Campus Notices
Island Construction will be on campus the week of August 15, patching asphalt on various parking lots, walkways, and areas of the Perimeter Road. This work is anticipated to take approximately 1-1/2 weeks to complete.
While the contractors have been instructed that the work be executed with the least possible interference or disturbance to the campus community, a certain amount of disruption is inevitable. We thank you in advance for your patience and understanding.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Jackie MacPhail at 566-6034 or jmacphail@upei.ca
Everyone is welcome.
As the roll-out of Active Directory continues across campus, the classroom computers will now have a different look when signing in. The newly configured classroom PCs are still accessed with your current UPEI credentials.
Please note users will not have access to their network drive mappings (H:/drive for example) on the Academic Network which were previously provided through Novell. We apologize for this inconvenience; however, it will only be temporary until the drive mappings are configured in our new Active Directory service.
Users can access the files on their Novell drives by visiting the NetStorage website. Alternative, users may wish to use Google Drive, email, or a USB thumb drive to access their presentation files.
Please contact the ITSS Helpdesk at helpdesk@upei.ca or 902-566-0465 for questions.
New students, current students, as well as recently graduated students, who have children, as well as staff and faculty at UPEI who have kids/grandchildren are invited to bring their children to the FREE UPEI Family Friendly NSO event. Pregnant students are also welcome to attend!
This is a great opportunity for students to network with each other, staff and faculty members, learn the support systems available to them and ask questions to other students who are also parents!
There will be a "hunt" at noon (like an easter egg hunt), and Pride will be coming from 1pm-3pm, (you can take pictures with Pride), and we'll be showing a movie and will have crafts and snacks.
For more information visit the Facebook event or contact Elyse Cottrell at ecottrell@upei.ca.
Tuition Waiver forms for the Fall 2016 semester must be submitted to Human Resources by no later than August 15, 2016. When completing the form, please include all of the required information (Course name, time, start and end date, cost and the number of semester hours) to avoid any delays in processing the waiver. Please submit original forms directly to Human Resources (lower level Kelley building, room #143).
If you have any questions please contact Heather Walsh at: (902) 566-0514 or hwalsh@upei.ca.
ePortfolios can be used by students, staff, and faculty in a number of ways. By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- distinguish between assessment, developmental, showcase, and archive ePortfolios;
- identify and select an ePortfolio platform based on student and instructor needs;
- consider the effective use of ePortfolios in the classroom;
- assess the appropriate, inclusive, and accessible inclusion of ePortfolios in a classroom setting;
- design appropriate ePortfolio assessment.
The workshop will take place on Tuesday, August 16th from 2:00 - 3:30 pm in HSB 106. Laptops and other devices are welcome! To register for this workshop, please complete the registration form.
Fitness classes - http://www.upei.ca/ar/fitness-classes
Small Group Training- http://www.upei.ca/ar/small-group-training
The Faculty of Science wishes to announce Krista Gill, PhD candidate from the Department of Chemistry, will be defending her thesis entitled "Discovery of novel microbial natural products using a chemical screening approach and identification of gene clusters responsible for biosynthesis" on Thursday, August 11, 2016.
Time
Tuesday August 11, 2016 - 1:00 PM
Location
Room 212, Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre
Additional Information
All PhD defenses are open to the public and you are welcome to attend. Please note seating may be limited.
The second annual UPEI Multidisciplinary Graduate Research Conference is being held this week, August 11-13, in Don and Marion McDougall Hall. All presentations, workshops, and speaker events are open to all.
On Thursday, please join us for a day of workshops.
On Friday, please join us for the keynote speaker presentation by Rebecca Thomas, 9:00 am in MCDH 242, followed by graduate student presentations, a plenary presentation by Julie Bull at 4 pm in MCDH 242, and then the President's Reception in Schurman Square from 5 to 6 pm
On Saturday, please join us for a poster presentation session and oral presentations from graduate students
Information about the conference, including the full program, can be found here.
UPEI Employees Personal Training Subsidy Program - Current UPEI Faculty and Staff only. We are pleased to offer UPEI employees a discount/training subsidy towards either a Panther Fit Pack or small group training at the UPEI Sports Centre. Complete a program registration form found on here - http://www.upei.ca/ar/wellness
The New Student Orientation (NSO) team have been busy preparing for the fall. This year, we are focusing on building healthy connections between our incoming students and key people and places at UPEI and in Charlottetown at large. This will be accomplished by building on the successes of past years and incorporating more personal interactions with staff, faculty, mentors, alumni, and community members.
This year, NSO runs from Saturday, September 3rd to Tuesday, September 6th. The week kicks off with Welcome Day, which is always an exciting day for UPEI. This year, students will be introduced to various departments and services on campus as they move through a campus tour. This allows them to become familar with our talented staff and faculty, as well as learn where to find these supports later in the year.
