Campus Notices
糖心vlog官方入口 President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz cordially invites the University community to 'University Update 2014' today, Thursday, November 27, 2:30-4:00 pm, in the Alex H. MacKinnon Auditorium, room 242 in Don and Marion McDougall Hall. You're invited to join the President in conversation about the priorities and direction of the University. Your voice is important. All are welcome to attend.
The 糖心vlog官方入口 community is invited to attend the 2014 President鈥檚 Holiday Social and Tree Lighting on Thursday, December 4, 3:30-5:00 pm. The reception will take place in Schurman Market Square, Don and Marion McDougall Hall, where the new "糖心vlog官方入口 Commits to Care" campaign will also be launched, followed by a tree lighting ceremony at 4:45 pm, between Kelley Memorial Building and the W.A. Murphy Student Centre.
糖心vlog官方入口 student Bridgette Blanchard will provide music during the social and appetizers and light refreshments will be served. 糖心vlog官方入口 food bank items and/or monetary donations are graciously accepted. The Office of the President will match all donations.
Hope to see you there!
Panther fans are invited to drop off non-perishable food items to the 糖心vlog官方入口 Sports Centre or at Saturday's Men's/Women's Hockey home games. All contributions are appreciated!
At the Chaplaincy Centre, thoughts are with the students during exam time, their success, and yes, of course, the chili dinner.
On the first two days of exams - Wednesday and Thursday, December 3 & 4 -between 11:30 am鈥�1:30 pm, a chili dinner is served at the Chaplaincy Centre, free for the students. About 300 students show up each day with smiles and conversation on this busy week. We are looking for faculty and staff to help out and provide encouragement for students on their exams.
If you are able to volunteer some time, sign up here:
The Student Union office will be closed tomorrow, Friday, November 28 so staff can attend Mental Health First Aid training. Sorry for any inconvenience.
The past and present state of Island land use policy will be the subject of a Public Symposium to be held at 糖心vlog官方入口鈥檚 MacKinnon Auditorium, Room 242, Don and Marion McDougall Hall. The event is rescheduled to Tuesday, December 2 at 7:00 pm due to road conditions.
The Symposium will begin with presentations by two veteran observers of Island public life over the past 30 years, Jean-Paul Arsenault and Ian Petrie.
Mr. Arsenault鈥檚 talk will be entitled 鈥淔actors Affecting Land Use Decisions: What Were They Thinking?鈥� and Mr. Petrie will address the topic 鈥淲hy Farmers Fight Regulations.鈥� Descriptions of their talks can be found at
Members of the public are cordially invited to attend. Admission is free. This event is sponsored by 糖心vlog官方入口鈥檚 Institute of Island Studies, in conjunction with 糖心vlog官方入口 Research Services.
糖心vlog官方入口 invites the nomination of candidates for honorary degrees to be conferred at Convocation in May 2015. Honorary degrees are conferred honoris causa, 鈥渇or the sake of honour,鈥� and are intended to recognize outstanding provincial, national, and international contributions in any field(s) of endeavour. Contributions should reflect extraordinary
intellectual or artistic achievements or significant service to society at a standard of excellence that merits the University鈥檚 highest honour.
Nominations can be made online or a form can be downloaded to mail at upei.ca/nominatehdr. For more information call (902) 566-6780 or email senateassistant@upei.ca. Deadline for nominations is January 2, 2015.
The Department of Pathology & Microbiology at the Atlantic Veterinary College invites you to attend a seminar given by Dr. Cora Gilroy from The Atlantic Veterinary College on Friday, November 28. Dr. Gilroy is interviewing for a tenure-track faculty position in clinical pathology and is presenting her seminar titled "Teaching and Diagnostics: Twists in the Road" at 10:30 am in Robertson Library, Room RL208. All are welcome.
The staff of Human Resources welcomes Susan Connolly as Associate Vice President of Human Resources who joins the University from Stewart MacKelvey. Sue can be reached at (902) 566-0704 or smconnolly@upei.ca.
Also, Megan Gee has joined HR in Employee Services replacing Lacey Myers who will be on a leave for the coming year. Please contact Megan for any of your Employee Services needs at (902) 566-0605 or mgee@upei.ca.
We wish both Sue and Megan well in their new roles at 糖心vlog官方入口.
At the Chaplaincy Centre thoughts are with the students during exam time, their success, and yes, of course, the chili dinner.
On the first two days of exams - Wednesday and Thursday, December 3 & 4 - between 11:30 am鈥�1:30 pm, a chili dinner is served at the Chaplaincy Centre, free for the students. About 300 students show up each day with smiles and conversation on this busy week. We are looking for faculty and staff to help out and provide encouragement for students on their exams.
糖心vlog官方入口 Chaplaincy Centre and the Diocese of Charlottetown, through the generosity of Saint Dunstan's University Board of Governors, gladly sponsor this year's chili (and more) lunch!
If you are able to volunteer some time, sign up here:
糖心vlog官方入口 President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz cordially invites the University community to 'University Update 2014' on Thursday, November 27, 2:30-4:00 pm, in the Alex H. MacKinnon Auditorium, room 242 in Don and Marion McDougall Hall. You're invited to join the President in conversation about the priorities and direction of the University. Your voice is important. All are welcome to attend. In case of inclement weather, a storm date has been scheduled for Monday, December 1, same time and same location. A further notice will be issued if necessary.
