UFV Today:  Thurs, March 4, 2010

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News 
• Philosophy major approved
• Former students being called for Student Outcomes survey
• Time to plan for your health spending account
• Scheduled maintenance to Content Management System
• Hockey games at the AE&SC: March 5 and 6
• Presiden’ts report online
 
Events
• Today — Health Sciences students present health fair at Cottonwood Mall
• Tues, March 9 — International Day for the Elimination of Racism
• Wed, March 10 — Plecas to lecture on crime-reduction model
• Mon, March 8 — International Women’s Day tea with Jean Scott
• Wed, March 10 — Summer job fair for students
• March 15 — Olympics dietitian to speak on nutritional strategies for competition
• March 15 — Between the Folds — A documentary film on origami
• March 15 — The Ides of Slam (Poetry, that is)

Opportunities
• Facilitator Development workshop
• Enrolment Management webinar
• National Film Board Institutional Licence
• Chair massage
• Stretching for the Office Worker
• Intermediate Access 2007 workshop

Deadlines
• Professional Development deadline

Thanks!
• BFA students thank you

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News

Philosophy major approved
 
At long last, UFV has a philosophy major. It has now been officially approved by the Ministry of Advanced Education.
 
For more information, please contact:
Department head Hamish Telford at hamish.telford@ufv.ca
Department assistant at Pauline Hadfield at pauline.hadfield@ufv.ca
 
 

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Former students being called for Student Outcomes survey

The 2010 BC Diploma, Associate Degree, and Certificate Student Outcomes (DACSO) survey is currently on. Former students of UFV and other public post- secondary institutions, who were enrolled in diploma, associate degree, or certificate programs between July 1, 2008, and June 30, 2009, in arts, sciences and applied program will be surveyed.

The survey is being conducted by R.A. Malatest and Associates Ltd. on behalf of BC Stats. DACSO is an annual survey, the results of which become part of the performance indicators in UFV's Accountability Framework (see: UFV's latest Accountability report for last year’s DACSO results http://www.ufv.ca/Assets/IRP/Institutional+Accountablity+Report+$!26+Plan+2009-10_to_2011-12.pdf). If you are being asked about this survey from former students please encourage them to take part in it.

Office of Institutional Research

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Time to plan for your health spending account

All permanent employees will be receiving health spending account funds designation forms for the 2010/11 fiscal year in the next few days in intercampus mail. Please read the memo, complete the form, and return it to Debbie Dyck in Employee Services. Employees can check their current balances by logging in to myUFV and going to the Benefits area of Employee Information. We are currently in the 2010 fiscal year and will enter the 2011 fiscal year April 1, 2010.
 
Deadline: March 19

Please contact Debbie Dyck at local 4653 or debbie.dyck@ufv.ca if you have any questions.

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Scheduled maintenance to Content Management System

On Sun, March 14 from 8 am to 9 am, ITS will be updating the Active Content Manager (which we use to update our website) from version 9.3 to 9.4. This is mainly to provide updates to some of the new page types.
 
At this time, ACM content editors will not be able to log in and the UFV website will be unavailable.

If you have questions or scheduling issues please contact Robyn Harcott at robyn.harcott@ufv.ca or 4666
 

Robin Harcott
Web Systems Administrator

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Hockey games at the AE&SC: March 5 and 6
 
This is a commuter alert for those travelling to and from the UFV Abbotsford campus this weekend.

There are hockey games continuing at the AE&SC Fri, Mar 5 (at 7:30), and Sat, Mar 6 (at 8 pm) evenings.  These games will directly impact anyone planning to travel to and/or park on the Abbotsford campus for classes on those evenings. Traffic will be congested and we will be actively managing our parking; both to accommodate university needs and to make our unused space available to event patrons.

For evening classes these nights, the following management will be in place:

Lots 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 are protected for university use only, for students (with valid student ID cards) and employees (with valid parking passes or employee ID cards). This ID is necessary to verify your right to access the parking areas designated exclusively for university use. View map with marked lots here: http://www.ufv.ca/Assets/Facilities/Campus+map+parking.pdf
 
On event nights, designated parking for women is provided in Lots 6 and 7.

Students in need of security are reminded to call 604-504-7441 local 5050 or for immediate assistance call 604 768 0279.

