Campus Notices

Christopher L. Rock, BSc will defend his master of science thesis entitled: 鈥淭he Synthesis, Characterization, and Analysis of Polynorbornenes Containing Various Organometallic Species鈥 The seminar will be held on: Monday, July 29 12:30 pm Main Building, Room 113 Everyone is welcome. Sharon Martin, Administrative Assistant Biology Department and Environmental Studies Program phone: 902-566-0301 upei.ca/biology
Christopher L. Rock, BSc will defend his master of science thesis entitled: 鈥淭he Synthesis, Characterization, and Analysis of Polynorbornenes Containing Various Organometallic Species鈥 The seminar will be held on: Monday, July 29 12:30 pm Main Building, Room 113 Everyone is welcome. Sharon Martin, Administrative Assistant Biology Department and Environmental Studies Program phone: 902-566-0301 upei.ca/biology

The University has engaged an independent panel of three reviewers to conduct an assessment of programs and activities related to Island Studies. Panelists include Dr. Liette Vasseur of Brock University, Dr. Graham Whitelaw of Queen's University, and Mr. David MacDonald, PC. On July 25, Dr. Vasseur will visit 91探花 to conduct the first site review and to meet with as many of the key stakeholders as possible. Interested members of the campus community are invited to an open campus meeting with Dr. Vasseur on Thursday, July 25 from 3:00鈥4:00 pm in the main floor lounge area of Kelley Memorial Building. The terms of reference for the assessment are available upon request by emailing vpa@upei.ca.
If you are new to 91探花 in the past year, please hold the afternoon of Wednesday, September 11, 2013 for new employee orientation. Individual invitations will be sent shortly to new hires, but we are providing early notice as we welcome new friends and coworkers to our University! More details will be forthcoming. Ryan Johnston Director, Human Resources
The University has engaged an independent panel of three reviewers to conduct an assessment of programs and activities related to Island Studies. Panelists include Dr. Liette Vasseur of Brock University, Dr. Graham Whitelaw of Queen's University, and Mr. David MacDonald, PC. On July 25, Dr. Vasseur will visit 91探花 to conduct the first site review and to meet with as many of the key stakeholders as possible. Interested members of the campus community are invited to an open campus meeting with Dr. Vasseur on Thursday, July 25 from 3:00鈥4:00 pm in the main floor lounge area of Kelley Memorial Building. The terms of reference for the assessment are available upon request by emailing vpa@upei.ca.
If you are new to 91探花 in the past year, please hold the afternoon of Wednesday, September 11, 2013 for new employee orientation. Individual invitations will be sent shortly to new hires, but we are providing early notice as we welcome new friends and coworkers to our University! More details will be forthcoming. Ryan Johnston Director, Human Resources
The University has engaged an independent panel of three reviewers to conduct an assessment of programs and activities related to Island Studies. Panelists include Dr. Liette Vasseur of Brock University, Dr. Graham Whitelaw of Queen's University, and Mr. David MacDonald, PC. On July 25, Dr. Vasseur will visit 91探花 to conduct the first site review and to meet with as many of the key stakeholders as possible. Interested members of the campus community are invited to an open campus meeting with Dr. Vasseur on Thursday, July 25 from 3:00鈥4:00 pm in the main floor lounge area of Kelley Memorial Building. The terms of reference for the assessment are available upon request by emailing vpa@upei.ca.
If you are new to 91探花 in the past year, please hold the afternoon of Wednesday, September 11, 2013 for new employee orientation. Individual invitations will be sent shortly to new hires, but we are providing early notice as we welcome new friends and coworkers to our University! More details will be forthcoming. Ryan Johnston Director, Human Resources

