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Print Edition: June 17, 2015 After joking about looking like wizards in full regalia backstage, the 2015 class of UFV graduates filed onto the floor of the Abbotsford Centre, led by the beat of a traditional Stó:lo drum. On June 11 and 12, four separate convocation ceremonies saw graduates from all faculties cross the stage, with friends and families blowing air horns and cheering in the stands. Each ceremony lasted roughly three-and-a-half hours, as over 2,000 grads received their credentials and shook UFV president Mark Evered’s hand. UFV administration, including Evered and chancellor G...

Print Edition: September 17, 2014 Bluegrass bands played well-received sets. On September 12, the Canada Education Park campus in Chilliwack was the site of a 40th anniversary part for UFV. The event was bluegrass-themed and featured four live bands, which were primarily folk- and acoustic-oriented: Greenwood, Headwater, Viper Central, and the Paperboys. The first band that played, Greenwood, featured UFV’s geography professor Jonathan Hughes on mandolin. UFV’s special events manager Betsy Terpsma explained how the idea for the event began. “We had a committee made up of faculty and s...