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UFV Today: Mon, May 17, 2010
Contact us: ufvtoday@ufv.ca
News
• Support your favourite would-be Intern
• Chilliwack Novell server upgrade on Wed, May 19
• Abbotsford Novell server maintenance on Sun, May 23
• Novell system upgrades Thurs evening
Follow UFV student teachers via their blog from the Caribbean
Events
• Webcast: Integrating Information Literacy into First-Year Seminars
• Educators Without Borders speaker series
• Global Development Institute presents Africa workshop
Opportunities
• Bike-to-Work week coming up
• UFV annual writing prize competition: call for papers from all disciplines
**deadline extension**
• UFV’s second Microlecture series
• University lecture series 2010/11
• Writing workshops available
Deadlines
• Senate agenda deadline
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Support your favourite would-be Intern
The Intern (a contest sponsored by UFV, Abby Entertainment/Sports Centre, and the Abbotsford News) has started accepting votes. The voting period will run May 11–June 13 and elimination day will be June 14.
Every week the Abbotsford News will be featuring this contest which has 10 teams, each consisting of 20 UFV students. The ultimate student winner scores a $5,000, 200-hour internship at the Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre.
Find out more here:
http://contest.abbynews.com/theintern/TheIntern_HowItWorks.html
Every time you vote, your name is entered into a draw for a flight, dinner, and two night stay at the Magnolia Hotel and Spa in Victoria!
You can go here to vote (up to 5 times per day, however votes must be at a minimum of 30-minute intervals):
http://contest.abbynews.com/theintern/TheIntern_WhoWouldYouFire.php
Remember: you are voting for the teams you want to fire. The people with the most votes get fired! And each time you vote, your name gets entered in the draw to Victoria!
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Chilliwack Novell server upgrade on Wed, May 19
ITS will be upgrading the Chilliwack North campus administrative file server on Wed, May 19, from 5 to 8 pm, to increase disk storage capacity.
No workstations on Chilliwack North campus will be able to log in during the evening maintenance period. Groupwise Email and Netstorage access to F and G drives will be unavailable for faculty and staff based
at Chilliwack North.
Contact for technical help: eHelpdesk at http://ehelpdesk.ufv.ca or ITS helpdesk at helpdesk.its@ufv.ca or phone 604-864-4610.
Contact: Bryan Daniel, Manager, Systems and Telecommunications
Ph: 604-854-4549
bryan.daniel@ufv.ca
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Abbotsford Novell server maintenance on Sun, May 23
ITS will be performing maintenance on the storage disk for the Abbotsford campus administration file server on Sun, May 23, from 7 to 11 am. This is preventive maintenance to better manage disk use and improve reliability. NetStorage access to F and G drives will be unavailable. Workstations on Abbotsford campus will not be able to log in to the network during the maintenance period.
Contact for technical help: eHelpdesk at http://ehelpdesk.ufv.ca or ITS helpdesk at helpdesk.its@ufv.ca or phone 604-864-4610.
Contact:
Bryan Daniel, Manager, Systems and Telecommunications
604-854-4549
bryan.daniel@ufv.ca
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Novell system upgrades Thurs evening
ITS will be applying system updates to the Novell server operating system and Groupwise email on Thurs, May 20, from approximately 10 to 10:45 pm.
GroupWise WebAccess, Netstorage and Groupwise Email will be unavailable for approximately 25 minutes during the update period. This service pack will update GroupWise to the most current version and resolve several known problems.
This outage will affect all UFV staff, faculty and students.
Contact: Bryan Daniel Manager, Systems and Telecommunications bryan.daniel@ufv.ca
Contact for technical help: eHelpdesk at http://ehelpdesk.ufv.ca or ITS Help Desk at helpdesk.its@ufv.ca or phone 604-864-4610
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Follow UFV student teachers via their blog from the Caribbean
The Champions for Health Promoting Schools is a program that brings 15 student teachers from UFV to schools in Antigua/Barbuda, West Indies, for a four-week period.
Please follow this blog throughout the month of May to find out more about the
Champions program as well as ask questions to our students as they teach the importance of physical and health education.
http://ufvchampions10.wordpress.com/
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Events
Webcast: Integrating Information Literacy into First-Year Seminars
Trying to improve your first-year students' research skills?
The UFV Library invites you to attend Integrating Information Literacy into First-Year Seminars. This 90-minute webcast from Academic Impressions will introduce best practices to help you create effective assignments, increase information literacy, and assist students with research so that first-year students start their academic career with the proper tools to succeed.
Tues, May 25
10–11:30 am
Abby G180, in the Abbotsford Library
RSVP: karen.chadsey@ufv.ca
Light refreshments will be provided.
More information about this program can be found at:
http://www.academicimpressions.com/PDF/0510-information-literacy.pdf
Submitted by Kim Isaac, University Librarian
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Educators Without Borders speaker series
Join UFV ESL instructor Sarah-Beth Gould while she discusses education issues in South Africa.
Sarah-Beth has just recently returned to Canada after many years in South Africa working (teaching and administration) with local disadvantaged primary and middle school students. She has worked with SchoolTrade, an education development network committed to improving education outcomes for first language speakers of Zulu.
Fri, May 21
Noon–1 pm
Abby B163
Coffee and cookies will be provided. For catering purposes please register with laura.larson@ufv.ca or call local 4541.
Speaker series is open to everyone.
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Global Development Institute presents Africa workshop
Reaching out to Africa
Making development projects work
Sat June 12
A symposium for aid workers, students, volunteers, and NGOs, presented by UFV Global Development Institute and Continuing Studies.
