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IT Services is planning the software upgrade of Microsoft Office 2010 to Microsoft Office 2013. The latest version of the Office suite includes many improvements to existing functionality and has many new enhanced features. Back in August, all employees had the optional upgrade available for their current version of the Office suite. A new icon … Read more
Sodexo is celebrating giving all October. Help students overcome a personal crisis with much-needed emergency dollars. UFV’s Be a Lifesaver fundraising campaign helped 236 students last year. Yet there are still students choosing between books and food, gas, or daycare. You can help! Every Wednesday during the month of October, look for the following items: … Read more
Keep up with career opportunities at UFV by checking out the UFV Career Opportunities website. Current positions include: Financial Analyst Sessional Faculty, Winter 2015 Sociology Sessional Faculty To view details on this posting, and for a complete list of opportunities, please visit: http://www.ufv.ca/hr/careers/ For more information, contact Tara Rozenek at tara.rozenek@ufv.ca 10/10/2014
Keep up with career opportunities at UFV by checking out the UFV Career Opportunities website. Current positions include: Sessional Faculty, Winter 2015 Sociology Sessional Faculty To view details on this posting, and for a complete list of opportunities, please visit: http://www.ufv.ca/hr/careers/ For more information, contact Tara Rozenek at tara.rozenek@ufv.ca 11/14/2014
A message from Provost and VP Academic Eric Davis: The 2014 Education Plan Update states that the provincial government’s B.C.’s Skills for Jobs Blueprint: Re-engineering Education and Training “has occasioned much debate over the wisdom or folly of a sharp turn from ‘liberal’ to ‘applied’ education. For UFV, the real folly would be accepting … Read more
In October, the month marking the 100th anniversary of the first “digging-in” of trench warfare on the Western Front, UFV Theatre presents the Canadian premiere of Birdsong, a new adaptation of Sebastian Faulks’ best-selling novel by playwright Rachel Wagstaff. Experience the unparalleled tragedy, the remarkable history and surprising humour of the Great War told through … Read more
A message from President Mark Evered: I invite all members of the UFV community to attend a forum for a presentation on the 2015/16 Budget preliminary position and environmental scan. This will be an opportunity to understand the budget process, the key drivers to building the budget, and the principles that guide budget decisions. The … Read more
Does your department have student staff? Has the position they’re doing been entered into the Co-Curricular Record system? Why not show your appreciation by assisting them to receive an official Co-Curricular Record (CCR)? The CCR is an official UFV document that recognizes experiential learning and on-campus contributions outside of the classroom. This provides students an … Read more
Do you know students who are working as a student staff or Work Study students at UFV? Please let them know that this makes them eligible for Co-Curricular credit. The Co-Curricular Record (CCR) is an official UFV document that recognizes experiential learning and on-campus contributions outside of the classroom. This provides students an opportunity to … Read more
New printing and photocopying processes are in effect. Transfer old chip printing money to the magstripe. If you are u sure if you have money on the chip, drop by B239 on the Abbotsford campus, we’ll check your chip and if there’s money, we’ll transfer it to the strip. The card office is open late … Read more
The Orientation committee is currently recruiting new members. This is a valuable opportunity to get involved with creating a welcoming and valuable experience for our new students. Meetings occur once per month and the next meeting is Nov 20, 2:30-3:30pm in room F110. For more info, contact Sidrah Ahmad at Sidrah.Ahmad@ufv.ca. 10/24/2014
Register your department/faculty for the Winter 2015 New Student Orientation Student Services Fair on December 18 here. Registration deadline is November 17. Please note that there will only be one Student Services fair at the Abbotsford campus (there will not be one at the Chilliwack campus as well). Students will be provided with tours on … Read more
The UFV e-newsletter for secondary schools has been very well received by counsellors and career advisors in the Fraser Valley and Greater Vancouver regions. It is used as an important resource to provide the most up-to-date information to prospective UFV students. UFV’s Student Recruitment office distributes the e-newsletter four times during the high school year. … Read more
Crim professors Yvon Dandurand and Irwin Cohen were busy over the past week with multiple media interviews about the murder of 17-year-old Serena Vermeersch and the subsequent charges against high-risk sex offender Raymond Caissie. Cohen appeared on CBC TV and Dandurand was on CBC Radio One Almanac and CKNW radio speaking about the issue of … Read more
In his capacity as a Board member of the Vancouver Aquarium, KPE professor Dave Harper had a letter read on the nationally broadcast CBC radio program, The Current, on Thurs, Sept 25. Here’s the link: http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/popupaudiofour.html?categoryid=2185449222 Scroll down to the third link: “Checking-In: Fair wages for cheerleaders, marshmallows testing self-control, worry about the Voyager and travelling … Read more