliver several days of training for Nvivo 10, a qualitative research program, during the fall 2013 semester. We are looking for input from on-campus researchers to choose a date. If you are interested, please fill out this two-question survey found at http://fluidsurveys.com/surveys/qrlab/nvivo-training/

Dear colleagues As many of you know, Dr. Brian Wagner served UPEI as Assistant Vice-President Graduate Studies for three years. On August 1, 2013, Brian returned full-time to the chemistry department. Vickie Johnston and I have organized an informal gathering at Mavors (Lounge area is booked and we can overflow outside if it is nice) from 3:30-5:30 pm on August 21. Please join us as we raise a glass to honour and thank Brian for his excellent work in support of graduate studies and graduate students at UPEI. Miles Turnbull P.S. All welcome. Our V-P Academic has generously offered to pay for a few nibblies (but not drinks!)

The Department of Health Management invites the campus community to a retirement reception for Barb Curley on Thursday, August 29 at 2:30 pm in The McCain Foundation Learning Commons at AVC. Light refreshments will be served. We hope that you can join us in celebrating her years at UPEI and wish her well in her retirement.

Dear colleagues As many of you know, Dr. Brian Wagner served UPEI as Assistant Vice-President Graduate Studies for three years. On August 1, 2013, Brian returned full-time to the chemistry department. Vickie Johnston and I have organized an informal gathering at Mavors (Lounge area is booked and we can overflow outside if it is nice) from 3:30-5:30 pm on August 21. Please join us as we raise a glass to honour and thank Brian for his excellent work in support of graduate studies and graduate students at UPEI. Miles Turnbull P.S. All welcome. Our V-P Academic has generously offered to pay for a few nibblies (but not drinks!)

The Department of Health Management invites the campus community to a retirement reception for Barb Curley on Thursday, August 29 at 2:30 pm in The McCain Foundation Learning Commons at AVC. Light refreshments will be served. We hope that you can join us in celebrating her years at UPEI and wish her well in her retirement.

Dear colleagues As many of you know, Dr. Brian Wagner served UPEI as Assistant Vice-President Graduate Studies for three years. On August 1, 2013, Brian returned full-time to the chemistry department. Vickie Johnston and I have organized an informal gathering at Mavors (Lounge area is booked and we can overflow outside if it is nice) from 3:30-5:30 pm on August 21. Please join us as we raise a glass to honour and thank Brian for his excellent work in support of graduate studies and graduate students at UPEI. Miles Turnbull P.S. All welcome. Our V-P Academic has generously offered to pay for a few nibblies (but not drinks!)

The Department of Health Management invites the campus community to a retirement reception for Barb Curley on Thursday, August 29 at 2:30 pm in The McCain Foundation Learning Commons at AVC. Light refreshments will be served. We hope that you can join us in celebrating her years at UPEI and wish her well in her retirement.

UPEI Security Services reminds the University community that the road that runs around the perimeter of campus is considered a provincial highway and is subject to the Highway Traffic Act. Of particular concern is that some roadway users are not stopping at stop signs which are often adjacent to pedestrian crosswalks. Please come to a full stop at all stop signs to ensure both your safety and that of pedestrians. Also, do not use cell phones while operating a vehicle. UPEI security officers patrol Perimeter Road and may issue fines for traffic violations under the Highway Traffic Act. Allen E.S. Veale, CD Assistant Manager - Parking and Building Security University of PEI

UPEI Security Services reminds the University community that the road that runs around the perimeter of campus is considered a provincial highway and is subject to the Highway Traffic Act. Of particular concern is that some roadway users are not stopping at stop signs which are often adjacent to pedestrian crosswalks. Please come to a full stop at all stop signs to ensure both your safety and that of pedestrians. Also, do not use cell phones while operating a vehicle. UPEI security officers patrol Perimeter Road and may issue fines for traffic violations under the Highway Traffic Act. Allen E.S. Veale, CD Assistant Manager - Parking and Building Security University of PEI

UPEI Security Services reminds the University community that the road that runs around the perimeter of campus is considered a provincial highway and is subject to the Highway Traffic Act. Of particular concern is that some roadway users are not stopping at stop signs which are often adjacent to pedestrian crosswalks. Please come to a full stop at all stop signs to ensure both your safety and that of pedestrians. Also, do not use cell phones while operating a vehicle. UPEI security officers patrol Perimeter Road and may issue fines for traffic violations under the Highway Traffic Act. Allen E.S. Veale, CD Assistant Manager - Parking and Building Security University of PEI

Dr. Samuel Workenhe, DVM, PhD is a post-doc from McMaster Immunology Research Centre and is a candidate for Adjunct and Graduate Faculty appointment in the Department of Pathology and Microbiology. He will be presenting a seminar entitled "Use of oncolytic viruses for the treatment of cancer" on Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at 2 pm in AVC-A. Everyone welcome.

Peter McCarthy, PhD (external member for Rebecca Pike's PhD defense) "The Microbial Population of Marine Sponges: a Biotechnological Resource" Date: Friday, August 23, 2013 Location: Lecture Theatre B, AVC Time: 10:00 am Dr. Peter McCarthy was educated in England and received his PhD in microbiology from the University of Kent at Canterbury. He did a post-doctoral fellowship at Smith Kline Beckman and then joined Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution in 1985. For the last seven years, Dr. McCarthy has worked as a research professor in the Marine Biomedical and Biotechnology Research group of Florida Atlantic University. Projects taking place in his lab include the identification of the symbiotic microbes present in deep-water marine sponges and the development of novel isolation methods to increase the numbers of microbes that can be cultured. This has resulted in the development of an extensive culture collection currently numbering over 19,000 isolates. The group works closely with the Marine Natural Products Chemistry group in the isolation and identification of chemicals produced by these unusual microbes with the goal of discovering new therapies for cancer and infectious diseases. New initiatives taking place in his lab include: the discovery of novel enzymes produced by marine microbes and their use in addressing biotechnological aspects of fuel generation and the investigation of methods to cultivate the pathogenic fungus Lacazia loboi. Everyone welcome!

Dr. Samuel Workenhe, DVM, PhD is a post-doc from McMaster Immunology Research Centre and is a candidate for Adjunct and Graduate Faculty appointment in the Department of Pathology and Microbiology. He will be presenting a seminar entitled "Use of oncolytic viruses for the treatment of cancer" on Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at 2 pm in AVC-A. Everyone welcome.

Peter McCarthy, PhD (external member for Rebecca Pike's PhD defense) "The Microbial Population of Marine Sponges: a Biotechnological Resource" Date: Friday, August 23, 2013 Location: Lecture Theatre B, AVC Time: 10:00 am Dr. Peter McCarthy was educated in England and received his PhD in microbiology from the University of Kent at Canterbury. He did a post-doctoral fellowship at Smith Kline Beckman and then joined Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution in 1985. For the last seven years, Dr. McCarthy has worked as a research professor in the Marine Biomedical and Biotechnology Research group of Florida Atlantic University. Projects taking place in his lab include the identification of the symbiotic microbes present in deep-water marine sponges and the development of novel isolation methods to increase the numbers of microbes that can be cultured. This has resulted in the development of an extensive culture collection currently numbering over 19,000 isolates. The group works closely with the Marine Natural Products Chemistry group in the isolation and identification of chemicals produced by these unusual microbes with the goal of discovering new therapies for cancer and infectious diseases. New initiatives taking place in his lab include: the discovery of novel enzymes produced by marine microbes and their use in addressing biotechnological aspects of fuel generation and the investigation of methods to cultivate the pathogenic fungus Lacazia loboi. Everyone welcome!