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The Generative AI Taskforce (GAIT) will host two workshops in October for faculty interested in enhancing their digital literacy and learning about GenAI. This first workshop will focus on GenAI basics, which will include time for instructors to discuss and develop a GenAI statement for their course syllabi (or for a specific assignment in your course) that fits with your pedagogical approach to student learning.  This workshop will take place on Tuesday, October 15, from 10:00 am to noon in the TLC.  

The Atlantic Veterinary College SAVMA Chapter is excited to present the second annual Trails For Tails 5K Run/Walk, sanctioned by the PEI Roadrunners!

This run will take place on Sunday, September 22, at 9 am. The route for this 5km run/walk is an "out-and-back" on the Confederation Trail, starting and ending at the W.A. Murphy Student Centre. The public is invited to attend (ages 10+), and ALL fitness levels are welcome. 

Meetings of the ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú Senate are open to members  of  the community, although for certain  in-camera  items (e.g., granting  of  degrees), only senators may be present.   To register your attendance, email senate@upei.ca one week in advance.

View the schedule of ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú Senate meetings for the 2024–2025 academic year.

Meetings of the ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú Senate are open to members  of  the community, although for certain  in-camera  items (e.g., granting  of  degrees), only senators may be present.   To register your attendance, email senate@upei.ca one week in advance.

View the schedule of ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú Senate meetings for the 2024–2025 academic year.

Stacey MacKinnon, Brenton Dickieson, and Ryan Drew from the Curiosity and Inquiry Research Collaboration Lab (CIRCL) and Inquiry Studies team will share preliminary observations from their research, which is funded with an Internal Gen AI and Assessment Innovations Research Grant, in the TLC on November 6 at 12:30 pm.

Join us in the TLC to learn about Moodle activities you can use in active syllabi and anonymous surveys with Megan Glover and Lisa Steele.  

As ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú continues to think about the best first-year experience or our students, Shannon Murray and Philip Smith will introduce two successful programs from our past: the First-Year Advantage Program and the senior student-led First-Year Seminar. After a brief description of each program, we will open up the discussion to the larger question of what we hope for in the experience of our first-year undergraduate students.

Assessments in large classes often are a challenge to move beyond mid-term and final exams. Come to the TLC when Bob Deziel is going to share his experience with large classes, creating individualized assessments and projects for each person. Bob teaches a relatively large course (~130 students in Human Biochemistry), which does not have a lab nor tutorial component.  As a result, connecting with the students and crafting modes of assessment that go beyond tests can be a struggle.

While sipping on cedar and chaga teas, we can start with digging into the Peace and Friendship Treaties, discussing what being a treaty person means.  Coming from a settler descendant perspective, Heathyr Francis hopes we will connect this discussion with two of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action: 

Justin Shaw is a proud alumnus of the ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú. Since graduating in 2014, he has gained professional experience in the performing arts, the non-profit sector, and the world of business. Shaw credits much of his eclectic portfolio to the skills acquired and honed during his time as an undergraduate at ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú.

Join this entertaining presentation at the ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú Performing Arts Centre as Shaw aims to provide a compelling answer to the oft-grating question: What can you do with an Arts degree?