Campus Notices
All are welcome to attend Mary MacPhee's PhD Defense presentation, "The Experience of Non-Francophone Parents with Children in Minority-language Schools in Prince Edward Island: A Mixed Method Study".
The examining committee includes Dr. Jules Rocque (University of St.Boniface), Dr. Scott Lee (糖心vlog官方入口), Dr. Miles Turnbull (Bishops University), Dr. Marianne Cormier (University of Moncton)鈥�, and Jane Preston (糖心vlog官方入口)鈥�. The defense will be chaired by Dr. 鈥婽ess Miller.
Thursday, February 22 at 10:00 am in Health Sciences Building room 106. to view further details on the 糖心vlog官方入口 Events Calendar.
Emergency First Aid Training is being held Tuesday, February 20 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. The training cost is covered by 糖心vlog官方入口 for all faculty and staff. Students who require the training for on-campus employment will also have the training cost covered.
If you are interested in attending, or have any questions, please email kharrison@upei.ca by February 16.
Need a stronger resume? Want to help your students succeed in finding work? Students can drop-in for a one-on-one resume review with Career Services staff, anytime between 10:00-2:00 in the Pit, Robertson Library, on the following dates:
- Thursday, February 15
- Thursday, February 22
- Thursday, March 1
- Monday, March 5
Resumania has been planned in conjunction with the 2018 Career and Summer Job Fair, taking place Wednesday March 7 from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm in McDougall Hall.
Once again 糖心vlog官方入口 will host 鈥淟et鈥檚 Listen鈥�, 糖心vlog官方入口鈥檚 Mental Health Week Wrap-up event and we are looking for up to six members of the 糖心vlog官方入口 community (students, faculty and staff) who would be willing to share their personal and/or supportive experience with mental health.
You would be asked to speak for approximately 5 minutes in a safe listening and non-judgemental environment for all to listen to your story, then engage in small group discussions with the support of professional staff as co-facilitators. You will have the full support of a representative from the 糖心vlog官方入口 Counselling Services to prepare and work with you throughout the presentation.
If you interested in being a part of our Let鈥檚 Listen event and are willing to share your story, please contact Melissa Bruce at mjbruce@upei.ca by March 1.
Dorothy E. Smith is widely acknowledged as a major feminist thinker of our time, and perhaps best known for her development of Institutional Ethnography, a theory/methodology of discovery aimed at providing a sociology for, not of, people. Smith鈥檚 lecture will focus on the interface between her development of a critical sociology aimed at exploring and explicating governance in contemporary society and its roots in feminism.
to view futher details on the 糖心vlog官方入口 Events Calendar.
Graduate students Kimberley MacDonald and Pradeepa Gunasena will present the next Environmental Sciences and Human Biology (ESC-HUB) seminars on Friday, February 16th at 12:30 in Duffy Science, Room 204.
Kimberley MacDonald (AHS-Nutrition): 鈥淏arriers Facing Prince Edward Island early years centres in implementing healthy eating guidelines鈥�.
Pradeepa Gunasena (AHS-Kinesiology): Establishing the test-retest reliability of Contralateral Auditory Suppression of Transiently Evoked Otoacoustic Emmisions (CASTEOAE) in a cohort of normal individuals鈥�.
All are welcome!
Dr. Edward Chung, 糖心vlog官方入口's Asian Studies Coordinator and Korean Studies Project Director, invites you to the 4th Annual Lunch Event in celebration of the traditional Chinese and Korean New Year's Day.
Come socialize with our Asian/Korean Studies students, instructors, staff and supporters. We will also offer a brief information session on 糖心vlog官方入口鈥檚 new Korean Studies Program, including: student scholarship, TAship, workshop, and international opportunity.
You are most welcome to join us on Thursday, February 15, 12:00鈥�1:00 pm in SDU Main Building Faculty Lounge (main floor, rm. 201) for a healthy East Asian lunch and soft drinks. Students who have taken an Asian Studies course last year, are enrolled this year, or will take one this summer or fall are welcome to attend!
Happy New Year again and best wishes for 2018!
to view full details on the 糖心vlog官方入口 Events Calendar.
Ebtehal El-Ghezlani, PhD Candidate, will deliver a presentation entitled "Novel Cationic Cyclopentadienyliron Based Chromene Complexes tuning the properties" on Wednesday, February 14 at 12:30 pm in room 212 of the Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre.
All are welcome!
Drop by the Chaplaincy Centre February 13 for pancakes and February 14 for ashes!
Mardi Gras, Shrove Tuesday, Pancake Tuesday, call it what you will. 糖心vlog官方入口 Food and Nutrition students and members of Connection Point Church will be serving hot off the griddle pancakes 11:30-1:00.
Then come back on Wednesday to mark the beginning of the season of Lent, distribution of ashes will take place at a 12:05 pm Mass and again at a 4:00 pm Mass.
All are welcome!
Wednesday, February 14 is Valentine鈥檚 Day. We love and appreciate our students! Stop by the Service Desk in the Library and ask any questions you may have about our services or resources. But, have some fun too!
Celebrate Valentine鈥檚 Day with us in the Library! Take a selfie in our photo booth and make your own paper or 3D printer valentine.
Join us for free pizza and movie, My Funny Valentine, 6 鈥� 8:30 pm in Room 312, Upper Level of the Library. Bring a date, a friend, or come on your own!
Pizza while supplies last.