On event evenings, students who carpool, park for free. Carpooling students (min. two per vehicle) will be granted free parking (starting at 4:30 pm) in lots 7 and 10. Enter from MacKenzie Road.

T o avoid event traffic, arrive to campus early; use the alternate campus entrances off MacKenzie Road for entry to Lots 6-10. Use College Way for entry to Lots 1 and 2. (Those parked in Lot 1 and 2 may experience traffic congestion upon campus departure.)

University traffic arriving after 4:30 pm may be redirected to the exclusive lots for students and employees.

Those already legitimately parked in Lots 2, 2A, 4 and 5 on event evenings are not required to move their vehicle. At 7 pm all unoccupied university parking space will be made available to event patrons.

Vigorous enforcement of all parking regulations will be in effect.

Use extra caution. Consider pedestrian safety and visibility conditions in your drive to campus. Event nights involve different pedestrian movements from what we are normally used to.

Thank you.

Sent on behalf of UFV Facilities
 
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President’s report now online

The President's report to the UFV Board of Governors for March 2010 is now available online at:
http://www.ufv.ca/president/report.htm

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Events

Today — Health Sciences students present health fair at Cottonwood Mall

Get ready to find out more about how to stay healthy, from teeth to toes, at a health fair presented by UFV students on Fri, March 5. Students from the Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Certified Dental Assistant, and Dental Hygiene programs have been hard at work on informative displays that they’ll be on hand to share at the Cottonwood Mall in Chilliwack.

Some of the topics covered by the displays include the effect of soft drinks on teeth, “meth mouth” (damage inflicted by methamphetamine use), hypertension, diabetes,  prevention of falls, oral self-care for babies, smoking cessation, bowel health, tooth sensitivity, tooth whitening, risk factors for dental decay, and how oral health affects overall health.

The health fair will run all day from 9:30 am to 9 pm in the mall.

Students will be available to answer questions and provide information to the public.

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Tues, March 9 — International Day for the Elimination of Racism

Please join us in commemorating the International Day for the Elimination of Racism, a bit earlier than the official day on Sun, March 21. On that day in 1960, police in Sharpeville, South Africa opened fire and killed 69 people at a peaceful demonstration against the apartheid 'pass laws'. Proclaiming the day in 1966, the United Nations General Assembly called on the international community to redouble its efforts to eliminate all forms of racial discrimination.

UFV joins communities around the world in working towards eliminating racism.  This year’s theme is Race and Entertainment. Highlights of the evening include art displays and the review of a number of video clips with discussion about race and entertainment.

Tues, March 9
7-9 pm
Abby B121

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Wed, March 10 — Plecas to lecture on crime-reduction model

Darryl Plecas

Numerous communities are trying out the “crime-reduction” model, an approach imported from Britain that sees stakeholder groups working closely together to target habitual and persistent criminals. The idea isn’t to simply get them off the streets and throw them in jail in an “in-and-out” cycle, but to help them gain access to the resources they need to address the underlying cause of their crime, such as addiction, poverty, mental illness, or lack of education.

Dr. Darryl Plecas, of the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of the Fraser Valley, will be speaking about the crime-reduction model on as part of the UFV lecture series.

Wed, March 10
7 pm
Abby lecture theatre (B101)
Free public event

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Mon, March 8 — International Women’s Day tea with Jean Scott

Jean Scott

The Chilliwack library will serve coffee, tea, and cookies throughout the day from 9:30 am to 4 pm.

Dr. Jean Scott will be in the student lounge on the Chilliwack campus at 2 pm. The 97-year-old  Scott is a local author, women’s rights activist, labour negotiator, co-founder of Chilliwack’s transition house, UFV honorary doctorate recipient, and Governor General’s Persons Case award winner.

International Women’s Day means many things to different people. The United Nations theme this year is “Equal rights, equal opportunities: Progress for all.”

For Jean Scott, it means a chance to remind us that the struggle is not over yet and that all women are sisters no matter their ages or backgrounds.

This year UFV library is celebrating women’s successes. While acknowledging that women face challenges in many parts of the world, including at home in Canada, we decided to recognize a few of the amazing women of this university.

