Career & Life Planning workshop — Oct 21 or Nov 18

Find out which career is right for you! The UFV Counselling department is offering a free career & life planning two-hour workshop on the Abbotsford and Chilliwack campuses to help students determine their dream career. As a current UFV and prospective student, you will get a chance to: Explore your interests, values & personality Identify … Read more

Study Smart workshops for students — Oct 15

Study smart, not hard! The UFV Counselling department is offering free Study Smart workshops on the Abbotsford campus on Thurs, Oct 15. Do you want to study more productively? Manage time and stress more efficiently? Learn how to prepare for your exams? Overcome exam nerves? To register, sign up at Student Services in Abbotsford, B214, … Read more

100-Year Journey: Conversations Along the Way — Sept 26

Please join UFV’s Centre for Indo-Canadian Studies at an event to honour, preserve, and share the stories of South Asian Pioneers Sat, Sept 26 Abby B101 (Lecture Theatre) 3:15 pm: Welcome and refreshments 3:30 pm: Formal program begins 5–6 pm: Reception Panel Speakers: Gurbaksh Dhaliwal Mo Dhaliwal (UFV alumnus) Nash Gill Wally Oppal (UFV honorary … Read more

Consultation — revisions to grading system (101) policy

To establish a consistent and fair grading system to measure and articulate student performance at UFV, revisions have been made to the Grading System (101) policy. As part of the consultation process, the University Secretariat invites the UFV community to submit collaborative or individual feedback to samantha.pattridge@ufv.ca by Fri, Oct 9. Supporting documents are online … Read more

Cascades women’s basketball team adds veteran seasoning to recruiting class

The reigning PacWest conference MVP, a former Canada West rookie of the year, and a CIS national all-tournament honouree headline a veteran-laden crew of incoming players for head coach Al Tuchscherer and the University of the Fraser Valley women’s basketball program. The aforementioned accolades were earned, respectively, by Shayna Cameron, Sydney Williams and Kayli Sartori … Read more

IT Services helpdesk changes

The IT Services help desk will be moving into its newly renovated space in Abby B241 during the last two weeks of August. At that time we will also will be transitioning to a new name. The help desk will become the IT service desk. Our email address will be changing from helpdesk.its@ufv.ca to ITservicedesk@ufv.ca … Read more

UFV’s Pauls, Bertram help Team Canada to best-ever Universiade finish

Aaron Pauls closed the book on his sparkling university golf career on Saturday, helping Team Canada to a historic finish at the Summer Universiade in Gwangju, South Korea. The Canadian men’s golf squad, featuring Pauls and helmed by his longtimeUFV coach Chris Bertram, battled their way to sixth place – the best-ever finish for the … Read more

MyUFV and Banner system maintenance

To improve service security and performance, IT Services will be working on Banner system upgrade during the regular maintenance window: Sun, August 2 7-11 am Banner Self-Service will be unavailable during that time. MyUFV, My UFV Course Tools, and Student Files will experience service interruptions. Online Learning, and Student and Employee email will be available. … Read more

UFV policy updates

At its June 19, 2015 meeting, the Board of Governors approved the following policies, policy direction, and bylaw: BRP 205.01 — Board Policy on Tuition and Other Fees BRP 230.01 — Board Policy on the Student Union Society BPD 230 — Board of Governors Policy Direction on Student Support, Student Co-Curricular Learning, and Student Societies … Read more

UFV Science student Kevin Kobes is off to London for LISYF ’15

UFV’s Faculty of Science is sending science student Kevin Kobes to London for the highly revered London International Youth Science Forum (LIYSF), where he will meet up with over 400 students from 60 participating countries. Kevin will be blogging this experience along the way at blogs.ufv.ca/science/category/trips/science-in-london/ The scope of LIYSF extends further than broadening scientific … Read more

Fire alarm testing — Abbotsford campus

Facilities Management has Tyco Integrated Fire & Security scheduled to perform annual fire alarm testing. Fire alarm testing will occur at the Abbotsford campus from July 20–31. Disruptions at all buildings should be minimal, with bell ringing reserved for early morning or late evening so as not to disturb regular classes and operations. If there … Read more