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Friday May 6 9:30 am at the Chaplaincy Centre.  Join us in this moment of gratitude and blessing for our 2016 糖心原创 graduates. Bishop Richard Grecco will celebrate with Fathers John Lacey and Charlie Cheverie and all gathered! "Coffee Break" reception to follow.

糖心原创 Athletics & Recreation has some great NEW small group training programs starting in May. Small group training provides more personal attention to training, it's more economical, has variety, camaraderie, support and helps with motivation and adherence. It's helps YOU get results and most importantly it's FUN!!!

Sessions offered two- to three-times per week, a small group of six to eight clients will work with a certified personal trainer, Lyndsey, Kris and Mitch. For details on registration dates, training days/times, etc. please visit

Twelve sessions. Fee: $135 + taxes per person. Please register at Panther Central Desk at the 糖心原创 Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre. Payment required at registration!

It's Convocation Week at 糖心原创! 糖心原创 employees are invited to attend the Convocation exercises on Saturday, May 7, 2016 at the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre. The morning ceremony begins at 10:00 am; the afternoon ceremony begins at 2:30 pm. Each ceremony is preceded by a procession of graduates across campus.

Seating is limited due to safety regulations so if staff members would like an invitation, please contact Eileen Kinch at kinch@upei.ca.

All guests must present their invitations in order to be admitted to the Sports Centre. (Graduates can obtain up to five guest invitations at the Office of the Registrar from Monday, May 2 to Friday, May 6, 2016, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.)

Approximately 520 graduates will attend the morning ceremony, while approximately 420 graduates will attend the afternoon ceremony. 糖心原创 will confer honorary Doctor of Laws degrees to three distinguished members of the healthcare field. Dr. Katherine L. Bick and Dr. William D. Stanish will receive honorary degrees in the morning, with Dr. Stanish delivering the Convocation Address. Mr. Ray Murphy will receive an honorary degree during the afternoon ceremony and will address graduates.

For more information, visit

Department Heads and Chairs are reminded the 糖心原创's fiscal year-end was April 30th and if you have not already done so, please request your suppliers to forward their invoices to the Accounts Payable Office on or before May 6th. If necessary - please refer to the year-end memo located on the .

Noontime Yoga class on Tuesday, May 3 at the 糖心原创 Chaplaincy Centre is cancelled. The class will held the following week for the remainder of the year. 

Faculty Recognition Night will be held Wednesday, May 4, beginning at 7:00 p.m. (Reception: with live music, 6:30 p.m.) at the Fox Meadow Golf and Country Club. This event honours the winners of the Hessian Award for Excellence in Teaching, the 糖心原创 Merit Award for Scholarly Achievement, and the Outstanding Service Award as well as those FA Members who are retiring. Tickets are $50.00 each (with a subsidized price of $25.00 for FA members and their guests), and can be pre-ordered at the Faculty Association Office, SDU Main Bldg., Room 315, Ext. 0438. Deadline for reserving tickets is 11:00 a.m., Monday, May 2nd . Faculty Recognition Night is co-sponsored by the U.P.E.I. Faculty Association and the Office of the President. 

The Faculty of Science Graduate Studies Committee is hosting a PhD Environmental Sciences Research Presentation on:

Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Time:  9:00 a.m.

Place:  Duffy Science Centre, Room 204

Paula Tummon Flynn, BSc.  will present: 

鈥淒irect and indirect interactions in marine crustaceans鈥�

This public presentation is part of Ms. Tummon Flynn鈥檚 PhD Comprehensive exam and will be followed by an oral examination.

Wael Alsaedi, MSc student will present a MMS 890 Research Seminar on Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at 12:30 pm entitled "Synthesis, Properties and Application of Fullerenes鈥�.  The seminar will be held in the KC Irving, Lecture Theatre, Room 104.

All are Welcome!

