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NEWSLETTER FOR AND

ABOUT THE FACULTY OF

PROFESSIONAL STUDIES PScene

Dean’s Message

W elcome to the sixth edition of PScene.

The theme for this issue is

internationalization which is an area of

priority in the Faculty of Professional Studies. As

scholars have noted, it is important to integrate an

international dimension into the teaching,

scholarship and service functions of universities if we

are to provide our students with the social and inter-

cultural skills and attitudes to live and work in an

interconnected world. Internationalization goes

beyond counting the number of foreign students

studying in our programs. It is about how we as a

Faculty engage in the critical discourse of trends and

issues affecting our entire world and how our

programming and initiatives recognize the global

landscape on which education is premised. In the

Faculty of Professional Studies, we have been

involved in creating international institutional

partnerships, providing more international content in

course offerings, encouraging student and faculty

exchanges and hosting events to celebrate and

showcase international initiatives. We continue to

welcome international students and scholars and to

use them to help bring an international perspective

to our teaching and learning. Internationalization

within our Faculty and our University should not be a

series of incidental activities but should be a lived

experience that becomes entrenched in the culture

of our campus through our programming, polices,

and practices.

The creative and energized group that has come together to form the PScene Newsletter Committee decided to introduce the concept of "themed" issues. We explored a number of ideas about which themes could be highlighted and realized there are some important operational plans unfolding at UFV which could be explored through our Professional Studies Faculty lens. This edition of PScene is dedicated to Internationalization and has a number of articles that share our collective work in this area. I encourage you to think about the work you do as it relates to upcoming themes of Institutional Learning Outcomes, Indigenizing the Academy, Online Campus and Strategic Research Plans. We look forward to hearing from you and featuring projects and moments you are proud of. Appreciatively, Christine Slavik

this issue

Dean’s Message

Introduction to theme

TEP: Workshop Wednesdays

Exploring Internationalization

Tribute

Faculty of Professional Studies

Celebrating Internationalization

New Faculty

ABT: Practically Practicum

School of Business: Graduate Seminar

Upcoming/Current Events

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Internationalization

May 17, 2013: Professional Studies

Faculty Council Meeting May 20, 2013: Victoria Day June 13, 2013: Professional Studies

Convocation, Abbotsford Entertainment Centre

June 14, 2013: Professional Studies Faculty Council Meeting

June 17, 2013: Professional Studies

Faculty Council Retreat June 2013—August 2013: Faculty

Summer Vacation

School of Social Work and Human Services Participating in Anti-Bully Day, February 27, 2013

33844 King Road Abbotsford, British Columbia

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Recent Events

February 27, 2013: Anti-Bully Day February 27, 2013: President Lecture Series: Sheldon Kennedy, Empowering the

Bystander

Sheldon Kennedy

NEWSLETTER COMMITTEE

MEMBERS

Christine Slavik,

Chair

Colleen Bell

Elizabeth Dow

Maple

Melder-Crozier

Seonaigh

MacPherson

Next PScene Theme: Institutional

schools and departments

Adult Education

Applied Business

Technology

School of Business

Early Childhood

Education/Child &

Youth Care

Library & Information

Technology

School of Social Work

and Human Services

Teacher Education

Program

Contacts

Dean Dr. Rosetta Khalideen [email protected]

Newsletter Committee Chair Christine Slavik [email protected]

Newsletter Designer Nicole Fast [email protected]

Dr. Rosetta Khalideen

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CHANDIGARH CAMPUS

Did you know....?

UFV has been operating a

campus at SD College,

Chandigarh, India since

2006 (7 years)

Over 200 students have

been enrolled at the UFV

Chandigarh campus (UFV

Chandigarh offers BBA

degree plus Microsoft

Certification (coming

2013))

100% student visa

acceptance rate for UFV

Chandigarh students

transferring to Canada

(normal visa acceptance

rate 60%)

63 students have

transferred from UFV

Chandigarh to UFV Canada

34 BBA graduates to date

from the program (95% of

eligible student who

transferred to Canada have

graduated on schedule)

UFV Chandigarh student

chosen as Student Speaker

at 2010 Convocation

Classes follow Canadian

course curriculum but

courses are taught by a

combination of Indian and

Canadian faculty members

10 different UFV Canadian

Faculty have taught in

Chandigarh (with 5 having

repeat visits) representing

5 different departments

Workshop Wednesdays: Student Teachers Share

Best Practices

S tudent Teachers in the Teacher Education Program have embraced the concept of a

learning community and have initiated a communal professional development

opportunity, titled “Workshop Wednesdays”. This is an event over a lunch hour period,

where one individual voluntarily leads a seminar on a particular topic, related to classroom

teaching. Other student teachers engage and learn during this interactive workshop.

Topics have included reading music, making special crafts, leading improv games, operating a Cricut,

medieval dancing, playing palm pipes, making cedar bracelets, and using Smart Boards.

The photo shows one of the student teachers, Tianay

deAndrade (centre) who invited her mother Selina to show

the student teachers the art of making bracelets out of

cedar strips. Here they are showing off beautiful baskets,

also made of cedar strips.

