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Do you still require your graduate portrait? Professional photographers from the Artona Group, the official graduation photographer for UFV, will be at the Abbotsford campus from November 9-20 for graduate portrait sessions ($15 sitting fee). If you missed your appointment in March or you haven’t had a chance to take a graduation photo yet, it’s … Read more
Nominate someone great! At UFV, we believe in honouring excellence and recognizing outstanding achievement and service. To do so, we need your help in the form of nominations. Let us know who deserves to be recognized! UFV is currently seeking nominations for the following awards and honours: Employee Service Excellence Awards — call for nominations … Read more
Make your online courses more meaningful. Enhance your teaching with ed tech tools from TLC’s top picks inventory. Browse our A-Z listing or find tools based on teaching outcome, popularity, and type of support. Be sure to check back regularly for updates and new apps. Upcoming Schedule: PeerScholar Workshop — Mon, Oct 20 (3-4 pm) … Read more
The Teaching and Learning Centre is offering an ongoing MicroCourse series of workshops (essential Blackboard tools for online courses), with synchronous sessions for each MicroCourse scheduled weekly. Upcoming Schedule: MicroCourse 1 — Course Organization — Tues, Nov 17 at 11 am MicroCourse 2 — Adapting Instruction — tba MicroCourse 3 — Assessments — Thurs, Nov … Read more
Keep up with career opportunities at UFV by checking out the UFV Career Opportunities website. Current positions include: Instructor, Automotive Service Technician Assistant, Records Learning Designer Technician, Print Media Head Coach, Women’s Soccer To view details on these postings, and for a complete list of opportunities, go to: https://www.ufv.ca/careers/job-postings/ For more information, contact Ally Ghakkar … Read more
The first wave of marking is upon us and we are looking for ideas to expedite the process without sacrificing the quality feedback our students require and deserve, which is why we are offering a one-hour workshop on Turnitin. Turnitin can help you find writing that has been paraphrased or cited properly more quickly and … Read more
At the November 4 Q&A with the Provost, James Mandigo welcomes your thoughts and insights on the following topics: • Reactions to the feedback from the strategic imperatives report. • UFV’s response to COVID • UFV post-COVID pandemic Please join if you can! Noon to 1 pm. Zoom: https://ufv-ca.zoom.us/j/66576891850?pwd=c1VUbkNYc2tkMjN6UVZQcXRpdldNZz09 No RSVP needed. For more information, … Read more
Call for UFV student artists Community-driven: “Black Lives Matter” pavement mural In the Summer 2020, UFV’s GEOG/GD 464 CityStudio class students tackled the issues of diversity, inclusivity, and access in urban planning to respond to the COVID-19 crisis. As past of CityStudio model, they prototyped innovative and equitable solutions to build post-pandemic resiliency, including through … Read more
The Teaching and Learning Centre is offering an ongoing MicroCourse series of workshops (essential Blackboard tools for online courses), with synchronous sessions for each MicroCourse scheduled weekly. Upcoming schedule: MicroCourse 1 — Course Organization — Oct 20 at 11 am MicroCourse 2 — Adapting Instruction — tba MicroCourse 3 — Assessments — Oct 22 at … Read more
Make your online courses more meaningful. Enhance your teaching with ed tech tools from TLC’s top picks inventory. Browse our A-Z listing or find tools based on teaching outcome, popularity, and type of support. Be sure to check back regularly for updates and new apps. Upcoming Schedule: PeerScholar Workshop — TBA WeVu Workshop — Thurs, … Read more
Keep up with career opportunities at UFV by checking out the UFV Career Opportunities website. Current positions include: Analyst II, Student Technology Administrator I, Database Sessional Faculty, Winter 2021 Analyst I, Systems Project Manager Project Lead, Job Design and Analysis Specialist Department Assistant. ISC Buyer, Procurement Assistant, Enrolment Services To view details on these postings, … Read more
Provost’s “Brown Bag” Drop-in Session Wed, Oct 28 Noon to 1 pm Join Zoom Meeting: https://ufv-ca.zoom.us/j/69972047727?pwd=QmwxTm9oT2hUZ3R6TEhhNGN1NHVwUT09 (or Meeting ID: 699 7204 7727 & Passcode: 594530) Online Learning — the good, the bad, and the ugly Do you have some questions or experiences you want to share about moving to online learning? We’re here to listen … Read more
Make your online courses more meaningful. Enhance your teaching with ed tech tools from TLC’s top picks inventory. Browse our A-Z listing or find tools based on teaching outcome, popularity, and type of support. Be sure to check back regularly for updates and new apps. Upcoming Schedule: PeerScholar Workshop — Thurs, Oct 15 (1-2 pm) … Read more
The Teaching and Learning Centre is offering an ongoing MicroCourse series of workshops (essential Blackboard tools for online courses), with synchronous sessions for each MicroCourse scheduled weekly. Here is a link to the workshops and their descriptions: http://events.ufv.ca/tlc/. Sessions are open to all UFV employees. If you have any problems registering, please contact asktlc@ufv.ca or … Read more
The Teaching and Learning Centre is offering an ongoing MicroCourse series of workshops (essential Blackboard tools for online courses), with synchronous sessions for each MicroCourse scheduled weekly. The primary objective of these MicroCourses is the pedagogy behind the tools and how they can be used to: *achieve learning objectives *promote student engagement *collaborate among peers … Read more