The "Women in the School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences" (WSMCS) will be hosting a professional headshot photobooth for students from 12:00-1:00 pm in Schurman Market Square, McDougall Hall. Students can drop in and have their photo taken, and receive a digital copy (to be used on a LinkedIn page, or other socialmedia). Cost will be $2 for WSMCS members or $5 for non-members. All proceeds go to WSMCS.

The "Women in the School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences" (WSMCS) will be hosting a professional headshot photobooth for students from 9:30-10:30 pm in Schurman Market Square, McDougall Hall. Students can drop in and have their photo taken, and receive a digital copy (to be used on a LinkedIn page, or other socialmedia). Cost will be $2 for WSMCS members or $5 for non-members. All proceeds go to WSMCS.

Beginning January 15, the Robertson Library Movie Talks will take place in the LINC (Room 265) from 7:00 to 9:00 pm.  Each week will highlight a timely movie available from our National Film Board Campus collection. There will be a discussion after each movie led by an interdisciplinary panel of UPEI faculty, staff, students, and community members. The first film to be viewed is the documentary, Abegweit, “… a stunning meeting of technology, politics, high finance and intense emotions” examines the construction of the Confederation Bridge and the voices of the people affected by it. Free admission! Popcorn will be provided. Bring your lidded, non-alcoholic drink. Everyone is welcome! 

Moodle's Gradebook is a way of tracking grades and sharing them with students right inside Moodle. The E-Learning Office is hosting an introductory workshop for using the Gradebook in your courses. This session will cover the basics of setting up a gradebook, entering grades in the grader report, sending your final grades to the Registrar's Office. If you're interested in attending, please sign up here.  If you cannot attend the session but have questions or need help, please contact us at moodle@upei.ca.

The monthly meeting of the UPEI & Friends Neuroscience Journal Club will be held on Friday, January 12, 2018 from 3:00 to 4:00 pm in the "fishbowl" of the 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 paper to be discussed please contact Joel Ross: pjross@upei.ca or Andy Tasker: tasker@upei.ca.

All members of the University community are invited by the Office of the President, Development and Alumni Engagement, Student Affairs, and Bell Let's Talk to a special announcement about mental health on campus on Wednesday, January 17 at 10 am in the McCain Foundation Learning Commons.

Are you interested in a job with Parks Canada? Curious about what jobs they offer? The Parks Canada job application deadline is coming up! Parks Canada will be hosting an employment info booth on Wednesday, January, 17 from 11:00 am-2:00 pm in the Robertson Library Breezeway. All students welcome! Storm date: If the University is closed due to a storm on the January 17, the booth will be held on Thursday January 18 (same time and place).

Chemistry PhD Student Leon Liang will give a Molecular and Macromolecular Sciences Seminar Presentation on Wednesday, January 17, 2018 in Duffy Research Centre Room 212 at 12:30 pm. The title of his presentation is "Natural Product Discovery through a Co-culture Mimic Methodology".

UPEI is one of the latest universities to join SHAD (shad.ca), an award-winning national enrichment program that brings top high school students from across Canada to 16 university campuses across the country every July. The first SHAD UPEI program will take place from July 1-27, 2018, and we will be hosting 48 students with diverse interests in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) and entrepreneurship. A keystone feature of the program is the Design-Entrepreneurship (DE) project, which requires participants to work in teams to design a new product that solves a problem corresponding with a centrally chosen theme. During the four weeks, SHADs participate in a jam-packed schedule with lectures, workshops, recreation, and DE project time. We’re looking for faculty, staff, students and community leaders, who are interested in helping with SHAD UPEI. Commitments can be small or large: delivering a seminar on a relevant topic that you’re passionate about; leading a workshop or tour; mentoring the students on their DE projects for a few hours over the course of the program; or living in residence with the students as a paid member of the SHAD team. If you’re interested in finding out more about the opportunities, please join us for an information session, or contact Kaaren May, Program Co-Director, at kmay@upei.ca. You could also visit upei.ca/shad for the latest updates.

Bernard Haché, NSERC Research and Innovation Development Officer, will be giving a presentation focusing on NSERC Engage Grants and their strategic use.  The presentation will take place on Thursday, January 18 from 11:30 to 12:20 in the UPEI School of Sustainable Design Engineering, Room 306.