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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