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What you might not know about Joanna Sheppard of the Kinesiology department: She dresses as Harry Potter and teaches her students about Quidditch as part of KPE/KIN 221. She was recently appointed to a provincial Physical Literacy Advisory Group She has taken more than 140 students to Antigua to teach life skills to elementary students … Read more
Darin Lee will join the University of the Fraser Valley as Chief Information Officer (CIO) effective March 7, 2016. Lee brings extensive university experience leading enterprise-level information system initiatives and aligning strategic organizational goals with innovative technology-based solutions. He is an exceptional communicator with a strong reputation for building collaborative relationships bridging both academic and … Read more
Please let students know about these exciting opportunities: UFV International is offering two summer 2016 study tour options: South Korea and Singapore. Guaranteed scholarships — Multiple disciplines Earn UFV credit in four weeks and travel in some amazing countries! For more information, contact Kara Bertram at Kara.Bertram@ufv.ca 02/29/2016
Human Resources has revised the Request for Contract Form which you can find online at Request for Contract Form (new). Also included is instructions, which will help guide you when filling out this new form. Please replace any previous versions you may have as we will be using this form on a go forward basis. … Read more
The 2016-2017 Meeting Schedule weeks breakdown is located at H:\UFVinfo\Meeting Schedule and Timelines\2016-2017 Meeting Schedule Timelines\2016-2017 Weeks Breakdown for UFV Meetings and Stat Holidays.pdf. Those employees responsible for booking meeting space for department and committee meetings are asked to contact Room Bookings directly in order to book space. Please use the following link to make … Read more
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