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UFV Today: Tues, April 19, 2011
Contact us: ufvtoday@ufv.ca
News
Sodexo Food Services — Summer semester hours
Student Services closure
Abbotsford library extends hours during Easter
Fitness Challenge prize winners
LTD premiums to be reduced
Convocation June 9 and 10 — class cancellations
Attention students — Co-Curricular Record survey needs input
Events
Today — Equality Day
Today — Candidate debate
Wed — UFV hosts Writing Centre Conference
Wed — First Salmon ceremony
Thurs — Empty Bowls dinner
Educators Without Borders Speaker Series
Directors’ Theatre Festival ready to rock UFV
Opportunities
May 3— PD Day on campus:
Is There a “T” in Research? Is There an “R” in Teaching?
Vote next week for Faculty of Health Sciences Senate position
Judges needed for Heritage Fair
Introduction to Blackboard
Deadlines
Professional Development application deadline
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News
Sodexo Food Services — Summer semester hours
Please take note of the operating hours for Sodexo Food Services during the upcoming summer semester — April 18–June 30.
Abby campus
Cascade Cafe
Monday to Friday: 9 am–2 pm
Closed: Saturday, Sunday, and holidays
Tim Hortons
Monday to Friday: 8 am–7 pm
Closed: Saturday, Sunday, and holidays
Espresso by Sodexo
Closed
The Road Runner
Closed
Chilliwack campus
Monday to Friday: 9 am–3 pm
Closed: Saturday, Sunday, and holidays
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Student Services closure
Student Services will be closed today at 12:30 pm for a meeting and will re-open at 9 am tomorrow, Wed, April 20.
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Abbotsford library extends hours during Easter
This year, due to Easter falling in the middle of the exam period, the Abbotsford campus library is going to be open all four days of the Easter weekend which falls Fri, April 22–Mon, April 25.
There will be no reference assistance available, but all other library functions will be operating as usual.
Please note the following varied hours:
Friday: noon–6 pm
Saturday: 10 am–6 pm
Sunday: noon–6 pm
Monday: noon–6 pm
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Fitness Challenge prize winners
Thanks to everyone who came out to this years’ Fitness Challenge wrap-up/kick-off party!
It was a huge success, and once again many happy employees came away with great prizes. Don’t forget to stop into Employee Services or Health Sciences to register for the 2011/12 Challenge if you haven’t already done so.
Congratulations to the following:
Trudy Archie
Darlene Laabe
Sandra Cavan
Daphne Cockerill
Monika Vondras
Pauline Nuite
Erin Hailstone
Treena Peters
Nancy Scarrow
Lori Wirth
Barbara Salingre
Samantha Pattridge
Leona MacDonald
Annette Aerssens
Alicia Friesen
Eileen Burkholder
Shane Schlosser
Ashley Kennedy
Peter Webb (basketball) —$100 Costco gift card
Betty Peters (golf) —$100 Costco gift card
Natalie Foquette — Harrison Hot Springs Resort
Eva Korelus — Cirque du Soleil & Phoenix Restaurant
Michelle Rickaby —Wild Orange Spa
Carol Oddy — Rowena’s Inn on the River
Linda Dahl — grand prize of a $1,500 travel voucher
Nancy Scarrow
Executive Assistant to the
Associate VP, Employee Services
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LTD premiums to be reduced
Notice to Employees: UFV Group Benefits premium rates with Manulife Financial are renewed annually and this message is to inform employees their Long Term Disability premiums will be reduced as of April 1, 2011. You will notice your LTD deduction on the April 15th payroll will be decreased as the rate has changed from 4.038% to 3.202%. LTD premiums are calculated in the following manner: Gross salary per pay X 70% X 3.202 divided by 100 = premium amount.
Examples:
Faculty at top of scale:
$3,467.96 X 70% X 4.038/100 = $98.03 per pay OLD Premium
$3,467.96 X 70% X 3.202/100 = $77.73 per pay NEW Premium
Staff Pay Group 6 Step 7:
$1,978.81 X 70% X 4.038/100 = $55.93 per pay OLD Premium
$1,978.81 X 70% X 3.202/100 = $44.35 per pay NEW Premium
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Convocation June 9 and 10 — class cancellations
UFV's convocation is Thurs, June 9 and Fri, June 10. As per UFV's established practice, all day-time classes (semester-based not training-day based) that start prior to 5:30 pm will be cancelled during convocation.
Please note that this does not affect Trades classes (at TTC or Aerospace campuses) or any PTV certificate classes at Marshall Rd campus.
Eric Davis
Provost and Vice-President, Academic
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Attention students — Co-Curricular Record survey needs input
Complete the UFV survey on a Co-Curricular Record and you can be entered for a draw for a $150 Best Buy gift card.
Various UFV departments including Student Life, International Education, Alumni Association, and IT have partnered to investigate student interest in a co-curricular record.
Take our five-minute survey to learn more, provide your feedback, and be entered to win a $150 Best Buy gift card.
