Headlines/March 12,1998 — Moves and changes - Communications department head Wendy Burton has taken on the additional role of Spring semester coordinator, a part-time duty responsible for planning, coordinating, and promoting Spring semester offerings. Eleanor Busse-Klassen is back as Benefits & Compensation assistant until February 15, 1999, while Sue Samuelson is on a one-year, unpaid leave of absence: New folks : | Shane Schlosser new microcomputer technician Shane Schlosser has joined UCFV as a full-time, permanent - microcomputer technician, working an afternoon shift. Shane - was most recently working for Uniserve Online. He is a former UCFYV student, and is currently. furthering his education at _ Capilano College. His UCFV-related duties will focus on _ Patricia Burt new Library director. Patricia “Paddy” Burt has been named. director of UCFV Library Services, replacing Betty, Harris, who retired recently _ after being at the helm of the library for 23 years. Paddy comes to UCFV from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Most - recently she was Library director at Algoma. University ,. : College. Prior to moving to Ontario she worked for several years as a librarian at Dalhousie University. Paddy: brings to. UCFV a broad range of technological and management skills. In bringing forward the appointment recommendation. to the: . ; President, the chair of the selection committee, Dean of Arts ~. Don Tunstall, commented that “UCFV is fortunate to acquire a person of Ms. Burt’s calibre.” _ me “I’m really looking forward to coming to UCFY, ” noted = Paddy i in a phone interview. “I find the combination ofa computers and chess. computers, networks, and the Internet. His hobbies are Luanne Yellowfly new CE director She doesn’t exactly qualify as a new folk, as she has taught sociology sessionally for several years, but Luanne Yellowfly will be taking up duties as the new Continuing Education program director based on the Chilliwack campus, replacing Karen Evans, who left to become Dean. Look for more information on Luanne in the next Headlines. community. college with a degree-granting institution a _ fascinating concept, and I’m interested in seeing how it actually yo ‘them.” works. The multicampus nature of the institution is also _ intriguing and an added attraction. I met with a lot of people. during my interview Process and I think: 171 work well with Paddy will commence her duties at UCFV i in May. A fit workforce for the new millennium goal of Fitness Challenge 2000 How would you like to get fit with colleagues and friends and get rewarded for it? That’s the goal of Fitness Challenge 2000, a joint effort of Employee Relations and the Faculty and Staff Association. ’ Recognizing that a significant portion — ~ of the UCFV workforce was entering its ~~ second half century age-wise (i.e., 50 or ~ over) the ER and FSA gangs decided that offering employees some incentive to _ keep fit or get in shape for the new millennium was in order. “We wanted a project that encompasses all UCFV locations, and gives all employees the chance to join together and do something fun and interesting,” says Dean of Employee Relations Barry Bompas. ~ So, starting April 1, employees will be invited to take the Fitness Challenge. The fee will be $10, which will get you a Fitness Challenge 2000 T-shirt: : Employees who sign up will have their name posted on a wall-chart on their home campus, and will be asked to record every time that they participate ina _ fitness activity. If you manage to complete 150 activities over the course of __ one year (an average of three per week), you will earn a free specially designed — Fitness Challenge 2000 sweatsuit, and your name will go into‘a draw for other prizes. And here’s a bonus for smokers: if . _. Assistance plan, is donating two nights at = ~ smoke for a whole year, you will also get = you quit on April 1, 1998, and don’t a sweatsuit and be entered in the prize . draw, even if you don’t complete 150 * activities (or any, for that matter). Several groups of employees already Tun or walk together during the lunch hour, or use fitness equipment at UCFV, or take part in yoga or aerobics classes sponsored by the university college. Activities you do after work and on’ weekends will also count toward your total: There will be incentive events throughout the year, such as group walks or other activities, and a celebratory lunch and prize draw at the end of the year. The FSA and management each contributed some seed funding to kick the _ - project off and help pay for T-shirts, but most of the cost is being covered by |: : sponsors. UCFV’s benefits consultant, William Mercer, is covering the costs of -: the sweatsuits. Significant Impact, another eee supplier, is donating two tickets to ‘San: eee ess Francisco and $500. Valley Therapy, providers of UCFV’s Employee Rowena’s Inn on the River. Coastal “Pacific is kicking i in a weekend for two i ins Victoria. Other prizes will be announced ~ later. hoes : For more information about Fitness . ot Challenge 2000, contact Naney § Scarrow me at local 4526.