More Tips to Help You Out
Study tips
Learn to study effectively through the free programs (or handouts) done by the wonderful people at
Student Services.
Also, check out our effective studying and learning tips
here
Finding our a little more about your style
Knowing your learning style can help you determine your best method to study. You can either go to Student Services for help, or look for a free online personal assessment of your learning styles. It also helps to know who you are and your outlooks by taking accredited personality tests as this too can effect how you participate in class, take notes, as well as study.
Library Help
Are you new to using the library? Check in the
Library to see if the librarians are giving free library orientations. You can check out their webpage to see if there is anything there that can help you.
Advice for building study groups
E-mail your classmates through your myUFV (you’ll be able to see the course’s participants) asking who’d like to form a study group. Then try to pick a few times a week that will work for the majority and find somewhere to study. The library has rooms you can book for quiet study; there is also a lounge available at U-House (F Building). For making times/announcements about the group, try making a Facebook group for you study group members so that you can all stay in touch.
Computer access
Computer use is valuable and important! Some instructors only accept typed assignments and some textbooks come with supplementary CD’s and web sites. UFV has free computer labs and helpful lab monitors. All UFV students get a free student e-mail account – check this account regularly because most instructors use only the
“@student.ufv.ca” accounts to communicate with you. Also, there is campus wide wireless available to students. To check out how the wireless works, click
here.
Keep copies
Start a new habit: make an EXTRA COPY of every assignment, on a USB storage device, hard drive or paper. Computer failure happens, even in UFV computer labs! Also, carry a copy of your registration receipt with you for the first couple of weeks: it has room numbers for your courses! Any room changes will be posted on the doors.
Commitment
Beware of over commitment! Effective learning takes time outside class, not merely attendance in classes. It’s recommended that for every class you’re in you spend at least 3 additional hours a day on that class. Remember: the changes you must make in your social or work schedule in order to be successful during the semester are for 15 weeks only, not the rest of your life!
Tips for finances
Strapped for cash? Go talk to the wonderful people in
Financial Aid in the Student Services office, or check out their webpage.
Workshops for Students
Keep your eyes peeled for posters, or any kind of advertisements for workshops that will help you with any number of things. Also, try getting to as many of the 6 Weeks to Student Success events as you can
Information about the cities UFV operates in, as well as links to bus info
Communities
Abbotsford -
http://www.abbotsford.ca
Chilliwack -
http://www.chilliwack.com
Mission -
http://www.mission.ca
Hope -
http://www.hope.ca
Agassiz -
http://www.district.kent.bc.ca
Transit
http://www.transitbc.com/regions
Keep a water bottle with you
Water fountains are scarce on campus. Carry a refillable water bottle; this will save you money (and help save the planet).
Learning Commons
These buildings house the
Math and or
Writing Centres, in G on the Abbotsford Campus and A in Chilliwack, where you can get help on your assignments, essays, and comprehension.
Bike Storage on Campus
There are metal box-like structures outside some of the buildings near the doors that are actually for bike storage. You can rent a lock to one if you want. See the
Facilities department located in Building B, room 150 for Abbotsford and Building A, room 204 in Chilliwack.
Parking
Pay parking is in effect 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at the Abbotsford King Road campus, Chilliwack Yale Road campus, and off campus in Abbotsford on some neighbouring city streets. For detailed information about parking at UFV, visit the
Parking section of the Facilities website.
Bookstore
In Chilliwack the bookstore is located in Building D, while in Abbotsford the bookstore is located in Building H (the residence building). The bookstores are often the least busy over the dinner hour. Note: DO NOT skimp on textbooks. Sharing rarely works. The bookstore carries some used books, or you can check the bulletin boards (on the bottom floor of Building B in Abbotsford and in Building D in Chilliwack) down the hall from the Cafeteria.
Maps of UFV
You can access maps of the campuses electronically through
Facilities - hint: look under "directions". Take a look at these and try to orient yourself to what buildings your classes will be in, and feel free to explore! Also, attend
New Student Orientation, as you’ll get a campus tour at that time and you can ask questions of your Orientation Leader.
Coffee locations
In Abbotsford, Clickz café (Tim Horton’s) can be pretty busy in the mornings, but there are other places to get your morning fix: Cascade café (cafeteria), The Press (convenience store in Building H beside Campus Bookstore), “Use Your Bean” featuring Starbucks coffee (D-Building, 2nd floor) or Roadrunner café (Building A, main floor). For Chilliwack, check out the cafeteria!
Challenge yourself in Abbotsford
Rooms in the 400-level in Bldg A can be reached only via the elevator and stairwell near the Road Runner coffee kiosk or the stairwell at the East end of the building, see what’s up there! Or try to figure out how to navigate through the halls of the 3rd level of the “D” building in Abbotsford where faculty offices are located. It’s OK to go there! Clue: The dark blue floor color represents the central hall. Have you ever found “U-House”? Its located in Building “F” so come pop your head in and check it out!
Welcome to UFV and may you have every success!!
