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Financial Aid & Awards Tips of the Month

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Tip #1: Scholarship time is coming. Start researching your scholarship options now because there is often a fair amount of preparation involved in getting your application ready for submission. Scholarship Applications (online format) will be available March 15th through myUFV. Tip #2: If you are on student loans and thinking about withdrawing from a course, … Read more

History in 5 Student film contest

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The History in 5 student film contest is open to current UFV students and all Grade 10-12 students in school districts 33, 34, 35, 42, 75, and 78. Submissions must be a five-minute film in one of these categories: historical re-enactments, documentaries, animated/non-live action, interview with a historical figure, or satire/spoof. You could win cash … Read more

Career opportunities at UFV

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Keep up with career opportunities at UFV by checking out the UFV Career Opportunities website. Current positions include: Associate Dean of Faculty, College of Arts 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 02/28/2014

Workshop: How Can I Work in the Government Sector? — Feb 6

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Are you or your students interested in the various career paths available through the government sector? Are you or your students unsure how to apply for these government sector positions? Then you and your class are invited to attend the second of our Career Fair preparation workshops: How Can I Work in the Government Sector? … Read more

Advanced Workshop: Assessment tools

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For those with basic familiarity with Blackboard, we’ll look at the Assessment tool area. Creating quizzes, assignments, etc. Abby, G180 Wed, Feb. 12 11 am – 12 pm http://www.ufv.ca/tlc/teaching-matters-workshops/blackboard/ For more information, contact Doyin Adenuga at online@ufv.ca 02/12/2014

Advanced Workshop: Full Grade Centre

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For those with basic familiarity with Blackboard, we’ll look at the full grade centre Abby G180 Wed, Feb 12 1:30 – 2:30 pm http://www.ufv.ca/tlc/teaching-matters-workshops/blackboard/ For more information, contact Doyin Adenuga at online@ufv.ca 02/12/2014

Advanced Workshop: Tools

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For those with basic familiarity with Blackboard, we’ll look at the Building Content, Tools – Discussion, Blogs, Wikis, Groups Abby G180 Fri, Feb 14 1 – 2:30 pm http://www.ufv.ca/tlc/teaching-matters-workshops/blackboard/ For more information, contact Doyin Adenuga at online@ufv.ca 02/14/2014

Advanced Workshop

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For those with basic familiarity with Blackboard, We will look at Assessment tools and the full Grade center. Questions regarding other tools time permit CEP A1202 Fri. Feb 13 1 – 3pm http://www.ufv.ca/tlc/teaching-matters-workshops/blackboard/ For more information, contact Doyin Adenuga at online@ufv.ca 02/13/2014

Introduction to Blackboard

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This workshop will provide you an overview of Blackboard Learn. Topics include: how to navigate, discuss course structure and content area tools. We’ll also look at different interactive tools and the file management area. We’ll discuss design issues for online courses. Time permitting, we will also discuss assessment tools and participants will have a chance … Read more

Career opportunities at UFV

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Keep up with career opportunities at UFV by checking out the UFV Career Opportunities website. Current positions include: Sessional Faculty, Summer 2014 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 03/21/2014

Deliberate practice: What does it mean for mastery of writing skills? — Feb 18

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“Deliberate practice is a very special form of activity that differs from mere experience and mindless drill… Unlike playful engagement with peers, deliberate practice is not inherently enjoyable. It does not involve a mere execution or repetition of already attained skills but repeated attempts to reach beyond one’s current level which is associated with frequent … Read more

Exam invigilation information from Assessment Services

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Due to the increased demand for internal invigilation services and its limited resources, Assessment Services has implemented some changes to its procedures as of Jan 2, 2014. A summary of these changes are as follows. Information for students Students must submit the online exam booking form at least four business days before an exam is … Read more

A day of learning about Mental Health in Schools — Feb 4

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UFV’s Centre for Safe Schools and Communities is hosting a session with the Lower Mainland Safe Schools community to address learning needs related to the promotion of mental health in schools. This event is by invitation only. http://blogs.ufv.ca/cssc/ For more information, contact Cherish Forster at cherish.forster@ufv.ca 02/04/2014