UFV Announce

The policies Course Requisites (84), Change in Course Prerequisites (88), and Advance Placement (77), all relate to course prerequisites and/or co-requisites, despite the varied terminology. The secretariat, in keeping with our efforts to streamline the policy manual, would like to create a single policy on this topic. The title will be changed to Prerequisites and … Read more

Keep up with career opportunities at UFV by checking out the UFV Career Opportunities website. Current positions include: Committees Assistant, College of Arts Coordinator, Emergency Planning 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 07/10/2014

Commuter Alert – July 2014 Abbotsford campus commuter & parking advisory: Sun, July 20, 11 am – 4th Annual Touch a Truck Daily Parking: Students and employees may purchase daily parking and park in lots 1, 4-6, 8-10, or on city streets at Gillis Avenue, College Drive, and McKenzie Road. Note: UFV parking permits are … Read more

In case you missed some of the Convocation-related stories earlier, here’s an easy way to find them all. Simply go to UFV Today at www.ufvtoday.ca and choose the Convocation tab, or follow this link: http://blogs.ufv.ca/blog/category/convocation-2014/. Find stories on student medal winners, Research Excellence winner Michael Gaetz, Teaching Excellence winner Andrea Hughes, and other award winners. … Read more

Canadian Press interviewed business professor Fiona McQuarrie Friday afternoon about the possibility of mediation in the teachers’ strike. Here’s the story. It was picked up by a number of other TV and news sources across the province. McQuarrie was also interviewed by the OMNI TV Cantonese/Mandarin news. See the clip here.

UFV historian Barbara Messamore was quoted in a Canadian Press story on the coalition formed 150 years ago this week by John A. McDonald’s Liberal-Conservatives, and George Brown’s Liberals, a key moment in Canadian history. Read it here.  

UFV criminologist Irwin Cohen, a member of Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts’ homicide task force, was interviewed by The Province newspaper about a a sudden spike in murders in Surrey last week. Read it here.

Please note we have been forced to postpone the planned telephone switch and line move, scheduled for this weekend. Telus has found some of the 12-pair analog service into the building at UFV Five Corners in Chilliwack is damaged. Please stay tuned for further updates and new scheduled dates for maintenance. For more information, contact … Read more

Municipal Pension Plan member contribution rates are increasing by 0.7 percent of salary, effective July 1, 2014. This increase will be reflected on your July 15, 2014 pay. The new member contribution rates will be: On earnings up to the year’s maximum pensionable earnings (YMPE): 8.50% (from 7.80%) On earnings over the year’s maximum pensionable … Read more

UFV honorary degree recipient (in 2010) and longtime UFV supporter Catherine Marcellus of Mission has passed away at the age of 91. Catherine was a lifelong learner and supporter of education in the Fraser Valley, and instrumental in the campaign to build the Heritage Park Centre, which houses UFV’s Mission campus along with a secondary … Read more

Spoken Word & Bubbly with author/poet Adeena Karasick (from New York) A ticketed event. Part of the bissett series, curated by UFV’s Dr. Carl Peters. Sat, June 28 12:30 pm The Reach Gallery Museum, Abbotsford Please check the Gallery’s website for details. http://thereach.ca/events-programs For more information, contact Carl Peters at Carl.Peters@ufv.ca 06/30/2014

Congratulations to the following UFV employees, who graduated at Convocation last week: Laura Chomiak, BGS Carol Dickson, BGS Shannon Draney, BGS Shane Schlosser, BCIS Shelley Chute, TESL certificate Congratulations also to Isabel Hay, who earned her Master of Science in Adult Education and Academic Advising from Kansas State University, and Dr. Joanna Sheppard of Kinesiology … Read more