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Congratulations to Nicole Davidson, Geniel Doblados, Jonathan Lim-Bentley, Jade Savjord, Marlowe Ferris and Gelaine Doblados, students of UFV’s Mandarin 101 class who participated in the fifth annual BC Chinese Bridge Mandarin singing contest, held at UBC. Universities from all over the lower mainland were invited to participate in the contest created to stimulate students’ enthusiasm … Read more
The UFV Philosophy department held a Cookies & Books event recently. Students were invited to browse tables covered with hundreds of high-quality philosophy books, and then take home — at no charge — any they found interesting. As an added incentive, Professor Emeritus Moira Kloster contributed a variety of free philosophically-themed cookies. What is a … Read more
Winter weather is here, and clearly has been for some time. “We’ve recently experienced a challenging 56 of 61 days with measured precipitation. If anyone has an extra ticket to Hawaii/Mexico please contact me. One way, or round trip – I’m not too picky,” notes UFV Energy Manager Blair McFarlane, and he’s only half kidding. … Read more
As of Monday, December 5, UFV Food Services will close the Spirit Bear coffee kiosk at the Chilliwack campus at CEP, due to low usage and sales. However, to further complement Food Services on the Chilliwack campus, Dana Hospitality, UFV’s new food services provider, will be offering an expanded Fast and Fresh program at the … Read more
Congratulations to Alumni Relations Manager Whitney Fordham and her husband Peter Skrzyniarz on the arrival of their daughter Isabela Fordham-Skrzyniarz. She was born November 21, 2016, at Chilliwack General Hospital, and weighed 7 lb 8 oz.
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