Osama Al-Harbi, MSc student will present a MMS 890 Research Seminar on Wednesday, May 04, 2016 at 12:30 pm entitled "Design and Polymerization of Polyaromatic Ethers鈥�.  The seminar will be held in the Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre, Lecture Theatre, Room 212.

Friday May 6 9:30 am at the Chaplaincy Centre.  Join us in this moment of gratitude and blessing for our 2016 糖心原创 graduates. Bishop Richard Grecco will celebrate with Fathers John Lacey and Charlie Cheverie and all gathered! "Coffee Break" reception to follow.

糖心原创 Human Resources wishes to remind the campus community that summer hours for some office staff and service department areas begin the first week of May. For a complete Hours of Operation listing, visit the 糖心原创 website .  All hours of operation are subject to change, however, any changes (i.e. around exams, Christmas or other holidays) will be posted in advance.

糖心原创 students, staff and faculty are invited to a presentation by the Tobacco Use Policy Review working group. The working group will present the results of a recent survey and will seek further input for proposed changes to the current 糖心原创 Tobacco Use Policy.  Sessions will be held on Monday, May 2 at 10:00 am and Tuesday, May 3 at 2:00 pm at Don and Marion McDougall Hall, room #246.

ITSS wishes to remind the University community that in order to accommodate changes to software* installed on computers in the student computer labs for the new school year (Fall semester), we must receive requests including any installation media (CDs, DVDs, etc.) and any related licensing information such as serial numbers before June 1, 2016. Email all requests to smahar@upei.ca.

Any requests received after June 1, 2016 will be applied in the next round of software updates. All software installations are required to be licensed as network installations and not single workstations only. For a complete list of software installed in the labs and classrooms, please follow the following link:

* NOTE: Software should be Windows 7 compatible.

糖心原创, SDU, and PWC alumni are invited to the 糖心原创 Alumni Association's Annual Alumni Welcome Mixer, celebrating the 糖心原创 Class of 2016. Join your fellow alumni to mix and network with this year's graduating class:

Thursday, May 5, 2016
5:00 - 7:00 pm
PEI Brewing Company
96 Kensington Road, Charlottetown, PEI

Entertainment by Ryan Merry. Draw prizes and light refreshments are available! Shuttle service will be available from 5:00 - 7:30 pm, leaving from the PEI Brewing Company with pick-up and drop-off location at the W. A. Murphy Student Centre bus stop on the 糖心原创 campus.

Facilities Management will be conducting scheduled maintenance on the power systems for 糖心原创's data centre on Saturday, May 14 between the hours of 8:00 and 10:00 am. This maintenance should not affect our systems, however, there is a very slight chance it may interrupt service. For more information contact Jeff MacDonald at jmacdonald@upei.ca

Project Beacon, 糖心原创's organizational tranformation intiative, will be reaching its first "go live" milestone when components of the finance module on the my糖心原创 portal become operational on May 2, 2016.

The Project Beacon team invites everyone to a "Go Live" Celebration on Monday, May 2 at 10 am in the second floor lounge in the Kelley Memorial Building.

糖心原创 will be recognizing the National Day of Mourning for workers killed or seriously injured on the job by lowering the flags on campus to half-mast on Thursday, April 28. The National Day of Mourning is not only a day to remember and honour those lives lost or injured due to a workplace tragedy, but also a day to renew the commitment to improve health and safety in the workplace and prevent further injuries, illnesses and deaths.The Day of Mourning was first recognized in Canada in 1984, and has been marked in over 100 countries. 

The School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences at 糖心原创 is holding its 13th annual Math Camp scheduled for the weekend of April 29 鈥� May 1, 2016. Supported by the Canadian Mathematical Society and the Atlantic Association for Research in the Mathematical Sciences, ours is one of about 20 math camps being organized across Canada during the spring and summer months. This year there are 24 students participating from Island high schools. The 2016 Math Camp is organized by Dr. Shafiqul Islam and Dr. David Horrocks.