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Guidelines for full-time employees to cancel pay parking deductions

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Are you a full-time employee who wants to cancel the pay parking that is collected automatically through automatic payroll deductions? Follow these guidelines: The parking rate structure is based on an annual rate of $300. This rate was calculated to exclude parking as a taxable benefit for employees at UFV. In order to temporarily cancel … Read more

Dr. Frank Ulbrich new Director of School of Business

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Dr. Frank Ulbrich, Director of the School of Business, joined UFV in October 2013. He holds a PhD in Business Administration from the Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden. Prior to joining the School of Business, he held positions at universities in Canada, Sweden, and the UK, where he most recently directed the PhD program at … Read more

Dr. Maureen Wideman new Teaching and Learning director

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Dr. Maureen Wideman joined UFV on January 13 as the new Director of Teaching and Learning, replacing the recently retired Dr. Wendy Burton. Originally focused on business communication early in her career, Maureen pursued a master’s degree in online learning in the late 1990s because, as she puts it, “I thought that this Internet thing … Read more

Emergency signage changing

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UFV will be replacing all posted “emergency” signage over the next few weeks. Please see the attached NEW image. The new signage is much clearer and will provide the caller with concise expectations. In addition to this change, UFV will also be moving the Call Centre in house with the creation of a Security Operations … Read more

Shoot for the Cure fundraiser

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The UFV Women’s basketball team will be set up in the area outside Tim Horton’s on Thursday, January 23rd from 11:00-3:00 to raise awareness for their Shoot the Cure campaign. Bracelets, ribbons and other breast cancer merchandise will be available by donation with all proceeds going to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. Tickets for the … Read more

We want your kids’ fingernails — volunteers needed

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Members of the Kinesiology and Physical Education department are conducting a study to examine the effects of intervention programs on children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). The study is entitled “Strength-Based Interventions for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders ” and involves the development and evaluation of an exercise and a computer game-based neurofeedback program for … Read more

Shelley Stefan featured in About Face art exhibition

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UFV associate professor Shelley Stefan is in an upcoming North Vancouver Community Arts Council group exhibition on portraiture entitled About Face. Stefan, who teaches painting and drawing at UFV, has two self- portraits in oil on canvas featured in the show. The exhibition runs from Jan 31-March 1, with an opening reception on Thurs, Jan … Read more

Student photo exhibit at The Reach

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UFV’s Global Development Institute has an exhibit of 25 photos at the Reach Gallery this weekend. The exhibit highlights the internship activities of 25 UFV student interns who were funded by the Canadian International Development Agency and the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada to work on development projects in Tanzania and India over … Read more

Faith Is Not A Virtue lecture by Dr. Peter Boghossian — Sat, Jan 18

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Peter Boghossian is a philosophy professor at Portland State University, where his main focus is bringing the tools of professional philosophers to people in a wide variety of contexts. Dr. Boghossian’s primary research areas are critical thinking and moral reasoning; he will present a lecture ‘Faith Is Not A Virtue’ on Jan 18 from 2–4:30 … Read more

Career Opportunities at UFV

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There are many new and vacant positions advertised on the UFV Career Opportunities website. A current position that has just been placed on the website includes: Limited Term Appointment, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice 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 … Read more

Auditions for 19th Annual Directors’ Theatre Festival — Feb 4

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Auditions for UFV Theatre’s 19th Annual Directors’ Theatre Festival are on Tues, Feb 4 at 7 pm. Everyone is welcome to audition for this fringe-style festival of student-directed one-act plays taking place April 23-27, 2014. For full details please visit http://www.ufv.ca/theatre/announcements/ For more information, contact Melanie Wickes at melanie.wickes@ufv.ca 02/04/2014