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The UFV Agriculture Centre of Excellence is looking for a student, interested in agriculture, to work on an experimental growing tower located in a Surrey greenhouse. They require a student with some skills or experience in horticulture who is interested in maintaining production in the growing towers and then measuring the productivity and efficiency of … Read more
AMOUNT: $500 Available to one 1st year Canadian student who is enrolled in one of the following faculty/programs at UFV: Faculty of Science; Upgrading and University Preparation; Faculty of Applied and Technical Studies; Faculty of Health Sciences; Faculty of Professional Studies Applicants must demonstrate genuine financial need, have a minimum 2.0 GPA. Apply for UFV … Read more
Congratulations to all the grads! Please join us immediately following the ceremony on June 2nd for the Faculty of Science Convocation Celebration! Sections 109 and 110, please invite your family and friends! This is a great opportunity to get that candid photo with your professors and classmates!
Congratulations to the the GreenUFV Team Members Pat Harrison, Alyssa Bougie, Gayle Ramsden, Mark Goudsblom and Sheldon Marche recipients of the 2016 UFV Teamwork Award. The Board of Governors noted that this team has set the bar very high for future nominations. This award: recognizes teams who exemplify best practices of collegial, supportive and effective … Read more
Headshots for Science Wall of Fame and Alumni Cards – FREE Formal Graduate Photo Sessions: $15.00 sitting fee Professional photographers from the Artona Group, the official graduation photographer for UFV, will be on campus in May for formal graduate portrait sessions ($15.00 sitting fee) The Faculty of Science and the UFV Alumni Association are pleased … Read more
On behalf of our UFV Green Team and our host Sheldon Marche, thank you to everyone who made it out to the “Behind the Scenes” look at how UFV Facilities maintains our campus “Green”. Proud to celebrate Earth Day at UFV!! Sign up today to join the Facilities Green Team and be part of something … Read more
Did you know that Earth Day was first celebrated in the United States in 1970? It all began with a group known as the Earth Day Network. Their mission was and continues to be: To broaden and diversify the environmental movement worldwide and to mobilize it as the most effective vehicle to build a healthy, … Read more
Earth Hour is great, but Earth Week is better! Ever wondered how the heating and cooling systems work? What about the LEED certification on the new Student Union Building? Join the Associate Building Director, Sheldon Marche, for a tour of some of UFV’s innovative building systems. When: Friday, April 22 at 11:30 am / Meet … Read more
Please join UFV Departments of History and Fashion Design along with greenSPEAK, Global Development Studies, UFV International, Centre for Sustainability and the Peru Study Tour in welcoming Ashli Akins, Founder and Director of the Canadian-Peruvian NGO Mosqoy, and Liu Scholar at the Liu Institute for Global Issues, UBC. Ashli holds a Master’s from Oxford University … Read more
The Faculty of Science at UFV would like to congratulate Alyssa Bougie, recipient of the “Green Leader of Tomorrow Award” at the 5th Annual Rotary Club of Abbotsford-Matsqui Environmental Leadership Awards of the Fraser Valley held last month. Alyssa received this award, sponsored by the Abbotsford Community Services-Recycling Program, for her leading a comprehensive waste … Read more