Community conversations about our future
The results of the most recent thoughtexchange forum on UFV’s vision are now available online. Broad-based participation The thoughtexchange, which ran from January 8-23, attracted fewer participants than the November forum on values and mission; however, contributions continued to reflect a broad spectrum of the UFV community, with a very even split in participation among … Read more
There are only a few days left to be part the conversation on UFV’s vision. So far in this vision phase, we have 121 people who have contributed 169 thoughts online. Here’s a breakdown of who has participated in the discussion: Students 47% Staff 20% Faculty 15% Alumni 12% Community members 2% Other 4% Once … Read more
At a recent town hall, President Joanne MacLean gave an update on the UFV visioning process. If you missed the town hall, you can watch it online. Here is a synopsis of where the vision process is to date. UFV’s core values Using community input gathered in November’s online thoughtexchange forum, the Visioning Steering Committee … Read more
As part of the visioning process, UFV will be holding visioning workshops February 4-8, giving all UFV community members the opportunity to have a conversation about the future of our institution. Students, faculty, staff, alumni and UFV’s community partners are welcome to register in any of the scheduled 90-minute workshop dates. The room location and … Read more
As we look to UFV’s future, we are asking for your thoughts about our vision. Please share your thoughts with our community through thoughtexchange, an online tool that will jump-start the conversation and help us create a compelling statements of UFV’s vision. Thoughtexchange will give you instructions that explain our process and how to navigate through … Read more
The data and input from UFV’s first online forum using thoughtexchange has been collected and crunched: 648 people contributed 916 thoughts, and gave out an amazing 20,207 stars. Over the last four weeks, the Visioning working group has been busy sorting through your feedback and input and several major themes that have surfaced. These themes … Read more