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UFV Today: Tues, Nov 23, 2010
Contact us: ufvtoday@ufv.ca
News
• Appreciation and an invitation from the President
• Network Operating System migration
• Severe weather protocols
• DVD sale for United Way
• Commuter advisory
• United Way mid-campaign draw winners
• Today — Student Services closure
Events
• Wed — Rudy Wiebe reading
• Tues — Mennonite Studies Panel
• Geography Speaker Series
• UFV/FSA Holiday Dinner and Dance
• Deck the Hall, the Alumni Hall that is….
Opportunities
• Intermediate Excel 2007 Workshop at TTC
• Chair massages
Sports
• Cascades weekend recap
• Cascades upcoming schedule
Deadlines
• Research Ethics Board deadlines and reminders
• Professional Development meeting
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News
Appreciation and an invitation from the President
To all UFV colleagues,
I would like to express to each of you personally my sincere appreciation for the outstanding work you do to create a first class university experience for our students. I was especially proud to see your work recognized in the latest Canadian University Report published by the Globe and Mail. For the fifth year in a row we scored at or near the top for universities our size in many of the evaluation categories, and we received the most “A” grades of any public university in British Columbia.
Please join me and other members of UFV’s senior administrative team to celebrate this achievement and allow us to recognize your many contributions.
Two receptions will be held, with refreshments and prizes. Please come to one (or both if you can).
Wed, Nov 24
Abby B121
2:30–4:30 pm
and
Thurs, Nov 25
Chilliwack Yale Campus
Agricultural Building B114/115
3–4:30 pm
I look forward to thanking each of you personally.
On behalf of UFV’s administrative team,
Mark Evered
President & Vice-Chancellor
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Network Operating System migration
The Network Operating System migration project is proceeding on schedule. As a part of this process, some modifications will be made to workstations. This will occur over the next two or three weeks and will include a one-time automatic restart of your workstation. If you experience any issues after this change, please contact the help desk at local 4610.
Your GroupWise mailbox will be migrated to Outlook in the coming months. You can ensure smooth migration of your personal data and reduce the overall migration effort by deleting un-required email from your GroupWise archive and other folders.
For more information about the Network Operating System project, please visit http://www.ufv.ca/MarCom/Links.htm
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Severe weather protocols
It's the time of year when we could all use a refresher on criteria for decision making and procedures that UFV uses to decide whether to open or close during times of severe weather.
The following link outlines the procedure and decision-making process:
http://www.ufv.ca/About_UFV/severe_weather.htm
Neither students nor employees will be required to travel if they genuinely believe it is unsafe for them to do so. Both will use their own discretion in making these judgments.
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DVD sale for United Way
We want your DVDs. Please help us make UFV’s United Way DVD sale a huge success. You can drop off new or used DVDs at several locations and we will sell them as a fundraiser on Dec. 1 for the United Way Fund.
Drop off takes place Nov 23—30. DVDs can be left at these locations.
Abby:
Student Services — B211 front desk
Employee Services — A288 front desk
Student Life — U House front desk
Chwk Yale Road campus:
Faculty Services — A building
Then, come to our DVD sale and get some great bargains. All proceeds go to UFV’s United Way campaign. Enjoy free hot chocolate and cookies while browsing the DVDs.
DVD sale
Wed, Dec 1
11:30 am–5 pm
Abby cafeteria
Did you know?
Each year one in four Fraser Valley residents use services supported by United Way. Someone you know needs help. Please give.
For more information on giving, visit the United Way campaign at: www.uwfv.bc.ca or contact Tara Rozenek tara.rozenek@ufv.ca or 4536.
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Commuter advisory
The Abbotsford Heat will fire it up against the Manitoba Moose at 7 pm on Fri, Nov 26 and Sat, Nov 27. These games are expected to be sell-out events. Here's some information to assist UFV students and employees when parking at the Abbotsford campus during these events.
- Come to campus early.
- Enter and exit from McKenzie Road.
- Park at regular rates all day and evening in designated (employee/student/public) lots 1, 2 and 6-10. UFV Parking Permits are valid in these lots.
