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The deadline for submissions for the Presidential Recognition Awards of Merit is extended to Monday, April 7, 2014. Categories include: Staff: Exemplary Service Campus Spirit Volunteer and Community Service Support and Student Success Faculty: Teaching Scholarly Endeavours Service Combined Achievements Full details of each of the awards and submission criteria can be found here: Please take this opportunity to say thanks to a colleague or co-worker by submitting a nomination.

Courtyard Cafe in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre: - Closing at 3:00 pm Friday, April 4 for the summer. It will reopen in early September AVC Cafeteria: No change in operational hours: Monday to Friday from 8:00 am鈥�3:00 pm Samuel's in the Robertson Library: - April 7 - April 16: 8:00 am鈥�9:00 pm - Saturday, April 12: 10:00 am 鈥� 4:00 pm - Thursday, April 17: 8:00 am 鈥� 4:00 pm - April 21鈥揂ugust 23: Hours will be advertised at a later date. Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall: - Monday to Friday: 7:00 am-9:00 pm - Saturday & Sunday - Continental Breakfast - 9:30-10:30 am - Hot Meal Service - 10:30 am-9:00 pm - Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall will closed for the academic year at 11:00 am on Friday, April 18. Summer hours of operation will be advertised at a later date. Thank you, Angela MacKenzie Chartwells Food Service Director dineoncampus.ca/upei

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, April 9 and 10 - 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:

91探花 faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend research ethics training workshops on Tuesday April 22. The workshops are being hosted by 91探花 Research Services and will be delivered by Laura-Lee Balkwill, Policy Analyst from the Secretariat on Responsible Conduct of Research, Ottawa. The ethics workshop topics to be presented are: 9:00 am 鈥� 10:30 am: Social Sciences and Humanities and Research Ethics 10:45 am 鈥� 12:15 pm: Health Sciences and Research Ethics 1:15 pm 鈥� 2:45 pm: Research Ethics Board Review: How is it Done? Putting the TCPS2 into Practice 3:00 pm 鈥� 4:30 pm: Research involving First Nations, Inuit and Metis People of Canada. There is no charge to attend the workshops and you may attend as many as you like. The workshops will be held on campus, location to be announced. Please email your name, contact information, department/faculty, and the workshops you would like to attend to heartz@upei.ca by Wednesday, April 9. Please contact Joy Knight at mknight@upei.ca if you have any questions.

Beth Buchanan, BSc, MSc will present her thesis "SEMI-SYNTHESIS OF A BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED LIBRARY OF SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVES, FROM THE LIPOPHILIC MARINE NATURAL PRODUCT (+)-尾-GORGONENE" on Friday, April 4 at 1:00 pm in the Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre Lecture Theatre, room 212. Everyone is welcome to attend.

There will be two honour presentations in Math/Stats on Monday, April 7 from 11:00 am-12:30 pm in McDougall Hall, Room 329. The students presenting are: Chuyu Zhang: "The Inverse Problem of the Fronbenius_Perron operator with applications in Finance" and Chengyin Wang: "A linear algebraic approach for valuation of annuities and bonds with stochastic interest rates." All are welcome to attend.

The deadline for submissions for the Presidential Recognition Awards of Merit is extended to Monday, April 7, 2014. Categories include: Staff: Exemplary Service Campus Spirit Volunteer and Community Service Support and Student Success Faculty: Teaching Scholarly Endeavours Service Combined Achievements Full details of each of the awards and submission criteria can be found here: Please take this opportunity to say thanks to a colleague or co-worker by submitting a nomination.

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, April 9 and 10 - 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:

91探花 faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend research ethics training workshops on Tuesday April 22. The workshops are being hosted by 91探花 Research Services and will be delivered by Laura-Lee Balkwill, Policy Analyst from the Secretariat on Responsible Conduct of Research, Ottawa. The ethics workshop topics to be presented are: 9:00 am 鈥� 10:30 am: Social Sciences and Humanities and Research Ethics 10:45 am 鈥� 12:15 pm: Health Sciences and Research Ethics 1:15 pm 鈥� 2:45 pm: Research Ethics Board Review: How is it Done? Putting the TCPS2 into Practice 3:00 pm 鈥� 4:30 pm: Research involving First Nations, Inuit and Metis People of Canada. There is no charge to attend the workshops and you may attend as many as you like. The workshops will be held on campus, location to be announced. Please email your name, contact information, department/faculty, and the workshops you would like to attend to heartz@upei.ca by Wednesday, April 9. Please contact Joy Knight at mknight@upei.ca if you have any questions.

Beth Buchanan, BSc, MSc will present her thesis "SEMI-SYNTHESIS OF A BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED LIBRARY OF SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVES, FROM THE LIPOPHILIC MARINE NATURAL PRODUCT (+)-尾-GORGONENE" on Friday, April 4 at 1:00 pm in the Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre Lecture Theatre, room 212. Everyone is welcome to attend.

