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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
The UFV Library is very excited to report that after three years of working towards establishing an institutional repository (IR) at UFV, we will launch our IR in Fall 2015. But we need help naming it! Our Institutional Repository Libguide provides information on what an IR is and offers some guidelines for name suggestions. Please … Read more
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’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
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
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