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Some of our brightest students paid President Mark Evered and his wife Maureen a visit recently for a reception to welcome major scholarship winners to UFV and celebrate achievement. Photos here. UFV Health Sciences hosted a health fair at UFV Five Corners in Chilliwack recently. Photos here and video here. Employees learned about Sto:lo history, … Read more
Hope Centre hosted a Study Skills Challenge for the Fall 2016 semester where students could win weekly prizes for participating and a chance at the grand prize (a stack of gift cards to Hope retailers) for most overall points. To accrue points, students planned their semester homework schedules, demonstrated great attendance rates, took in motivational … Read more
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) is holding two webinars on the upcoming Insight Development Grants 2017 for applicants and administrators: one general session and one focused on research-creation. You do not need to register in advance. The webinars will be held via Adobe Connect (for the visual presentation and written … Read more
Winter semester Campus Card issuance for students starts January 3, 2017. For information on dates and times please visit http://ufv.ca/campuscard/. For more information, contact Campus Card at campuscard@ufv.ca 12/10/2016
All faculty and staff are invited to submit proposals for workshops for UFV’s annual Professional Development (PD) Day 2017 happening on May 2. Workshop proposals should be related to the PD Day theme of Connect, Learn, Grow and may be geared towards all UFV employees or developed with a specific group in mind. To learn … Read more
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 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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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