Headlines/March 16, 1992

UCFV places fifth at B.C. colleges business competition

By Janet Falk

At the beginning of February a
number of students from the departments
of Business Administration and
Computer Information Systems
commenced an internal competition to
vie for the privilege of being the team to
represent UCFV at the BC Colleges
Business Competition. The students and
instructors involved in our practice run
were:

Team 1: Adam Schumph, Robert
Ormiston, Vaden Ellesworth, Wilf
Vicktor

Team 2: Quinn Jones, Darcy Siebert,
Jim Vermeer, Lisa Minter

Team 3: Steve Yap, Business
Administration Instructor

Team 4: Janet Falk, Business
Administration Instructor/Coach

During the practice run, which lasts
two weeks, the students learn how to
manage the company depicted in the
simulation — in this case, a commuter
airline. The practice is essential
experience to gain before attending the
competition, and the team appreciated
the help of all those who participated.

After winning the internal
competition, Team 2, led by chief
executive officer Quinn Jones,

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participated for three days in an
intensive business simulation game at
the Executive Inn in Richmond, B.C.
Fourteen colleges were in attendance and
the competition was excellent. The
UCFYV team ran their company,
Advantage Air — the frequent flyer,
with precision and finesse, and only the
occasional bit of panic! At 11 p.m. on
the first evening of the competition, all
teams were notified that proforma
financial statements for three years must
be developed by early the next morning.
After completing this task at 3 a.m. and
rising again at 6:30 a.m., the team knew
that this was going to be a tough game!

I have been coaching the business
competition team for six years now, and
this team was the most cohesive group I
have ever coached. All these students
will be excellent candidates for all those
businesses out there looking for team
players! On Saturday evening at the
competition banquet, we learned that
Advantage Air had placed fifth overall,
and won the Best Marketing Manager
award.

Each year as I find the pressure of
preparing for the competition
overwhelming, I swear this will be my
last year of coaching, but each year the

Advantage Air team (I-r): Janet Falk, Lisa Minter, Darcy Siebert, Quinn Jones. Missing: Jim Vermeer.

satisfaction of watching the students put
into practice all those skills you hoped
that they were learning, prompts me to
volunteer again. The team is grateful for
the local sponsorships of Brian Coulter,
Business Adminstration; Cameron Roy,
Abbotsford Bookstore; Barry Bompas,
Personnel; and Brian and Faye Minter,
of Minter Gardens.

Faculty evaluation
opinions sought

During the past few months the
Evaluation Review committee (a joint
management/FSA committee) has been
undertaking an assessment of faculty
evaluation practices and procedures at
UCFV. Among the issues under

discussion is the need to streamline the

collation of data derived from student
evaluation questionnaires.

Another matter that has achieved
considerable attention is the possibility
of enlarging the part played by
departmental colleagues in the
evaluation of UCFV faculty members.
The committee hopes to bring forward
some recommendations for revisions and
improvements to our evaluation process
in the near future. In the mean time,
submissions to the committee are invited
from anyone who would like his or her
concerns to be considered, especially in
regard to the concept of portfolio
evaluation. Committee members include:
Ian McAskill, Kevin Busswood,
Katherine Perrault, Heather Stewart,
Casey Sheridan, Dave Allen, Barry
Bompas.

Medicine auditions

The Harrison Festival of the Arts will be
holding auditions for LaVerne Adams’ play
Medicine at the Chilliwack campus on
March 24 and 25 at 7 p.m. Meet at the
reception desk. The casting calls for five
native women and three non-native womet!
of all ages. The play will be directed by
UCFV instructor John Carroll. For more
information call 796-3664.