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The UFV Brand

The story     

Brand attributes 

What are the key messages we are trying to communicate through our brand?

UFV history 

For context, how UFV has grown into the place it is today.

UFV style guide 

If you're telling the story in written form, this set of guidelines will help you stick to UFV style.
   
The basics
Visual identity guidelines Everything you ever needed to know about our new identity, in a single document.

Colours

Learn about our primary, secondary, and tertiary colour palettes.

Typefaces

Learn about the typefaces we use for designing official UFV marketing material.

Logo

The UFV logo in all its incarnations: full colour, half-reverse, full reverse, black & white etc., as well as some pointers on what NOT to do with it.
Cascades Athletics brand "Billy the Mountain" has also been refreshed to reflect the new UFV brand elements.
  
Stationery

Letterhead

 
Learn about page 1 and page 2, download the  associated Word template for your home campus, access digital letterhead files, and find out where to get the paper version.

Business cards

What they look like, how to order them, about titles.
Recycling     What to do with your UCFV paper.

Fax form

No need to create your own. Just download and customize this one.

Memo form

No need to create your own. Just download and customize this one.

CD/DVD label

We have a template: check out what it looks like and how to get your hands on it.

Thank-you card

Always a nice touch. Find out what they look like and how to get yours.

Presentation folder

Available from Marketing & Communications.

PowerPoint  

Download templates in a light background and a dark background.
   
Identification

Campus cards

Check out what the new campus cards and copy cards look like and make a note to go get yours.

Name badges

Do you have/require a magnetic name badge? Here's what they look like and how to get yours.
   
For your desktop  

Wallpaper

Tired of the standard Microsoft "meadow" loaded onto your PC? Download one of three new virtual wallpaper files.

Screensaver

Don't like the flying windows so much? Download this custim UFV screensaver.
   
Email & phone

Email addresses

Learn about the standard format under the new brand, and what happens to your old address.

Email signatures

 
Append your contact information and/or a message to the footer of every email you send. Learn how to change yours with these simple instructions. Download and install a cool branded email signature banner.

Voicemail messages

 
Update your voicemail messages (desk and cell) with a new UFV message. This sample script will help you make the change an easy and quick one.
   
Web

Domain

Learn about how our main web domain has changed

Home page

Why things are there, how to get featured

Departmental pages

Want to update your graphic banner? Need to do a content review to drop your the "C"s on your pages? Want to take advantage of cross-linking opportunities?
Faculty pages         Do you have a personal page on the ufv.ca domain?

Links

Boost the number of visits to the UFV site by sending notification to your colleagues who may need to update their links to your pages on the site. Here's a sample message you can use as a guide.

myUFV

Visit the portal and see how it has changed too!

UFV Online

 
Yep, this too.
   
Facilities

Signage

A photographic review of how our campus signage has changed.

Vehicles

Check out the stunning UFV vehicles now plying the roads of the Fraser Valley.

Parking passes

A reminder of how employee parking passes work in the new world of ImPark.
   
Advertising

Meet the new U campaign

Print, web, cinema, transit, display ads: check out some samples.
Employee recruitment ads A look at how we will be recruiting for new faculty and staff.
   
Events

Party on the Green

Don't forget to come on Sept 5 and bring your family and friends along.

Fall Convocation

 
October 27, 2008 at 1 pm. Abbotsford campus.
This formal ceremony will mark the investiture of UFV's new Chancellor (Brian Minter) and Vice-Chancellor (Skip Bassford).
   
Documents and literature

Transcripts,  parchments, certificates

See what our official academic documents look like under the new UFV identity.

Info sheets        

More than 80 info sheets were updated over the summer of 2008. Low-resolution PDFs are all posted online for viewing, emailing, or download. Print versions arrive the first week of Sept.
2008/09 UFV Calendar This publication was produced in summer 2008 and carries the new UFV name but not the logo (as it was released early in August).

2008/09 viewbook

This key recruitment piece targets the youth market.

Student Guide to Services

This popular booklet summarizes the services available to UFV students. Want something else included? Let us know!
Trades & Technology Centre profile An overview of Western Canada's most advanced technology training facility -- right here at UFV!
International Student Guide This international recruitment piece packs a lot into a small document (think how much it costs to mail internationally!)
Aluminations Check out the latest edition of our Alumni publication, in its new look.
Forms and handouts It's time to update any form or handout that may carry our old identity. Need help with this? Contact Marketing & Communications
   
Questions?

Contact points

Kim Lawrence
Director, Marketing & Communications
local 4611
kim.lawrence@ufv.ca

Sheila Reimer
Production Coordinator
Marketing & Communications
local 4513
sheila.reimer@ufv.ca

Last updated: Sept 1, 2008