- Park at regular rates before 4 pm in designated (employee/student/public) lots 2a, 4 and 5, and remain parked throughout the evening. Park after 4 pm, and pay the event rate. UFV Parking Permits are valid in these lots.
- Park in lot 10b (gravel) designated (employee/student) permit parking. UFV Parking Permits only are valid in this lot. Note: this lot will also be used for sold out AESC events.
- Park at regular rates until 6 pm on city streets at Gillis Avenue, College Drive and McKenzie Road. After 6 pm, either move your vehicle, or pay the event rate. UFV Parking Permits are not valid on city streets.
- Student/Public Early Bird and Overflow pay parking at AESC will be unavailable for students and employees.
To see AESC’s event calendar, go to:
http://www.abbotsfordcentre.ca/calendar.aspx
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United Way mid-campaign draw winners
Congratulations to the following winners from the United Way mid-campaign draw:
Garry Fehr — Olive Garden gift card
Ashley Nickel — Cineplex Odeon gift card
Suki Grewal — Future Shop gift card
Linda Toews — Green fees to Chilliwack Golf & Country Club
Mary Rigby Jones — ABC Country Restaurant gift certificate
Ian Fenwick — UFV Cascades season family pass
Loretta Jackson — UFV Cascades season family pass
Thank you to all those who have made donations to the United Way! The campaign total is up to $31,526.91! The campaign continues through Fri, Dec 3. The participation draw is on Dec 3, and will include the following amazing prizes:
Two nights accommodation in a deluxe lakeview room at the Harrison Beach Hotel
UFV Cascades family season passes
Gift certificates to the following:
Olive Garden
The Keg
Winners
HMV
Cineplex Odeon
Canadian Tire
Earls
East Side Marios
Winners
Chapters
M&M Meat Shops
Sport Chek
Future Shop
Gap/Old Navy
Blockbuster
Old Navy
ABC Country Restaurant
White Spot
Please submit your pledge form to Tara Rozenek in Employee Services Abby A288. For more information, or to receive a pledge form, please contact Tara Rozenek at tara.rozenek@ufv.ca or local 4536.
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Today — Student Services closure
Student Services at the Abbotsford and Chilliwack campuses will be closed at noon on Tues, Nov 23 for a departmental meeting.
The Information Centre in Abbotsford will remain open during this time.
Wendy Stoltz
Assistant to the Director
Student Services
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Events
Tues — Mennonite Studies Panel
On Tues, Nov 23, students, faculty, staff and the public are invited to discuss
Reflections: Mennonite Literature and Culture.
Guest panelists:
• Rudy Wiebe, Professor Emeritus, University of Alberta
• Hildi Froese Tiessen, Conrad Grebel University College
• Andreas Schroeder, Rogers Communications Chair, UBC
Tues, Nov 23
5:30-7:30 pm
Abby B101
See more at: http://www.ufv.ca/MarCom/newsroom/MennoCulture.htm
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Wed — Rudy Wiebe reading
Eminent Canadian author Rudy Wiebe will stick around for a reading after he attends the Mennonite Literature and Culture panel on Tues, Nov 23. Rudy Wiebe is a Canadian author and member of the Order of Canada,
and also a professor emeritus in the department of English at the University of Alberta.
Rudy Wiebe reading
Wed, Nov 24
Noon
Abby campus bookstore
Wiebe's novels include Peace Shall Destroy Many , First and Vital Candle, The Blue Mountains of China, The Temptations of Big Bear, The Scorched-wood People, The Mad Trapper, My Lovely Enemy, A Discovery of Strangers, and Sweeter Than All the World.
He has also published collections of short stories, essays, and children's books. In 2006 he published a volume of memoirs about his childhood, entitled Of This Earth: A Mennonite Boyhood in the Boreal Forest.
Wiebe has won international acclaim for his writing about Mennonite history in Canada and for his work with Aboriginal stories. He won Canada’s most prestigious literary prize, the Governor General’s award, for his historical novel, The Temptations of Big Bear, and he is well known for his collaboration with Yvonne Johnson on her story, Stolen Life, the Journey of a Cree Woman.
