{"id":4323,"date":"2014-05-16T10:00:13","date_gmt":"2014-05-16T17:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/?p=4323"},"modified":"2018-09-19T10:47:47","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T17:47:47","slug":"appeal-from-president-evered-for-convocation-volunteers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/2014\/05\/16\/appeal-from-president-evered-for-convocation-volunteers\/","title":{"rendered":"Appeal from President Evered for Convocation volunteers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Colleagues,<\/p>\n<p>Our students need our help one more time!<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s make this 40<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary year extra special. As I am sure you know, June 12 and 13 are the dates for the 2014 UFV convocation ceremonies. Once again, we will host the event at the Abbotsford Centre. And once more, UFV, and especially our graduating students and their families, welcome your help making this celebration of their achievements memorable.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m very grateful for all the support we\u2019ve had from so many of you previously, and hope I can count on that again.\u00a0 Those who volunteer as members of Team Convocation will have their regular work day reassigned to convocation duties. As in the past, we will provide food, refreshments and a Team Convocation gift for all those who help.<\/p>\n<p>The three ceremonies are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Thursday, June 12 at 1:30 pm<\/strong> \u2014 College of Arts<\/li>\n<li><strong>Friday, June 13 at 9:30 am<\/strong> \u2014 Faculty of Professional Studies, Faculty of Access and Open Studies<\/li>\n<li><strong>Friday, June 13 at 2:30 pm<\/strong> \u2014 Faculty of Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, and Faculty of Applied and Technical Studies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are many ways you can help make Convocation 2014, in UFV\u2019s 40th year, the best one yet. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufv.ca\/convocation\/teamconvo\/\">http:\/\/www.ufv.ca\/convocation\/teamconvo\/<\/a> for descriptions of positions available. To sign up, please enter your information into the form on the web page. Positions will be filled on a first-come basis, so don\u2019t delay if you have a preference. Please also check with your supervisor to be sure you can be excused from your regular duties prior to signing up. If you have any questions, please email <a href=\"mailto:auriel.heron@ufv.ca\">auriel.heron@ufv.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I look forward to working together with you on this fun but very important project.<\/p>\n<p>With sincere appreciation,<\/p>\n<p>Mark Evered<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Colleagues, Our students need our help one more time! Let\u2019s make this 40th anniversary year extra special. As I am sure you know, June 12 and 13 are the dates for the 2014 UFV convocation ceremonies. Once again, we will host the event at the Abbotsford Centre. And once more, UFV, and especially our &#8230; <a title=\"Appeal from President Evered for Convocation volunteers\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/2014\/05\/16\/appeal-from-president-evered-for-convocation-volunteers\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[116],"class_list":["post-4323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ufv-archive","tag-president"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4323"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17639,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4323\/revisions\/17639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}