Music Department's Annual Haunted House
Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and caldron bubble…
The UPEI Music Department is hosting its annual Haunted House on October 27 and 28 from 7:00 to 11:00 pm, in Steel Building. This event is the department's largest fundraiser, with all proceeds going to student scholarships. Cost is just $5 a person, and $4 for UPEI and Holland College students. There will also be a bake sale, so bring an appetite when you come to get spooked! Parental discretion is advised for young children.
ESHB Seminar Series
The next presentations in the Environmental Sciences and Human Biology (ESHB) seminar series will take place on Friday, October 27 at 12:30 in Duffy Science Centre, Rm. 204.
Robyn Leigh Connors, Applied Human Sciences - Kinesiology, will give a talk entitled “Establishing the reliability of measures of centre of pressure in postural sway and gait initiation in a cohort of university aged active individuals”; Anne Shileche Applied Human Sciences - Nutrition, will give a talk entitled "Research based learning abroad project and impact on community groups in central Kenya”.
All are welcome!
Spooktacular Tales at the Robertson Library
The Robertson Library is hosting an evening of ghost stories, eerie tales, songs, and legends from UPEI, PEI, and beyond! Join the fun on Wednesday, October 25 at 7:00 pm in Rm. 308 (Upper Level) of the Library. Bring your non-alcoholic lidded drink, we’ll supply treats!
Admission is free and everyone is welcome!
Music Department's Annual Haunted House
Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and caldron bubble…
The UPEI Music Department is hosting its annual Haunted House on October 27 and 28 from 7:00 to 11:00 pm, in Steel Building. This event is the department's largest fundraiser, with all proceeds going to student scholarships. Cost is just $5 a person, and $4 for UPEI and Holland College students. There will also be a bake sale, so bring an appetite when you come to get spooked! Parental discretion is advised for young children.
Women’s History Month Celebration in the Robertson Library
Join the Honourable Paula Biggar, PEI’s Minister Responsible for the Status of Women, the PEI Interministerial Women’s Secretariat, and the PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women to celebrate women’s contributions to Prince Edward Island History. The event runs Friday, October 27 from 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm in UPEI’s Robertson Library. There will be memory sharing at 4:00 pm and a casual reception with light refreshments. All are welcome to come and bring a photo, artefact, or memory to share.
Learn the "New" RefWorks: 30-Minute Workshop
The Robertson Library is offering an intro 30-minute presentation with further hands-on time on the RefWorks citation management system on Tuesday, November 7 at 2:00 pm in the LINC classroom of the Robertson Library.
This will be useful for students and faculty, whether you used the old RefWorks or are learning RefWorks for the first time. If you bring your laptop, we can help you set up the Word or Google Docs plugin following the main presentation. If you are unable to make these times but would like to learn about RefWorks, please contact Melissa Belvadi, mbelvadi@upei.ca.
Faculty are encouraged to share this announcement with their classes!
Learn the "New" RefWorks: 30-Minute Workshop
The Robertson Library is offering an intro 30-minute presentation with further hands-on time on the RefWorks citation management system on Friday, November 10 at 12:00 Noon in the LINC classroom of the Robertson Library.
This will be useful for students and faculty, whether you used the old RefWorks or are learning RefWorks for the first time. If you bring your laptop, we can help you set up the Word or Google Docs plugin following the main presentation. If you are unable to make these times but would like to learn about RefWorks, please contact Melissa Belvadi, mbelvadi@upei.ca.
Faculty are encouraged to share this announcement with their classes!
Candidate presentation: Faculties of Education and Arts
The Faculty of Education and the Faculty of Arts invite members of the campus community - students, faculty and staff - to attend a public presentation by Tricia Logan, candidate for a multi-disciplinary tenure-track position in Indigenous Education. Presentations by candidates for this position will focus on issues of Indigenous Education being integrated in to the daily life, and work, of the University, and their teaching and program of research related to the areas of focus within the Facilities of Education and Arts.
Dr. Logan’s presentation takes place on Friday, November 3, 2017 from 9:00 to 10:00 am in Memorial Hall Room 308. For further information, contact Karen-Anne O'Halloran at kohalloran@upei.ca.
StartUp Zone and StartUp Visa
It's never too early to start thinking about your career! Atlantic Canada Career Week (ACCW) at UPEI aims to promote and support career development for all students.
UPEI Career Services invites you to a session entitled StartUp Zone and StartUp Visa. Start-Up Zone is "PEI's business incubator," helping to accelerate new startups. and Start-Up Visa is intended to help international students with skills and potential to build businesses in Canada.
All are welcome to attend from 12:30 to 1:30 pm in AVC Room 286B North. See the full list of events by clicking here.
Panel Discussion: Benefits of Involvement in Student Government
It's never too early to start thinking about your career! Atlantic Canada Career Week (ACCW) at UPEI aims to promote and support career development for all students.
Getting involved in student government can open a lot of doors for any student in any faculty. This panel will dig deeper into the impacts and benefits of getting involved, and many of the skills you could learn along the way.
All are welcome to attend from 3:30 to 4:30 pm in the Heather Love Executive Boardroom in the WA Murphy Student Centre. See the full list of events by clicking here. Free snacks provided!