Campus Notices
Ash Wednesday Masses and Distribution of Ashes will take place at the Chaplaincy Centre at 12:05 pm and 4:30 pm on Wednesday, February 10. For those who are able, Ash Wednesday is a day to fast (cut out / cut back) and abstain from meat.
Welcome to the feast before the fast ... Everyone is invited for Pancakes and Sausages in the Chaplaincy Centre to celebrate Pancake Tuesday / Mardi Gras / Shrove Tuesday, prepared and served in collaboration with The Point, Connection Point Christian Church.
Tuesday, February 9, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
糖心vlog官方入口 Athletics and Recreation is partnering with the Parkdale Sherwood Lions Club to host the "Wendel Clark and Friends" game at MacLauchlan Arena on Thursday, February 11. Game time is 7:00 pm.
Former NHL players attending the event include: Wendel Clark, Stephane Richer, Ron Duguay, Al Iafrate, Gary Leeman, Denis Maruk, Peter Klima, Ken Linseman, Mike Lalor, and Roy Nolan.
Panther Hockey captains Mason Wilgosh and Sam Sweet will also be on the ice, and there will be a special appearance by the Junior Panthers.
Ticket costs: $20 - Game admission; $50 - Dressing room pass (includes game admission, 20 tickets maximum each period); $80 - "Meet and Greet" (includes game admission and post-game social, maximum 100 tickets)
Proceeds are in support of Panther Sport. For tickets, contact Bruce Donaldson at 902-566-0368, or by email at bdonaldson@upei.ca.
Ever wonder about who online courses really belong to? Or what happens to them when you're not around? Check out the newest blog post over on the SCENT website: .
Leave a comment (or two!) and join your colleagues in thinking about this very important facet of academic freedom as it affects our pedagogy and curriculum. And, of course, you can still comment on the first blog post too. We're leading up to our big end-of-term public lecture and workshop with Dr. Len Findlay of the University of Saskatchewan on April 27! So take a few minutes and join in!
For more info:
Ann Braithwaite, Chair of SCENT, abraithwwaite@upei.ca or Gerald Wandio, Faculty Development Office,
Qammar Almas, PhD student will present a seminar on Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at 12:30 pm in the Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre, Lecture Theatre, Room 212. The presentation is entitled "Novel Computational Approaches to Research in Chemistry". All are welcome!
Business 371 students Tanya Phillips, Nicole Lynn McTague, Phillip Corney, and Vishrut Kapoor invite faculty, staff, and students to drop by their two Gift Shop stations on February 10 from 11 am - 3 pm at the Robertson Library and Don and Marion McDougall Hall to find that special gift for your Valentine. Gift selections include Candy Bags, Plush Toys, Cupcakes, and Cards.
This initiative is a part of the entrepreneurship class taught by Assistant Professor Michael Cassidy. For more information, email: valentinesecret688@gmail.com
The location for Noontime Yoga on Tuesday, February 9 will be the 糖心vlog官方入口 Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre due to the Pancakes and Sausages event taking place at the Chaplaincy Centre. The class will return to the Chaplaincy Centre the following week. For more information, email: amarchbank@upei.ca
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For more Information, contact James Murphy, jamurphy@upei.ca
K & D Pratt will be on campus this week in various buildings to re-certify fire extinguishers. They will require access to all labs on campus even if the extinguishers are not due to be re-certified, as they will be installing a fire extinguisher sticker above the extinguishers. We request that everyone please assist them in gaining access where extinguishers exist.
If you have any questions, please contact Jackie MacPhail at jmacphail@upei.ca or 902-566-6034.
The Search Committee for the Financial Mathematics faculty position in the 糖心vlog官方入口 School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences invites you to a public presentation by candidate Alexander Alvarez on Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at 11:30am in KMB 211. The presentation "Modelling Financial Markets beyond Black-Scholes" will be followed by a Q&A session. All are welcome to attend.
糖心vlog官方入口 Athletics and Recreation is partnering with the Parkdale Sherwood Lions Club to host the "Wendel Clark and Friends" game at MacLauchlan Arena on Thursday, February 11. Game time is 7:00 pm.
Former NHL players attending the event include: Wendel Clark, Stephane Richer, Ron Duguay, Al Iafrate, Gary Leeman, Denis Maruk, Peter Klima, Ken Linseman, Mike Lalor, and Roy Nolan.
Panther Hockey captains Mason Wilgosh and Sam Sweet will also be on the ice, and there will be a special appearance by the Junior Panthers.
Ticket costs: $20 - Game admission; $50 - Dressing room pass (includes game admission, 20 tickets maximum each period); $80 - "Meet and Greet" (includes game admission and post-game social, maximum 100 tickets)
Proceeds are in support of Panther Sport. For tickets, contact Bruce Donaldson at 902-566-0368, or by email at bdonaldson@upei.ca.
