{"id":258,"date":"2016-06-22T12:13:33","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T19:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/abt\/?p=258"},"modified":"2016-06-22T12:13:33","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T19:13:33","slug":"convocation-2016-ab3-expo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/abt\/convocation-2016-ab3-expo\/","title":{"rendered":"Convocation 2016 and AB3 Expo!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brielle (ABT grad from 2015) and Christa-Marie (ABT grad from 2016)<\/p><\/div>\n

ABT grad (Brielle) working with ABT student @ABTChristaC<\/a> on practicum in the College of Arts. @goUFV<\/a> #ABTWebComms<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/s8tHQaSWQz<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Christine Nehring (@ABTatUFV) June 13, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Semester End<\/h2>\n

The end of semester is always a busy time with many events such as the ABT Expo, \u00a0ABT\u00a0awards and party event, and convocation. Our wonderful AB3 students are now enjoying practicum placements in many organisations in the Fraser Valley including school districts, municipalities, Correctional Service Canada locations, UFV and beyond, as the tweets from Christine show!<\/p>\n

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Amara and Sarah back in the ABT lab!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Borrowing CE’s practicum students to clean L104. @sprinc3R<\/a> & @aglendinning13<\/a> are good sports! #ABTWebComms<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/84YdGzz2hi<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Christine Nehring (@ABTatUFV) 6 June 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

ABT Expo: A Trade Show Event not to be Missed!<\/h2>\n

In January 2015 we introduced a new course to the ABT Program: Web-based Business Communications. During this fast-paced, seven-week course, groups of students develop social media campaigns to promote their products, using Twitter, WordPress, and many other forms of promotion. We held the first Web Comms\/ABT\u00a0Expo in May 2015<\/a>, and it has proved to be a highpoint for many students<\/a>. Invited guests have commented on how professional, engaged, enthusiastic and eloquent students are about their products and the work they have done.<\/p>\n

ABT Awards<\/h2>\n

As a way to celebrate all the hard work students have done, we have an award ceremony on the last day of classes and hand out certificates in many different categories, from Artistic Achievement to Mobile Communications. Below are photographs of\u00a0the Winter 2016 class\u00a0from the ABT Expo, and the award they received.<\/p>\n

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A Walk in the Park Team at the ABT Expo<\/p><\/div>\n

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Thrift Seekers Team at the ABT Expo<\/p><\/div>\n

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LSCS: Your App Team at the ABT Expo<\/p><\/div>\n

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Cones Team at the ABT Expo<\/p><\/div>\n

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Blueprint Team at the ABT Expo<\/p><\/div>\n

Convocation 2016<\/h2>\n

One our favourite times of the year is convocation. It is such an honour to be able to celebrate our students and their achievements in a public way, and it always a fun and moving ceremony.\u00a0Congratulations to all our students; your hard work and persistence will serve you well in the future!<\/p>\n

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Behind the Scenes at Convo 2016!<\/p><\/div>\n

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ABT grads cross the stage<\/p><\/div>\n

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Waiting to Convocate!<\/p><\/div>\n

Looking to the Future<\/h2>\n

We are already preparing for our new students, and the next two cohorts will start in September 2016. Places are filling up fast, so if you are interested in taking the program (or know someone else who would be interested), you can find out more and how to apply on our\u00a0UFV pages<\/a>. Our next assessment is on July 15<\/a>, 2016, so mark the date!<\/p>\n

Your Favourite (ABT) Memory<\/h2>\n

Now we’ve shared some of our recent ABT highlights, why not share\u00a0one of your favourite memories\u00a0from ABT or something else you’ve done recently? The comments section is open, below.<\/p>\n

Image Credits<\/h3>\n

First Twitter image from Christine Nehring taken by\u00a0Deborah Grenfield, June 2016; used with permission
\nSecond\u00a0Twitter image from Christine Nehring taken by Christine Nehring, June 2016; used with permission
\nABT Expo photos taken by Christine Nehring, May\u00a02016; used with permission.
\nConvocation 2016 montage images taken by Mary Higgins, June 2016; used with permission.
\nConvocation stage image #1 from UFV’s Flickr<\/a>; https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/HcztXs<\/a>; June 2016; some rights reserved<\/a>
\nConvocation stage image #2 from UFV’s Flickr<\/a>; https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/HYJDaL<\/a>; June 2016; some rights reserved<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ABT grad (Brielle) working with ABT student @ABTChristaC on practicum in the College of Arts. @goUFV #ABTWebComms pic.twitter.com\/s8tHQaSWQz \u2014 Christine Nehring (@ABTatUFV) June 13, 2016 Semester End The end of semester is always a busy time with many events such as the ABT Expo, \u00a0ABT\u00a0awards and party event, and convocation. Our wonderful AB3 students are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4,8,5],"tags":[34,35],"class_list":["post-258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abt","category-convocation","category-photos","category-web-comms-expo","tag-grad-2016","tag-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/abt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/abt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/abt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/abt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/abt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/abt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":298,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/abt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258\/revisions\/298"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/abt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/abt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/abt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/abt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}