UFV in photos — Nov 3-Dec 4

Last week, UFV photographers captured Sam Waddington’s presentation, part of the Dean of Health Sciences’ speaker series (Storify summary is here), as well as the candlelight vigil in remembrance of women who have been victims of violence, including the Montreal Massacre of 1989.

Whitney Fordham appointed Manager, Alumni Relations

Whitney Fordham has been appointed UFV Manager, Alumni Relations, and Staff Liaison to the UFV Alumni Association. She was previously serving in this role on an interim appointment, and was the successful candidate for the permanent position. “I am very pleased to welcome Whitney to the University Relations team in this permanent role to continue building upon … Read more

SUS Angel Tree program: Adopt an Angel and make Christmas brighter for UFV students and their families

Please be an angel this Christmas and help out the families of students in need by choosing an angel from the Angel Tree to sponsor. Angels are posted the trees located in the atrium of the Student Union Building on the Abbotsford campus and in the Atrium of Building A on the Chilliwack campus, with … Read more

UFV in photos — Nov 23-27

Dr. Carin Bondar wowed the audience with many scintillating tidbits about sex in the animal kingdom at her Nature of Sex lecture, part of the Dean of Science’s Seminar Series. See Storify summary here and photos here. We counted 92 “thank yous” at the UFV Thank You Day ceremony on Nov 26. See a few … Read more

Obituary: Tim Segger has passed away

Tim Segger, who served UFV in several administrative capacities until his retirement in 2010, passed away on November 23, 2015 after a battle with cancer. Tim joined what was then Fraser Valley College in 1979 as a sessional instructor in the Criminal Justice department, to which he was later appointed as a member of faculty. … Read more

Carolan pens book on history of Literary Storefront

English professor Trevor Carolan is featured in the People section of the latest edition of BC Bookworld. He was commissioned by Mona Fertig, the founder of the Literary Storefront writers’ space, to write a history of the centre, where as a young writer Trevor himself read publicly for the first time. The Literary Storefront, The … Read more

UFV in photos — Nov 12-20

Although it wasn’t hit as hard as some of the other parts of the Fraser Valley, UFV’s Chilliwack campus at Canada Education park did feel the breeze on Nov 17 as a major wind storm swept through and made that walk from car to door just a little more challenging. UFV’s Alumni Association held its … Read more

Encourage your students to apply for Co-Curricular Record recognition

Students may request validation at any time for activities between May-December 2015. Deadline to submit requests for CCR recognition will be December 31, 2015. Validation will occur Jan 1-15. The validation process formally recognizes a student’s participation in a co-curricular experience. The supervisor of the experience acts as validator to confirm the participant has met … Read more

Come and create the Education Plan, 2016–20 on Fri, Nov 20

A message from Provost and VP Academic Eric Davis and the UFV 2025 Visioning Committee: What FIVE GOALS must UFV achieve? Come and create the Education Plan, 2016–20 on Fri, Nov 20. The visioning exercise began with this question: What should UFV look like in 2025? Your voices and your ideas have helped shape our answer: … Read more

Bonnie Reilly Schmidt book launch — Nov 17

UFV alumna Bonnie Reilly Schmidt will launch her new book on women’s experience in the RCMP on Nov 17 at 4 pm in the rotunda outside of the Abbotsford library. Silenced: The Untold Story of the Fight for Equality in the RCMP, offers a comprehensive history of women in the RCMP from 1873 until today. … Read more

Women in Policing forum — Nov 19

Forty years ago it was rare to see a woman in a police uniform. And when you did, chances are she was in a skirt and kept her gun in her purse. Now women comprise 20 percent of all police officers in Canada. Women in policing have faced challenges along the way, and many have … Read more