Looking for lunch? Your campus pub, The Wave, offers Daily Lunch Specials: All Day Breakfast Mondays, Ravioli Tuesdays, Grilled Cheese Wednesdays, Poutine Thursdays, and Flatbread Fridays.
Located next door to the bookstore in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre, The Wave is pleased to offer a variety of food for a variety of folks. Almost every item on our menu can be made 'to go' if you are looking for lunch in a hurry-- just call ahead at 902-566-3066. Support one of the 糖心vlog官方入口 Student Union's businesses while taking advantage of our convenient location on campus!
The next presentation in the Human Biology and Environmental Sciences Seminar Series will take place on Friday, February 5, 2016 at 12:30 pm in Duffy Science Centre, Room 204. Graduate student Travis McIsaac (MSc-HUB) will present the following talk: Exploring negative sport experiences as predictors of positive youth development. All are welcome.
Welcome to the feast before the fast ... Tuesday, February 9, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Pancakes and Sausages in the Chaplaincy Centre for Pancake Tuesday / Mardi Gras / Shrove Tuesday, prepared and served in collaboration with The Point, Connection Point Christian Church.
Then ... Wednesday, February 10
Ash Wednesday Masses at the Chaplaincy Centre will be at 12:05 pm and 4:30 pm. For those who are able, Ash Wednesday is a day to fast (cut out / cut back) and abstain from meat.
The summer session timetable is now available for viewing. The following link will direct you to the first and second summer session schedules:
Registration for the summer sessions will open on Tuesday, February 16, 2016.
Yan Yan will present her Master of Education Thesis Defence on Monday, February 8 at 4:00 pm in Memorial Building, room 417. Her thesis title is "Public Knowledge and Perceptions of Large-Scale Assessments." All are welcome.
The campus community is invited to attend the public presentations given by faculty candidates for tenure-track positions in the School of Sustainable Design Engineering. The schedule for these presentations is given below. All members of the campus community are invited to attend.
Monday, February 8
Design and Implementation Process in Oncology Therapeutics: Gamma knife Surgery, Dr. Hosein Marzi, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Kelley Building, Room 237
Wednesday, February 10
Assessing the benefits of district energy grids in high penetration renewable energy systems, Jean Duquette, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Kelley Building, Room 237
Thursday, February 11
The integration of passive solar elements in active building systems: current research and future opportunities, Sebastien Brideau, 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm, Irving Chemistry Centre, Room 104
Monday, February 22
Our Changing Energy Landscape, Dr. David Bruce, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Kelley Building, Room 237
Wednesday, February 24
Designing a 鈥淪mart鈥� Orthopaedic Implant, Brian Smyth, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Kelley Building, Room 237
Thursday, February 25
Learning from Experience: What designers can learn from service engineers, Dr. Grant McSorley, 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm, Irving Chemistry Centre, Room 104
Monday, February 29
Optimizing the Design of the Engineering Learning Environment, Dr. Chirag Variawa, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Kelley Building, Room 237
Wednesday, March 2
Design Synthesis & Prototype Implementation of High Performance Small-Scale Parallel Orientation Manipulators, Dr. Taufiqur Rahman, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Kelley Building, Room 237
Thursday, March 3
Intelligent Technologies for Wise Use of Agricultural Resources to Improve Crop Productivity, Dr. Aitazaz Farooque, 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm, Irving Chemistry Centre, Room 104
Monday, March 7
Title TBA, Dr. Arjun Chhetri, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Kelley Building, Room 237
Wednesday, March 9
Floating Offshore Wind Turbines: Research Towards a New Industry, Matthew Hall, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Kelley Building, Room 237
Thursday, March 10
Sustainable Development of Micro-Systems for Environmental and Biomedical Studies, Dr. Ali Ahmadi, 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm, Irving Chemistry Centre, Room 104
ALL university staff, faculty and students have access to the Tobacco Use Policy survey.
Participants do not need to use gmail to access the survey, but are required to login to the Shibboleth single sign-in service (same as is required to access library research services from off-campus). This step ensures that only participants with an active 糖心vlog官方入口 account have access to the survey.
Everyone can access the survey at until end of the day on Friday, February 5, 2016. It is also accessible from the Healthy Campus Committee and 糖心vlog官方入口 Student Union homepages.
Thanks for participating and encouraging others to do the same. The Healthy Campus Committee appreciates your input. If you have any concerns about survey access, please contact the ITSS Help Desk for assistance.
We invite all students, staff and faculty to complete our survey for your chance to win one of three $50.00 Bookstore gift cards. Submission deadline is Friday, February 5th. We appreciate your feedback!
Survey link:
For more information, contact Kevin Rogers, 糖心vlog官方入口 Bookstore Manager at 902-566-0380 or kerogers@upei.ca
Walaa Nasry, Pathology and Microbiology will present a seminar called "Investigating the relationship between inflammation and CD147 in human and feline oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) using immunohistochemistry" on Tuesday, February 9 at 3:30 pm in AVC Lecture Theatre C.
Everyone is welcome.