Dr. Edward Chung, 糖心vlog官方入口's Asian Studies Coordinator and Korean Studies Project Director, invites you to the 4th Annual Lunch Event in celebration of the traditional Chinese and Korean New Year's Day.
Come socialize with our Asian/Korean Studies students, instructors, staff and supporters. We will also offer a brief information session on 糖心vlog官方入口鈥檚 new Korean Studies Program, including: student scholarship, TAship, workshop, and international opportunity.
You are most welcome to join us on Thursday, February 15, 12:00鈥�1:00 pm in SDU Main Building Faculty Lounge (main floor, rm. 201) for a healthy East Asian lunch and soft drinks. Students who have taken an Asian Studies course last year, are enrolled this year, or will take one this summer or fall are welcome to attend!
Happy New Year again and best wishes for 2018!
to view full details on the 糖心vlog官方入口 Events Calendar.
Ebtehal El-Ghezlani, PhD Candidate, will deliver a presentation entitled "Novel Cationic Cyclopentadienyliron Based Chromene Complexes tuning the properties" on Wednesday, February 14 at 12:30 pm in room 212 of the Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre.
All are welcome!
Drop by the Chaplaincy Centre February 13 for pancakes and February 14 for ashes!
Mardi Gras, Shrove Tuesday, Pancake Tuesday, call it what you will. 糖心vlog官方入口 Food and Nutrition students and members of Connection Point Church will be serving hot off the griddle pancakes 11:30-1:00.
Then come back on Wednesday to mark the beginning of the season of Lent, distribution of ashes will take place at a 12:05 pm Mass and again at a 4:00 pm Mass.
All are welcome!
All are welcome to attend Mary MacPhee's PhD Defense presentation, "The Experience of Non-Francophone Parents with Children in Minority-language Schools in Prince Edward Island: A Mixed Method Study".
The examining committee includes Dr. Jules Rocque (University of St.Boniface), Dr. Scott Lee (糖心vlog官方入口), Dr. Miles Turnbull (Bishops University), Dr. Marianne Cormier (University of Moncton)鈥�, and Jane Preston (糖心vlog官方入口)鈥�. The defense will be chaired by Dr. 鈥婽ess Miller.
Thursday, February 22 at 10:00 am in Health Sciences Building room 106. to view further details on the 糖心vlog官方入口 Events Calendar.
Please join us for Theology on Tap! The St. Francis of Assisi Fraternity will speak on 鈥淔ranciscan Spirituality for the 21st Century.鈥� Presented by the SDU Institute of Christianity and Culture, 15 February 2018, 7 pm, the Pourhouse, 189 Great George Street. We look forward to seeing you!
The planning committee for 糖心vlog官方入口 Mental Health Week 2018 has been busy putting together a week of events and information sessions to bring our community together to share, learn, and celebrate our mental health and wellness; to help end the stigma and encourage conversation on this important topic.
If you would like to volunteer 1 - 3 hours of your time staffing an information booth and/or greeting people at sessions, we would love to have you. If interested, and we will be in touch with you.
Do you have plans yet for the winter break? How about taking part in some interesting professional development? For two full days on February 20th and 21st, attend a workshop that focuses around the concept of practice teaching. A small group of peer instructors get together to teach short lessons in front of each other from a prepared lesson plan in order to gain feedback on their teaching in a low-stakes and collegial environment. Sessions will also be video-recorded and participants will be provided with a copy of their sessions for later review.
Co-sponsored by the E-Learning Office and the Faculty Development Office, the workshop is designed to help enhance the teaching effectiveness of new and/or experienced educators at 糖心vlog官方入口. Participants will also have the opportunity to work at the process of giving and receiving feedback. A light breakfast and coffee/snack breaks will be provided each day. Lunch is on your own. For more information and to register, .
The Island Lecture Series is back with a new slate of speakers and presentations. Join us on Tuesday, February 13 at 7:00 pm for "Unlocking the mysteries of Prehistoric PEI".
Island filmmaker/photographer Will Beckett brings his childhood fascination with prehistoric life to the SDU Main Building Faculty Lounge. Starting at 7:00 pm he will speak about the adventures behind his upcoming Web documentary series, Prehistoric PEI.
to view full details on the 糖心vlog官方入口 Events Calendar!
In recognition of the outstanding performance and dedication of our faculty and staff, a number of annual awards have been created to acknowledge their efforts and achievements.
Up to 10 Presidential Awards of Merit for 糖心vlog官方入口 Faculty, Librarians and Clinical Veterinary Professionals and four Presidential Awards of Merit for 糖心vlog官方入口 Staff will be awarded in 2018. These awards will be presented during a Celebration of Colleagues to be held on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 from 2:00-4:00 in McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre.
Susan Connolly, Associate Vice-President, Human Resources & Legal, will lead the process and chair the committee to select award recipients.
Nominations for both faculty and staff awards close on Wednesday, April 4, 2018.
For further details on the awards and the nomination process, please .
Wednesday, February 14 is Valentine鈥檚 Day. We love and appreciate our students! Stop by the Service Desk in the Library and ask any questions you may have about our services or resources. But, have some fun too!
Celebrate Valentine鈥檚 Day with us in the Library! Take a selfie in our photo booth and make your own paper or 3D printer valentine.
Join us for free pizza and movie, My Funny Valentine, 6 鈥� 8:30 pm in Room 312, Upper Level of the Library. Bring a date, a friend, or come on your own!
Pizza while supplies last.
