Happy Friday everyone,
It is a sunny day and the weekend forecast is just as beautiful! Isn’t this weather the best?

Thank you for everyone that stopped by at the BBQ last Monday. Hope you enjoy our burgers the organic vegetable, and chips. The CHBE GSC annual election is coming in the month of June! Stay tuned to the blog to read about the details!

Since 2008, UBC has had a Statement on Respectful Environment for Students, Faculty and Staff.  It is a comprehensive statement issued by the UBC Executive about our commitment to a respectful environment, the responsibilities of members of the community, and how to address related concerns. It can be viewed online at http://www.hr.ubc.ca/memos/revised-respectful-environment-statement-may-27-2014/. 

Please take this opportunity to familiarize yourself with the revised statement and share it with faculty, staff, and students as they commence work or learning opportunities in your department or faculty.

• Visit the Respectful Environment Statement website: http://www.hr.ubc.ca/respectful-environment/
• Visit the UBC Bullying & Harassment Prevention website: http://bullyingandharassment.ubc.ca/
• Read the Respectful Environment Statement online: http://www.hr.ubc.ca/respectful-environment/files/UBC-Statement-on-Respectful-Environment-2014.pdf

The GSS and the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies is carrying out a qualitative study of graduate students’ perceptions of mentoring. They will
be exploring graduate students’ perspectives on mentoring to inform and improve mentoring as an integral part of teaching and learning at UBC. They’d now like to invite you to participate in this study and share your experiences and perspective with us. Please review the official invitation letter and consent form then sign up to do your bit in helping them improve  the graduate student mentorship experience at UBC.

Wish everyone a great weekend! Cheers, Jun, VP Communication

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Hello everyone, happy Friday! Hope everyone had a fun and productive week!

The official information for the CHBE GSC Summer BBQ is out!
It is on Monday, May 26 12 PM, outside the Chemical & Biological Engineering Building East Mall Entrance! Please join us for a delicious burger!
You can enlarged version of the poster by clicking the picture below!

The CHBE department is holding a number of seminars next week. It includes:

• Seminar on Control Technologies for Paper Making by Dr. Michael Forbes, a senior research scientist at Honeywell on Tuesday, May 2012 at 12 noon in Room 202 (CHBE) 2360 East Mall. For more information, check out this PDF.
• Seminor on Nano-Engineered Materials for Clean Energy Applications by Dr. Shahram Karimi, Professor & NSERC Industrial Research Chair
  Alternative Energy Engineering, Lambton College, Canada on Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in CHBE Room 103.

Graduate Pathway for Success always has great workshops going on. Check out their event list here: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/current-students/gps-graduate-pathways-success/gps-workshops-events

Finally, if you have any suggestions and news to be posted on the blog, please feel free to contact me. My contact info is on the “Contact” page on the top bar of the blog.

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Although we had rain yesterday, with all the sunshine today, is it officially the summer yet? The CHBE Graduate Student Club have a summer event for you.

The graduate students club of CHBE cordially invites you for a BBQ party, the CHBE Summar BBQ Party.
on Monday, May 26, 12 PM. Come join us to mark the arrival of the summer 2014.
Please stay tuned with the blog for the details.
From the Graduate Student Society (GSS), they are sponsoring WEST Conference. This is a multidisciplinary water/wastewater conference to be held at UBC from June 8-10th. I believe, some students, who are working on this area, in the department might be interested with this conference. You can register at: http://west-conference.ca/

Lets end with some message from the department.To comply with BC’s Workers Compensation Act Policy Guidelines and UBC’s Respectful Environment policy, CHBE has scheduled bullying and harassment training sessions. All employees must complete the course either online or in person. The training sessions are open to all CHBE faculty and staff including summer students. If you have missed the training session on Thursday, you can still join the training session on Next Thursday.
May 13 –     1:00 – 2:00 pm      CHBE Rm 202
RSVP at: http://doodle.com/7w69svmg29a3cht3

Have a great weekend everyone!

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Dear 5th and 6th floor lab users in CHBE,

It was the time to announce the winners of April’s PPE Compliance Survey.

Ivan, our safety officer will conduct monthly PPE check and those who had the highest PPE compliance level, will be put into a draw for a starbuck giftcard!
*The highest PPE compliance level simply means you have lab coat, safety glasses, waterproof footwear and appropriate gloves.

April’s winners are

Babak Adeli
Miguel Garcia

Everyone has equal chance to win the draw if you put on your PPE.

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Hello everyone, happy friday! Special announcement about today’s coffee break!
In celebration of the wonderful weather and the end of exams, we’ll be having coke floats at coffee break today. If you are not familiar with the concept: coke float = coca-cola + ice-cream = foamy deliciousness. So just bring a cup/glass & spoon to the staff lounge room (2nd floor) at15:00, if you would like to join.

A reminder about mandatory safety orientation for those new to CHBE including faculty, staff, students, visitors, interns and employees.  As well, any individuals who missed the January orientation should attend the orientation.

CHBE Safety Orientation
May 5^th, 2014  at 10:00 am
Rm 202

Registration is not required for attendance.  Refreshments will be provided.

All individuals working in labs, including summer students and interns,  must also complete the UBC Risk Management Chemical Laboratory Safety Course.  The course has an online segment followed by a practical session.

http://www.hse.ubc.ca/courses/laboratory-chemical-safety
To take the course, no CWL is required as students create a registration ID.
https://www.hse2.ubc.ca/moodle/login/index.php

Also, there are many sustainability-related events that you can join in May!

SC Program News and Events at a Glance:

· Bike to Work Week
o May 13th: Free Lunch Time Primer for New Cyclists
o May 26 – 30: Bike to Work Week (B2WW), sign up to UBC and create or join a team!
o May 29: Celebration Station at St. Anselm’s Church

· Jane’s Walk
o May 1 & 2: UBC Jane’s Walks
o May 2 – 4: various Jane’s Walks across Vancouver

· Positive Space Training
o May 15 & 21: UBC

· UBC Farm Growing Season Workshop Series
o Various dates in May
· Other Events: Bird Week, 30 X 30 Challenge, Farmers Markets

Finally, a reminder for tomorrow.

A reminder that the Chemical and Biological Building will NOT be accessible on Saturday, May 3rd from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm for a planned power outage by Building Operations. The building emergency generator will be running so that fume hoods will continue operating. Please ensure labs and experimental equipment are left in safe conditions before the shutdown.

The CHBE servers including CHBE email will NOT be operating. FASmail will be unaffected by the shutdown.

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