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Pechakucha comes to UFV Abbotsford, featuring 16 fabulous speakers and a spectacular gallery exhibition! A lively 20 slides x 20 second presentation style featuring stories about doing what we love! The event includes a gala reception in UFV’s S’eliyemetaxwtexw Art Gallery featuring visual connections through community branding projects and typography portraits created by UFV’s Graphic … Read more
UFV’s Centre for Sustainability spent three evenings with the Janitorial staff throughout the last month checking computers throughout UFV to see if computers were being shut off at night. As it turns out, UFV is doing pretty well, although some buildings were a bit more energy efficient than others. Building A — 16% of the … Read more
Recent events photographed by staff include UFV’s participation in local Christmas parades, the Dec 5 candlelight vigil at CEP, and Dr. Darin Cherniwchan’s entertaining and informative Health Sciences Speaker Series presentation on Ebola.
This is to announce a call for proposals for two UFV funds supported by UFV International. UFV is committed to offering internationalization opportunities to its community and, as a result, a portion of international tuition revenue has been allocated toward this purpose. 1. Internationalization Fund The process of application for the Internationalization Fund is unchanged … Read more
A message from President Mark Evered: UFV students, staff, faculty, alumni and friends, It is with deep sadness that we recall the murder of 14 women on this day 25 years ago at L’Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal. December 6 is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada. This year, … Read more
If you live in Chilliwack, check out the Dec 4 edition of the Chilliwack Times. It includes an eight-page special publication celebrating UFV’s 40 years of community connections with Chilliwack. University Relations worked in partnership with the Chilliwack Times to produce this supplement celebrating our history and letting people know what UFV is up to … Read more
UFV sociology professor Darren Blakeborough spoke to News 1130 radio recently about the ramifications of the Yik Yak app, which allows users within a common geographical area to share information. Some students in the Chilliwack School District were using it to bully and harass other students. Social media app causing problems with schools
Nomination deadline: March 2, 2015 UFV grants the honourable designation of professor or librarian emeritus in recognition of long service and contributions to the institution. How does someone earn emeritus status? As noted in the university’s Collective Agreement, an emeritus designation is not automatic. The designation of Professor Emeritus or Librarian Emeritus may be awarded … Read more
Grades for the Fall 2014 semester are due to the Office of the Registrar Mon, Dec 22. Grades will be rolled (saved to student’s academic history), and GPAs recalculated just before noon on December 24. Please note that grades (late grades) will not be rolled again until the university opens January 2. Please refer to … Read more
Gurneet Dhaliwal, Harman Billen and Jasmine Mangat have played soccer together for so long, they’re practically family at this point. So it only made sense that they’d spend their post-secondary soccer careers together, too. The talented trio, who spent the better part of a decade playing together on Surrey United youth teams, have signed with … Read more
If you know are, or know of, a UFV alumnus with a flair for the artistic, we invite you to submit your artwork for the 2015 Alumni commemorative wine artist competition. The alumni commemorative wine is a highly anticipated annual tradition at UFV. The wine is produced in honour of the graduating class and is … Read more
The Campus Connector shuttle bus, with over 20 trips per day, provides hassle-free commuting for hundreds of UFV students each day, as well as UFV faculty and staff. Recent site improvements around the Chilliwack campus at CEP stop include a new accessible sidewalk, better street lighting, and drainage. The UFV Facilities department hopes these measures … Read more
Get to know UFV athletics communications coordinator Dan Kinvig a bit better through a peek into the life of a sports info guy. Kinvig was on the Varsity Letters podcast with The Province high school/university sports reporter Howard Tsumura recently, talking about his transition from the newspaper business to the UFV athletic department. The podcast … Read more
The UFV Cascades basketball and volleyball teams wrapped up the semester with a busy weekend of home games at the Envision Athletic Centre. The men’s hoopsters had a weekend to remember, beating the MacEwan Griffins on Friday (83-73) and Saturday (95-73). They head into the Christmas break with a perfect 8-0 record in league play, … Read more
Come join us at the last Scholarly Sharing Initiative for 2014. Thurs, Dec 11 1:15–2:45 pm Abby U-House Delicious light lunch provided Sharanjit Sandhra , Centre for IndoCanadian Studies — Emotional historicism: Ongoing narrative of the Komagata Maru Darren Blakeborough, Media and Communication Studies — Video documentation of multi-disciplinary research. So many ways to go … Read more