We’re featuring UFV trades student Courtney Tustian, who is studying joinery, student and library shelver Emma Dixon, who danced in the closing ceremonies at the 2010 Winter Olympics, Crown prosecutor Kathleen McIntosh, a 2002 governor general’s silver medal winner, artist Melanie Schambach, a 2004 visual arts grad, who uses art to partner with a Columbia orphanage and highlight human rights, Christine Lavery-Massarini, a 1997 aviation grad, who flies as a first officer for British Airways, and Dr. Jean Scott.

Watch for the upcoming display on the bulletin board at the entrance to the Chilliwack library.

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March 15 — Olympics dietitian to speak on nutritional strategies for training and competition

Nanci Guest

Nanci Guest will discuss some tips for that nutritional edge, as well as the effectiveness of popular supplements for performance and/or strength gains.
Guest is a registered dietitian, certified personal trainer, and a certified strength and conditioning specialist. She was appointed as a sport nutrition consultant and supervising dietitian in the athlete’s village at the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. She has worked with various individual athletes and teams over the past decade as a sport dietitian and strength and conditioning coach. Nanci owns and operates Power Play — Nutrition, Fitness and Performance.

Visit her at
www.powerplayweb.com

Mon, Mar 15
3 pm
Abby B101

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Wed, March 10 — Summer job fair for students

Grow your resumé with a great summer job: Come to the 2010 UFV summer job fair!
Meet with more than 15 local employers seeking students for summer employment. Get connected now and avoid job panic as the summer gets closer.

Pre-register today through CareerLink at www.ufv.ca/jobs/careerlink and enter to win a Nintendo Wii.
 
Wed, March 10
10 am–3 pm
Abby B121
 
Check out the list of employers at www.ufv.ca/jobs/career_fair.

This career-building opportunity is brought to you by the UFV Career Centre.
The Career Centre offers experiential learning opportunities and career planning resources through programs in co-operative education, work-study, and career services.

Questions? Contact us at 604-854-4507 or career.centre@ufv.ca.
 

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Between the Folds — A documentary film on the art and science of origami

The UFV Math Club presents Between the Folds, a documentary film on the art and science of origami. Between the folds is a 50-minute documentary film that shows how simple things done often just for fun, like paper-folding, may lead to important applications in science, if treated with dedication and passion. This inspirational movie chronicles the stories of 10 artists and scientists who abandoned their careers for the love of paper folding. The film paints a portrait of the remarkable artistic and scientific creativity that fuses science and sculpture, form and function, ancient and new. More at www.greenfusefilms.com 

Everyone welcome!

Mon, March 15
4 pm
Abby B121

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The Ides of Slam (poetry, that is)

Mon, March 15, 8 pm
Casey’s on Campus, Abbotsford

Come and participate in the English department’s Poetry Slam. Poets must sign up by 7:15 pm.

Slam Rules: 12 poets will compete and there will be five judges who will be selected from the audience. Each poet will have three minutes, precisely, to present an original poem. Poets are not allowed to use any props and all material must be original and written by the presenting poet. Poets: be on time. Participation is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Audience participation is the measure: clapping, stomping, cheering, jeering, booing, etc. is seriously encouraged — before, during, and after the performances.
Round One: Poets will compete for applause. Judges assign scores (between 5.0 and 10.0) for each performance.

Between rounds entertainment: Videopoems from VA/ENGL 165 students.

Round Two: Top five poets compete for applause and prizes

Admission is free. Come join us for this fun evening. Special thanks to the Campus Bookstore and Casey’s for their sponsorship of this event.

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Opportunities

Portfolio Development opportunity for UFV staff and faculty

You need to act quickly to get one of the four spaces remaining in our next UFV staff and faculty portfolio development course beginning Wed, March 24. The course is offered by Assessment Services in partnership with the PLA Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

For more information please see Assessment Services.

Questions?
Contact Susan Brown, assessment services coordinator (PLAR) at Susan.Brown@ufv.ca (Local 6342). You can also contact portfolio co-facilitators Trudy Archie at Trudy.Archie@ufv.ca (Local 4533) or Mandy Klepic at Mandy.Klepic@ufv.ca (Local 6333). 
 

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Wed, March 10 — Enrolment Management webinar

The next webinar hosted by Enrolment Management, as part of the Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange (CSRDE), will feature Mark Fincher from the University of Arkansas-Little Rock. Join Mark as he discusses the topic of "Adult Student Retention: A Practical Approach to Retention Improvement through Learning Enhancement."

