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UFV Today:  Tues, Nov 24, 2009

Contact us: ufvtoday@ufv.ca

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Wed — Learn how lie detectors work

Chem 150 is hosting forensic science speaker Insp Richard Konarski. He will visit UFV to give a presentation about lie detectors. Faculty and staff are welcome to attend.

Wed, Nov 25
2:30–4:20 pm
Abby B121

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Schoolhouse wraps up this week

There are just a few opportunities left to comes and see UFV Theatre department’s fall production Schoolhouse.

Set in 1938, Schoolhouse takes place in SS #1 Jericho School, a one-room schoolhouse in a farming area just outside the fictional village of Baker’s Creek. There, a delightful but unmanageable group of children meets its match: Melita Linton, an 18-year-old teacher fresh out of Normal School. Full of warmth and poignant humour, the play chronicles Miss Linton’s struggle to connect with a boy who has cut himself off from everyone, including himself — and to persuade the cautious and close-knit community to open its arms to this stranger in its midst.
 
Schoolhouse continues Nov 26, 27 and 28, with a matinee on Sun, Nov 29 at 2 pm.

For more information about the theatre department’s season and program call local 2814 or email theatre@ufv.ca .

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Deadline approaches for UFV high school e-news submissions
 
An increasing number of high school counsellors have reported that they are forwarding the UFV high school enews to large groups of students. To pass on word of UFV program updates and events to high schools, send your submissions to recruiter@ufv.ca by Mon, Nov 30.

For previous examples, see the last edition online by clicking here: http://www.ufv.ca/MarCom/enews_HS.htm .

UFV Recruitment team
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Best of Banff film festival

UFV’s KPE department is once again hosting the Best of Banff Film Festival. Each November, mountain climbers, environmentalists, adventure racers, film producers, documentarians, and lovers of the great outdoors gather in Banff to celebrate some of the best adventure and outdoor films made this year. The Best of Banff is an opportunity to view some of the winners from the Banff Festival.

Best of Banff
Tues, Dec 1
7 pm
Clarke Theatre, Mission

Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at Wenting’s Cycle, Valhalla Pure, Life Cycles, Western Canoe and Kayak, the UFV Theatre Box office in Chilliwack, and the UFV campus in Hope.
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Celebrate UFV authors
 
The UFV Deans and the AVP of Research & Graduate Studies are pleased to invite you to celebrate the accomplishments of the authors among us.

Thurs, Dec 3
4–5:30 pm
Abby B121

Fourteen faculty members have published a total of 18 books in recent months in diverse subject areas. Please drop by to enjoy refreshments and congratulate our authors!

Want to see which UFV authors we are celebrating? Check out:
http://www.ufv.ca/Assets/Research/docs/publicationcelebration.pdf
 
No RSVP required.

Yvette Boutin
Research Services & Industry Liaison
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Thurs — Jews and Palestinians: Historic Roots of the Conflict

UFV political scientist Ron Dart will speak on this ancient and current conflict at Abbotsford Learning Plus next week. It goes back for centuries, and at times seems incapable of resolution: the ongoing war between Jews and Palestinians. Geography aside, it's a conflict that affects us all. How did it begin? Is there any way out? Ron Dart helps us explore the background — and the possibilities.

Thurs, Nov 26
Abbotsford Recreation Centre
10 am to noon.
Fee is $2, plus admission to the Rec Centre.

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Thurs — Copyright and intellectual property expert to speak at UFV

Paul Whitney. Photo: Kim Stallknecht

These are the types of questions that may arise when intellectual property expert and librarian Paul Whitney when he visits the UFV next week as the guest of the UFV Library and Information Technology program.

Whitney, city librarian for the Vancouver Public Library, will discuss the status of the new copyright legislation (which is contentious and troubling for all Canadians, according to LIBIT program head Christina Neigel) as well as the Google Book Settlement, and other issues under debate that are related to intellectual property.
 
Thurs, Nov 26
1 pm
Abby B121

Everyone welcome

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Thurs — Presentation on FASD

UFV kinesiologists Chris Bertram, Alison Pritchard Orr, and Kathy Keiver have been working on a multifaceted research project with children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder for several years. Next week two of their collaborators from Queen’s University will visit UFV and give a guest lecture while here.

Dr. James N. Reynolds and his research associate Rebecca Titman of the Centre for Neuroscience Studies at Queen's will speak on: Quantification of Cognitive, Behavioural, and Sensory-Motor Function in Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

Thurs, Nov 26
11:30 am–1 pm
Abby B121

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Christmas tree decorating session

Come on out and get some tips on how to make your Christmas tree look absolutely gorgeous at this Christmas tree decorating session.

Thurs, Dec 3
5 –7 pm
Abby campus, room TBA

If you would like to attend, please contact Tara Rozenek at tara.rozenek@ufv.ca or local 4536.

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Teaching Excellence award — nominations now open

Once again UFV will provide an award to an individual in recognition of teaching excellence. Those eligible for nomination include all UFV faculty and lab instructors who have completed two years of instruction, and sessional instructors who have completed the equivalent time.

Nominations will be accepted from faculty, students, alumni, and staff but may not be nominated by (or have letters of support provided by) any member of the Teaching Excellence Award Selection Committee.

Selection criteria include mentorship, attention to student learning in the instructional environment and in coursework, respect for students, and exemplary scholarship and professionalism.

Award recipients receive a framed certificate and an award of $2,500 during the annual convocation ceremony. The monetary award will be administered by the university in order to support the award recipient’s continuing academic development.

Nomination forms, procedures, and award details are available at www.ufv.ca/senate/awards/tea.htm, in the Instructional Deans’ offices, and at Faculty Services.

Completed nomination packages should be submitted to the attention of Monique Castonguay, Assistant to the Secretary of Senate, by Fri, Jan 15.

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Name badges

If you are in need of a name badge, please email me at MaryGrace.Grant@ufv.ca asap with the following information:

• name
• dept and/or title
• pin or magnet?
• and budget code for charging out

Price is $14.12 including tax.

Thanks
Mary Grace Grant

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Campus planning update
 
The following link provides an update on the CEP Campus Development project and some projects that are underway on the Abbotsford Campus.
http://www.ufv.ca/Assets/Facilities/Campus+Planning/PDFs/Nov+2009.pdf
 
Craig Toews
Director, Campus Planning

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Check out the UFV Fact Book

Want to know more about UFV and its students?

The UFV Fact Book (2008/09), published by UFV Institutional Research, is now available on the web:
http://www.ufv.ca/Assets/IRP/Fact+Books/UFV+200809+Factbook.pdf
 

The Fact Book answers the most frequently asked questions about UFV. It is broken down into the following sections:

• Enrolments
• Full time equivalents
• Graduates and grades
• Student outcomes/accountability data
• Student demographics
• Employees and library services

New features in the Fact Book 2008/09 are an expanded section on student demographics and GIS maps of where UFV students come from.
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Chair massages

In Abby
Chair massages will be held next Thurs, Nov 26 from 9 am–12:30 pm in Abby B162. The cost is $20 for 20 minutes or $30 for 30 minutes.
To book an appointment, please contact Tara Rozenek at tara.rozenek@ufv.ca or local 4536.

In Chilliwack
Chair massages will be held on the Chilliwack campus next Thurs, Nov 26 from 1:30 –4:30 pm in Chwk, D202. The cost is $20 for 20 minutes or $30 for 30 minutes.
To book an appointment, please contact Bertha Dewan at bertha.dewan@ufv.ca or local 2811.

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