You're invited to a special event to unveil plans for the new School of Sustainable Design Engineering and Centre of Engineering Design & Industry Partnerships on Friday, November 28 at 1:00 pm in McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre. The Hon. Gail Shea (on behalf of the Hon. Rob Moore, Minister of State at ACOA); the Hon. Robert Ghiz, Premier of Prince Edward Island; and 糖心vlog官方入口's Dr. Alaa Abd-El-Aziz, President and Vice-Chancellor will be in attendance to announce the exciting plans! All are welcome to attend. Please RSVP to rjgass@upei.ca
The staff of Human Resources welcomes Susan Connolly as Associate Vice President of Human Resources who joins the University from Stewart MacKelvey. Sue can be reached at (902) 566-0704 or smconnolly@upei.ca.
Also, Megan Gee has joined HR in Employee Services replacing Lacey Myers who will be on a leave for the coming year. Please contact Megan for any of your Employee Services needs at (902) 566-0605 or mgee@upei.ca.
We wish both Sue and Megan well in their new roles at 糖心vlog官方入口.
At the Chaplaincy Centre thoughts are with the students during exam time, their success, and yes, of course, the chili dinner.
On the first two days of exams - Wednesday and Thursday, December 3 & 4 - between 11:30 am鈥�1:30 pm, a chili dinner is served at the Chaplaincy Centre, free for the students. About 300 students show up each day with smiles and conversation on this busy week. We are looking for faculty and staff to help out and provide encouragement for students on their exams.
糖心vlog官方入口 Chaplaincy Centre and the Diocese of Charlottetown, through the generosity of Saint Dunstan's University Board of Governors, gladly sponsor this year's chili (and more) lunch!
If you are able to volunteer some time, sign up here:
糖心vlog官方入口 invites the nomination of candidates for honorary degrees to be conferred at Convocation in May 2015. Honorary degrees are conferred honoris causa, 鈥渇or the sake of honour,鈥� and are intended to recognize outstanding provincial, national, and international contributions in any field(s) of endeavour. Contributions should reflect extraordinary
intellectual or artistic achievements or significant service to society at a standard of excellence that merits the University鈥檚 highest honour.
Nominations can be made online or a form can be downloaded to mail at upei.ca/nominatehdr. For more information call (902) 566-6780 or email senateassistant@upei.ca. Deadline for nominations is January 2, 2015.
The Department of Pathology & Microbiology at the Atlantic Veterinary College invites you to attend a seminar given by Dr. Cora Gilroy from The Atlantic Veterinary College on Friday, November 28. Dr. Gilroy is interviewing for a tenure-track faculty position in clinical pathology and is presenting her seminar titled "Teaching and Diagnostics: Twists in the Road" at 10:30 am in Robertson Library, Room RL208. All are welcome.
糖心vlog官方入口 President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz cordially invites the University community to 'University Update 2014' on Thursday, November 27, 2:30-4:00 pm, in the Alex H. MacKinnon Auditorium, room 242 in Don and Marion McDougall Hall. You're invited to join the President in conversation about the priorities and direction of the University. Your voice is important. All are welcome to attend. In case of inclement weather, a storm date has been scheduled for Monday, December 1, same time and same location. A further notice will be issued if necessary.
You're invited to a special event to unveil plans for the new School of Sustainable Design Engineering and Centre of Engineering Design & Industry Partnerships on Friday, November 28 at 1:00 pm in McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre. The Hon. Gail Shea (on behalf of the Hon. Rob Moore, Minister of State at ACOA); the Hon. Robert Ghiz, Premier of Prince Edward Island; and 糖心vlog官方入口's Dr. Alaa Abd-El-Aziz, President and Vice-Chancellor will be in attendance to announce the exciting plans! All are welcome to attend. Please RSVP to rjgass@upei.ca
Research on Tap returns for its sixth season of public discussion, debate, and ideas presented by researchers from the 糖心vlog官方入口. Join our next conversation on Monday, December 1 at 7:00 pm at the Haviland Club in Charlottetown. Dr. Don Wagner, an associate professor at 糖心vlog官方入口鈥檚 School of Business, will lead a discussion entitled: Microfinance in Africa. How it works. How it doesn鈥檛.
The 2014/2015 season of Research on Tap is presented in cooperation with the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), Atlantic Chapter. The RSC is Canada鈥檚 national academy and is the senior national body of distinguished scholars, artists, and scientists.
Research on Tap meets the first Monday of every month from October to April. The full schedule of speakers can be found at upei.ca/research/research-on-tap
Please note the following changes to the hours of operation for the food services retail locations on campus:
December:
On Friday, November 28 at 2:00 pm, the Courtyard Caf茅 (W.A. Murphy Student Centre) will close for the Holidays. The AVC Cafeteria will close for the holiday break on Friday, December 19 at 3:00 pm. Beginning Monday, December 15, Samuel's (Robertson Library) hours of operation will be 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. This location will close at 3:00 pm on Tuesday, December 23 for the holiday break. With the exception of special functions and catering services,the Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall will close for the holidays, at 10:00 am on Sunday, December 14.
January:
On Friday, January 2, Samuel's - will be open from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm; AVC Cafeteria- will remain closed; Courtyard Cafe - will remain closed. On Sunday, January 5, The Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall will resume regular hours of operation beginning at 4:00 pm. On Monday, January 5, Samuel's will resume regular hours of operation: Monday to Thursday: 8:00 am - 9:00 pm & Friday 8:00 am - 3:00 pm; AVC Cafeteria will resume regular hours of operation, Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 3:00 pm; and Courtyard Cafe will resume regular operations with new daily hours: Monday to Friday 8:00 am - 2:00 pm.
The staff of Ancillary Services and Chartwells would like to wish everyone a safe and happy holiday!
