Submit your favourite recipe to UFV Library’s cookbook project

UFV Library is putting together a cookbook to celebrate the newest addition to the library’s special collections: The Newman Western Canadian Community Cookbook Collection. This special collection of community cookbooks began in the Fall of 2014 at the suggestion of Dr. Lenore Newman, UFV’s Canada Research Chair in Food Security and the Environment. Cookbooks are … Read more

Symposium on Scholarly Inquiry into Teaching & Learning Practice — call for proposals due Sept 20

Why Attend? This symposium gives educators in BC’s post-secondary institutions a venue to share their teaching and learning questions, gain insights and report on progress about ongoing investigations about their practice, as well as obtain feedback with a goal to network and connect educators across institutions and disciplines. Scholarly inquiry involves educators investigating a question … Read more

UFV policy updates

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 Science student Kevin Kobes is off to London for LISYF ’15

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

Chilliwack fire alarm testing

Facilities Management has Tyco Integrated Fire & Security scheduled to perform annual fire alarm testing at the Chilliwack campuses. Between July 6–14, Tyco will be working at Chilliwack North Building D, UFV Five Corners Building P, and Canada Education Park Buildings A-H-T-W. Disruption to services will be scheduled early morning or late afternoon so as … Read more

Science Rocks summer camps — student and employee discounts

The Faculty of Science’s annual Science Rocks summer camps run weekly through Aug 14 . Designed especially for young people in Grades 4, 5, and 6 (campers going into Grade 4 or 7 are also eligible), these camps are great fun and an awesome learning opportunity for campers. Three very enthusiastic UFV science students organize … Read more

Summer day-camps at UFV

Looking for activities to keep your kids busy this summer? Check out summer day-camps at UFV! We offer Think Fun, Science Rocks, and Cascade Summer Sports camps. More information is available here. Science Rocks offers 10% discounts for children of employees and 25% discounts for children of students.

Emeritus status for nine professors

Several retiring UFV professors received professor emeritus status and were recognized at the recent Convocation ceremonies. They are: Trudy Archie, (Upgrading and University Preparation), Wendy Burton (Communication), Virginia Cooke (English), Allan McNeill (English), John Carroll  (English),  Ian Fenwick (Theatre), Lynne Wells (Nursing), Rosie Friesen (Certified Dental Assisting), and Susan Milner (Mathematics and Statistics).

Congratulations to employee grads

Congratulations to Wendy Gracey (assistant to the dean, Faculty of Science) and Charlene Smadello (departmental assistant, School of Health Sciences), both of whom received their Bachelor of General Studies at UFV’s Convocation ceremonies, and to Michelle Elliott (switchboard operator), who earned her Library and Information Technology diploma. If you graduated this spring (from UFV or … Read more

New employees

Welcome to the following new employee: Lisa Almos – Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences/Nursing