The Dr. Frances Gray Music Performance Competition 2015 Finals concert will be held Thursday, January 22 at the Dr. Steel Recital Hall, UPEI at 7:30 pm. This annual competition was recently renamed in honour of Dr. Gray’s retirement from the UPEI Music Department. The six students chosen from the preliminary round to perform in the finals are: Rebecca Apps, soprano; Jillian Clow, mezzo soprano; Leah Inman, piano; Lucas MacPhail, alto saxophone; Kailey Norris, clarinet and Hannah Rollwage, mezzo soprano. Judges for the competition are well-known PEI musicians and educators: Reg Ballagh, Peter Bevan Baker, Ken Fornetran, Karen Graves and Anne White. Tickets are $15/$10 for students and seniors and are available at the door, in advance online at www.upeirecitals11.bpt.me, or calling 902-566-0507 or by email at music@upei.ca.

Join the UPEI Graduate Students' Association for their monthly seminar series titled: My Journey through Graduate School. This month’s seminar will take place on Tuesday, February 3 from 12:15-1:00 pm in Memorial Hall, room 417 with guest speakers Janet Loebach and Brandi Bell. All are welcome to attend and bring their lunch. For more information, contact Brittany Jakubiec at bjakubiec@upei.ca.

Join the UPEI Graduate Students' Association for their monthly seminar series titled: My Journey through Graduate School. This month’s seminar will take place on Monday, March 2 from 12:15-1:00 pm in the Faculty Lounge, SDU Main Building with guest speakers Dr. Jane Preston and Dr. Brian Wagner. All are welcome to attend and bring their lunch. For more information, contact Brittany Jakubiec at bjakubiec@upei.ca.

The UPEI & Holland College Chapter of Ducks Unlimited Canada will host their first annual fundraising banquet on March 26, 2015, in McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre with doors opening at 5:30 pm and dinner at 7:00 pm. All proceeds go towards Ducks Unlimited Canada's conservation work on Prince Edward Island. This chapter is only the second in Canada run by post secondary school students. Ticket prices are $30 each and can be purchased through the Ducks Unlimited Canada website. For more information, contact Kyle Doucette at 902-394-4488/kyledoucette1@hotmail.com, or Brett MacKinnon at 902-218-7033/brett_mackinnon@hotmail.com.

UPEI students, staff and faculty are invited to attend a fun and competitive inter-faculty competition to see who has the best Hockey team! The event is free of charge and takes place at the MacLauchlan Arena beginning at 1:00pm on Friday, January 23. Games will be the following: Business vs Arts 1:00 Science vs Other Faculties 2:10 Championship 3:15 Games will run for two periods (20 minutes per period). For more information, contact Jeremy MacAulay at jjmacaulay@upei.ca.

The UPEI Multicultural Choir and Song Circle invites students, staff and faculty to rehearsals on Monday’s from 5:30-6:30 pm in the Chaplaincy Centre for the 2015 winter semester. The choir encourages experienced singers and new singing enthusiasts to join in sharing world music and songs from different countries and cultures. To join the email list or for more information, contact upeimcandsc@gmail.com.

*This session has been rescheduled from Thursday, February 6. Join Dr. Tess Miller, associate professor of mathematics in the Faculty of Education, for a free math workshop on decimals on Thursday, February 5 from 4:30-6:00 pm in Health Sciences Building, room 104. This session is open to all UPEI students, parents, teachers, pre-service teachers, etc. The purpose of the workshop is to explore decimal concepts using pictorial representations – an easy hands-on approach. Advanced registration (tmiller@upei.ca) is required.

Join Dr. Tess Miller, associate professor of mathematics in the Faculty of Education, for a free math workshop on multiplication on Thursday, February 26 from 4:30-6:00 pm in Don and Marion McDougall Hall, room 328. This session is open to all UPEI students. Advanced registration (tmiller@upei.ca) is required.

CPA Atlantic School of Business is back on campus this semester with information sessions and office hours to help you prepare to enter the Chartered Professional Accountants certification program after graduation. Take part in the information session on Tuesday, February 3 from 2:30-3:30 in Don and Marion McDougall Hall, room 231. Please note that seats are limited. *This session has been re-scheduled from the January 27 session, due to weather. RSVP in advance to CPA Atlantic Program Advisor, Rachelle Gauvin, rgauvin@cpaatlantic.ca. The information session is designed specifically for third and fourth year students preparing to enter the CPA path in 2015 or 2016, but all interested students are welcome.

UPEI Men's Hockey Alumni are invited to participate in a celebration in honour of the 50th anniversary of the SDU 1964-65 Maritime Championship and the 30th anniversary of the UPEI 1984-85 AUAA Championship. The reception will take place on Friday, January 23 from 5:00-6:30 pm prior to the UPEI Men's Hockey game at 7:00 pm, at The Wave in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre. There will be complimentary food and tickets to the hockey game provided. For more information, and to RSVP, please contact alumni@upei.ca or call 902-566-0687.