UFV in photos and stories — Nov 14-18

If you noticed people rocking retro, warm, or wooly sweaters last week, it was all in honour of Sustainable UFV’s Sweater Week, held to raise awareness of the impact on reducing greenhouse gas emissions that turning down the heat for a week can have. See Storify summary here.  UFV Theatre’s 7 Stories opens this week. … Read more

Nicolle Bourget hired as project manager for Pedagogy Investment Project

Nicolle Bourget has joined the ITS department and UFV as the Project Manager responsible for the Pedagogy Investment Project, announced by Provost Eric Davis earlier this year. Nicolle most recently worked at TELUS, where she managed a number of technology, infrastructure, and business transformation programs over the past 19 years. Nicolle holds a PMP certification … Read more

NSERC’s Science, Action! video contest for students and faculty

NSERC’s Science, Action! video contest is back! Are you a student with a cool research project to share with the world? Do you know a scientist or engineer with an incredible story to tell? Think you can capture it in a 60-second video? The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s (NSERC) Science, Action! … Read more

Abbotsford Building D elevator services will be temporarily unavailable — Dec 20-21

Facilities Management has scheduled Eltec Elevator to perform service maintenance on the elevator for Abbotsford Building D on Tues, Dec 20, and Wed, Dec 21 to address an accessibility design issue and bring the elevator controls up to building code. Elevator services in Building D will be temporarily unavailable for two-days while the work is … Read more

SUS Angel Tree applications are open — apply by Nov 30

Do you know a student whose family could use some help at Christmas? The Angel Tree program helps support our UFV students who face many challenges as they raise their families while pursuing their education. Pick up and return completed applications to the UFV Financial Aid Office by 2 pm, Nov 30, 2016 Chwk A1318 … Read more

Indigenizing the Curriculum workshop — Jan 18-20

The IDC is a fascinating opportunity that provides strategies and techniques that address the absence of Indigenous ways of knowing and history in the curriculum. For the most part, faculty members agree that being more inclusive in their teaching provides a greater depth of learning for students; however, most are unsure how this can be … Read more

Career opportunities at UFV — Nov 18 edition

Keep up with career opportunities at UFV by checking out the UFV Career Opportunities website. Current positions include: Educational Technologist Assistant, Employee Contracts To view details on these postings, 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 12/01/2016

Sad news: security officer Lorne Rowan has passed away

Lorne Rowan, a security officer based at the Chilliwack campus at CEP, passed away on Nov 12. Members of the UFV community who wish to attend his funeral service will find details below, along with his obituary, as printed in the Nov 16 Abbotsford News. Tuesday, November 22. 1030am, open invitation. St. Anne’s Catholic Church, … Read more

Births: Daddy Kinvig welcomes son and meets deadlines

Dan Kinvig, communications coordinator for UFV Athletics, usually has one main job on Cascades game days: get the word out to media about the results from UFV’s various athletic teams. But this past Saturday, Nov. 12, he faced a dilemma: four Cascades teams were playing, and his wife Danielle was in labour with their third … Read more

President’s office seeking nominees for honorary degrees

The President’s office is seeking nominations for the 2017 honorary degrees.  Please see the details of the search procedure noted below.  Thank you for any ideas you may have. University of the Fraser Valley — Honorary Degrees UFV employees, students, alumni and members of the Board of Governors may make nominations for the award of … Read more

UFV in photos — Nov 7-10

UFV welcomed the community to the Student Union Building on Nov 9 at the second annual Town & Gown fundraising dinner. Photos here. As part of International Education Week, students and faculty attended a photo exhibit about last summer’s study tour to Sichuan, China. Photos here. Kinesiology students were on hand on Nov 10 when … Read more

Next Meeting of Senate — Dec 9

The next meeting of Senate is on Fri, Dec 9 at TTC. Please submit agenda and exhibit items to lisa.mcmartin@ufv.ca by noon on Tues, Nov 29. For more information, contact Lisa McMartin at lisa.mcmartin@ufv.ca http://www.ufv.ca/senate/   11/29/2016

Facilitator Development Workshop (FDW) — Dec. 12-16

Facilitated by Samantha Pattridge, the Facilitator Development workshop provides individuals with an opportunity for professional development in a challenging and supportive atmosphere and provides connections to a larger instructional development network. The FDW is a peer-based model providing participants with a small group setting in which to work on facilitation skills. The small groups meet … Read more