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Countdown to the New Semester!

By Mary Higgins on August 28, 2015

Christine Nehring and Mary Higgins preparing for the new ABT students

Christine and Mary work on the orientation PowerPoint in the ABT lab

Eleven days until the new semester.

Fall semester starts on September 8, 2015, and preparations for the new Applied Business Technology (ABT) students are gathering momentum. On the first day we run an orientation event that gives new students the opportunity to meet instructors, receive timetables, tour the facilities, and ask questions. It is the start of a six-month journey, and helps make students feel at ease in their new environment.

New ABT Alumni Facebook Group.

After all the excitement of the end of term activities and convocation in June, we have been busy working with the UFV Alumni Association on setting up a Facebook group for UFV ABT Alumni. If you are one of our alumni, you can now sign up for news updates, job postings and networking opportunities here: www.facebook.com/groups/UFVABTAlumni

A few places left for September.

This is the AB3 winter 2015 cohort – do you want to be an ABT student?

There are still a few places available to start the program in September 2015, and you can find out more information about the program and funding opportunities on the ABT website: www.ufv.ca/abt/ You can start the application process online https://www.ufv.ca/abt/apply-now/ , and you can email the program head, Christine.Nehring@ufv.ca, if you have any questions. There is only a few days left, so contact us and get your application in quickly!

We also have another intake of students in January 2016, so if you are interested in the program you can come to one of our information and assessment sessions to find out more. The dates are on the ABT website https://www.ufv.ca/abt/assessment-dates/ and the next session is September 25, 2015. Please email Christine.Nehring@ufv.ca if you wish to attend.

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Recent Events: Web Comms Expo and Convocation!

By Mary Higgins on June 25, 2015

AB3 Winter 2015 Class

We are using our first blog post on the new ABT blog to tell you about two recent events: the inaugural ABT Web Comms Expo and Convocation 2015.

Web Comms Expo

In January 2015, the ABT program added a new course to the already-comprehensive list. Web-based Business Communications has been developed to give students the skills and experience they need to successfully manage online communications in today’s online business world. During the seven-week course students work in teams to develop a marketing strategy for a product or service. As part of that work, they use project management tools such as timelines to keep their project on track, create blog posts and a product home page on the ABT WordPress website, and post Tweets on Twitter.

On June 3, 2015, the AB3 cohort was the first to have the opportunity to take part in a trade-show event called the Web Comms Expo. Each team created a booth and presented their product or service to judges. It was an exciting morning, and the judges were very impressed with the booths and the students. Here are the teams with their booths:

Image showing Team 1 and their display for ABT Web Comm Expo

Team 1, ABT Web Comm Expo

Image showing Team 2 and their display for ABT Web Comm Expo

Team 2, ABT Web Comm Expo

Image showing Team 3 and their display for ABT Web Comm Expo

Team 3, ABT Web Comm Expo

Image showing Team 4 and their display for ABT Web Comm Expo

Team 4, ABT Web Comm Expo

Image showing Team 5 and their display for ABT Web Comm Expo

Team 5, ABT Web Comms Expo

There are more pictures from the Expo on the UFV Flickr site.

Convocation, 2015

On June 12, 2015, many of the 2014–2015 students who successfully completed the ABT Certificate Program crossed the stage at the Abbotsford Entertainment Centre to receive their certificates. It was a joyous occasion and a fitting way to cap all the hard work that they did!

The photos below were generously sent in by some graduates, and we would be happy to add more from ABT grads (just email them to Christine). There are also official pictures on the UFV Flickr site that feature some of our grads (you might need to scroll down the page).