In this newsletter:
- UPEIFA Hessian Merit Awards for Excellence in Teaching
- Dr. Tim Goddard to Provide Keynote Presentation during International Development Week
- Decimals Workshop – 05-Feb-2015
- Hurrahs
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UPEIFA HESSIAN MERIT AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING
The Hessian Merit Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Hessian Merit Award for Exellence in Teaching by a Sessional Instructor honours instructors for outstanding performance in teaching. These teaching awards publicly acknowledge individuals whose work has contributed to instructional excellence at UPEI.
Nominations are currently being accepted for these two awards. Deadline for nominations is noon, 20-Feb-2015. Guidelines and Nomination Forms can be found at the links below:
- Hessian Merit Award For Excellence in Teaching – Guidelines and Nomination Form
- Hessian Merit Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Sessional Instructor – Guidelines and Nomination Form
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DR. TIM GODDARD TO PROVIDE KEYNOTE PRESENTATION DURING INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT WEEK
Dr. Tim Goddard will highlight the 2015 International Development Week at UPEI. This year’s theme is “We make a difference.”
Goddard’s lecture, entitled “The quest for Buen Vivir: For whom are we making a difference, and why?” will take place, 05-Feb-2015 from 2:30-4:00 pm in McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre. Admission is by donation, but a ticket is needed for entry. All proceeds will go to the Nichola Goddard Foundation. His talk will draw from contemporary development theory and examples from some of his personal international initiatives. Dr. Goddard will touch on some of our “taken-for-granted” notions regarding the nature of development.
The presentation will be followed by a reception, featuring door prizes and instrumental music from UPEI international student, Jacob Liu. To reserve tickets, and to view a full schedule of events for UPEI’s International Development Week, visit upei.ca/idw.
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DECIMALS WORKSHOP – 05-FEB-2015
On Thursday, 05-Feb-2015, Dr. Tess Miller and her Education students present a Decimals Workshop in Health Sciences Building, Room 104 (4:30pm-6:00pm). The purpose of the workshop is to explore decimal concepts using pictorial representations – an easy hands-on approach. For more information, and/or to let them know you are coming, please contact Dr. Miller.
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HURRAHS
As we have just ticked off our first true snow day of Winter 2014-2015, we wanted to send out kudos to one staff member that combined both her parenting and teacher skills to create a truly memorable snow day. We’re looking at you, Jill Ross! When the weather was too bad for the kiddies to play outside, she took the snow inside to them.
That picture is just cuteness and science in equal measure. Bravo, Jill!
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