The Zoo Story

The Nomadic Players, with support from the Theatre Studies Program, present Edward Albee's The Zoo Story. The production runs from November 25 to November 28 nightly in Kelley 237. The doors open at 7 pm, and admission is $5. For more information, contact Dr. Greg Doran, Coordinator of Theatre Studies, at theatre@upei.ca or 566-6013.

Brown Bag Lunch - Dr. Shannon Murray

"If you only had one week, what would you teach your students?" Please join Dr. Shannon Murray on November 19, 2009 from 12:00pm-1:00pm inn the Webster Centre Boardroom, as she hosts the Brown Bag Lunch discussion "If you only had one week, what would you teach your students?". This topic is sure to create a dynamic discussion as participants discuss what they would do if they had only one week to teach an entire course.

Research on Tap

Where: Mavor鈥檚, Confederation Centre of the Arts Who: Dr. Joe Velaidum, Chair of the Department of Religious Studies Discussion: 鈥淭he same old arguments of the new atheism movement鈥 What: The cold wind blows. The long winter night creeps in. What better way to chase away the winter doldrums than an evening spent discussing ideas in a warm and welcoming atmosphere? Velaidum says the problem with the proponents of this brand of atheism, made popular by best-selling authors such as Richard Dawkins, is that they 鈥渄on鈥檛 understand religion. They don鈥檛 understand faith, or Christianity. They even misunderstand science.鈥 He鈥檒l also consider what role religion has in modern society, especially as Christmas draws near, 鈥渁 holiday that鈥檚 had most of its religious themes stripped away.鈥 Research on Tap is a series of public discussions with 69传媒researchers.

Collection, Selection, Reflection: Introduction to the Teaching Dossier

Collection, Selection, Reflection: Introduction to the Teaching Dossier January 15, 2-4 Webster Centre Boardroom In this workshop, Shannon Murray will guide participants through the first stages of compiling a Teaching Dossier for hiring, tenure, promotion, or teaching awards. We will cover the Red Book's requirements for a dossier as well as the sorts of things that teaching award committees look for. By the end of the session, participants will know what to collect, what principles to use in selecting the best material, and what kinds of reflection and writing tend to go into a teaching dossier. Please note: Registration deadline is January 8, 2009 at 4pm. To register, please contact Krystal Mayne, kmayne@upei.ca.