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The School of Business held a Study Abroad info session recently, where students from first to fourth year came to eat some pizza, hear some stories, and learn about what study abroad options are available for business students. We heard from returning study abroad students, and had a visiting student also speak. Gary is a … Read more
Level 1 washrooms in B Building (the large washrooms down the hall from the cafeteria) will be closed until Feb 20 for renovations. Nearby alternates include the single washrooms on level 1 of B Building, or the washrooms on levels 2 and 3 of B Building. The renovation will result in access improvements, water savings … Read more
Researchers from the Centre for Indo-Canadian Studies (Satwinder Bains, Sharanjit Sandhra, Rajnish Dhawan, and Garry Fehr) will involve participants in learning about several Canada-India projects the centre has be collaborating on. The projects cover a wide range of topics including diaspora, rural economic development, migration, history and performance. Wed, Feb 17 1:15–2:45 pm Abby U-House … Read more
The School of Business Research Development program began the New Year with a presentation from one of its newest faculty members. Dr. Sha Liao presented her work titled “leveraging suppliers to calibrate product specifications.” The second hour, Brad Whittaker from the research office shared information about internal/external funding opportunities and the role of the research … Read more
One of UFV’s newest faculty members, Dr. Jelena Brcic, was mentioned in Psychology Today blog recently for her research on the coping strategies of astronauts. She and her co-authors of the new study (entitled, ‘Coping strategies during and after spaceflight: Data from retired cosmonauts’), argue that negative psychological reactions in space are less publicized than … Read more
One of the founders of the University of the Fraser Valley has passed away. Doug Hamilton, the first chair of the Fraser Valley College board, died on January 23, 2016. He was 91 years old. Hamilton was a key part of a community coalition that lobbied for access to post-secondary education in the Fraser Valley … Read more
It’s not often you find two UFV presidents (current and former) at the same event, but when your very successful basketball coach hits a career milestone, it’s an occasion. Women’s basketball coach Al Tuchsherer was honored for 500 games on Saturday night. Pictured with Al are President Mark Evered, Al’s wife Denise (also a UFV … Read more
UFV RECOGNITION AWARDS The UFV Board of Governors is launching three new awards to recognize and celebrate UFV staff and faculty excellence in service, leadership, and teamwork that supports the values, mission, and goals of UFV. Nominations are now open for the UFV Staff Excellence Award, the UFV Inspirational Leadership Award and the UFV Teamwork … Read more
Business professor Fiona McQuarrie was busy fielding media interviews on the Supreme Court’s announcement that it has agreed to hear a case related to the provincial government’s use of legislation to change teachers’ bargaining rights in 2002. McQuarrie spoke on this issue to CBC Radio, Canadian Press, The Globe and Mail, and The Vancouver Sun. … Read more
Tourism Abbotsford has been selected by UFV Business students for their winter semester class research project. The project topic is: to find out what types of visitor experiences would help develop the destination brand and overall experience. The students will be conducting focus groups to better understand the purpose of visits to the community, duration … Read more
Blackboard E-Portfolio Thurs, Feb 25 11:30 am-12:30 pm Balckboard Files & Folders Tues, Feb 16 11:30 am-12:30 pm http://events.ufv.ca/tlc/ For Faculty & Staff For more information, contact Suvi Bains at suvi.bains@ufv.ca 02/26/2016
Welcome to all of UFV’s newest employees, and congratulations to those who have changed positions: Sherry Rempel — Administrative Assistant, Career Centre moved from Department Assistant, Institutional Research Michael Karpys –Mechanical Maintenance Worker, Facilities Marla Martin — Assistant, Enrolment Services, Office of the Registrar Rita Atake — Coordinator, Academic Success Centre
Each year the Research Advisory Council (RAC) and the Research Office invite faculty researchers to be a part of the continued success of the UFV Microlecture series. Our goal is to provide “snapshots” to students and UFV faculty of the range and depth of faculty research, as well as highlight the interdisciplinary nature of their … Read more
As part of the consultation process, the University Secretariat invites the UFV community to submit collaborative or individual feedback to the Vice Provost and Associate Vice-President Academic by emailing carol.dickson@ufv.ca. The deadline for submitting feedback is Fri Jan 29, 2016. Supporting documents are online here. For more information, contact Linda Dahl at linda.dahl@ufv.ca 01/31/2016
After carefully considering the feedback and suggestions received in Sep 2015, the UEC Policy Subcommittee made further edits to the Grading System (101) policy. These changes include revising the grading scheme for better balance between the grade levels and providing further explanation in the grade descriptions. Since the revisions are fairly significant, the subcommittee is … Read more