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On this day in 2008: UCFV became UFV
UFV marked a quiet milestone on April 21, 2023: 15 years since Premier Gordon Campbell visited campus to announce that the University College of the Fraser Valley would now become the University of the Fraser Valley. “The new University of the Fraser Valley will build on its international reputation for criminology and criminal justice programs,…
New degrees of success — 30 years of bachelor’s degrees
The early 1990s were an exciting time for UFV. What had been Fraser Valley College, a small two-year institution, was transformed after an intense community campaign into the University College of the Fraser Valley, adding upper-level courses and bachelor’s degrees while trying to honour its community roots. It was time to start planning and launching…
Eric Davis looks back on decade as Provost
Dr. Eric Davis arrived at UFV at an exciting time. Davis, who winds up his term as Provost this month and will return after an administrative leave as Special Advisor to the President, took some time recently to reflect on his 27 years at UFV and his decade as Provost and Vice President Academic. Davis…
Heather Stewart played key role in early Indigenous education initiatives
(Note: we are posting this article on the late Heather Stewart's involvement in UFV's early Indigenous education initiatives as a tribute to Heather, who passed away Dec 25, 2017. Plans are underway for a public remembrance on Sat, May 19, at 2 pm at Heritage Park in Mission. Read her obituary here.) The history of…
Griffiths ran the gamut, from student to AVP: reflections on
The first time Diane Griffiths ventured into a classroom at Fraser Valley College, she was sure that she didn’t belong there. It was an English class with the late Art Ross in the old Abbotsford Marshall Road campus in the 1970s, and once she was brave enough to cross the threshold and sit down, it…UFV’s first Chilliwack campus building meets the demolition crew
A piece of UFV history came crashing down the week of March 29 to April 1 as demolition crews dismantled Building A on the Chilliwack North campus on Yale Road. See video of the demolition here. Designed as a temporary home for Fraser Valley College, the building, known colloquially by some as The Motel, served…
UFV Top 40 Alumni: Jackie Rea — From upgrading to
Jaclyn Rea has truly climbed the educational ladder of success. She started out at what was then Fraser Valley College as an upgrading student hoping to build a better life for herself and her son. Upon completing her Grade 12 equivalency, she enrolled in the Office Careers program, which led to a position as an…
Doug Hamilton to be honoured for leadership in founding of
Few people alive today have as long an association with Fraser Valley College as Doug Hamilton. Hamilton, a retired agrologist who turns 90 on July 3, was the first chair of the Fraser Valley College board, or council as it was called then, in 1974. But even before that, he played an integral role in…
UFV and Chilliwack go way back
Ever since the days of Fraser Valley College and a ‘college without walls’, the Chilliwack community has had a strong connection to UFV. Before the college even had any facilities to call its own, it ran its first classes in church basements in the daytime and Chilliwack Secondary in the evenings. For many years, people…A little help from our Friends: the journey to university
The term “UFV” slips off the tongue rather easily these days. But it is the third acronym used to describe the Fraser Valley’s post-secondary institution in its almost 40-year history. What started as Fraser Valley College became the University of the Fraser Valley in 2008, after a 17-year stint as the University College of…Bassford leaves legacy of new name, new campus, new community
When Dr. Skip Bassford agreed to take up the presidency of the University College of the Fraser Valley in 1998, it was because he was intrigued by a concept. The university colleges of British Columbia were unique types of post-secondary institutions - ones that combined degree-level university studies with applied disciplines. This meant not only…On this day in 2008: UCFV became UFV
UFV marked a quiet milestone on April 21, 2023: 15 years since Premier Gordon Campbell visited campus to announce that the University College of the Fraser Valley would now become the University of the Fraser Valley. “The new University of the Fraser Valley will build on its international reputation for criminology and criminal justice programs,…New degrees of success — 30 years of bachelor’s degrees
The early 1990s were an exciting time for UFV. What had been Fraser Valley College, a small two-year institution, was transformed after an intense community campaign into the University College of the Fraser Valley, adding upper-level courses and bachelor’s degrees while trying to honour its community roots. It was time to start planning and launching…Eric Davis looks back on decade as Provost
Dr. Eric Davis arrived at UFV at an exciting time. Davis, who winds up his term as Provost this month and will return after an administrative leave as Special Advisor to the President, took some time recently to reflect on his 27 years at UFV and his decade as Provost and Vice President Academic. Davis…Heather Stewart played key role in early Indigenous education initiatives
(Note: we are posting this article on the late Heather Stewart's involvement in UFV's early Indigenous education initiatives as a tribute to Heather, who passed away Dec 25, 2017. Plans are underway for a public remembrance on Sat, May 19, at 2 pm at Heritage Park in Mission. Read her obituary here.) The history of…Griffiths ran the gamut, from student to AVP: reflections on
The first time Diane Griffiths ventured into a classroom at Fraser Valley College, she was sure that she didn’t belong there. It was an English class with the late Art Ross in the old Abbotsford Marshall Road campus in the 1970s, and once she was brave enough to cross the threshold and sit down, it…UFV’s first Chilliwack campus building meets the demolition crew
A piece of UFV history came crashing down the week of March 29 to April 1 as demolition crews dismantled Building A on the Chilliwack North campus on Yale Road. See video of the demolition here. Designed as a temporary home for Fraser Valley College, the building, known colloquially by some as The Motel, served…UFV Top 40 Alumni: Jackie Rea — From upgrading to
Jaclyn Rea has truly climbed the educational ladder of success. She started out at what was then Fraser Valley College as an upgrading student hoping to build a better life for herself and her son. Upon completing her Grade 12 equivalency, she enrolled in the Office Careers program, which led to a position as an…Doug Hamilton to be honoured for leadership in founding of
Few people alive today have as long an association with Fraser Valley College as Doug Hamilton. Hamilton, a retired agrologist who turns 90 on July 3, was the first chair of the Fraser Valley College board, or council as it was called then, in 1974. But even before that, he played an integral role in…UFV and Chilliwack go way back
Ever since the days of Fraser Valley College and a ‘college without walls’, the Chilliwack community has had a strong connection to UFV. Before the college even had any facilities to call its own, it ran its first classes in church basements in the daytime and Chilliwack Secondary in the evenings. For many years, people…A little help from our Friends: the journey to university
The term “UFV” slips off the tongue rather easily these days. But it is the third acronym used to describe the Fraser Valley’s post-secondary institution in its almost 40-year history. What started as Fraser Valley College became the University of the Fraser Valley in 2008, after a 17-year stint as the University College of…Bassford leaves legacy of new name, new campus, new community
When Dr. Skip Bassford agreed to take up the presidency of the University College of the Fraser Valley in 1998, it was because he was intrigued by a concept. The university colleges of British Columbia were unique types of post-secondary institutions - ones that combined degree-level university studies with applied disciplines. This meant not only…
