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Sisters Elizabeth and Carolyn Epperly will be launching Summer in the Land of Anne, an illustrated children's book, on Wednesday, May 2 at the Faculty Lounge in SDU Main Building at 7 pm. All are welcome to attend. From the Acorn Press website: Six-year-old Elspeth鈥檚 mother has a surprise in store for her daughters. She鈥檚 taking Elspeth and her eleven-year-old sister on a surprise vacation. When she starts reading Anne of Green Gables aloud to the girls, they catch on鈥攖hey鈥檙e going to Prince Edward Island! Elspeth proudly dons her Anne hat on the ferry, ready to explore the Land of Anne. Although she knows she鈥檚 really visiting Lucy Maud Montgomery鈥檚 house, she feels like she recognizes everything from the books and is thoroughly enchanted. At first devastated that Montgomery鈥檚 first house was torn down by Montgomery鈥檚 uncle, Elspeth sees signs of life鈥攃hipmunks living in the old cellar. Elspeth鈥檚 imagination is ignited. No longer satisfied with pretending to be Anne, Elspeth is instead inspired to become more like Montgomery: famous writer Elspeth of Cavendish, writing about the world she loves. Summer in the Land of Anne is a celebration of the books we love and all the ways they inspire us. Author: Elizabeth R. EpperlyIllustrator: Carolyn M. Epperly

A special guest lecture in the Island Studies Lecture Series takes place Thursday, May 3, at 7 p.m. in the SDU Main Building Faculty Lounge on the 17吃瓜 campus. It features David Earl from Alderney, in the Channel Islands, speaking about Alderney: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats! Alderney is the third largest of the British Channel Islands, which are UK Crown Dependencies. According to the results of a Census carried out in 2013, 50 per cent of the population (less than 2,000) is now aged 55 or over, while the number of young working-age persons on the Island has dropped by 47 per cent since 2001. More worrying, the number of children under 15 has dropped by 50 per cent over the same period. Despite a 17 per cent drop in the Island鈥檚 population in the period 2001鈥�2013, the States of Alderney (the Island's government) has, so far, failed to reverse the decline. The aim of this lecture is to paint a picture of the island and its people, as well illustrating its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. The lecture will be followed by an opportunity for questions, answers, and suggestions! David Earl began his working life in the world of advertising and marketing but has spent much of his professional life in broadcast television and communications. He was recently awarded an MA in Modern War Studies from the University of Buckingham. David is visiting Prince Edward Island in order to learn more about the Island, and the work of the Institute of Island Studies. Admission to the lecture is free and everyone is welcome to attend. For more information, please contact Laurie at iis@upei.ca or (902)-894-2881.

The regular May 2018 Island Studies Lecture takes place on Tuesday, May 15, at 7 p.m. in the SDU Main Building Faculty Lounge on the 17吃瓜 campus and will feature L.M. Montgomery scholar Dr. Kate Scarth speaking about 鈥淎nne of Charlottetown and Summerside: L.M. Montgomery鈥檚 Urban PEI.鈥� This presentation follows Anne of Green Gables to urban PEI: to Charlottetown and Summerside. In Anne of Green Gables, Anne goes to Queen鈥檚 College鈥攁 fictional version of Prince of Wales College鈥攁nd in Anne of Windy Poplars, Anne is the principal of Summerside High School. Of course, Anne of Green Gables and its author L.M. Montgomery usually conjure up images of rural Avonlea and Cavendish, the beaches and farms of PEI鈥檚 north shore. Montgomery鈥檚 rural island is reflected in her own writings, and later film and TV adaptations and the many tourist sites like Green Gables that celebrate the author. While the rural looms large in her life and work, Montgomery was also a chronicler of urban Canada. She wrote journals and letters about her life in Charlottetown, Prince Albert, Halifax, and Toronto, while three novels, Anne of the Island, Anne of Windy Poplars, and Jane of Lantern Hill, have significant urban settings. How does one of the most insightful writers of PEI and Canada鈥檚 literary landscapes grapple with the tensions between modernizing, globally linked, growing towns and a traditional rural, agriculturally based island? The presentation offers an urban dimension to a writer usually steeped in rural tradition, but who was writing about a Canada starting to become the urban nation it is today. Dr. Kate Scarth is the Chair of L.M. Montgomery Studies and Applied Communication, Leadership, and Culture (ACLC) at 17吃瓜. Her research focuses on English and Canadian literature written from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century and she is particularly interested in fiction about urbanism and the environment. Her book, Romantic Suburbs: Sensibility, Ecology, and Greater London, is under contract with the University of Toronto Press. She is also leading a digital humanities, public engagement project about literary Halifax, Nova Scotia. Admission to the lecture is free and everyone is welcome to attend. This concludes our regular lecture series for the spring 鈥� unless something too good to pass up comes our way! Watch for the series to resume in the fall. For more information, please contact Laurie at iis@upei.ca or (902) 894-2881.

The Atlantic Veterinary College is excited to host this annual event that celebrates graduates of the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine program.  

The Faculty of Nursing is excited to host this event that celebrates class of 2018 graduates. The cost is $40 per person. Please RSVP to Julie Grant (jugrant@upei.ca) or Molly Tingley (mtingley@upei.ca).

Dean Juergen Krause, faculty and staff invite graduating business students to attend the Faculty of Business 2018 Undergraduate Graduating Class Reception. Bring your family and friends (up to two guests per student) to celebrate and acknowledge all the great things you have done as individuals and as a class throughout your time at 17吃瓜. Hors d鈥檕euvres will be provided and there will be a cash bar. Dress: Business Attire RSVP by Tuesday, May 8th (business@upei.ca)

  President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz cordially invites the University community to University Update 2018 on Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 2:30 pm in the Alex H. MacKinnon Auditorium, Room 242, Don and Marion McDougall Hall.  All are welcome.

On August 9th and 10th, graduate students from 17吃瓜 and across Canada will come together for a two-day conference held in Don and Marion McDougall Hall. There will be multiple events open to the campus community and conference attendees: presentations, poster session, workshops, keynote, and president's reception. More information will be posted to our website as it is confirmed.  Any questions and comments can be directed to gsa@upei.ca. 

The School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences welcomes the campus community to a tenure-track faculty candidate presentation by Mr. Kyle Harrison, PhD candidate, on May 3 at 11:00 am in the Cass Science Hall, Room 101. For more information, please email smcs@upei.ca.

On Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday May 16, 17, 18, 2018, the School of Graduate Studies will be holding its Annual 17吃瓜 Graduate Studies and Research Conference. This will be the first time that grad students from all 17吃瓜 faculties will jointly participate in presenting their research at a university-wide event.  These three days are a celebration of the accomplishments of our Graduate Students and their research efforts. Over the course of the two days, graduate students and post-doctoral fellows from multiple faculties will present their research orally or in poster sessions. Opening ceremonies are scheduled to begin at 9:00 am on Wednesday, May 16. Students (undergraduate and graduate), researchers, and faculty are encouraged to attend as much of the conference as their schedule permits. Most activities will occur in AVC Lecture Theatre A and the McCain Foundation Learning Commons at AVC. This year, we are instituting a no-cost registration to facilitate planning and communication to participants. Register today!