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New folks

January 23, 2014January 20, 2014 by Anne Russell

Welcome to the following new employees: Kathy Griffin — Accounts Payable Supervisor, Finance Judi Hope — Help Desk Analyst, ITS

Agricultural Land Reserve at 40 with Dr. Lenore Newman — Feb 5

January 23, 2014January 17, 2014 by Anne Russell

Agricultural Land Reserve at 40: Land loss and fragmentation in the Fraser River Basin Wed, Feb 5 4 pm Abby B101 (lecture theatre) Dr. Lenore Newman with Dr. Denver Nixon http://www.ufv.ca/research/events/research-lecture/ For more information, contact Linda Dahl at linda.dahl@ufv.ca 02/06/2014

Faith Is Not A Virtue lecture by Dr. Peter Boghossian — Sat, Jan 18

January 23, 2014January 16, 2014 by Anne Russell

Peter Boghossian is a philosophy professor at Portland State University, where his main focus is bringing the tools of professional philosophers to people in a wide variety of contexts. Dr. Boghossian’s primary research areas are critical thinking and moral reasoning; he will present a lecture ‘Faith Is Not A Virtue’ on Jan 18 from 2–4:30 … Read more

Debate: Horner vs Horner — Does God Exist? — Tues, Jan 21

January 20, 2014January 16, 2014 by Anne Russell

At 7 pm on Tues, Jan 21, in UFV room B101 (lecture theatre), Abbotsford philosopher Michael Horner will present a case for God’s existence followed by the most common arguments and objections that he has received from atheists, from over 28 years of debating. Michael will then respond to those arguments and open it up … Read more

Career Opportunities at UFV

January 17, 2014January 15, 2014 by Anne Russell

There are many new and vacant positions advertised on the UFV Career Opportunities website. A current position that has just been placed on the website includes: Limited Term Appointment, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice 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 … Read more

Auditions for 19th Annual Directors’ Theatre Festival — Feb 4

February 5, 2014January 15, 2014 by Anne Russell

Auditions for UFV Theatre’s 19th Annual Directors’ Theatre Festival are on Tues, Feb 4 at 7 pm. Everyone is welcome to audition for this fringe-style festival of student-directed one-act plays taking place April 23-27, 2014. For full details please visit http://www.ufv.ca/theatre/announcements/ For more information, contact Melanie Wickes at melanie.wickes@ufv.ca 02/04/2014

UFV policy updates

January 23, 2014January 15, 2014 by Anne Russell

The President’s Executive has recently approved revisions to the Animal Care (51) policy. All UFV policies are available on the Secretariat policy webpage: http://www.ufv.ca/secretariat/policies/ Information on policy development can be found at: http://www.ufv.ca/secretariat/policy-development/ Information on policies being reviewed or developed can be found at: http://www.ufv.ca/secretariat/policies_review/ For more information, contact Lisa McMartin at lisa.mcmartin@ufv.ca 01/24/2014

Several Blackboard training sessions offered — to Jan 31

January 30, 2014January 15, 2014 by Anne Russell

Advanced Blackboard: Multimedia & Copyright Are you considering using images, audio, video or animation in your course? This workshop will demonstrate some of the multimedia possibilities and resources that are available to enhance your course. We will discuss copyright using multimedia in Blackboard. Chwk A1202 Wed, Jan 29 1–2:30 pm http://www.ufv.ca/tlc/teaching-matters-workshops/blackboard/ For more information, contact … Read more