Wed, March 10
11 am–12:30 pm
 Abby A203B

Please contact Donna.Alary@ufv.ca to RSVP and for more information on the webinar series. Please note: seating is limited.

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Facilitator Development workshop

The Facilitator Development Workshop will be held May17–21, at the BCIT downtown Vancouver campus (555 Seymour St).

Co-directors for this event are Ron Johnson (BCIT) and Jan Johnson (UBC).

This event is designed primarily for individuals who have completed the ISW and who will be conducting the ISW program at their institution. The FDW provides individuals with an opportunity for professional development in a challenging and supportive atmosphere with connections to a larger instructional development network.

Detailed information about the event and registration materials are now available on the ISW website at www.iswnetwork.ca .

If you have taken an ISW at UFV (or elsewhere) and you are interested in joining our ISW Facilitators team at UFV, please consider this workshop.

For more information about the workshop and working with the facilitators at UFV, please contact me at wendy.burton@ufv.ca .
 

Wendy Burton, Director
Teaching and Learning

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National Film Board Institutional Licence

The National Film Board of Canada is a world-renowned creator of Canadian film content. The UFV Library now has an institutional licence for classroom use of NFB streaming videos. 

This growing collection has hundreds of English and French language animated films and full length documentaries in streaming video. See http://www.ufv.ca/library/research_databases/nfb.htm
 

Patti Wilson, local 4277

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Chair massage

Chair massages will be held next Thurs, March 11 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.

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Stretching for the Office Worker

Neck and upper body
Are you a casualty of your desk and computer? Do you have more knots than the ropes on a sailboat?

Then you need to join Brian Justin, corrective exercise physiologist, for this fun and relaxing session of stretching. The stretches will focus around the neck, shoulders, arms, and wrists. Please bring a mat, tennis ball, and stretch strap if you have them.

Wed, March 17
Noon–1:30 pm
Abby A362

Low back and lower body
Do you consider trying your shoelaces a lower body stretch workout? Do you feel tighter than the strings on a guitar?

Then you need to join Brian Justin, corrective exercise physiologist, for this fun and relaxing session of stretching. The stretches will focus around the low back, hips, legs, and calves. Please bring a mat, volleyball or soccer ball, and stretch strap if you have them.

Wed, March 24
Noon – 1:30 pm
Abby A362

To sign up for either of these workshops, please contact Tara Rozenek at tara.rozenek@ufv.ca or local 4536.

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Intermediate Access 2007 workshop

Learn how Access can make use of relationships between groups of data to structure your tables, and to build queries that span across multiple tables. Learn how to create custom forms with controls such as drop-down menus. Learn how to create reports from dynamically filtered selections of live data, complete with grouping, sorting, subtotals, and formatting for a polished finish. Learn how to easily align form controls and report fields, and how to use calculated fields in both forms and reports.

Fri, March 19
8:40 am–12:10 pm
Abby D228

To sign up, please contact Tara Rozenek at tara.rozenek@ufv.ca or local 4536.

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Deadlines

Professional Development deadline

The last PD meeting for this fiscal year will be on Wed, March 17. If you want to access this year’s PD funds, applications will need to be submitted to Employee Services by Wed, March 10.

For more information, please contact Tara Rozenek at tara.rozenek@ufv.ca or Ashley Nickel at ashley.nickel@ufv.ca

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Thanks!

BFA students thank you

The BFA Visual Arts Senior Studio students would like to express their gratitude towards all the donors and bidders of last week’s Visual Arts silent auction. The event, which is an important fundraiser for the VA grad students, was a huge success and the students gratefully thank all the participants for their support. Congratulations to the winners and if you haven’t received your item yet, please contact Grace Tsurumaru, local 4405 or grace.tsurumaru@ufv.ca .

Winners:

• Pallavi Anderson

• Jason Brandenburg
• Gwen Clarke
• Adam Currie
• Mark Evered
• Natasha Froese
• Deb Greenfield
• Mindy Jiang
• Fiona McQuarrie
• Grant Morden
• Nicole Morton
• Sarah Nermo
• Leah Paris
• Rene Portille
• Dave Shayler
• Greg Schlitt
• Gerry St. Laurent
• Betty-Joan Traverse
• Patty Wellborn
• Patti Wilson
• Kelly Wong 

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