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Welcome to new employee: Bhupinderjeet Singh — Business Intelligence Developer, Institutional Research and Integrated Planning

Convocation 2014 — class cancellations UFV’s Convocation is Thurs, June 12 and Fri, June 13. As per UFV’s established practice, all day-time classes (semester-based not training-day based) that start prior to 5:30 pm will be cancelled during Convocation. Please note that this does NOT affect Trades classes (at TTC or Aerospace campuses) or any PTV … Read more

It’s not every day you turn 40! UFV celebrated 40 years by hosting Premier Christy Clark as she officially opened the new Agriculture Centre of Excellence on the Chilliwack campus, holding afternoon cake celebrations at the Abbotsford campus in Alumni Hall and in the new ACE in Chilliwack (tours included), and co-presenting The Sky is … Read more

Financial Aid and Awards is looking for volunteers to sit on the Awards Selection committee for adjudication of the UFV Leadership Awards. Adjudication takes place on June 4 from 9:30-3:30pm (length of time depends on the number of applications and the number of volunteers). Lunch will be provided. If you are interested in participating, please … Read more

Photographers from Marketing and Communication and University Advancement have been busy capturing several events and programs on our campuses recently. Here are links to a few of the images. UFV 40th anniversary celebrations in Mission and Hope President Mark Evered visited the Mission campus and Hope centre yesterday to celebrate UFV’s 40th anniversary Bif Naked … Read more

We are seeking nominations for student speakers for our June 12 and 13 Convocation ceremonies. Selection as a student speaker is considered an honour for a graduate. Those selected receive a certificate acknowledging they were a student speaker at Convocation, and will be profiled in Convocation publicity. We also make space available for their guests … Read more

2014/15 Health Spending Account funds designation forms were distributed in early March and were due in Human Resources March 28, 2014. If you are a permanent employee and did not receive an HSA Funds Designation form please contact Debbie Dyck at local 4653 or debbie.dyck@ufv.ca 04/04/2014

UFV Athletics celebrated the university’s 30th year of varsity competition on Friday, hosting the annual athletics award banquet at the Ramada Plaza. The banquet is the only time during the year that all of UFV student-athletes can dress to the nines and be in the same room at the same time, and consequently it’s a … Read more

Please update the previous version of the alert with this one. . . ___________________________________________ Over the past couple of weeks, a number of UFV employees have experienced first-hand the aggravation and inconvenience of having their computers infected with a recent variant of ransomware known as CryptorBit. This particular malware is not easily detected or removed … Read more

The Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) is offered to a group of five or six colleagues and is designed to enhance the teaching effectiveness of both new and experienced educators. During the 3 ½ day workshop, participants design and conduct three “mini-lessons” and receive verbal, written, and video feedback from the other participants who have been … Read more