The Faculty of Science wishes to announce Bsmah Thabet, masters student, will be defending her thesis entitled "Design and Properties of Iron-Containing Dendrimers Capped with Pyrene Moieties"

Join PEI's Poet Laureate and the Bookmark for a celebration of National Poetry Month featuring a social hour, readings by four Island poets (Deirdre Kessler, Jane Ledwell, John MacKenzie and David Hickey), a Q&A moderated by John Flood, and an open mic.

Dr. Matthew Pauley, Entrepreneurship Faculty Candidate for the Faculty of Business, will give his public presentation on Friday, April 13 at 10:00 am, in MCDH 243. The title of the presentation is Entrepreneurial Exit: Evidence of the Entrepreneur's Exit Process from Micro and Small Businesses'. All are welcome to attend.

The monthly meeting of the UPEI & Friends Neuroscience Journal Club will be held on Friday Arpil 13, 2018 from 3-4 pm in the "fishbowl" of the Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre (NRC). All neuroscience research students as well as faculty, scientists and staff with an interest in neuroscience topics are welcome to attend. For a copy of the controversial recent paper to be discussed please contact Bob Deziel (bdeziel@upei.ca)

The Faculty of Science wishes to announce KIMBERLY MACDONALD, masters student, will be defending her thesis entitled "Barriers and Enablers to Implementing and Adhering to the Healthy Eating Guidelines for PEI Early Years Centres." The defense will take place on April 12, 2018 from 12:30 to 4:30 pm in the Health Sciences Building, 3rd Floor Boardroom Everyone welcome!

Join us for the 2018 Panther Golf Classic, presented by Stewart McKelvey. Thursday June 21, 2018 Belvedere Golf Course Registration: 12:00—12:45 pm Shotgun start: 1:00 pm All funds raised go directly to the Athletic teams to help enhance their respective programs. $800 per team; $200 per individual Deadline for registration is June 7, 2018. Read more and register

shOUT! PEI Get Engaged With PEI’s LGBTQ2S+ Community The Diversity and Social Justice Studies program at the University of Prince Edward Island is pleased to announce it will be hosting the fifth annual shOUT! PEI’s Gender and Sexuality Awareness Conference. The conference is a day-long event featuring hands-on workshops, engaging presentations, and thought-provoking discussion panels around LGBTQ2S+ issues faced by our Island community. This day will begin with a land acknowledgement and opening ceremony led by Eliza Star Child Knockwood, followed by a panel of queer Islanders sharing their stories. Throughout the day, we will have presentations covering topics such as LGBTQ2S+ mental health, how to start your own GSA, inclusive safer sex education, and workshops on drag make-up and zine-making. Resources from local groups and businesses such as PEERS Alliance, Women’s Network, Pride PEI, Wild Impulse, etc will be available throughout the day. We are proud to announce the conception of QueerScape: an Island showcase of artists in the LGBTQ2S+ community open to any artistic medium. The day will conclude with a keynote performance by Island-born artist, Tanya Davis, and a closing ceremony by Eliza Star Child Knockwood. The event is free and open to the public: youth, parents, students, educators, healthcare providers, and anyone interested in exploring gender and sexuality. Our event will have volunteers trained in peer mental health support on-site if any of our participants require it. Coffee and tea will be available for purchase in the morning and lunch will be provided free of charge. We will be accepting donations throughout the day to support PEERS Alliance and their LGBTQ2S+ programming. Registration begins at 9:30am in McMillan Hall in the W. P. Murphy Student Centre on the UPEI campus. All venues for the conference are accessible, and there are all-gender washrooms on site. The conference begins at 10am and ends at 5pm. 

The UPEI community is invited to join our 2018 graduates with their families and friends at a Mass of Thanksgiving to celebrate their accomplishments and to wish them well. His Grace Richard Grecco, Bishop of Charlottetown will preside. 

We are delighted to welcome Dr. Carol Evans (Chair in Higher Education at the University of Southampton, UK National Teaching Fellow, and Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy) and Dr. Martina Doolan (Senior Blended Learning Fellow at the University of Hertfordshire, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and UK National Teaching Fellow) for an afternoon of workshops and discussion on university teaching. On May 7, 2018 two concurrent workshops will be offered at 2:00 pm in Don and Marion McDougall Hall:Workshop A: “Pedagogical Framework For Collaborative Learning in a Social Blended E-Learning Context: an Overview of the Dialogic Shamrock” with Dr. Doolan (MCD 328).Workshop B: “Enhancing Assessment and Feedback: a Pragmatic, Research-Informed Approach: EAT” with Dr. Evans (MCD 329). The workshops will be followed at 3:30 by a panel, including Dr. Srinivas Sampali (Dalhousie), on the topic “What Makes you Hopeful for the Future of Higher Education?” Please register by May 2 with Shannon Murray (smurray@upei.ca) and indicate which of the two workshops you plan to attend. This event is sponsored by the Vice-President Academic and Research and the Faculty Development Office. All are welcome!

The Faculty of Science wishes to announce Sean Landsman, PhD candidate from the Department of Biology, will be defending his thesis entitled "Movement, Behaviour, and Marine-Derived Nutrients: A Comprehensive Assessment of Issues Related to Fish Passage in Atlantic Canada" on Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at 9:00 am. All PhD defences are open to the public and you are welcome to attend. Please note seating may be limited.