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Keep up with career opportunities at UFV by checking out the UFV Career Opportunities website. Current positions include: Department Assistant, Continuing Education To view details on this posting, and for a complete list of opportunities, please visit: http://www.ufv.ca/hr/careers/ For more information, contact Tara Rozenek at tara.rozenek@ufv.ca. http://www.ufv.ca/hr/careers/   11/07/2014

Consolidation of three related policies, Submission of Grades, Change of Grades and Incomplete Grades, into a single policy is proposed. Submission of Grades was considered the primary policy, so that policy number was retained, but re-titled “Grade Reporting”. Beginning with the word Grade will make it easier to find the policy in an alphabetical list. … Read more

An action-packed weekend for the UFV athletic department was highlighted by national medals for the golf teams, playoff berths for the soccer squads, and home-opening wins for the volleyballers. Silver, bronze for golfers The Cascade golfers traveled to Quebec City for the PING CCAA Golf National Championships, where they had dreams of defending the men’s … Read more

Friday Nights are UFV nights at Chilliwack Chiefs hockey games! Join your friends at a Chilliwack Chiefs game with this special offer: $20 includes your game night ticket plus any hamburger or chicken strips combo $2 from each package sold will be donated to the UFV Chilliwack Chiefs scholarship education fund This deal is valid … Read more

Know anybody who might be interested in a career in joinery? Send them to the Joinery open house on Wed October 22, 6 to 8 pm, 5579 Tyson Rd Chilliwack We will offer live demonstrations and you will have the opportunity to tour the facility and get all your questions answered. And there’s tasty food … Read more

The video of the October 15 Provost’s forum is at http://blogs.ufv.ca/tlc/2014/10/17/video-provost-forum-on-skills-and-liberal-education/. You can also see notes from the forum on UFV’s @goufv Twitter feed by searching the hashtag #provostforum.

Irwin Cohen, Director, Centre for Criminal Justice Research, and RCMP Senior Research Chair in Crime Reduction, was quoted in a Globe and Mail article about declining crime rates last week. Here’s the link.  

Darren Blakeborough of Social, Cultural, and Media Studies shared his insight with the Chilliwack Progress for a special report on the impact of social media on elections: http://www.theprogress.com/news/279586782.html

The UFV 40th anniversary celebrations continue Tues, Oct 21, in Mission. UFV is partnering with Mission Community Services in offering the annual Celebration of Light (Diwali) – a free public event. Help UFV celebrate by joining in this community event. It includes delicious food, crafts, music, dance, and lively entertainment from diverse cultures. Visit the UFV photo … Read more

Political science professor Hamish Telford was quoted in an Oct 9 article in the Chilliwack Times about voter apathy in municipal elections. Here’s an excerpt from Paul Henderson’s story, quoting Telford on student awareness: Telford said he taught three classes on Canadian politics last term—probably 110 students—and as a big, bad professor he made his … Read more

Sociology professor Darren Blakeborough was quoted in the Oct 16 Chilliwack Times for an article about the impact of social media on local election campaign. Here’s an excerpt: “Social media is an essential tool in modern elections for sure,” he said. “It gives quick, easy, and inexpensive access to a growing number of people, all … Read more