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The UFV Theatre department will once again challenge and engage audiences as it presents its 2015/16 Season of Theatre. Two exceptional plays have been chosen to inspire and entertain local audiences. All productions will be held in the UFV performance theatre, located at the corner of Yale and Airport roads in Chilliwack. Show 1 — … Read more
Did you know that exercise can make your brain bigger (literally!) and lead to increased verbal and non-verbal memory? Have you considered that something as simple as leaving your lunch in the car, thus creating an excuse to take a midday walk, is an effective way to infuse exercise into a busy schedule? And did … Read more
University of the Fraser Valley men’s volleyball coach Kyle Donen has added four B.C. high school standouts to his roster for the 2015-16 season, and provincial championship success is the common denominator. Setter/right side Tyler Patrick and libero Evan Bell-Foley helped South Surrey’s Earl Marriott Mariners win back-to-back B.C. AAA titles in 2013 and 2014. … Read more
The UFV Computer Information Systems (CIS) department is sponsoring a mobile app programming competition in the early Summer 2015 semester. See the link for competition guidelines. https://goo.gl/VGaT43 For more information, contact Gabriel Murray at gabriel.murray@ufv.ca 06/30/2015
The Canada West Universities Athletic Association has approved a change to its men’s and women’s basketball format, following the conference’s annual general meeting held last week in Brandon, Manitoba. Beginning with the 2016-17 season, the 17 Canada West basketball schools will play in a single conference, featuring a 20-game regular season schedule. Each team will … Read more
Peter Raabe, an associate professor of philosophy, has co-edited a book with Luisa de Paula, a philosopher from Italy, titled Women in Philosophical Counseling. All the chapters in it are written by women philosophers. It’s now available either from the publisher Lexington Books or Amazon. Below is some information about it. I’ve also attached an … Read more
Thanks to the incredible market research done by students in David Dobson’s BUS 320 class for the Abbotsford Agrifair, the fair will be hosting a UFV Student Appreciation Evening! At 5 pm on Fri, July 31, anyone with a valid UFV ID card will get into the fair grounds for FREE (parking not included). This … Read more
Modern Agriculture magazine, founded by three UFV agriculture students two years ago, now has province-wide subscription and in this issue features our students at UFV plus highlights the work of our horticulture side on food production. Here is the online link. For more information, contact Tom Baumann at tom.baumann@ufv.ca 05/15/2015
Revisions to the Course Audit (108) policy have been made and is being circulated for consultation. As part of the consultation process, the Secretariat office invites the UFV community to submit feedback to Elaine Harris (Elaine.harris@ufv.ca) by May 22, 2015. A memo, the current and revised policy, and research on other institutions can be found … Read more
For the second straight summer, UFV golf coach Chris Bertram will guide Team Canada at a major international tournament. Bertram has been named head coach of the Canadian men’s golf team for the 2015 Summer Universiade, which runs July 3-14 in Gwangju, South Korea. The sprawling multi-sport games will bring together over 12,000 athletes from … Read more
University of the Fraser Valley women’s soccer coach Rob Giesbrecht went back to familiar territory to land his latest high-level recruit. Brittney Zacharuk, a midfielder from Delta who plays her club soccer with Richmond’s TSS Academy, has signed with the Cascades and will join the team for the 2015-16 Canada West season. Zacharuk becomes the … Read more
News release from the UFV Student Union Society: Equalities Resource Centre proposal moving forward April 13, 2015 – In recent months the SUS and UFV have been approached by several student groups, individual student members, and a few concerned faculty members expressing their desire to see a safe space at UFV which would serve to … Read more
This year, six research projects were selected to represent some of the best student research occurring within the School of Business. The reports were thoroughly reviewed by the School of Business Research committee, and on Tues, April 7, the students had the opportunity to present their findings to their peers, and be adjudicated by School … Read more
For those unable to attend the budget forum earlier this month, video from both the Abbotsford and Chilliwack forums is now available online. Please visit ufv.ca/budgets to view the March 2015 presentations by President Mark Evered and Chief Financial OfficerJackie Hogan. http://www.ufv.ca/budgets/ufv-20152016-budget-planning/ For more information, contact Kristi Mansley at kristi.mansley@ufv.ca 05/31/2015
Registration now open for Science Rocks! summer camps. The Faculty of Science offers Science Rocks! summer camp every year in July-August. Designed especially for young people in Grades 4, 5, and 6 (campers going into Grade 4 or 7 are eligible). These camps are great fun and an awesome learning opportunity for campers. visit ufv.ca/science-rocks … Read more