Category: Service Opportunities

Want to meet fun new people? Interested in adding something unique to your resume? You're in luck! alumni UBC is preparing for 
another exciting Alumni Weekend and we're looking for 150 volunteers to help us make it happen!
 
Alumni Weekend takes place on Saturday May 24, 2014 and is an annual event that invites UBC alumni to Point Grey Campus for a day 
of exciting workshops and classes (without quizzes!), tours of the attractions on campus and a chance to reunite with old friends.
 
Volunteers will assist at the various venues, tours, educational sessions and registration. They will also help with event 
preparation, assist with wayfinding and transportation and overall, ensure that everyone feels welcome. Volunteer shifts are only 
5 hours long so you can enjoy the day!
 
For more information and to register to be a volunteer <http://bit.ly/1hOIMN7>
 
Contact us with your questions at alumni.weekend@ubc.ca or 604 822 0515.

The Department of Physical Therapy at UBC is in need of patient model volunteers for an upcoming practical exam:

Thursday, April 10, 2014 from approximately 7:30am – 5:30pm.

This is a great way to find out more about physiotherapy!  Lunch, snacks and refreshments will be provided on the day, and volunteers will also receive a Chapters gift card as a small token of our appreciation.

Please review the attached volunteer requirements and contact me by reply email at cailen.ogley@ubc.ca by no later than March 31, 2014 if you are interested in this opportunity.

Please include:

·                     Confirmation that you are available from 7:30am to 5:30pm on Thursday, April 10, 2014.

·                     Any physical limitations you may have (i.e. back/knee problems)

***NOTE: Please carefully consider your availability on this date before responding. Volunteers are needed for the full day***

The Faculty of Education will host an alumni reception on Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at the recently-opened Gordon Smith Gallery in North Vancouver. The event is from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.: http://educ.ubc.ca/north-vancouver/

This notice is a call for volunteers to help ensure the event is successful. Shifts are available for the following times and activities:

5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. – Set-up and registration

5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. – Set-up and coat check

7:00 p.m. –  9:00 p.m. – Coat check and tear-down

The shifts are designed to allow the volunteers time to enjoy the event. More than 130 alumni and faculty attended the 2013 spring alumni event, and more attendees are expected for this 2014 event.

Benefits:

·         Opportunity to visit the recently-opened Gordon Smith Gallery. Professor Emeritus Gordon Smith taught art education at the UBC Faculty of Education for 26 years.

·         Opportunity to network and mingle with Faculty of Education alumni.

·         Free access to an event with tickets that cost $15 per person.

To volunteer, please contact:

Kristen Harvey, Alumni Engagement Manager for the Faculty of Education

T: 604-827-5553 | E: kristen.harvey@ubc.ca

Dear Students,

Three HMED search candidates have been shortlisted and they will be coming to UBC for presentations and interviews in late January.  Dates are as follows:

Jan 21 (Tues) 8:15 to 3:30 pm and 22 (Wed) 10:00 am to 3:30 pm     Roula Hawa

Jan 23 (Thu) 1 – 2 hours in the afternoon and 24 (Fri) 8:45 am and 3:30 pm        Jacqui Gingras

Jan 27 (Mon) 1 – 2 hours in the afternoon and 28 (Tue) 8:45 am and 3:30 pm    Kerry Renwick

They will all be staying in West Coast Suites. We look for three volunteer student hosts, one for each candidate.

Please let us know if you can help by sending your message to myself (Basia) with a copy to: samson.nashon@ubc.ca, and anna.ip@ubc.ca.

Student hosts will pick up the assigned candidate from West Coast Suites, walk them to Scarfe Building and take them to the various meeting places, chair the graduate student meeting and assist the candidates throughout the day.  The student hosts will be invited to join lunch.

The Department of Physical Therapy at UBC is in need of patient model volunteers for an upcoming practical exam:

Tuesday, November 5, 2013 from approximately 7:30am to 6:00pm.

This is a great way to find out more about physiotherapy!  Lunch, snacks, and refreshments will be provided on the day, and volunteers will also receive a Chapters gift card as a small token of our appreciation.

Please review the attached volunteer requirements and contact me by reply email at cailen.ogley@ubc.ca by no later than October 27, 2013 if you are interested in this opportunity.

Please include:

·                     Confirmation that you are available from 7:30am to 6:00pm on Tuesday, November 5, 2013.

·                     Any physical limitations you may have (i.e. back/knee problems)

***NOTE: Please carefully consider your availability on this date before responding***

Further details will be provided to those interested.

The Department of Physical Therapy at UBC is in need of patient model volunteers for an upcoming practical exam:

Wednesday, October 16, 2013 from approximately 11:00am to 6:00pm.

This is a great way to find out more about physiotherapy!  Snacks and refreshments will be provided on the day, and volunteers will also receive a Chapters gift card as a small token of our appreciation.

Please review the attached volunteer requirements and contact me by reply email at cailen.ogley@ubc.ca by no later than October 6, 2013 if you are interested in this opportunity.

Please include:

·                     Confirmation that you are available from 11:00am to 6:00pm on Wednesday, October 16, 2013.

·                     Any physical limitations you may have (i.e. back/knee problems)

***NOTE: Please carefully consider your availability on this date before responding***

Further details will be provided to those interested.  If you know of anyone else (in any faculty) who would be willing to participate, please pass this message along to them.

The Office of Graduate Programs and Research (OGPR) currently has two graduate student (either Masters or PhD) volunteer positions on two of its committees as described below:

We are looking for a graduate student volunteer for the Graduate Curriculum Advisory Committee (GCAC).  The GCAC serves as an advisory committee to departments and the Dean on graduate policy within the Faculty and administers all graduate program and curriculum changes within the Faculty.

We are also looking for a graduate student volunteer for the Dean’s Advisory Committee on Research (DACR).  We discuss issues related to research (e.g., representing FOE research to the University community, policies related to research, etc.).

Membership on these committees includes one faculty representative from each Department (EDCP; ECPS; EDST and LLED), the Centre from Cross-Faculty Inquiry (CCFI), and the School of Kinesiology (KIN) as well as two graduate students.  Monthly meetings are chaired by the OGPR Associate Dean, Dr. Beth Haverkamp.  The GCAC meets every fourth Tuesday of the month from 9:30-12:00pm (approximate) in Scarfe 309C.  The meeting schedule for the GCAC is: September 24, October 22, November 26, 2013 there are no scheduled meetings in December, January 28, February 25, March 25, April 22, May 27 and June 24, 2014.  The DACR meets every second Tuesday of the month from 9:30-11:30am in Scarfe 309C.  The meeting schedule for the DACR is: October 8, November 12, December 10, 2013, January 14, February 11, March 11, April 8, May 13 and June 10.  Both committees do not meet during the months of June or July.

Becoming a member of either committee would provide a graduate student with the opportunity to provide a voice for the student perspective on a wide-range of issues and topics relevant to the Faculty of Education as well as the wider University community.  If you would like to volunteer for either of these committees, please send me an email, along with a brief outline of why are interested in the committee and what qualities you would bring to the committee.  Email to: christine.wallsworth@ubc.ca.