Join Father John Lacey with Fathers Andrew MacDonald, and Charlie Cheverie in the Dr. Steel Recital Hall for a celebratory Mass to honour the class of 2014. A reception will follow in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre at 7:30 pm.

Please join us to celebrate our graduate students' research achievements in this year's Graduate Studies day. The event includes welcoming remarks, an invited keynote speaker presentation, and an array of student oral and poster presentations.

As part of the Festival preceding the combined gala for the PEI Book Awards and the Atlantic Book Awards May 21, there will be a panel discussion by non-fiction nominees John Flood – editor (The Master’s Wife: The Book and the Place), Earle Lockerby (Diaries of the Acadian Deportations, No. 1: Jeremiah Bancroft at Fort Beauséjour and Grand-Pré) and Pan Wendt (Lionel F. Stevenson: Fifty Years of Photographs/ Cinquante ans de photographie (1962-2012). For more information, visit: www.atlanticbookawards.ca

The Office of the Vice-President Academic invites you to a "Celebration of Island Studies" on Wednesday, May 21, from 3:00-4:30 pm in the Faculty Lounge, Main Building. Join us at an informal reception to celebrate Island Studies at the University of Prince Edward Island that will pay tribute to the work of the Institute of Island Studies and recognize the contributions of its past Director, Irene Novaczek.

The R.G. Thomson Lecture is an endowed annual lecture that honours AVC's founding dean. The lecture will be presented by Dr. Jonna Mazet, University of California, Davis. Dr. Mazet's lecture, "Rising to the Research Challenge: new approaches for identifying emerging infectious diseases and mitigating their spread," will be held on Thursday, May 15 at 9:20 a.m. in Lecture Theatre A.

In celebration of the graduate studies program, will be held on Thursday and Friday, May 15 and 16, 2014, in AVC's Lecture Theatre A. Students will present their recent research findings (or their research plans if they are new students) in animal health research, fish health and marine research and biomedical science and human health research. An awards ceremony will follow.

Join H. Wade MacLauchlan and Alex B. Campbell for the Charlottetown Launch of Alex B. Campbell:The Prince Edward Island Premier Who Rocked the Cradle, on Saturday, May 31 from 2:30-5:00 pm in McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre. Bruce Rainnie will be the event's master of ceremonies. Published by the Prince Edward Island Museum and Heritage Foundation, Alex B. Campbell: The Prince Edward Island Premier Who Rocked The Cradle will be over 400 pages, include more than 150 photos, and have a hard-cover binding with a full-colour dustjack. For more information and to purchase an advanced copy, visit the www.alexbcampbell.ca.

The UPEI School of Nursing is pleased to host the 2014 ARCASN AGM and Research Conference from May 21-22 on campus. The 2014 theme is "The Value of the Registered Nurse in Creating Positive Change and Transforming Health Care."

The Honourable Gail Shea, Canada’s Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, will be at UPEI on Wednesday, May 21 at 11:00 am to announce the creation and awarding of a new Tier 1 Canada Research Chair, held by Dr. Kate Tilleczek. The event will be held in the Credit Union Day Lounge of UPEI’s W.A. Murphy Student Centre. A brief reception will follow. All are welcome.

Over the past several months, the search committee for the Vice-President Academic has received and considered expressions of interest and supporting documents from potential candidates for the position. A number of outstanding candidates proceeded to the interview process. As a result, two candidates have been selected by the committee to deliver public presentations to campus. Both presentations will be held in Lecture Theatre A of the Atlantic Veterinary College. Each 20-minute presentation will be followed by an opportunity for questions from the audience. Dr. Christian Lacroix will present on Thursday, May 22, 10:30 to 11:45 am. The session will be moderated by Dr. Gordon MacDonald.