Headlines/Sept. 30, 1992

Free Theatresports,
Hostage lecture

People on the Chilliwack campus can
catch a free noon-hour performance of
Theatresports on Wednesday, Sept. 30,
at the studio theatre. The show runs from
12:10-1 p.m.

Everyone is also invited to a free
lecture on the-department’s upcoming
production of The Hostage, by acclaimed
Irish playwright Brendan Behan, on
Tuesday, Oct. 6, at 7 p.m. at the
Chilliwack public library.

The evening will feature History
department head Jack Gaston speaking
on Irish history, followed by a film on
the same topic.

Costume rentals

Put those Halloween plans on hold.
The Theatre department regrets to
inform you that they have discontinued
their costume and prop rental service due
to staffing shortages.

They will continue to lend costumes
and props to UCFV departments for
official use, but not to individuals for
private parties.

If the department manages to get a
work-study student to handle rentals, or
a suitable volunteer turns up, rentals may
be reinstated.

If you know somebody looking for
volunteer work who can spare a few
hours one day per week (not
Wednesday, Saturday or Sunday) to
manage costume rentals, contact the
Theatre department at 2507.

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Ceremony launches UCFV degree programs

Degree programs are up and _ = a
running at UCFV. The first — . fee
students in the Criminal Justice, se -
Business Administration and
Arts bachelor degree programs
entered the classroom in the first
week of September.

To commemmorate the launch | |
of-the degree programs, which a
are offered in collaboration with
the Open Learning Agency (for
Business and Criminal Justice)
and Simon Fraser University (for
Arts), the presidents of all three
institutions gathered for an
official signing ceremony on rf el
Sept. 15. —,, . :

President Peter Jones thanked Presidents and Board chairs of UCFV and SFU seal agreement.
both partner institutions for being
cooperative and flexible in the development of UCFV’s “unique” degree programs.

“When we began planning for degrees, we tried to establish a niche for ourselves,
building on our strengths,” noted Jones. “We decided on an array that offers traditional
arts and science degrees along with others focused more specifically on segments of the
workforce.

“These are two different, but complementary, enterprises,” he added. “The career
degrees will utilize elements of the arts and science curriculum.”

The new degree programs are offered at UCFV, but for the first few years the degrees
will be granted by either SFU or OLA.

Open Learning Agency president Glen Farrell said that his institution was happy to
work with UCFYV to meet the needs of students.

“As a system, we have to start looking at ways to collaborate and cooperate and do
things that make sense from the students’ point of view,” he said. “I see cooperating on
projects like the Business Administration and Criminal Justice degrees as an example of
the kind of role that OLA can play in the system.”

SFU president Bill Saywell, who drove to Abbotsford in rush hour to come to the
ceremony, said that the traffic congestion he experienced helped to emphasize the
challenges faced in education.

“Driving here in traffic helps one to recognize a whole set of issues that present an
enormous challenge for this province,” he noted. ““We have a very serious capacity
problem in post-secondary education. It will be a challenge to increase the capacity in
new, innovative and creative ways. I’m pleased to work with the university college in
meeting part of that challenge.” :

Jones thanked SFU for “accepting that UCFV’s identity will be different from that of
a traditional university. While we needed SFU, we wanted to complement it rather than
become a clone.”

Jones went on to note that turning Fraser Valley College into the University College
of the Fraser Valley and adding third and fourth year did not solve the access problem
for the entire Fraser Valley.

“We are only a small part of the whole Fraser Valley. There are hundreds of people
to the west still waiting,” he said. “The question of access has not been answered for
Surrey, Langley, White Rock, Delta and Richmond.”

Now that the Arts, Business Administration and Criminal Justice programs have been
launched, UCFV’s next task is to implement degree programs in Science, Social Work
and Computer Information Systems for September ’93. Aviation and Nursing degrees,
and a teacher training program, are planned for coming years.

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