Visioning

The first community conversation on UFV’s values and mission came to a roaring close on Wed, Nov 14. In its final week, we saw a groundswell in participation, and the thoughtexchange closed with 648 participants, 916 thoughts, and 20,207 stars given out. Initially, participation by faculty lagged that of students and staff; however, there was a spike … Read more

Approaching the end of its first week with 12 days to go, the UFV community conversation on values and mission is picking up steam. As of Thursday, Nov. 1, 203 people had visited the thoughtexchange on values and mission. 81 people shared 271 thoughts and 5015 ratings were handed out. Students win week one Students … Read more

We want to hear what’s important to you as we embark on the UFV visioning process. Please share your thoughts with our community through thoughtexchange, an online tool that will jump-start the conversation and help create concise and compelling statements of UFV’s values, mission, and vision. Thoughtexchange will show you an introductory video and give … Read more

The first phase of the process to create UFV’s new vision, mission and values starts on October 29. UFV will convene a community conversation around values and mission through an online forum running until mid-November with a separate conversation on vision in January. For more information, please watch the video below and then visit other … Read more

Thanks for engaging in the visioning process. Thoughtexchange is not like a traditional survey – it’s more like an ongoing conversation. Here are a few instructions that should make your experience using this resource a little more hassle-free. If you’re visiting thoughtexchange for the first time, you’ll be asked to sign up for an account. … Read more