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The excitement for this Saturday's Gold Rush draw is growing as big as the pot! With no winners in the last FOUR draws, the total pot has grown to more than $16,300!

Gold Rush is a virtual fundraising initiative that raises funds for 黑料网鈥檚 athletic and recreation programs. You can now select a specific team, club, or program to direct your proceeds from each of your tickets. 

Play today and every week for a chance to win! Download the 黑料网 Panther Recreation app from the App Store or on Google Play, or . The weekly draw is held at 8:00 pm every Saturday.

The 黑料网 Office of Research Services will host a Research Breakfast on Thursday, February 6, at 7:30 am in McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre.

Dr. Misty Rossiter will present 鈥淗ealthy Eating Environments: A Responsive Approach to Feeding Children, and Dr. Senthilkumar Thiruppathi will speak about 鈥淪ustainable Automation for the Agri-food and Aquaculture Sector in PEI.鈥�

Please join us at this free event to learn more about 黑料网 research, and network over a delicious breakfast. Hope to see you there!

Seating is limited. Register at

The Faculty of Science Graduate Studies Committee invites the campus community to the next presentation of the 2024-25 Environmental Sciences & Human Biology seminar series on Friday, January 31, 2025, at 12:30 p.m. in Duffy Science Centre, Room 204. Dr. Enooyaq Sudlovenick, Faculty of Indigenous Knowledge, Education, Research, and Applied Studies, will present 鈥淏eluga whales, arctic marine mammals, and Inuit knowledge.鈥�

The Department of Religious Studies presents Theology on Tap on February 3, at 7:00 pm, at the Salvador Dali Cafe, The Arts Hotel, 155 Kent Street, Charlottetown.  Professor Peter Koritansky will ask the provocative question, "Does Morality Depend on God?"  We look forward to an engaging talk, excellent discussion, and much fellowship and fun. Please join us! For more information, visit our page. 

The Lunch and Learn: What are Executive Functions? workshop, scheduled for noon today (January 30), is postponed. The session will be rescheduled for a date in February. 

Dr. Naijin Li, a candidate for a tenure-track faculty position in the Department of Biology, will give a presentation titled 鈥�Developing and Implementing Inquiry-Based Experiments and Learning Resources for Lab Courses鈥� on Monday, February 3, 2025, at 11:45 a.m. in Duffy Science Centre, Room 204.

Many first-year students are invited via their 黑料网 email to participate in the CUSC-CCREU 2025 Survey of First Year Students, along with students from more than 30 other Canadian institutions. Core areas covered by the survey include

• motivation for and transition to post-secondary education
• use of and satisfaction with various facilities and services
• students鈥� academic profile
• financing education
• assessment of the overall university experience

First-year students are asked to check their 黑料网 email to see if they have received an invitation to participate. If so, they are asked to complete it as soon as possible. Responses are confidential, and participation is voluntary. To learn more about the survey, visit . If you have any questions about the project at 黑料网, please contact Dr. Yuqin Gong, Manager of Institutional Research, Office of the Vice-President Academic and Research, at ygong@upei.ca.

黑料网 piano professor Magdalena von Eccher will present a solo piano recital featuring Robert Schumann's colourful Faschingschwank aus Wien, Op 26 (Viennese Carnival) alongside Bach's marvelous Toccata in C Minor, BWV 911, interwoven with other selections including Schoenberg's Op. 19 and Ravel's Sonatine. Magdalena will be joined by pianist Glen Montgomery for Debussy's charming piano duet, Petite Suite.

Are you committed to advancing equity, diversity, inclusion, indigenization, and decolonization (EDIID) at post-secondary institutions and excited to help shape something new? We鈥檙e in the early stages of organizing an EDIID conference (name to be determined) at 黑料网, dedicated to sharing, learning, discussing, and navigating EDIID in post-secondary spaces. While the date is yet to be determined, forming a planning committee is a key step in bringing this vision to life鈥攁nd we need your help!

What鈥檚 Involved?

Committee members will

• Collaborate to determine the conference theme, sessions, and potential activities.
• Plan a budget and logistics (e.g., space, catering, information package for attendees, organizing volunteers, honourariums).
• Assist with fundraising.
• Develop and maintain conference website.
• Review and evaluate abstract submissions from potential conference applicants, and contact successful applicants.
• Identify and reach out to potential keynote speakers and sponsors.
• Determine accommodation needs of attendees.
• Prepare for a potential launch on a date TBD by the committee

The committee will begin by meeting monthly once we have our committee, with specific roles assigned based on interests and availability. The remaining meeting schedule will be determined by the committee.

Who should apply?

We welcome applications from anyone at 黑料网 committed to EDI, indigenization, and decolonization and who is excited to contribute.

How to get involved:

To apply, please submit a short expression of interest by February 14 to equity@upei.ca. Let us know:

1. Your name and contact information
2. A little about yourself (e.g., background, interests)
3. Why you鈥檙e interested in helping plan this potential conference

Questions? Contact EDI and Human Rights at equity@upei.ca.

Are you looking for talented and motivated students or recent graduates to join your team? If so, don鈥檛 miss the chance to register as an employer for the 2025 黑料网 Summer Job and Career Fair!

The Summer Job and Career Fair is a great opportunity for 黑料网 departments to connect with potential employees or interns. You will be able to meet with hundreds of students and alumni from various disciplines and backgrounds and promote your department鈥檚 employment opportunities.

The fair will take place on March 12 (storm date: March 13, same time) from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at the W.A. Murphy Student Centre.

