When Rob O’Brennan started at the Fraser Valley Regional Library, he wouldn't have guessed he would become its CEO.   But that’s how it turned out, and Fraser Valley College helped him get there.   Rob got off to a bit of a rocky start in post-secondary education with what he calls a “less-than-serious attempt” to study…

Sherry Mumford’s story proves that it’s never too late to learn something new, and it’s never too late to make a difference in your community.  Sherry was a mature student and a mom when she came to UFV in the 90s. After completing a BA in Criminology, she kept on going, earning another BA in…

Nik and Marnie Venema are living proof you don’t have to b e middle -aged, established, and wealthy to be generous. These two millennials bracket either side of age 30 and still have student loan payments themselves, but they’ve already become significant donors to UFV, the place where they met, fell in love, and gained…

Bands blast, rappers lay down beats, and poets are slamming — all in one night and all in one room. One young woman is in her element, putting herself on the line and reading for  a live audience. It’s all part of a fundraising evening organized by the Raspberry collective at the Reach Gallery and…

Once upon a time in the early-2000s, a beautiful young accountant met a handsome, gregarious, athletic, intelligent military man. They fell in love fairly quickly, and knew they wanted to build a life together. Before too long, that life included sharing a home, welcoming a baby daughter, and making plans to marry. But first, the…

Shirzad Ahmed knows what it’s like to be a refugee — stateless and far away from family and friends. At the age of 18 he was a political exile from Kurdistan, an area of northeast Iraq that suffered great oppression under the regime of Saddam Hussein and continues to be mired in poverty today. He…