Headlines/July 11, 1997

Volunteer families needed

for Nursing student project

The Nursing department is looking for
volunteers to be interviewed by first-year
nursing students. Each student will be

_ matched with a family for a series of
approximately five interviews on health

and wellness over the course of the school

year. The students will collect general
information on nutrition, fitness, etc. All
information gathered is confidential. The
project is designed to help the students
develop their interviewing skills. Families
involved in this program in the past have
reported that their experiences were
enjoyable and positive.

To be eligible to participate in this
activity, your family (consisting of at least
one parent and one child living at home)
must live in the Fraser Valley. If you are
interested, please forward your name and
phone number to the Health Sciences
receptionist at local 2817. Your call will
be returned, and additional information
provided, in August. The first visit with
the student will be in September.

The Nursing department is also looking
for pregnant womenwilling to share the
experience of pregnancy and childbirth
with a nursing student. The student would
follow you through pregnancy and act as a
volunteer labour coach. For more
information call local 2817.

UCFV closed weekends
for summer

UCFV’s standard operating hours for July and
August are:
Monday to Friday, from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.

These are the times when you can expect the
buildings to be open to public access.

UCFYV is closed Saturdays, Sundays, and
holidays for the summer, although a building
may be open if Continuing Education is
offering a course.

After-hours access

If you have an after-hours access code and/or
personal ID number, you may gain access to
the building during some hours that the

buildings are officially closed. These hours are: |

Monday to Friday: 6 a.m. to midnight

Saturday: 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

No access is permitted on Sundays and

holidays, and the access will also be denied on

Saturdays of long weekends. If you feel you

require after-hours access, you can ask your

director or dean to request a code for you from

Safety and Security.

’ For more information contact Heidi Tvete at
local 4603.

- information about

Obituary
Steve Dencer.

Steve Dencer, a former media
technician with UCFV’s Instructional
Media Services department, passed

away June 15 after a two-year struggle.

with cancer.

_ Steve was
well-liked by all
who encountered
him through his job
helping faculty.and
students use
educational
technology. -
Richard Heyman,
IMS supervisor,
shared the
following

Steve with
Headlines:

“Steve’s start -
with IMS was back
in April 1990 when
he approached Gary Karlsen with a list
of credentials that covered his history
all the way from schooling to video
production with the BBC. It still
remains a very strong resumé. Steve
immediately took to our department
and soon became a part of the team.
And because he was also working at
London Drugs, we had an in with all
the new consumer equipment coming
along. Steve could also get us small
deals on some of our own purchases
such as cameras and cases as well as
portable cassette/CD players.

“In May of 1992, Steve filled in for
me during a four-month ed. leave.

Although I am not completely sure of

my chronology, I know that during one
of Steve’s college contracts, he was
also working for a window
manufacturer. A busy guy, indeed.

~ “In 1993, Steve started full-time in

_ Chilliwack IMS and before very long
‘had established a rapport with

everyone there. He provideda __
wonderful service that kept him very
busy with small and large projects. He
became a very vital part of UCFV.

_ “One of Steve’s greatest talents was _

his ability to provide all sorts of
information about bands and

Steve Dencer

musicians. He could not only rattle off
the members of various bands, he also
knew the important and obscure trivia

~ about many of them. We would be

listening to a song
from the early ’60s
and Steve could tell
us who it was, when
it was and where
they are now --- plus
all the bands they’d
been with in
between.
Frightening!
“Steve’s greatest

asset was his ability
to connect with
people. His warmth
and dedication plus
- his eagerness to
spread the IMS
“gospel’ was so very
appreciated by all he came in contact
with. He had only just started to get up
to speed when he was required to go
on medical leave. Steve’s talents, and
his wonderfully warm personality, are
sorely missed.” | :

Kathy Davis, technician-in-charge
at the Chilliwack campus library, was
a friend and colleague of Steve’s.

“He was so easy to like and so good
at his job,” recalls Kathy. “He was a
very good teacher. He could show
people how to work equipment without
lapsing into technobabble. He had such
a good way with students, staff, and
faculty.” ,

Kathy adds that Steve really liked
sports, had played semi-pro soccer.in
England, and was an enthusiastic
squash and golf player.

A resident of Chilliwack until his
death, Steve leaves a wife and two _

- daughters.

and most wonderful .

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