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Financial Aid and Awards Tips for December

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Financial Aid and Awards Tips for December Tip #1: If you require a student loan for the winter semester and you haven’t already applied, do so on-line at www.studentaidbc.ca Tip #2: Loan documents for January will soon be confirmed electronically. Please contact financial aid and awards for details on processing your loan to ensure that … Read more

Payroll Compliance Practitioner info session

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Become a Certified Payroll Professional! A career in payroll is very rewarding and becoming a Payroll Compliance Practitioner (PCP) will ensure you have the compliance knowledge and payroll skills needed for success. Employers look for the PCP certification when hiring and consistently pay a higher salary to those who have achieved it (Hays Canada Payroll … Read more

NSERC’s Science, Action! video contest for students and faculty

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NSERC’s Science, Action! video contest is back! Are you a student with a cool research project to share with the world? Do you know a scientist or engineer with an incredible story to tell? Think you can capture it in a 60-second video? The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s (NSERC) Science, Action! … Read more

Abbotsford Building D elevator services will be temporarily unavailable — Dec 20-21

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Facilities Management has scheduled Eltec Elevator to perform service maintenance on the elevator for Abbotsford Building D on Tues, Dec 20, and Wed, Dec 21 to address an accessibility design issue and bring the elevator controls up to building code. Elevator services in Building D will be temporarily unavailable for two-days while the work is … Read more

SUS Angel Tree applications are open — apply by Nov 30

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Do you know a student whose family could use some help at Christmas? The Angel Tree program helps support our UFV students who face many challenges as they raise their families while pursuing their education. Pick up and return completed applications to the UFV Financial Aid Office by 2 pm, Nov 30, 2016 Chwk A1318 … Read more

Commuter Alert – November 2016

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Some events at the Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre to be aware of, as they affect traffic and parking congestion on and around campus. Fri, Nov 4 – Marianas Trench Concert: 7:30 pm Wed, Nov 16 – Mamma Mia Musical: 7:30 pm Fri, Nov 18 – Michael W. Smith & Amy Grant Concert: 7 pm … Read more

Auditions for UFV Theatre’s production of Euripides’ Bakkhai, in a new adaptation by Anne Carson

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Auditions for UFV Theatre’s production of Euripides’ Bakkhai, in a new adaptation by Anne Carson and directed/designed collaboratively by UFV Theatre faculty members Raïna von Waldenburg and Parjad Sharifi, are coming up in October. The details: General Day One … Mon Nov 28, 5-8pm General Day Two … Tuesday Nov 29, 6-9pm Callbacks … Mon … Read more

UFV Theatre Grand Theft Terra Firma: Stories of (Re)conciliation: Call for Participants

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Grand Theft Terra Firma: Stories of (Re)conciliation is a performance project that will explore how S’ólh Téméxw — the traditional and unceded lands of the Stó:lō (People of the River) — began being colonized in the mid-1800s and ask how that history is lived today, by people of both Indigenous and settler ancestry. The performance … Read more

2017 Clayoquot Biosphere Immersion Field School

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Clayoquot Biosphere Immersion Field School Tofino BC May 19-30, 2017 Have you ever wanted to explore the wild, west coast of Vancouver Island? Tofino, a magical place surrounded by crashing waves, screeching gulls, towering trees and fresh, salt-tanged air. Immerse yourself in sand, sea, mud and moss. Marvel at the beauty that surrounds us. Explore … Read more

First-year student transitions program survey — responses invited

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The Disability Resource Centre is inviting students to fill out a survey about the first-year experience. The survey is designed to give DRC staffers a better idea of what students would like to see entering UFV for the first time and what returning students would like to see done differently if they could go back … Read more

School stress? Life stress? Come talk about it!

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Stressed out? We are here to help! Come talk to a fellow student about whatever is on your mind. The Peer Resource & Leadership Centre (PRLC) has trained student volunteers available for one-on-one peer support sessions on a drop-in basis. Please visit us at the Student Life front desk (S1111) in the Student Union Building … Read more