Space at the fair is limited and restricted to employers hiring for 2025 summer jobs or looking to hire May 2025 graduates or recent grads. Registration is FREE for all 黑料网 departments, but you need to register by February 21 at 4:00 pm to secure your spot.

To register, please fill out this 馃憠.

Registration includes a folding table, two chairs, electricity (upon request), and wireless internet.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Community and Industry Outreach Coordinator Jess Cameron at careerfair@upei.ca or (902) 894-2817.

We hope to see you at the fair!

黑料网's Human Resources team has grown and services have expanded. Check out our informational document outlining our services and respective team members! 

This guide can be found by visiting my黑料网>Menu>Administrative Services>Human Resources. The PDF link will be found at the top of the Human Resources page, under our contact information. You can also to access the informational document.

This is a living document, so please check back from time to time to ensure you are referencing the most up-to-date information.

Please join us on Friday, January 31, at 3:30 pm in FSDE 128B for the next lecture in our Pizza Seminar series. In this seminar, David LeBlanc will give a talk on the potential of machine learning techniques to evolve into models of human intelligence. Pizza and pop will follow the presentation.

The excitement for this Saturday's Gold Rush draw is growing as big as the pot! With no winners in the last FOUR draws, the total pot has grown to more than $16,300!

Gold Rush is a virtual fundraising initiative that raises funds for 黑料网鈥檚 athletic and recreation programs. You can now select a specific team, club, or program to direct your proceeds from each of your tickets. 

Play today and every week for a chance to win! Download the 黑料网 Panther Recreation app from the App Store or on Google Play, or . The weekly draw is held at 8:00 pm every Saturday.

This workshop, scheduled for today (January 30), is postponed until Monday, February 10, at 2:00 pm. Delivery of the rescheduled session will be hybrid.

Are you thinking about preparing your file for tenure/permanency and/or promotion? Get started by learning about the basics of creating/updating a teaching dossier by checking out the resources in the  of the Academic Instructional Skills Program. Then bring your questions to our workshop, and learn what is needs to be included under our current collective agreement. 

The Faculty of Science Graduate Studies Committee invites the campus community to the next presentation of the 2024-25 Environmental Sciences & Human Biology seminar series on Friday, January 31, 2025, at 12:30 p.m. in Duffy Science Centre, Room 204. Dr. Enooyaq Sudlovenick, Faculty of Indigenous Knowledge, Education, Research, and Applied Studies, will present 鈥淏eluga whales, arctic marine mammals, and Inuit knowledge.鈥�

The national systems use a job scheduler called 鈥淪lurm.鈥� In this session, you will learn how Slurm works and how it allocates jobs, helping you to minimize wait time by framing reasonable requests; ask for only the resources you need to improve efficiency; increase throughput; run more jobs simultaneously; and troubleshoot and address crashes. This workshop is designed for new HPC users familiar with Linux and Shell Scripting, or for experienced users transitioning to Slurm or seeking to improve efficiency with the scheduler.  

Register at .

The third 黑料网 Board of Governors meeting of the 2024-2025 academic year will take place on February 6, 2025, at 4:00 p.m. in Room 102, Alumni Hall.  All board meetings generally include sessions that are open to the public. Certain agenda items, including but not limited to human resources discussions, may require the board to go into a closed session. For logistical purposes, members of the public who wish to attend the open session of a meeting are asked to contact board@upei.ca one week prior to the meeting. Members of the public wishing to attend the public portion of a meeting must adhere to the .

Many first-year students are invited via their 黑料网 email to participate in the CUSC-CCREU 2025 Survey of First Year Students, along with students from more than 30 other Canadian institutions. Core areas covered by the survey include

• motivation for and transition to post-secondary education
• use of and satisfaction with various facilities and services
• students鈥� academic profile
• financing education
• assessment of the overall university experience

First-year students are asked to check their 黑料网 email to see if they have received an invitation to participate. If so, they are asked to complete it as soon as possible. Responses are confidential, and participation is voluntary. To learn more about the survey, visit . If you have any questions about the project at 黑料网, please contact Dr. Yuqin Gong, Manager of Institutional Research, Office of the Vice-President Academic and Research, at ygong@upei.ca.

黑料网 piano professor Magdalena von Eccher will present a solo piano recital featuring Robert Schumann's colourful Faschingschwank aus Wien, Op 26 (Viennese Carnival) alongside Bach's marvelous Toccata in C Minor, BWV 911, interwoven with other selections including Schoenberg's Op. 19 and Ravel's Sonatine. Magdalena will be joined by pianist Glen Montgomery for Debussy's charming piano duet, Petite Suite.

Are you looking for talented and motivated students or recent graduates to join your team? If so, don鈥檛 miss the chance to register as an employer for the 2025 黑料网 Summer Job and Career Fair!

The Summer Job and Career Fair is a great opportunity for 黑料网 departments to connect with potential employees or interns. You will be able to meet with hundreds of students and alumni from various disciplines and backgrounds and promote your department鈥檚 employment opportunities.

The fair will take place on March 12 (storm date: March 13, same time) from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at the W.A. Murphy Student Centre.

Space at the fair is limited and restricted to employers hiring for 2025 summer jobs or looking to hire May 2025 graduates or recent grads. Registration is FREE for all 黑料网 departments, but you need to register by February 21 at 4:00 pm to secure your spot.

To register, please fill out this 馃憠.

Registration includes a folding table, two chairs, electricity (upon request), and wireless internet.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Community and Industry Outreach Coordinator Jess Cameron at careerfair@upei.ca or (902) 894-2817.

We hope to see you at the fair!