Basketball teams take a bite out of Timberwolves

Cascades women’s basketball sweep UNBC to close out weekend The UFV Cascades women’s basketball team (15-5) took the UNBC Timberwolves (4-16) to task for a second consecutive night with an 88-51 road victory Saturday. UFV pulled ahead in the first quarter and never let up, building leads that climbed into the mid-thirties during the second … Read more

Scholarly Sharing Initiative — Feb 26

Come join us in the Scholarly Sharing Initiative this month as we discuss two projects with implications for writing and publishing. Wed, Feb 26 1:15–2:45 pm Abby U-House Delicious lunch provided Hilary Turner, English — Very strange bedfellows: John Bunyan and Alison Bechdel as autobiographers What could a jailed 17th-century dissenting preacher possibly have in … Read more

Career opportunities at UFV

Keep up with career opportunities at UFV by checking out the UFV Career Opportunities website. Current positions include: – Student Recruiter – Research Analyst To view details on this posting, and for a complete list of opportunities, please visit here. For more information, contact Tara Rozenek at tara.rozenek@ufv.ca 02/24/2014

Trades at the Aboriginal Employment & Career Fair

If you’re out and about in Chilliwack, Melissa Bukta and Yvonne Contreras are manning the Trades booth at the Aboriginal Employment & Career Fair at the Landing Centre in Chilliwack Feb. 7. Drop by and say hello. For more information, contact Deborah Hawkes at deborah.hawkes@ufv.ca 02/11/2014

Web forms to undergo maintenance

Please be advised that as part of server maintenance, forms on the UFV website will not be available for users to submit data for a brief time between 8 to 11 am on Sunday, Feb 23, 2014. Please contact the myWeb team if you have any questions. http://blogs.ufv.ca/myweb For more information, contact Louise Rousseau at … Read more

Using Blackboard Learn for supplemental purposes

Feb 19, 11 am – 12:30 pm, Abbotsford Campus, B133 Facilitator: Judy Larsen, Associate Professor, UUP In the Fall 2012 semester, Judy Larsen designed a hybrid version of Intro to Algebra and Trigonometry (Math 084) in order to capitalize on the affordances of Blackboard Learn and other technologies by delivering course content asynchronously through a … Read more

Blackboard Learn Workshop

There is still plenty of room in next Tuesday’s Blackboard Workshop! If you plan to use Blackboard as a supplemental to your face-to-face class or if you plan to teach a hybrid or fully online course, please join this Introductory Blackboard Learn workshop on Tuesday, February 11, 2014. Introduction to Blackboard with Michelle Johnson This … Read more

Sustainability focus group

This is an initial interest notice. If you are passionate about sustainable living and feel that UFV could do more in terms of being sustainable, then come and make your voice heard. The purpose of this focus group is to address the current state of UFV’s sustainable environment and come up with possible solutions on … Read more

Research seminar: Cost of equity effects from mandatory IFRS adoption — The importance of reporting incentives

Cost of equity effects from mandatory IFRS adoption — The importance of reporting incentives Tues, Feb 25 2:30 Abby D117 Many countries have adopted International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) mandatorily mainly because IFRS may be regarded as a set of “higher quality” accounting standards to enhance comparability and transparency. However, it is still an open … Read more

Lively debate at Newman’s ALR presentation

The audience was lively, the topic was timely, and the speakers were engaging at Dr. Lenore Newman and Dr. Denver Nixon’s presentation on the Agricultural Land Reserve on February 5. Here’s a recap, courtesy of Storify: http://goo.gl/JnneYc

Career opportunities at UFV

Keep up with career opportunities at UFV by checking out the UFV Career Opportunities website. Current positions include: Research Analyst To view details on this posting, and for a complete list of opportunities go to http://www.ufv.ca/hr/careers For more information, contact Tara Rozenek at tara.rozenek@ufv.ca 02/19/2014

40th anniversary templates now available

Marcom has created a full suite of 40th anniversary templates (posters, letterhead, flyers, and more) that are now available here: www.ufv.ca/marcom/marketing-materials. For more information, contact marcom@ufv.ca. 03/14/2014

Summer 2014 texbook adoptions due Feb 15

Please note that textbook adoptions are due Sat. Feb 15, for the 2014 summer semester. Visit the online adoption site below to submit your orders. If you forgot your username and password or have not been supplied one, please email joanne.hutter@ufv.ca. The summer semester timetable is not complete yet but the ‘tentative’ summer 2014 courses … Read more

Career opportunities at UFV

Keep up with career opportunities at UFV by checking out the Career Opportunities website. Current positions include: Department Clerk, School of Business Associate Dean of Faculty, College of Arts To view details on these postings, and for a complete list of opportunities, please visit: www.ufv.ca/hr/careers. For more information, contact Tara Rozenek at tara.rozenek@ufv.ca. 02/18/2014