Headlines/Sept. 30, 1992

Staff jobs, continued

associate programs. For example, she’ll
be contacting and meeting with all
current BA students to help clarify the
requirements for their extended degrees.

Bishop cautions that she will not be
handling admission to the Arts program,
or pre-admission advising.

“Potential students should go to
Counselling and Advising first. Then,
when they formally apply, their credits
will be reviewed and vetted first by
Admissions at UCFV and then at SFU.
I'll focus on assisting them in their
course selection once they’re admitted.”

She’ll also act as a liaison for Arts
programs with department heads and
registrars from both UCFV and SFU, the
partner institution for Arts.

Bishop comes to UCFV from SFU,
where she was the undergraduate advisor
for Economics department. A South
Surrey resident, she decided to look for
work in the Valley because she was tired
of the daily bridge commute.

“This is also a new challenge and
career move for me,” she notes. “I’m _ |
expanding from advising one for
department to overseeing students’
progress throughout their degree
program.” She likes working on a
smaller campus, and says it’s nice to start
her job at a time of change and growth at
UCFV.

Bishop can be reached at local 4577.

Chilliwack bakefest

Office Careers instructor Sheila Elliot
has invented a way to keep the
Christmas spirit, and gastronomic
memories of Betty Urquhart’s famous
luncheon, alive throughout the fall.

Elliot has organized a weekly sale
of tasty home-made goods — mostly
baking but the sky’s the limit — in
the Chilliwack staff lounge. Proceeds
of the sale go towards the Salvation
Army Christmas fund, adding to the
total raised annually by the Urquhart
luncheon.

By the way, just because Betty has
(sort of) retired, that doesn’t mean the
annual lunch is cancelled. Now she
has more time to cook and plan!

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Dick, meet Rick — Vice-President Dick Bate shakes hands with famous ‘round-the-world wheeler
Rick Hansen at the Abbotsford-Matsqui Chamber of Commerce luncheon last week. UCFV sponsored
the sold-out luncheon, at which Hansen spoke on Achieving Your Personal Best.

Staff like Type C secondments

A new clause in the Collective Agreement has opened some career doors for staff
members. In the past, when a temporary, “Type C” staff position was created, current
staff members could apply, but lost their Type A status if they landed the job.

Type C positions are created when a staff or faculty member goes on educational or
maternity leave and their position must be filled, when a position is needed only for a
short time, or when it is uncertain whether funding will allow the position to continue
on a permanent basis.

Now, Type A employees can apply for Type C positions without losing their status
or seniority, as long as supervisors of the person’s Type A position, and of the Type C
position for which he/she is applying, agree to the temporary move.

Doris Lockwood is one of several staff members who have taken advantage of this
new situation. When a Type C position as a departmental assistant for Early Childhood
Education was posted this summer, she applied and was successful.

She went on temporary leave from her job as a word processing operator and is now
putting a number of new skills to work in her new position.

“It’s great to be able to go on secondment like this,” says Lockwood. “It gives me
experience and training to do a different type of job, so that in the future Ill be more
prepared when other job postings come up.”

Lockwood says she liked her word processing job, but that she’s enjoying trying new
duties too. As ECE departmental assistant, she’s handling filing, expense claim
processing, course outline typing, book orders, and numerous other tasks. She also
responds to telephone and in-person inquiries from students, parents of kids in the
daycare centre, government officials and the general public. Not only is the secondment
good for the staff member, notes Lockwood, it’s also good for the supervisor (Linda
Matwichuk) and the department involved.

“The year-long appointment gives Linda a chance to how the job fits into the
department and what kind of person she would like to see in the job, if it continues.”

Lockwood can be reached at local 4304, and her office number is A344 in
Abbotsford. :