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Hi everyone, I\u2019m Sean! I joined UFV in July as the Executive Assistant to the President, Dr. Joanne MacLean, and I\u2019m thrilled to be here! I\u2019ve lived in the Greater Vancouver Area my entire life and attended the University of British Columbia, where I earned a Bachelor of Music. Afterward, I worked in an administrative and executive assistant capacity at Simon Fraser University while studying part-time to obtain a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration. Following my time at SFU, I put my education to good use by helping my father with the financials of his small business enterprises. Although I loved working for my dad and was delighted to experience our personal relationship deepen through our work together, I felt drawn to return to post-secondary education. UFV and the President\u2019s Office seemed like a logical, challenging, and fun next step in my career.<\/p>\n
Although I am not presently involved in music in a professional capacity, I consider my foundation in the liberal arts to be incredibly valuable. My undergraduate degree taught me important skills that I have built the rest of my career and life on, such as critical thinking, effective communication, and a strong sense of discipline. I believe deeply in the value of post-secondary education for this reason, and I am very excited to be back in an environment where I\u2019m helping to facilitate this experience for so many young adults.<\/p>\n
Outside of work, I can frequently be found attending the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, where I especially enjoy taking my 10-year-old niece. It melted my heart when my brother told me she said, \u201cI want to play the clarinet like Uncle Sean,\u201d so now I have clarinet lessons with her to look forward to in September. I\u2019m also one of those odd people who thinks running, particularly long distances like half-marathons, is a \u201cfun\u201d thing to do. If any UFV employees at the Abbotsford campus are interested in starting a run club with me, definitely let me know!<\/p>\n
TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES AWARDED PERMANENT POSITIONS<\/p>\n
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- Ardel Hsiao, Custodian<\/li>\n
- Taylor Wandfluh, Library Technician<\/li>\n
- Vishavjit Kaur, Assistant, Enrolment & Records<\/li>\n
- Claire Kirk, Coordinator, Student Wellness<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
PERMANENT TRANSFERS INTO NEW POSITIONS<\/p>\n
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- Kevin Jeske, Associate Vice-President, Human Resources<\/li>\n
- Brittany Grewal, Senior Advisor, Human Resources<\/li>\n
- Tracy Morrison, Executive Assistant, CFO<\/li>\n
- Shannon Wilson, Manager, Academic Scheduling<\/li>\n
- Sarah Gabor-Martinez, Coordinator, Student Transition & Engagement<\/li>\n
- Debra Fehr, Advisor, Compensation & Benefits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Welcome to the new employees who joined us in July, 2024 as well as some current employees that have moved into new positions. And congratulations to the temporary employees that have now become permanent! We are very excited to have you join the UFV team. EMPLOYEES NEW TO UFV Hal Ost, Library Technician Ingi El-Hadi, … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":213,"featured_media":2250,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,4,11,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-employee-stories","category-featured","category-information-and-resources","category-resources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/ufv-at-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/ufv-at-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/ufv-at-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/ufv-at-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/ufv-at-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2275"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/ufv-at-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2289,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/ufv-at-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2275\/revisions\/2289"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/ufv-at-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/ufv-at-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/ufv-at-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/ufv-at-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}