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The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the daily lives of people from all corners of society. UFV’s students — our institution’s raison d’être — are certainly no exception but the international students have been particularly affected by the host of challenges that the pandemic, and the global attempts to contain it, has presented. Join UFV’s Associate … Read more
Drop-in and learn about UFV’s Social Sciences, Humanities and Integrated General Studies programs and practicum opportunities on Wed, Jan 27 from 11-1 pm. The following drop-in sessions will be held during My Campus Life’s virtual Campus Engagement Expo: 💻 11 am-12 pm: UFV Humanities Panel Join representatives from Theatre, Graphic and Digital Design, Media and … Read more
The Secretariat office is currently accepting nominations for faculty, student, and staff positions on the Board and Senate. Terms of office begin August 1, 2021. To view positions available, and submit a nomination form, please visit ufv.ca/get-involved. Nominations close at 9 am on Mon, Feb. 8. If more nominations are received than positions available, an … Read more
UFV SoCA Zoom Hangouts Thur, Jan 28 7-8 pm. Topic Creative Process: Share what you do to keep yourself creative or talk about your creative process. UFV students, School of Creative Arts (SoCA) faculty & staff are invited to join our informal virtual conversations about topics and issues that are arising in our disciplines and … Read more
English alumna Jasmin Kaur (BA ’17) will publish If I Tell You the Truth, her second book with Harper Collins Canada, on January 19. She will also be giving a virtual author reading via the Fraser Valley Regional Library on January 21. More about Jasmin here: https://www.jasminkaur.com/ And her thoughts on her UFV experience here: … Read more
Robbyn Bennett (MA, RCC) has joined UFV in a new position on the Vice President Students team, as the inaugural Director, Counselling and Student Wellness. This position is responsible for providing strategic leadership and direction on student wellness programming and services, advancing a vision of holistic student wellness across the institution, which meets the needs … Read more
The Teaching and Learning Centre is offering an ongoing MicroCourse series of workshops (essential Blackboard tools for online courses), with synchronous sessions for each MicroCourse scheduled weekly. Upcoming Schedule: MicroCourse 1 – Course Organization — Tues, Jan 25 at 11 am MicroCourse 2 – Adapting Instruction — Wed, Jan 27 at 1 pm MicroCourse 3 … Read more
Make your online courses more meaningful. Enhance your teaching with ed tech tools from TLC’s top picks inventory. Browse our A-Z listing or find tools based on teaching outcome, popularity, and type of support. Be sure to check back regularly for updates and new apps. Upcoming Schedule: PeerScholar Workshop — Tues, Jan 26 (10-11 am) … Read more
After a four-week consultation, the Emeritus Designation (208) policy has been revised and can be viewed at: https://www.ufv.ca/secretariat/policies/updates/policy-activity/ For more information, contact Marlene Affleck at marlene.affleck@ufv.ca 01/29/2021
PDDAY2021 SAVE THE DATES — April 27-29, 2021 Faculty, staff, and administrators are invited to a 3-day, online professional development event to connect with colleagues, learn tools, tips and trends in higher ed, and grow UFV towards the future together. more details to come! #ufvpdday Online event – tba https://ufv.ca/pd-day/ For more information, contact Leah … Read more
FAST (fast.ufv.ca) will be unavailable on Thursday, February 04th from 8 am to 12 pm while IT Services completes an annual upgrade to the latest version. Who is impacted? All employees that have access to FAST on campus and those connecting from a remote desktop connection. Please prepare for this outage by downloading and saving … Read more
UFV continues to accept applications for the Summer and Fall 2021 semesters. Sign up for a webinar, where a representative from our Future Students Office will provide additional instruction and support on the application process. The 45-minute webinar will cover the following important topics: • How to view program information • How to view entrance … Read more
Your Academic Success Centre offers support for students through Blackboard Collaborate virtual rooms. Students can book appointments or drop-in to meet with a peer tutor. In addition to the usual one-on-one sessions, tutoring can be set up for small groups to practise presentations or review written work. WriteAway and TurnItIn are both available through the … Read more
Following the successful launch of MS Teams and Exchange Online for faculty and staff, Microsoft Teams, Exchange Online and OneDrive will be made available to students this spring. Through offering these services, the project hopes to provide a more robust set of tools to UFV students, enhancing their remote learning experiences and creating more collaborative … Read more
New signage indicating the Emergency Assembly Areas was installed by Risk and Safety and Emergency Managemenet at all of the UFV campuses in December. The new signs are bright orange with green trim, and can be identified with the assembly area logo and with the specific site marker. If there’s a need to evacuate a … Read more