UFV President Mark Evered and his executive assistant Jill Smith visited the Hope Centre for the afternoon recently. Centre coordinator Michelle Vandepol organized a Christmas cookie social. She reports that the president visited with each student personally, asking about their courses and goals.
Vandepol has recently created a list letting people know what the Hope Centre offers.
What students can do at Hope Centre
- Take UUP and CE courses
- Register and pay for any UFV class, regardless of campus
- Order and pay for textbooks
- Write the composition placement test
- Use the computer lab
- Order UFV library books
- Get help with Blackboard and other computer support for UFV Online classes
- Get your student campus card
- Write exams for courses from UFV or other institutions
- Buy UFV logo items
- Participate in a UFV CCR project
- Rent a room for community use.
UFV also offers a Transitions program in partnership with SD 78, which allows high school students to take first-year UFV classes for free and for dual credit while still in high school.