Survey can be found under the 'Survey tab' when you log-in to myUFV. Deadline is Sat, April 30.
We want to hear from you!
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Events
Today — Equality Day
Just a friendly reminder of Equality Day today! Come and celebrated the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, as well as the Charter with free cake. We will provide other information about our rights and equliaty.
Tues, April 19
Noon–1 pm
Abby, Alumni Hall
Take a break from studying and stop by!
Lisa Robic
Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Office
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Today — Candidate debate
UFV’s Student Life is hosting an all-candidate debate in Chilliwack on Tues, April 19. All candidates have been invited.
There will not be an open mic session at the Chilliwack debate. There will be an index card provided to each attendee for questions to be written on and passed to the moderator.
Tues, April 19
7 pm
Chwk theatre
Following the two-hour debate, UFV Student Life invites all candidates to mingle with their constituents while refreshments are served.
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Wed — UFV hosts Writing Centre Conference
UFV’s Writing Centre is hosting the BC Writing Centres' Conference, on the Abbotsford campus on Wed, April 20.
While the event is for Writing Centre workers, our UFV community is invited to come and hear the keynote speaker, Dr. Jackie Rea (alumna of UFV). Her talk is titled “Writing in Canadian Universities: Presuppositions, Policies and Pedagogies.”
Keynote talk
Dr. Jackie Rea
Wed, April 20
10 am
Abby B121
All welcome
For further information: contact the UFV Writing Centre at local 4282.
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Wed — First Salmon ceremony
Please join us on the Chilliwack campus for the First Salmon Ceremony tomorrow, April 20. Here is a brief explanation of the importance of this event.
Stó:lō elder Ed Leon of Chehalis explained about the ceremony in “You are asked to witness”: an Indian doctor had a dream that the creator was sending them something up the Fraser River and told them to go to the river and scoop them out. It was salmon.
They were told to respect the salmon and thank the ones that sent them. The salmon people sent their children to give you better energy. Take the bones of the first salmon you have eaten back to the river. You do that as a sign of respect and they will send you their children every year. That is the Stó:lō way. It is done by the Chief and the whole village is included in the ceremony.
Wed, April 20
Chilliwack, G120
11 am
Welcome everyone — Terry Prest
Explanation of ceremony — Stan Green
Prayer — Rene Green
Song to walk cedar planks in —Sophinia Prest and others
Dinner song
noon
Lunch — all the bones from the salmon will go onto the cedar plank
Song to walk cedar planks out — the drummers will take bones back to river
2:30 Clean up
For more information contact Josephine Charlie at local 2473
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Empty Bowls dinner
Thanks to all the wonderful folks who came out and made a bowl. And while it’s great to make a bowl, we want to sell this dinner out. Please come and purchase your tickets at the front desk, or contact Martin at Martin.Kelly@ufv.ca .
The soup this year will be courtesy of our very own chef training program and if you’ve never had their soup, it is to die for. If you wish to support the effort but can’t make the dinner itself, you (or your group) can buy a ticket/s which we will make sure gets into the hands of a student who would otherwise not be able to afford it.
Empty Bowls dinner
Thurs, April 21
4 pm
U House, Abby
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Educators Without Borders speaker series
Garry Fehr, UFV geography instructor
Topic: Negotiating Class, Caste and Gender in Rural India
Indian society is highly structured by informal institutions of class, caste and gender. They can often present barriers that constrain an outsider's access to resources, knowledge and information if they are not familiar with negotiating this invisible obstacle course. Garry will describe his cross-cultural communication strategies, successes and failures while researching rural livelihoods in central India over the past seven years.
Wed, April 27
Noon to 1 pm
Abby F125, University House
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Directors’ Theatre Festival ready to rock UFV
Looking for something different, something challenging and cutting edge that pushes the performance envelope?
Look no further. This spring, from April 27 to May 1, the two theatre spaces on UFV’s Chilliwack campus will be buzzing with life and creativity, as Directors’ Theatre Festival performers from throughout the province strut -their- stuff on stage.
This is the 16th annual Directors’ Theatre Festival at UFV and the attendance at this popular event has grown tremendously during its evolution from audiences of several hundred to a present day figure closer to 4,000. The festival is a fringe- style event that features a cornucopia of one-act plays over a five-day period. This year’s schedule offers 21 productions; some by established playwrights, and some original plays by student writers.
Theatre lovers can be sure to find something to their liking in such an eclectic blend of fare. Come armed with anticipation and to expect the unexpected — you won’t be disappointed.
Directors and performers for this event are theatre students from the UFV Theatre program and other post-secondary Theatre programs in BC. Visiting groups this year include: Capilano University, SFU, UVic, Thompson Rivers University, and Vancouver Island University alumni .
