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Fiona McQuarrie, an associate professor in the School of Business, had an op-ed piece on bridging the gap between academia and management published in the Globe and Mail on Sept 9. You can read it here. 09/01/2016
Commuter Alert – Sept 2015: Some events at the Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre to be aware of, as they affect traffic and parking congestion on and around campus. Sat, Sept 5, 7 pm – Gurdas Maan concert Fri, Sept 25, 6:30pm – Dean Brody & Paul Brandt concert Daily Parking: Students and employees may … Read more
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
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
When she arrived at the University of the Fraser Valley in 2007, Lisa Roman had never laid hands on an oar or set foot in a racing boat. Today, she’s in Europe with the Rowing Canada senior women’s national team, competing in major international regattas with an eye on qualifying for the 2016 Summer Olympics … Read more
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
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