Submitted by guest blogger Stacie Dixon, Facilities Operations Coordinator, Athletics & Campus Recreation It’s Bingo time! This week, within UFV Unite, our new staff & faculty community Facebook group initiative, we are featuring the UFV Unite Bingo Challenge. Just, one way of virtually connecting with our UFV community. The goal is to complete as many … Read more
Submitted by guest blogger, Blair McFarlane, Energy Manager, Facilities Management The 50th anniversary of Earth Day falls on Wednesday, April 22, 2020! Amid COVID-19, we are forced to approach celebrations of Earth Day differently. Many of us have had a quietening of our lives – some daily routines have become simplified and the busy-ness has … Read more
Unfortunately, due to COVID 19, we will be postponing our annual employee golf tournament scheduled for May 9, 2020 at Cultus Lake Golf Course. This is one of our most popular employee events of the year and is always well attended. We sincerely hope that we will be able to reschedule the tournament later this … Read more
Submitted by guest blogger, Stacie Dixon Facilities Operations Coordinator, Athletics & Campus Recreation From a department at UFV whose four-walls is a place to provide our community with the opportunity to be active, being temporarily closed (like many of us) has been quite the shift to say the least! UFV’s Athletics and Campus Recreation department … Read more
Welcome to week 2 of our online workshop offerings. Hopefully you were able to take advantage of some of the sessions in week 1 and were able to follow along. Let us know how your experience was and if you have any comments or suggestions to help us provide you with valuable content to the … Read more
Submitted by guest blogger, David Harper, Associate Professor, Kinesiology at UFV I’m sure I was exposed to the SARS-COV2 virus at the Denver Airport on March 15th. I was returning home from delivering a keynote address at a conference and arrived at the airport three hours before my flight. Everything there was busy, but normal … Read more
Even though most of us are working remotely for awhile and life seems quite different suddenly, Human Resources is still very committed to doing our best to offer you valuable, exciting and interesting ways to learn new skills and stay connected with the university. Each week we will be posting our calendar of offerings and … Read more
UFV Human Resources is pleased to announce that all faculty and staff who are working remotely will now be able to use their professional development funds to purchase essential home office equipment. This means for fiscal year 2020-21 you can purchase: Computers to be used for remote work Computer Peripheral Devices: printers, scanners, docking stations … Read more
Submitted by Guest Blogger Joanne MacLean, UFV President The Covid-19 pandemic has changed what we do and how we do it. Many people tell me they feel as if the virus is impacting every aspect of life, and that can pose a threat to both our physical and mental health. We’ve been asked to physically … Read more
Submitted by Guest Blogger Marnie Wright, Associate Vice-President, Human Resources In times like this the need to dig deep, face and respond to change and try to keep ourselves level is a challenge. One of my tasks over the past several days, has been to set up processes that provide guidance for UFV colleagues … Read more
