Sauder Exchange Café:

• Monday, December 2^nd to Friday, December 13^th, 2013
• Monday to Friday – 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (closed on weekends)
• CLOSED, December 14^th to January 5^th, 2014 inclusive.

Sauder Exchange Café will return to regular hours effective January 6^th, 2014 which are:

• Mondays to Thursdays – 7:45 am to 8:00 pm
• Fridays – 8:30 am to 3:30 pm
• Saturdays – 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
• Sundays – 10:00 am to 3:00 pm

 UBC Bookstore @ Sauder:

• December 19^th and 20^th – hours will be reduced to 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
• December 23^rd to January 5^th, 2014 inclusive – CLOSED; and
• Monday, January 6^th, 2014 – reopen, regular hours – Monday to Friday – 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Call for nominations for two students to serve on a search committee for the next Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President, Academic

Dear Students of the Vancouver Campus:

A President’s Advisory Committee for the selection of the next Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President, Academic is being formed.

According to University Policy #18, there are two positions for students – one undergraduate, one graduate – to be elected to serve on the Committee.

If you are interested in being nominated, or wish to nominate another student, please contact elections.information@ubc.ca for a nomination form. Please indicate your campus in your email and  whether you are a graduate or an undergraduate student.

All nomination forms are due no later than 4 pm on Thursday, September 19, 2013. If required, voting for candidates will occur in late September.

Best regards,
Stephanie Oldford
Academic Governance Officer
Enrolment Services

1. CHANGE OF COVERAGE: Sept. 3 – 24, 2013
   
   All AMS and GSS members are automatically enrolled in the AMS/GSS Health & Dental Plan, including international students and part-time students. Note that incoming exchange students, 3rd/4th year medical students, midwifery students, and students aged 65+ are not automatically enrolled, but may self-enroll during the Change of Coverage Period. Please visit www.ihaveaplan.ca for details or visit the Health and Dental Plan Office located in Room 61 in the Lower Level of the Student Union Building – (Telephone: 1 877 795-4421 or service@studentcare.net).

Students who began their academic year in January and who are also covered by other extended health and dental benefits (not by MSP) may opt out of the Plan. New January students may also opt to enroll their spouse and/or dependents for an additional fee during the Change-of-Coverage Period. Please visit www.ihaveaplan.ca for details or visit the Health and Dental Plan Office located in Room 61 in the Lower Level of the Student Union Building – (Telephone: 1 877 795-4421 or service@studentcare.net)

2.     AMS/GSS HEALTH PLAN PREMIUM ASSISTANCE FUND: Deadline by Sept. 24, 2013 at 4PM

Partial or full reimbursement of the Health & Dental Plan fee ($219.31) is available on a need basis from the AMS and GSS through the AMS/GSS Health Plan Premium Assistance Fund. Returning students as well as Students who began their academic year in September and who have not opted out of the AMS/GSS Extended Health & Dental Plan may apply for the bursary. The application form is available at www.gss.ubc.ca/health/.

We are currently experiencing significant technical issues with the Connect Learning Management System. The response is a large coordinated effort which includes all available resources including senior members of UBC IT and the two key vendors involved, Blackboard and Oracle. We are focusing on both rapid service restoration during outages and longer-term stability.

Updated information will be posted on our bulletins site at http://bulletins.it.ubc.ca and we will provide email updates as soon as new information becomes available.

***Please note the following policy is in place for use of the Graduate Breakout rooms.  This and other policies can also be found on your Connect site under the “Academic Policies” tab.***

All students should be aware that there are over 300 students eligible to use the Graduate Breakout Rooms.  The booking policies are in place ensure that all students have equal opportunity to use these rooms.

1. Graduate Breakout Rooms are for the use of all Sauder Graduate Students: MBA (Full-Time & Part-Time), MM, MMOR, MScB and PhD.
2. Graduate Breakout Rooms must be booked via the Sauder web site:
   http://booking.sauder.ubc.ca/
3. Students who fail to arrive for a room booking within 15 minutes of the booked start time will have their booking cancelled and the room will be released for booking by others.
4. Rooms can only be booked for groups of two (2) or more. These rooms are not intended for individual study, however if a room is free, it may be used for individual study until the group who has booked the room arrives or another group of two (2) or more wishes to book the room.
   *Please see below for individual study space options and alternative group study spaces.
5. Each booking must not exceed 4 hours.  On the day of their booking, groups wishing to extend the time in their room can do so ½ hour before the end of their initial booking, provided the room has not already been booked by another group.  An additional two (2) hours can be added for a total of 6 hours.
6. Bookings must be made by a member of the group who intends to use the room. The room will be booked under this student’s own name. Students cannot book rooms for other students.
7. Upon leaving the room, ensure the whiteboard is wiped clean, the table and chairs are in order, and any garbage is properly disposed of. Most importantly, to prevent unauthorized entry into the Graduate Breakout Rooms, ensure the door to your room is locked as you leave. Please see the MBA & ECM Programs Office Reception if you encounter an issue with the door lock.

Additional Individual and group study space is available to all students for the following:

•  Canaccord Learning Commons
• Education Library

The above space can be booked online via: http://booking.sauder.ubc.ca/

•  Koerner Library
• Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
• Woodward Library

The above space can be booked online via: http://www.library.ubc.ca/booking

Please note that a major Connect outage is being planned by UBC-IT for:

• Sunday, August 18
• 7 am to 3 pm PST

Connect will not be available during this time. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Please be advised that the next quarterly carpet cleaning is scheduled for this Saturday, June 29 from 5:00 pm to midnight.

The areas that will be affected will be:

• DL 125 (Amphitheatre)
• MBA breakout rooms
• MBA Lounges
• MBA Foyers
• MBA Classrooms (HA132 and HA133)

During this time, we request no one to be in those areas. Sorry for the inconvenience.

In order to continue to provide IT service to the UBC community, UBC IT must perform maintenance on its services and systems during regular quarterly maintenance windows.

The next maintenance window is on Saturday, May 18th from 7 am to 5 pm. During these times, there may be connectivity issues to both the wired and wireless network services.

Sauder is most likely to be impacted by changes occurring between 7 am and 10 am. Over this time, disruption to the wired network in the Henry Angus and David Lam buildings is likely to be intermittent.

Please avoid planning work or events that depend on IT resources over this time.
If you have any concerns or questions, please contact the Sauder IT Service Desk.

Writing Coaching – Register now!

Starts on Wednesday May 22nd. The Writing Improvement program provides one on one coaching from a professional business writer. Bring a paper or business document you are working on and our business writing professionals will coach through what aspects of your work can be improved and what you can do to improve your writing. You can sign up for coaching appointments at the Cannacord Learning Commons Service Desk.

WIP Summer 2013 poster

Periods are now showing up on the Student Service Centre. A document has been created to help guide you through this new feature on the SSC. This document is located in Connect:myUBC MBA 2014> myUBC Program> Schedules & Registration> Registration> Registration Instructions> “Information and Tips about Periods on the SSC”.

If you have any questions, please email askmba@sauder.ubc.ca