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This is the last edition of UFV Now, UFV’s weekly e-news, for 2018. We will publish our first edition of 2019 on Thurs, Jan 3, then resume our normal Monday morning schedule on Mon, Jan 7. Happy Holidays from the UFV Communications team, part of the University Relations department.
The next meeting of Senate is on Friday, January 18, 2019, on the Chilliwack campus, CEPA 2207. Please submit agenda and exhibit items to UFVsenate@ufv.ca by noon on Tues, Jan 8, 2019. https://www.ufv.ca/senate For more information, contact Marlene Affleck at marlene.affleck@ufv.ca 01/08/2019
Employees must submit Tuition Waiver Requests for Winter 2019 for themselves, spouses, and/or dependants before classes start. For more information, contact Debbie Dyck at debbie.dyck@ufv.ca 12/21/2018
The CFO & VP Administration division held its second annual holiday food drive from Nov 15 to Nov 30. New this year, all donations were made to the UFV-SUS Food Bank, with the donations going to UFV students in need. The friendly competition – in which the administrator of the department with the least amount … Read more
Dr. Barry Moore, UFV’s second president, passed away on December 1, 2018, in Ontario. He presided over what might be termed Fraser Valley College’s adolescence. He arrived in 1979 after his predecessor Dr. Larry Blake had guided the college from soon after its start up. (Both Blake and Moore held the title of principal when … Read more
Emily Eglsaer — Clerk, Admissions Juan Cisternas — Team Lead, Mechanical Maintenance Worker
Grades for the Fall 2018 semester are due to the Office of the Registrar by Friday, December 21. Please refer to the “End of Term Practices” document for information pertaining to grading at UFV. This can be found under “Faculty Information & Forms” on myUFV. For more information email: grades@ufv.ca
Abby Quick Print (D122a) will be closed on Wednesday November 28 for final renovation purposes. All print requests will be completed at CEP Print Services and therefore Quick Print Rush requests will not be available on this day. For more information, contact Elizabeth Eberts at elizabeth.eberts@ufv.ca 11/29/2018
Responsible Conduct of Research and Scholarship policy (53) has been revised. The policy is available on the Secretariat website at https://www.ufv.ca/secretariat/policies/ For more information, contact Marlene Affleck at marlene.affleck@ufv.ca 12/03/2018
The University Secretariat invites your feedback on the proposed revisions to the Student Academic Misconduct (70) policy. Supporting documents are available at https://www.ufv.ca/secretariat/policy-consultation/ If you have any feedback, please submit your comments to Policyconsult@ufv.ca by Dec 3, 2018. For more information, contact Marlene Affleck at marlene.affleck@ufv.ca 12/03/2018
Tuition waiver requests for employees, spouses, and/or dependants must have them submitted to HR before the start of classes for Winter 2019. The Tuition Waiver Request is online on the HR website. Please contact Debbie Dyck at local 4653 or via email if you have any questions. For more information, contact Debbie Dyck at debbie.dyck@ufv.ca … Read more
Thanks to all who got into the Halloween spirit once again this year! The winners were: Best costumes: Abbotsford Ed Visser (Martian) Marla Fralick (Tin Man) Yvette Fairweather (Operation Game) Chilliwack Anne Russell (Cat Person) Best department spirit Abbotsford The Louise Look-Alikes from University Relations. Chilliwack Russian Nesting Dolls from Student Services … Read more
Scheduled Maintenance – Remembrance Day, Sunday November 11, 2018 Information Technology Services will be performing scheduled maintenance of myUFV and several related systems on the morning of Sun, Nov 11, between 8 and 11 am. During this time the following systems will be unavailable: myUFV Banner self-service DegreeWorks myCCR (CampusLabs) Symplicity CSM Links to courses, … Read more
Registration for next semester is just around the corner. Remember to set aside $200 for your winter semester deposit — fee deferrals are not a given. If you require a student loan for the winter semester and you haven’t already applied, do so now by going to www.studentaidbc.ca If you are applying for student loans, … Read more
UFV’s South Asian Studies Institute recently received a BC Museums Association (BCMA) Award for Excellence in Community Engagement for their work along with the Royal BC Museum on the Punjabi Canadian Legacy Project. This project was featured in the 2018 edition of Skookum magazine: https://blogs.ufv.ca/blog/2018/07/punjabi-canadian-legacy-project-travels-to-tell-untold-stories/ For more information, contact Tracy Morrison at tracy.morrison@ufv.ca 11/30/2018