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2014/15 Health Spending Account funds designation forms were distributed in early March and were due in Human Resources March 28, 2014. If you are a permanent employee and did not receive an HSA Funds Designation form please contact Debbie Dyck at local 4653 or debbie.dyck@ufv.ca 04/04/2014

UFV Athletics celebrated the university’s 30th year of varsity competition on Friday, hosting the annual athletics award banquet at the Ramada Plaza. The banquet is the only time during the year that all of UFV student-athletes can dress to the nines and be in the same room at the same time, and consequently it’s a … Read more

Please update the previous version of the alert with this one. . . ___________________________________________ Over the past couple of weeks, a number of UFV employees have experienced first-hand the aggravation and inconvenience of having their computers infected with a recent variant of ransomware known as CryptorBit. This particular malware is not easily detected or removed … Read more

The Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) is offered to a group of five or six colleagues and is designed to enhance the teaching effectiveness of both new and experienced educators. During the 3 ½ day workshop, participants design and conduct three “mini-lessons” and receive verbal, written, and video feedback from the other participants who have been … Read more

Keep up with career opportunities at UFV by checking out the UFV Career Opportunities website. Current positions include: Limited Term Appointment, Communications Limited Term Appointment, Anthropology Limited Term Appointment, Visual Arts Sessional Faculty, Fall 2014 Sociology Sessional Faculty Anthropology Sessional Faculty Media and Communications Sessional Faculty To view details on this posting, and for a … Read more

Due to increased demand and reduced resources, it has become very difficult for Assessment Services to accommodate an instructor’s request to save a computer-based exam to a flash drive and then email the saved exam back to him or her. As a result, we request that all computer-based exams that require the use of a … Read more

You are invited to participate in a research project in the School of Business about your experiences working in customer service. Who is invited to participate? Anyone who is currently working in a part-time or full-time customer service job in any organization. What is required? You will participate in a 30- to 60-minute interview at … Read more

UFV has agreed to participate in phase three of a national study titled Supporting Student Success being conducted by Dr. Tricia Seifert from the University of Toronto (U of T). This study is looking at how student service staff as well as faculty from each discipline help support students to succeed in realizing their academic … Read more

UFV business professor Fiona McQuarrie was on CBC Vancouver Radio Almanac show on Mon, March 17 to talk about truck drivers’ strike against Port of Vancouver. You can find the interview at: http://www.cbc.ca/bcalmanac/ . It’s the item headed “How can the truckers’ strike at Vancouver’s ports be resolved” under the “featured audio” heading on the … Read more