Keynote presentation by Pete Ondeng, economic development specialist, Making Africa Work. Inc.
Sat, June 12
8:30 am–4:30 pm
Abby B101
Registration: $110
Quote UFV course # 40206 and call 604-504-7441 local 6324 or 1-888-504-7441 local 6324
Details at www.ufv.ca/gdi
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Opportunities
Bike-to-Work week coming up
Dust off your helmets, pump up your tires and pedal your way to UFV May
31–June 6
Register for Fraser Valley’s Bike-to-Work week as an individual or with some friends in your department and you'll become eligible to win some great prizes including bike accessories, gift certificates, and more…
The UFV department with most overall mileage is eligible to win a free lunch (for those who participated).
Get a group together from in your department (students count too!) or register on your own at: http://www.biketowork.ca/ (top right orange button that says "register team")
A celebration station will be set up on the front lawn outside the Abby campus June 1–3 from 7–9:30 am where there will be bicycle-blended smoothies, snacks and a prize draw waiting to cheer you on as you power your pedals!
If you’re interested in joining an existing team or for more info contact:
Melissa Kendzierski at melissa.kendzierski@ufv.ca or ext. 5122.
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UFV annual writing prize competition: call for papers from all disciplines
**deadline extension**
Do you and the members of your department want to celebrate and showcase some of the fine papers written by students in your area? You have a few more days to do so by way of UFV's Writing Prize competition, as the deadline for submissions has been extended to Wed, May 19.
To qualify for the competition, papers must have been written in the Summer 2009, Fall 2009, or Winter 2010 semesters in response to UFV course-based assignments. Prize categories are based on the work that is submitted and change somewhat each year. If you encounter writing which you feel is worthy of recognition, please encourage your students to enter their work.
Guidelines for submission are available at
http://www.ufv.ca/Writing_Centre/UFV_Writing_Prize_Competition/Guidelines_for_Submission.htm
Papers should be forwarded (by email, inter-campus mail, or in person) to the Writing Centre on the Abbotsford campus by the new deadline of Wed, May 19, 2010.
Submitted by the Writing Centre, Local 4282
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UFV’s second Microlecture series
Would you invest two minutes of your time if it meant greater recognition for your research work and the possibility of inspiring someone to study in your field?
Share your research with the university and regional community in a fast and user-friendly way. Given the success of our first two-minute 'Microlecture' event, we are planning our second event where all faculty members involved in any form of research have the opportunity to disseminate the highlights of their findings, one after the other, to the masses in busy, public places on campus.
We're looking for ten or more faculty members to be a part of our second UFV Microlecture event, slated for the Abbotsford campus in September 2010 from 11:30 am to 2 pm (location TBA). You’ll be amongst your peers at universities around the world who make their research accessible through this process.
A small riser and microphone/speakers will be set up. Each researcher takes the stage for a maximum of two minutes and speaks about the exciting findings and implications of their research. Each researcher will take the stage, one after the other, over the course of about an hour. Discussion and networking are encouraged afterwards (e.g. if someone is inspired, they would approach you afterwards to discuss further). The event is widely promoted across campus and into our local communities.
What it is not:
The Microlecture series is not an opportunity for faculty to introduce themselves or their department to the audience. Rather, it is an opportunity for those in attendance to get a variety of “snapshots” of the exciting research being conducted at UFV.
Take a look at the January event:
http://stream.ufv.ca/OnDemand/marcom/Microlectures.wmv
Interested?
Please contact Irwin Cohen, Rita Dhamoon, or Brad Whittaker to learn more. We hope to have at least ONE representative from each department participate in this exciting event. To register, please contact Yvette Boutin at yvette.boutin@ufv.ca by May 30 2010. We will send out reminders before the deadline, and then again at the end of August for those who were interested.
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University lecture series 2010/11
UFV will be hosting its second University Lecture Series next year.
The purpose of the series is to profile UFV researchers and their research. The presentations should be suitable as public lectures, directed towards both the UFV community and the external community. The lectures should be topical and innovative, and of interest to a general audience. These lectures also provide opportunities to make linkages between research and teaching. Note the research must be based at UFV.
UFV Faculty are asked to nominate their colleagues or themselves using the form located on the Research office website: http://www.ufv.ca/Research/Research_News_and_Events/lectureseries.htm
Nominations and applications can be for individuals or a panel.
Information requested includes a list of recent publications, research projects, and presentations for each applicant. If you are proposing a multi-person lecture or a panel on one topic (perhaps a joint research initiative), please explain this, and you can submit one form. In this instance, please remember to attach separate lists of recent publications, research projects, and presentations.
This call is for four lectures which will be from September 2010 to April 2011.
For more information you can contact Yvette Boutin at yvette.boutin@ufv.ca. Applications and nominations should be submitted to Yvette by the deadline of May 31, 2010.
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Writing workshops available
Interested in having a writing workshop in your class(es) this term?
The Writing Centre invites faculty interested in having in-class writing workshops tailored to term assignments to contact us. Workshops, developed in consultation with the instructor, typically address a specific project students are working on.
For more information and/or to discuss workshop possibilities, please visit http://www.ufv.ca/Writing_Centre/Faculty_Resources.htm, and/or contact the Writing Centre instructors directly at local 4282 or
writing.centre@ufv.ca.
Submitted by the Writing Centre, local 4282
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Deadlines
Senate agenda deadline
Senate's last meeting for the 2009/10 academic year will take place on Fri, May 28, at 1 pm, in Abby 225/229. Please note that the deadline for agenda and exhibit items is noon on Thurs, May 20. Please forward any items to monique.castonguay@ufv.ca.
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