Attention: 91探花 graduate students -- here's your chance to lead your very own Research on Tap. Research on Tap is a series of public discussions led by 91探花 researchers. This year, we are adding a second series featuring the amazing research of graduate students. We're calling it, you guessed it, Graduate Research on Tap. Would you like to lead an informal discussion about your research? Please fill out this form! Graduate Research on Tap is is open to graduate students in any school or faculty, and is presented by Research Services, the 91探花 Student Union, and Graduate Students Association. Interested? Learn more by watching this video.
Ever wonder what makes your t-shirt glow under a black light? Or why the lines on the highway seem unnaturally bright when your headlights shine on them? Watch Dr. Brian Wagner , professor of chemistry at 91探花, explain the science of fluorescence, and how we see it around us every day. Read the rest of the post on the 91探花 Research Blog:
The Faculty of Education All Years Reunion event is being held Wednesday, July 24, from 2:30-4:00 pm. It will be taking place in the quad outside Memorial Hall (rain location The McCain Foundation Learning Commons, AVC). We will be celebrating with the BEd(K) students as the bulk of them finish their degree requirements THAT DAY, along with presenting the J Wesley Parkinson awards to two incoming MEd students, and honouring key instructors in our faculty. Light refreshments will be served. All are welcome to attend.
The Faculty of Education All Years Reunion event is being held Wednesday, July 24, from 2:30-4:00 pm. It will be taking place in the quad outside Memorial Hall (rain location The McCain Foundation Learning Commons, AVC). We will be celebrating with the BEd(K) students as the bulk of them finish their degree requirements THAT DAY, along with presenting the J Wesley Parkinson awards to two incoming MEd students, and honouring key instructors in our faculty. Light refreshments will be served. All are welcome to attend.
Attention: 91探花 graduate students -- here's your chance to lead your very own Research on Tap. Research on Tap is a series of public discussions led by 91探花 researchers. This year, we are adding a second series featuring the amazing research of graduate students. We're calling it, you guessed it, Graduate Research on Tap. Would you like to lead an informal discussion about your research? Please fill out this form! Graduate Research on Tap is is open to graduate students in any school or faculty, and is presented by Research Services, the 91探花 Student Union, and Graduate Students Association. Interested? Learn more by watching this video.
Ever wonder what makes your t-shirt glow under a black light? Or why the lines on the highway seem unnaturally bright when your headlights shine on them? Watch Dr. Brian Wagner , professor of chemistry at 91探花, explain the science of fluorescence, and how we see it around us every day. Read the rest of the post on the 91探花 Research Blog:
Attention: 91探花 graduate students -- here's your chance to lead your very own Research on Tap. Research on Tap is a series of public discussions led by 91探花 researchers. This year, we are adding a second series featuring the amazing research of graduate students. We're calling it, you guessed it, Graduate Research on Tap. Would you like to lead an informal discussion about your research? Please fill out this form! Graduate Research on Tap is is open to graduate students in any school or faculty, and is presented by Research Services, the 91探花 Student Union, and Graduate Students Association. Interested? Learn more by watching this video.
Ever wonder what makes your t-shirt glow under a black light? Or why the lines on the highway seem unnaturally bright when your headlights shine on them? Watch Dr. Brian Wagner , professor of chemistry at 91探花, explain the science of fluorescence, and how we see it around us every day. Read the rest of the post on the 91探花 Research Blog:
The Faculty of Education All Years Reunion event is being held Wednesday, July 24, from 2:30-4:00 pm. It will be taking place in the quad outside Memorial Hall (rain location The McCain Foundation Learning Commons, AVC). We will be celebrating with the BEd(K) students as the bulk of them finish their degree requirements THAT DAY, along with presenting the J Wesley Parkinson awards to two incoming MEd students, and honouring key instructors in our faculty. Light refreshments will be served. All are welcome to attend.

A reminder that 91探花 parking permits will be on sale, exclusively for 91探花 faculty and staff, beginning tomorrow, July 23. You can print your application today by visiting, . Please have the form completed before coming to the Accounting Office to have it processed. The Accounting Office is located on the lower level of Kelley Memorial Building. Please note that there is a limited number of designated parking spaces available, and they will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis. If you have a balance owing to 91探花, without a payroll deduction in place, you will be required to clear your balance before purchasing a parking permit. Payment can be made by cash/cheque, or credit/debit. Payroll deductions are required for gated B & C for full-time/permanent part-time employees which will begin in September for 26 pay periods. This is an ongoing deduction for permit purchases in gated lots B & C. Parking permits go on sale for students August 27. At that time, permit sales will be moved to the kiosk, main floor of the W.A. Murphy Student Centre. Hours of operation are 9:00 am to 3:30 pm, Monday to Friday, until permits are sold out.
Liane Leclair, BSc will defend her master of science thesis entitled: 鈥淚n Vitro Reproductive-endocrine, and in Vivo Immunological Responses to Extracted Oil Sands-derived Naphthenic Acids鈥 The seminar will be held on: Friday, July 26 1:00 pm Duffy Science Centre, Room 204 Everyone is welcome.
Rob Wickham, University of Guelph, will present "Simulation of dynamics and structure in the disordered micelle regime of diblock copolymer melts" on Monday, July 22, 2鈥3 pm in the Duffy Science Centre, Room 204.