He will read from his new collected stories and discuss his process of collaboration with Yvonne Johnson while she was in prison.
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Geography Speaker Series
The Geography department Discoveries Speaker Series presents:
Dr. Brent Ward, Simon Fraser University
“Glaciation of the Northern Cordillera Over the Last 200 Ka”
Thurs, Nov 25
1–2 pm
Abby A413
The northern Cordilleran Ice Sheet has repeatedly affected Yukon Territory. This ice complex produced three irregular, digitate, horseshoe-shaped glacial limits on the plateau area of central Yukon that were thought to be synchronous. However, the penultimate “Reid” glaciation actually represents two separate glaciations. Cosmogenic 10Be ages on boulders of 54-51 ka on penultimate drift in western Yukon Territory confirm that Marine Oxygen Isotope Stage (MIS) 4 (early Wisconsinan) glaciation was extensive in parts of Yukon Territory.
These results are in contrast to the MIS 6 (Illinoian age) of the penultimate Reid glaciation to the east in central Yukon, recently confirmed by the presence of Old Crow tephra (124 ka). This dichotomy for at least two of the source areas for the northern portion of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet, indicate different glaciological responses to climatic forcing during glaciations. At sections exposed at the penultimate limit along White River in SW Yukon MIS 4 has an almost identical extent to an older, likely MIS 6 glaciation.
Brent Ward is a Quaternary Geologist in the Earth Sciences department at SFU. He received his BSc and PhD from the University of Alberta. Brent spent three years in Ottawa with the Geological Survey of Canada, mapping in the NWT. In Prince George he studied landslides and slope stability mapping for the Ministry of Forests. He has been at SFU since 1997. Most of his research is in the Canadian Cordillera and focused on resolving glacial history and associated paleoenvironmental reconstructions.
Please forward to students and colleagues.
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UFV/FSA Holiday Dinner and Dance
Tickets are limited and will be available until Fri, Nov 26.
Don't wait too long or you might miss out.
UFV/FSA Holiday Dinner and Dance
Sat, Dec 4
Chilliwack Golf and Country Club
41894 Yale Road West
Tickets cost $25 each
Tickets are available at:
Abbotsford —Faculty Reception
Marshall Road Annex — Reception
Chilliwack — Faculty Services
Trades and Technology Centre — Reception
Mission — Administration Office
Hope & Agassiz — tickets can be purchased by mail
For more information or questions please contact Janice Nagtegaal at local 4080 or by email at janice.nagtegaal@ufv.ca .
Hope to see you there,
Janice Nagtegaal
Social Committee Chair
www.ufv-fsa.ca
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Deck the Hall, the Alumni Hall that is….
On Thurs, Dec 2 the Alumni Association board of directors will be on campus to decorate UFV’s Alumni Hall for the holiday season. Board members and office staff will offer students, staff, and faculty Christmas cookies and hot chocolate. All are invited to drop by and join us for some Christmas cheer.
Thurs, Dec 2
3–6 pm
Alumni Hall
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Opportunities
Chair massages
Abbotsford
Chair massages will be held this Thurs, Nov 25 from 9 am to noon in Abby B162. The cost is $25 for 20 minutes or $40 for 30 minutes.
To book an appointment, please contact Tara Rozenek at tara.rozenek@ufv.ca or local 4536.
Chilliwack
Chair massages will be held on the Chilliwack campus this Thurs, Nov 25 from 1:30 pm–4 pm in Chwk, D202. The cost is $25 for 20 minutes or $40 for 30 minutes.
To book an appointment, please contact Bertha Dewan at bertha.dewan@ufv.ca or local 2811.
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Intermediate Excel 2007 Workshop at TTC
Learn common Excel functions and use them in basic formulas. Understand how to use both relative and absolute cell references as well as references across different worksheets or workbooks. Explore incorporation of hyperlinks, images, charts, tables, and graphs into your workbook. Create templates and manage multiple workbooks as a group.
Fri, Nov 26
1:30-4:30 pm
CHWK TTC, room 2001.
