Longtime Canadian broadcaster Tony Parsons will be visiting the University of the Fraser Valley’s  Chilliwack campus this week for an interactive discussion covering an array of topics. A Life in the News will explore Parsons’ career as a media personality, which has spanned more than 50 years. He will also be responding to audience questions,…

Whether you’re interested in old age heart health or dental care for preschoolers, an upcoming event will have information that can help you or a family member. On Friday, Oct. 21, the University of the Fraser Valley fourth year nursing students are holding their annual health fair at Sevenoaks  Shopping Centre in Abbotsford. At the…

More than 1,000 high school students came to check out what UFV student recruiter Daniel Goertz had to say during week one of the annual Post-secondary Institutes of BC (PSIBC) tour. The tour is a coordinated effort by universities, colleges and institutes to visit high schools together, making it easy for Grade 12 students to…

Carl Peters (who teaches English, Creative Writing, Visual Arts and Art History) has written the first book-length critical analysis of poet bill bissett’s work. Although internationally recognized as a pioneer of visual, concrete, sound, and performance poetry, few critics recognize bill bissett’s work in the visual arts to be of equal aesthetic importance — very…

Business admin sessional Simon Gibson, also a 30-year councillor for the City of Abbotsford, has found a niche for a newspaper column and filled it. His weekly column on office politics (which you can see at www.officepolitics101.com ) is now running in 25 newspapers throughout British Columbia including in such communities as Kelowna, Burnaby, Langley,…

Under a special memorandum of understanding signed on October 4, the District of Mission will secure $500,000 in seed funding to establish the University of the Fraser Valley Mission campus as the primary site for the delivery of the UFV Graphic and Digital Design diploma program. “The District of Mission is very committed to forging…

Just days after graduating and before her official licence to practise was even issued, recent UFV Dental Hygiene diploma program graduate Jana Sladkova was busy putting her education to good use. While watching her boyfriend’s hockey game, one of the players was hit in the face by a puck. Although the player was wearing a…

Pauline Potocky (nee Hadfield) has joined Cheryl Dahl in the Program Development office as the program development assistant. Pauline has a BA in arts and culture studies from Simon Fraser University, and has most recently worked as the Political Science, Philosophy, and Modern Languages departmental assistant. She joined UFV from Douglas College, where she provided…

UFV's recent announcement that Brian Minter has accepted another three-year term as chancellor has garnered media attention, including from The Province newspaper. Links to the full articles are below. Gardening icon Brian Minter reappointed UFV chancellor The Province – September 29, 2011 ...chancellor of the University of the Fraser Valley ( UFV). A recipient of…

Students enrolled in UFV’s Dental Hygiene diploma program earned top marks in the National Dental Hygiene certification board examination, completed this past May. UFV dental hygiene students consistently scored above the national average compared to other students who wrote the same exam across Canada. “We are very pleased with the results; we know our graduates…

Ashley Wray has joined UFV as a marketing and communications specialist, replacing Patty Wellborn, who has moved to the Okanagan. Ashley is an award-winning journalist who most recently worked for the Abbotsford News. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism and political science from Kwantlen University, and experience in several sectors of journalism, having worked…

The University of the Fraser Valley just made it very quick and easy — and a whole lot more entertaining — to find out almost everything you ever wanted to know about becoming a student at UFV. By teaming up with Kelowna-based HuStream, the university has produced a new interactive video tour, now on UFV’s website. …