The English Language Program (ELP) invites you to the Fall 2017 Buddy Program Kick-Off Night! This speed-dating style event allows you to meet tons of potential ELP Buddies and decide who your best match is. This is a great opportunity to support, engage and get to know someone who really appreciates it!

Come to this free event and be inspired by our panelists as they describe how they are using their business as a force for good! The panelists include Lucky Iron Fish and more. Enjoy complimentary pizza and bring your favourite water bottle! Support local companies and purchase a Cupanion bottle. Macdonald Hall, Room 232

Join us in the Science Complex Atrium with some of the University of Guelph's brightest scientific minds! This event is for high school students who are interested in pursuing post-secondary education in a scientific field. This is your chance to meet and mingle with professors and graduate students to learn about what we are actively

The landscape architecture program in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development presents a guest lecture by Roberto Rovira, principal and landscape architect of Studio Rovira and Associate Professor at Florida International University.  His talk is titled "Temporary Permanence: Landscapes, Ecology and Public Space." The event will be held in the Pit Lobby of

Soprano Sarah Marie Kramer and pianist Carl Phillipe Gionet present works by composers who lived and worked throughout the Romantic period of the Imperial City of Vienna. Free 50-minute concert. Everyone welcome. MacKinnon Building, Room 107

"The Genetic Revolution" presented by Teun van de Braak, Geneticist, Hendrix Genetics. The first selective breeding of farm animals started with the domestication of their wild ancestors. Both conscious selective breeding (selecting for desirable traits) as well as unconscious selection have led to our modern breeds. If we look back into history we can identify

Learn about the most common anxiety escalators and get proven tips and strategies that you can use to decrease stress and anxiety. This free, one-hour workshop for U of G students is provided by the Stress Management and High Performance Clinic. University Centre, Room 335

As part of the Residence Speaker Series, Karen Houle will be talking with students about stress resilience, self care and the importance of friendship. Learn how to manage and bounce back from stresses that university and life may throw at you! Eccles Centre, South Residence

Join the University of Guelph and 20 other Ontario universities at the three-day Ontario Universities' Fair at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Speak with representatives about programs, campus life, finances and any other questions you have that will help you in choosing a university.

Learn more about the MA (leadership) and MBA programs offered at the University of Guelph, including the program structure and schedule, associated fees and application process. Talk to faculty, administrators and alumni from both programs. Contact Alicia Cronsberry at acronsb@uoguelph.ca to register. Location: Holiday Inn, Guelph

The Wine and Spirit Education Trust Level 1 Award in Spirits will introduce you to the principles of spirit production. You will also learn how to serve spirits and distinguish factors affecting their flavor. This offering of the WSET Level 1 Award in Spirits will take place October 15. Register by September 25.

Faycal Saffih will be visiting the School of Engineering to deliver his presentation "Bio-Intelligence for Biomedical Smart CMOS Imaging and STEM Engineering Education." All are welcome. Richards Building, Room 3504

Learn to really relax tight muscles, calm emotions, settle a busy brain, have more energy and perform better in a busy world. This 12-session program meets at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays for six weeks.  The fee is $40 for U of G students, $60 for members of USW Local 4120 and $120 for

Join us for an evening with inaugural Gryphons Read Common reading project author Zoe Whittal. In conversation with Chatelaine columnist and writer Rachel Giese, Whittall, a Guelph alumna and Giller shortlisted author, will discuss her book The Best Kind of People and life as an author.

The 2017 Partnerships for Employment (P4E) Career Fair will take place at RIM Park in Waterloo on September 27. Free bus transportation leaves the University Centre every 30 mins, starting at 9:30 a.m. Buses will pick up at the doors by the bus loop. This is the largest career fair of its kind in the

Join us for the launch of Re•Vision: The Centre for Art and Social Justice. The Re•Vision Centre for Art and Social Justice is a newly established social science and arts-informed research centre at the University of Guelph in the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences. Re•Vision has a mandate to use arts-informed and community engaged

Hospitality Services is promoting Fair Trade Campus Week by selling fair-trade chocolate chip banana bread September 25 to 29. The Caffeine Canteen food truck will be in Branion Plaza on September 28 with goodies, including new Fair Trade Mint Smoothie coffee, and education on fair trade foods.

Flutist Laurel Swinden and pianist Stephanie Mara perform music by Canadian women composers.  Free 50-minute concert. Everyone welcome! MacKinnon Building, Room 107

The landscape architecture program in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development presents the Evidence-Based Landscape Architecture Lecture with Frederick Steiner, Dean of the School of Design, Paley Professor, University of Pennsylvania.  His talk is titled, “The Art of Plan Making.” Landscape Architecture Building, Room 204

Since the 1830s, Canadian and American police officers have regularly used transnational abductions and prisoner exchanges to bring wanted men to justice. These practices, while violating at least one country's laws, served as integral parts of border control. In the process, breaking law became a viable means of upholding it. Benjamin Hoy presents this year's