To sign up, please contact Tara Rozenek at tara.rozenek@ufv.ca or local 4536.
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Sports
UFV Cascades weekend recap
UFV’s men's and women's basketball programs travelled to Vancouver over the weekend and while they played well and all four games were very entertaining, they did lose twice each to their UBC Thunderbird hosts.
Both teams currently sit at 2-6 in Canada West play with four games remaining before the holiday break. The Cascades will face Thompson Rivers, at home in the Envision Athletic Centre this coming weekend and their final two pre-holiday games are in Langley, against arch rival TWU on December 3-4.
Women
UBC 60-UFV 49 (Fri)
UBC 72-UFV 47 (Sat)
The Cascades played a great game on Friday going into the final quarter they were down by three-points, but an 8-0 run by UBC in the fourth quarter sent UFV to their fifth loss. Saturday was the same story a great first half but the third quarter hurt as the Cascades were held to twp-points the entire third frame. Tessa Klassen, Winnipeg, Manitoba led the way with 24-weekend points.
Men
UBC 84-UFV 68 (Fri)
UBC 96-UFV 82 (Sat)
The men's basketball team gave UBC the defending CIS Silver medallists, a good run in both games, but on Friday night the second and fourth quarters did UFV in, on Saturday UBC jumped out to a double digit lead and while UFV fought back all night, they just could not recover from the early deficit. Joel Friesen led the Cascades with 21-points on Friday and Zeon Gray led UFV with 26-points on Sat.
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Cascades schedule Nov 22–28
Fri, Nov 26
Volleyball
Douglas @ Cascades — Women: 5:30 pm/men 7:15 pm
Basketball
Thompson Rivers @ Cascades — women 6 pm/men 8 pm
Sat, Nov 27
Volleyball
Capilano @ Cascades — women 6 pm/men: 7:45 pm
Basketball
Thompson Rivers @ Cascades — women: 5 pm/men 7 pm
The Saturday night men's and women's basketball games are sponsored by the Junior Cascade organization. Come and meet the Junior Cascade Board of Directors and meet the "future stars" of local basketball as they attend the Saturday night games at Envision Athletic Centre.
Abbotsford Food Bank
The UFV Cascades men's and women's basketball and volleyball programs will have decorated boxes set up at both entrances to Envision Athletic Centre all weekend as they are starting a food drive to assist the Abbotsford Food Bank at this time of year. The boxes will remain in the lobby of Envision Athletic Centre until right before the university holiday break. The student-athletes urge all fans, members of Envision Athletic Centre, and university staff, faculty, and students to drop off any non-perishable items when they come to games, workout, or just visit during December.
www.abbotsfordfoodbank.com
Venue note: All games will be played at Envision Athletic Centre. Volleyball is in the north gym and basketball will be played in the south gym.
For further information on UFV Cascades athletics contact David Kent, Sports Information 604-309-7658 david.kent@ufv.ca
www.ufv.ca/athletics
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Deadlines
Research Ethics Board deadlines and reminders
Please note that the Research Ethics Board meeting for December has been changed to Thurs, Dec 16 due to the holidays, which makes the deadline for any REB submissions Wed, Dec 8 at noon.
If you have a new course or a course assignment that needs REB approval for January this needs to be submitted for the December meeting to avoid any delay in assignments.
Check out the new REB website for more information on meeting dates and FAQ's: http://www.ufv.ca/Research/Research_Ethics.htm
Please contact Yvette Fairweather or Adrienne Chan (REB Chair) if you have any questions.
Yvette Fairweather
Research Services
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Professional Development meeting
The next PD meeting will be held on Wed, Dec 15. Please have your PD application submitted to Employee Services by Wed, Dec 8.
Please note: PD applications must be submitted and approved prior to attending an activity or making a PD purchase. For more information on PD funds please contact Laura Chomiak, Professional Development Assistant at laura.chomiak@ufv.ca or local 5133.
For a complete list of meeting dates and deadlines, please visit:
http://www.ufv.ca/Assets/Employee+Services/PD+Dates+2010+-+2011.pdf
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