There will be two honour presentations in Math/Stats on Monday, April 7 from 11:00 am-12:30 pm in McDougall Hall, Room 329. The students presenting are: Chuyu Zhang: "The Inverse Problem of the Fronbenius_Perron operator with applications in Finance" and Chengyin Wang: "A linear algebraic approach for valuation of annuities and bonds with stochastic interest rates." All are welcome to attend.

The deadline for submissions for the Presidential Recognition Awards of Merit is extended to Monday, April 7, 2014. Categories include: Staff: Exemplary Service Campus Spirit Volunteer and Community Service Support and Student Success Faculty: Teaching Scholarly Endeavours Service Combined Achievements Full details of each of the awards and submission criteria can be found here: Please take this opportunity to say thanks to a colleague or co-worker by submitting a nomination.

The deadline for submissions for the Presidential Recognition Awards of Merit is extended to Monday, April 7, 2014. Categories include: Staff: Exemplary Service Campus Spirit Volunteer and Community Service Support and Student Success Faculty: Teaching Scholarly Endeavours Service Combined Achievements Full details of each of the awards and submission criteria can be found here: Please take this opportunity to say thanks to a colleague or co-worker by submitting a nomination.

Courtyard Cafe in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre: - Closing at 3:00 pm Friday, April 4 for the summer. It will reopen in early September AVC Cafeteria: No change in operational hours: Monday to Friday from 8:00 am鈥�3:00 pm Samuel's in the Robertson Library: - April 7 - April 16: 8:00 am鈥�9:00 pm - Saturday, April 12: 10:00 am 鈥� 4:00 pm - Thursday, April 17: 8:00 am 鈥� 4:00 pm - April 21鈥揂ugust 23: Hours will be advertised at a later date. Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall: - Monday to Friday: 7:00 am-9:00 pm - Saturday & Sunday - Continental Breakfast - 9:30-10:30 am - Hot Meal Service - 10:30 am-9:00 pm - Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall will closed for the academic year at 11:00 am on Friday, April 18. Summer hours of operation will be advertised at a later date. Thank you, Angela MacKenzie Chartwells Food Service Director dineoncampus.ca/upei

The deadline for submissions for the Presidential Recognition Awards of Merit is extended to Monday, April 7, 2014. Categories include: Staff: Exemplary Service Campus Spirit Volunteer and Community Service Support and Student Success Faculty: Teaching Scholarly Endeavours Service Combined Achievements Full details of each of the awards and submission criteria can be found here: Please take this opportunity to say thanks to a colleague or co-worker by submitting a nomination.

The Research on Tap discussion scheduled for tonight will be postponed due to winter weather. Join us Tuesday, April 8 at 7 pm at the Pourhouse above The Old Triangle Irish Alehouse. Assistant professor of History Dr. Sarah Glassford will lead a discussion entitled 鈥淏lood: It鈥檚 in you to sell. Why Canadians give and get blood for free.鈥� For more information, see research.upei.ca, or contact Dave Atkinson at 620-5117, datkinson@upei.ca

The deadline for submissions for the Presidential Recognition Awards of Merit is extended to Monday, April 7, 2014. Categories include: Staff: Exemplary Service Campus Spirit Volunteer and Community Service Support and Student Success Faculty: Teaching Scholarly Endeavours Service Combined Achievements Full details of each of the awards and submission criteria can be found here: Please take this opportunity to say thanks to a colleague or co-worker by submitting a nomination.

The Research on Tap discussion scheduled for tonight will be postponed due to winter weather. Join us Tuesday, April 8 at 7 pm at the Pourhouse above The Old Triangle Irish Alehouse. Assistant professor of History Dr. Sarah Glassford will lead a discussion entitled 鈥淏lood: It鈥檚 in you to sell. Why Canadians give and get blood for free.鈥� For more information, see research.upei.ca, or contact Dave Atkinson at 620-5117, datkinson@upei.ca

91探花 faculty and staff are asked to encourage their students to attend a feedback session tomorrow. More information: "Are you a first or second year student at 91探花? 91探花 wants to hear from you! How did your year go? What's working for you? What can we do better? Come hang out with us from 11:45 am to 1:00 pm on Tuesday, April 1 in McMillan Hall. We'll bring the (free) pizza and nachos, you bring your opinions."

You're invited to submit stories, announcements, or departmental updates to 91探花's newsletter, the Campus Connector. The submission deadline for the next edition is Monday, March 31 by 5:00 pm. Submissions must follow these guidelines: -be emailed to Sheila Kerry at communications@upei.ca -sent in a Microsoft Word or plain text document -be no longer than 250 words -maximum one photo per story The editors reserve the right to edit content, will not consider incomplete submissions, and cannot guarantee that all submitted materials will be published. If you have any questions or comments, please contact communications@upei.ca. Not receiving the Campus Connector? To subscribe, please email communications@upei.ca to get your email address on the list!