Community Connector Volunteer Fair

The Community Connector is a great resource to find opportunities to give back to the local community. Many organizations offer a couple hours a week, while others ask for more of a commitment but for a short period of time. Volunteering allows you to develop skills to increase employability after graduation, and to grow your network for job opportunities and references.

Climate Change Symposium

How will climate change impact our roads, bridges, and sewers? Join us for a free workshop, Planning for Risks Under a Changing Climate. From waterfronts to roads to bridges to storm sewers, there will be speakers from across the Atlantic region talking about how jurisdictions have adapted their major infrastructure to future climate changes. The event is topped off by a climate change video produced by Mount Allison University Professor Ian Mauro starring many Islanders identifying how they have already experienced the impacts of climate change. When: Friday, May 3, 8:30 am-3:00 pm Where: Lecture Theatre A, Atlantic Veterinary College, 糖心vlog官方入口 The workshop is free, but please register in advance by emailing climate@upei.ca with your name and phone number. For more information, contact Dr. Adam Fenech, director of the 糖心vlog官方入口 Climate Research Lab, at 620-5220 or afenech@upei.ca. See more details.

糖心vlog官方入口 Mens' Basketball Golf Fundraiser

Hosted by the Panther Green and White Club and the Avondale Golf Club Date: Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 1:00 pm Registration 12:20-12:45 pm Site: Avondale Golf Course Entry Deadline (maximum 30 teams): Wednesday, June 19th Registration Fee: $500 per team or $125 for individuals , includes: Green Fee Two power carts per team Eligible for a variety of prizes Steak Dinner For more information and payment options contact: Tim Kendrick, 糖心vlog官方入口 Men鈥檚 Basketball Coach, 566 0562 Lyall Huggan, Chairman of the Green and White Club, 566 4967

Literary Panel Reading

The short story collection Riptides: New Island Fiction (Acorn Press) has been shortlisted for the 2013 Best Atlantic-Published Book Award. As part of the Festival preceding the Atlantic Book Awards gala, Riptides editor Richard Lemm of the 糖心vlog官方入口 English Department will convene a panel of contributors to the book -- including 糖心vlog官方入口 Philosophy professor Malcolm Murray -- for an evening of reading and discussion at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery. Copies of Riptides will be available for sale/signing. Light refreshments will be served. All are welcome and admission is free.

Book Launch: Tailings of Warren Peace

Tailings of Warren Peace, by Nova Scotia author Stephen Law, leads readers through tendrils of the past, evoking memories and spirits that both guide and forewarn a man who repossesses gravestones, to a burial site in the highlands of Guatemala. There will be a book launch on Friday, May 17, 2013 at 7:30 pm in the Faculty Lounge, Main Building. This event is sponsoried by Island Studies Press. For more information, contact Joan Sinclair at 566-0386 or jpstaff@upei.ca

Biosafety Training

There will be a 糖心vlog官方入口 Biosafety Training Session: Tuesday, June 4th 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm Room 286A, AVC Learning Commons Topics to be covered include Biosecurity Plan training as well as basic biosafety principles and how they are applied at the 糖心vlog官方入口. (Please note, only those who attended the training sessions in December 2012 or February 2013 are currently considered to be 鈥渦p to date鈥 in their training requirements.) If you wish to attend, you must preregister by contacting Research Services before May 28th, 2013: Lisa MacDougall 620-5104 Janet Crowther 628-4308 (afternoons only)

PEI Poet of the Oil Patch

PEI鈥檚 newest poet, Mathew Henderson, will launch his first book, The Lease, on Wednesday, June 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the 糖心vlog官方入口 Faculty Lounge, Main Building. Mathew grew up on the Island and graduated from 糖心vlog官方入口 in 2008. During his summers, he worked in the Saskatchewan oil patch. The poems in The Lease are written in the sweat, blood, and grease of those who labour in the oilfields. His poetry shows human technology and physical labour realigning our habitat. Henderson鈥檚 writing illuminates the often unflattering realities of industrial culture and its cast of hard-living humans. His reading is sponsored by the 糖心vlog官方入口 English Department with support from The Canada Council for the Arts.

Graduate Studies Day

The Graduate Studies Committee of the Faculty of Science invites the campus community to the annual Graduate Studies Day to take place in McDougall Hall 246. The event includes a keynote presentation and twenty graduate student presentations on an array of topics and disciplines. Join us to celebrate our students' contributions to research.