{"id":781,"date":"2014-03-27T15:00:12","date_gmt":"2014-03-27T15:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/indocanadianstudies\/?p=781"},"modified":"2014-03-27T15:00:12","modified_gmt":"2014-03-27T15:00:12","slug":"indo-canadian-community-advisory-committee-member-dr-dhami-creates-ufv-endowment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/2014\/03\/27\/indo-canadian-community-advisory-committee-member-dr-dhami-creates-ufv-endowment\/","title":{"rendered":"Indo Canadian Community Advisory Committee Member Dr. Dhami Creates UFV Endowment"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a man of \u201cfirsts,\u201d Dr. Malwinder Dhami is no stranger to taking the lead role in his philanthropic giving. Dr. Dhami is a keen supporter of the University of the Fraser Valley and recently established his first endowment, the Dhami Family Endowment Leadership Award. This is the first UFV endowment established by an Indo-Canadian family, and it is from a family that is well known within the local community for its high regard for education and love of UFV.<\/p>\n

Dr. Dhami is an ideal friend for UFV: his warmth and friendly nature is particularly noted at the public sessions of the Board meetings, where he is a frequent attendee. Dr. Dhami\u2019s original ideas and eagerness to make a positive impact in students\u2019 lives is a shining star of encouragement and support for UFV\u2019s University Advancement team.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe University of the Fraser Valley is deeply grateful for our long-time friendship and support from Dr. Dhami,\u201d says Hilary Beard, director of university advancement. \u201cFrom his generous financial support in early 2003 and active participation in development of the Centre for Indo-Canadian Studies, to his latest family endowment, we at UFV acknowledge Dr. Dhami\u2019s unwavering support and generosity with deep appreciation and thanksgiving for one of our finest neighbours and friends.\u00a0 Dr. Dhami is sharing his story to encourage others to also give\u2026so that each person can share in changing lives and building the community\u2019s future here at UFV.\u201d<\/p>\n

From Dr. Dhami\u2019s perspective, giving is natural and simply a way of life. He has found satisfaction in helping others, and is well known in UFV\u2019s Dental Assistant program for extending a helping hand through his openness to students in assisting them gain valuable hours in his professional dental practice in Abbotsford. In a recent visit to UFV\u2019s Dental Clinic, Dr. Dhami selflessly agreed to give a day of his time to help screen children, so they are permitted to be examined by the students.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am always so warmly greeted by UFV President Mark Evered \u2014 often it is a hug \u2014 and by all the staff and faculty at the university. Whenever I attend Board meetings, I am greeted like a friend,\u201d he says.\u00a0 In addition to extending an on-going helping hand to individual students, Dr. Dhami was influential in the establishment of the Centre for Indo Canadian Studies at UFV. He warmly reminisces on bringing the first donation to the university\u2019s then-president, Skip Bassford: \u00a0this gift was to kick off the fundraising to establish the Centre for Indo-Canadian Studies and was a catalyst for others in the community to stand behind the Center\u2019s vision with their financial support.\u00a0 Dr. Dhami has served on the CICS Advisory Council since its inception.<\/p>\n

Dr. Dhami was also the first donor to the development of the Peace and Conflict Studies program at the university in September 2012. And part of Dr. Dhami\u2019s recent giving includes a symbol to represent ongoing giving: his endowment is $25,001 that extra dollar is the first step to continuous growth.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know that Dr. Dhami\u2019s generosity, his personal investment in the future of others, is driven by his gratitude to those who helped him\u201d, added UFV President Dr. Mark Evered. \u201cI am deeply and personally inspired by his visionary leadership, volunteer service, financial support and especially his friendship.\u201d<\/p>\n

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As a man of \u201cfirsts,\u201d Dr. Malwinder Dhami is no stranger to taking the lead role in his philanthropic giving. Dr. Dhami is a keen supporter of the University of the Fraser Valley and recently established his first endowment, the Dhami Family Endowment Leadership Award. This is the first UFV endowment established by an Indo-Canadian … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}