Throughout the rest of the week, there will be student led workshops, engaging activities, and fun celebrations - all with the purpose of building healthy connections, and lasting memories for our incoming Panthers. This will culminate in a fundraising event on the last day. This year, we are supportingg four local charitable organizations so our students can see the fruit of their efforts. The PEI Humane Society, the Canadian Mental Health Association (PEI Division), the Alzheimer's Society (PEI Branch), and PEI Family Violence Prevention Services will be receiving all money raised during NSO and have agreed to invite our students to continue volunteering with them throughout the year.
The NSO team is very excited for this event and would love to answer any questions you might have. Also, if you would like to get involved and lend us your talents and ideas, we would love to hear from you. Please contact our coordinator, Tayte Willows, at 902-628-7282, or send her an email at nso@upei.ca.
Dr. Avena Ross, Department of Chemistry, Queen's University will present a seminar on Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 10:00 am. The presentation is entitled "Connecting Genes to Molecules - Discovery and Biosynthesis of Natural Products in Pseudoalteromonas". The seminar will be held in the Duffy Research Centre, Lecture Theatre, Room 212.
All are Welcome!
Faculty and staff are welcome and encouraged to participate in the many events taking place for the 2016 UPEI Alumni Reunion activities. A full schedule is available by visiting www.upei.ca/alumni but the highlights include:
- August 4, 2pm - Opening of the new School of Sustainable Design Engineering
- August 5, 3pm - Staff, Faculty, and Alumni mixer featuring some of UPEI's favourite professors: Ab Ferris, Ron Collins, Fr. Bolger, Fr. Charlie, Rosemary Herbert, Harry Love. and Lowell Sweet.
- August 6, 2pm - Panther Family Party, a chance to get the kids out for a couple of hours, there will be bouncy castles, balloon twisting, cotton candy, face painting and best of all it's FREE. We will be drawing for a family pass to Shining Waters Family Fun Park (which they generously donated) during the event,
- August 6, 9pm - The Barn Awakens for one night. Come and relive the days of Main Events and Pigs. DJ's Blake, Doyle, Joel Ives, and Scott Ferris will keep you entertained for the night. There will be door prizes, a selfie station, and more memories than you can shake a barn shingle at. www.upei.ca/barnreunion
The Faculty of Science wishes to announce Krista Gill, PhD candidate from the Department of Chemistry, will be defending her thesis entitled "Discovery of novel microbial natural products using a chemical screening approach and identification of gene clusters responsible for biosynthesis" on Thursday, August 11, 2016.
Time
Tuesday August 11, 2016 - 1:00 PM
Location
Room 212, Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre
Additional Information
All PhD defenses are open to the public and you are welcome to attend. Please note seating may be limited.
Join in the celebration as the campus community marks the official opening of the UPEI School of Sustainable Design Engineering on Thursday, August 4 at 2 pm. Tours of the facility will take place following the ceremony. All are welcome. Please view the upei.ca calendar listing for more details.
All staff, faculty, alumni, and friends of UPEI are invited to attend the 4th annual mixer on August 5th at 3 pm in the new School of Sustainable Design Engineering. This year will feature some of UPEI/PWC/SDU's favourite professors, including Ab Ferris, Lowell Sweet, Rosemary Herbert, Fr. Bolger, Ron Collins, Harry Love, and Fr. Charlie.
The UPEI Athletics Department is excited to announce the return of the Panther Package season ticket option. The Package is excellent value for all UPEI staff and faculty members. Every season ticket purchased will also support your favorite varsity team.
With a purchase of a Panther Package, it grants our athletes to; compete, prepare and contend with the best teams in the AUS/CIS.
For more information regarding the packages, check out our new website - www.gopanthersgo.ca
Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram -- @UpeiPanthers to stay up to date with Panther Athletics throughout the season. #GoPanthersGo
Tuition Waiver forms for the Fall 2016 semester must be submitted to Human Resources by no later than August 15, 2016. When completing the form, please include all of the required information (Course name, time, start and end date, cost and the number of semester hours) to avoid any delays in processing the waiver. Please submit original forms directly to Human Resources (lower level Kelley building, room #143).
If you have any questions please contact Heather Walsh at: (902) 566-0514 or hwalsh@upei.ca.
To support Project Beacon and to extend our capability to provision end users, ITSS is migrating from Novell Directory Services (NDS) to Microsoft Active Directory Services (AD). In order to do this, ITSS will need to visit your location and update software and configurations on your computer. We will need you to be available at this time to enter passwords to complete this process. We are estimating this process will take approximately 30-60 minutes to complete on each computer.
If you have not meet with a staff member from ITSS to do the changeover, please email Adam Arsenault at ajarsenault@upei.ca to set up an appointment. Thank you.