This year’s line up includes : Liars by Dennis Foon, The Art of Self Defence by Trisha Johnson, Droning of Bombers by Hennie Regoczi, Tough Choices for a New Century by Jane Anderson, Dog Sees God : Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead by Bert Royal, Fortunate Son by Peter Boychuck , The Daggers Before Me by Darcy Knopp, seaofsouls.com by Melanie Wickes, Apres Opera by Michael Bigalow Dixon, Boys by Paul Dunn, My First Time by Ken Davenport, A Girl’s Guide to Chaos by C. Heimel, On The Edge by Craig Pospisil, The Siren Song of Stephen Jay Gould by Benjamin Bettenbender, Hurley Burley by Theatre 315 :Shakespeare, The Play’s The Thing by UFV, The Russian Play by Hannah Moscovitch, Heart’s Desire by Carol Churchill, William Fights The World by Andrew Wade, Fringetastic by VIU alumni , Seeing the Light by Robert McKay, The Goon by Pete Nialikcki, Sure Thing by David Ives, Alice in Love by Dana Eaton, Best Foot Forward by Peter Tola, And Turning Stay by Kelly Powell, Lingerie by Diana Amsterdam, Fringetastic by Jeremy Banks, and two short plays from Thompson Rivers University.
This year’s 16th annual Directors’ Theatre Festival begins with a series of matinees and previews on Wed, April 27 and progresses to the opening ceremony on Thurs, April 28 at 4.30 pm. The Festival will then play through to its conclusion on Sun, May 1 at 11 pm.
Tickets for individual productions are $5 each, with four packs of tickets selling for $15. A pass which covers all 24 productions in the event sells for $40. For information and reservations please call 604-795-2814 or email theatre@ufv.ca .
The performance schedule and descriptions of individual productions can be found at www.ufv.ca/theatre, and then click to the Directors’ Theatre Festival section. You can also call 604-795-2814 for more information.
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Opportunities
May 3— PD Day on campus: Is There a “T” in Research? Is There an “R” in Teaching?
The PD day will run from 9 am until 4:30 pm on the Abbotsford campus. The theme of this conference is the intersections of research and teaching at the University of the Fraser Valley. As members of a teaching intensive university, instructional and non-instructional faculty, staff and students are often engaged in teaching activities that are propelled by research and/or engaged in research activities that have arisen from teaching experience or inform teaching experience. Questions abound as to how we integrate our multi-faceted responsibilities as educators and researchers.
Who should attend?
This conference will be of particular interest to UFV sessional and “regular” faculty, staff, and administrators, and undergraduate and graduate students interested in research and teaching in higher education. Guests from other institutions may be invited, if space permits
Types of presentations
• Plenary sessions
• Student and faculty panels
• Concurrent sessions and workshops (50 minutes each)
What will I get out of it?
There will be practical ideas, tools and personal experiences in integrating teaching and research.
How do I sign up?
Please visit http://www.ufv.ca/Research/Research_News_and_Events/pdday.htm.
From there you will find conference information and the online registration form.
For more information please contact either Yvette.Fairweather@ufv.ca , or Ruby.Ord@ufv.ca .
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Vote next week for Faculty of Health Sciences Senate position
Don’t forget to vote next week if you are a faculty member from the Faculty of Health Sciences.
Two candidates declared for the position:
1. Chris Bertram
2. Maggie Theron
Voting will start via myUFV Tues, April 26 and end Fri, April 29.
Candidate statements are posted on the Secretariat Elections web page at http://www.ufv.ca/Secretariat/Elections.htm
If you have any questions please contact Lisa Tassone lisa.tassone@ufv.ca .
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Judges needed for Heritage Fair
On Fri, April 29, 120 students in Grades 4–9 will present their Canadian History projects at Heritage Fair 2011. The event takes place at the Abbotsford Agrifair Grounds (Cadet Building).
Judges are needed to evaluate students' projects and help make this a truly great educational experience for the students who have put much thought, effort, and enthusiasm into their displays.
Schedule:
Judges' orientation: 8:30–9 am
Judging: 9:30–11:30 am
Refreshments will be served
Please offer to be a judge in this wonderful event, and feel free to contact me for any information.
Molly Ungar at molly.ungar@ufv.ca .
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Student Research Assistant positions available
Are you a faculty member interested in having a student research assistant help you with your research?
The Research Office is now accepting applications for student research assistant positions. These positions are available to current UFV students who are registered full time (nine credits) at the time of holding the position. There are 30 positions available, each providing 60 hours of research work. The student may work between May 2011 and March 2012.
To apply, please complete the student research application form on the UFV Research website, http://www.ufv.ca/Research/Forms.htm , and email it to Yvette Fairweather, yvette.fairweather@ufv.ca . You will receive confirmation of the application.
The application deadline is May 6.
Yvette Fairweather
Research Services
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Deadlines
Professional Development application deadline
The next PD meeting will be held on Wed, May 18. Please have your PD application submitted to Employee Services by Wed, May 11.
Please use the new PD application forms which are now available on-line at:
http://www.ufv.ca/es/Professional_Development.htm
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/es/Professional_Development/PDARC_Meeting_Deadlines_and_Dates.htm
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