U FV’s School of Business, Faculty of Professional Studies, along with UFV’s International Education Office offered a one-week graduate seminar, Leadership in the Context of Globalization: Vancouver, Canada’s Asia-Pacific Gateway in conjunction with its long-

standing Swiss partner the School of Business of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Lucerne. The week-long graduate seminar is planned to be offered on an annual basis. This seminar was held in Vancouver and Richmond's City Hall; with the finale at UFV’s Abbotsford campus where Dr. Mark Evered and Maureen Evered hosted the group in its farewell dinner.

Business Graduate Seminar

In addition to faculty members from UFV’s School of Business and Economics (Dr. Mike Ivanof, Dr. Don Miskiman, Dr. Ding Lu), other resource people included representatives from the Canada-Japan Society of British Columbia, the Canada-India Business Council, Port Metro-Vancouver, the City of Richmond and Garaventa Lifts -- a Swiss elevator company operating in Surrey. The seminar hosted 16 of Lucerne’s graduate students as well as three UFV senior level Business students. Human Resource Management Students Courtney Barber, Jordann Hazelwood and Michelle Lenglet have received Ch’nook Scholar awards. The Ch’nook recognizes Aboriginal business students across BC who demonstrate personal and professional achievements and have made a contribution to the university and community. The scholarships are provided by the Ch’nook Indigenous Business Network, which the UFV School of Business is a member, and provides Aboriginal business and management students access to a variety of opportunities and resources to enhance their business education. Business and Community Connections BCC was the theme of a senior Human Resource Management class as students planned and implemented eight different community events that would raise funds for charity groups or generate awareness and information for non-profit groups. They displayed the results of the projects in a poster session which was visited by faculty, staff and students.

Barbara Salingré

Don Miskiman

INTERNATIONALIZING THE UNIVERSITY

CURRICULUM

In 2009, the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) prepared a report on Internationalization of the Curriculum, identifying the following five criteria to describe the internationalization of curriculum in higher education:

Developing successful partnerships to support international learning

Integrating foreign language learning into course and programs

Supporting and sustaining faculty members’ efforts to internationalize the curriculum

Harnessing the experience of students to facilitate international and intercultural learning on campus

Demonstrating the value of an internationalized curriculum in the context of assessing and measuring student learning outcomes

The report concluded, “While internationalization is recognized in Canadian universities, challenges remain with respect to internationalization of the curriculum” (p. 22). While acknowledging a role for the inclusion of international students in fostering global awareness on campuses, the report does not address how to support international students as part of this agenda. Therefore, I would add to the list of what it means to internationalize our curriculum the following explicit criterion:

Provide effective language, culture, and integration supports to international students to enable their full participation in the curriculum and campus life.

To view this AUCC report, follow the link on page 4 of this newsletter.

Seonaigh MacPherson

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ABT GRADUATES

VALUE THE

PRACTICUM PROCESS

Comments from recent

graduates include:

“The benefit I received from

this work experience [was]

learning how all staff in a

busy office work together to

complete important tasks,

[and that] confidentiality is

important when handling

sensitive and/or personal

information.”

“This work experience gave

me confidence that I did not

have before. I now believe

that I am capable [of

working in] any office

setting.”

WHAT IS CULTURE? “Culture hides much more than it reveals, enough what it hides, and strangely enough what it hides, it hides it hides most effectively from its own participants. Years of study have convinced me that the real job is not to understand foreign cultures, but to understand our own” E.T. Hall (1959; 1973)

MINDFULNESS

Mindfulness is a state that is characterized by openness, sensitivity to context and engagement with the present moment. It is paying attention and noticing. When we add mindfulness to our knowledge and skills related to Internationalization we move towards Cultural Intelligence. Christine Slavik (2013)

Program Highlights

Full-time, six-month, cohort-based applied program

Integration of teamwork, problem-solving, and analytical skills

Word: mail merge, customized reports, electronic fill-in forms

Excel: pivot tables, macros, advanced formulas and functions

Access: database design and management; queries, forms and reports

Practically Practicum Christine Nehring

W hy do these 44 Applied Business Technology (ABT) students look so excited? They have just received their practicum placements and now know where they will be putting their hard-earned ABT skills to work.

Twice a year (February and June), ABT students complete their certificate requirements with a three-week practicum. Numerous organizations throughout the Fraser Valley (ranging from public-practice accounting to local school districts to Corrections Canada to UFV) eagerly await practicum time. The advanced technical skills and high standards set by the ABT program ensure that graduates are in de-mand for practicum and beyond. As a practicum host recently stated, “Our managers view [the ABT practicum] as very successful and worthwhile. We will certainly continue to support the ABT practicum program.” A private-sector host commented, “Our experience with your students has been very positive, and we look forward to the continued partnership.” The ABT practicum is an invaluable opportunity, allowing students to integrate their newly-acquired technical skills with critical-thinking, problem-solving, and teamwork skills. So if you see an ABT practicum student in your department in February, please welcome her/him as part of the greater UFV community!

I n the past, the ECE/CYC department has responded to requests to participate in international student exchanges (CAN/EU project), supported individual requests for students to complete practica internationally, and have welcomed international students within our certificate, di-

ploma and degree programs. In the context of rapid and increasing globalization in higher educa-tion, the department would like to develop a proactive and strategic approach to internationaliza-tion to expand the potential for teaching, scholarship and service in this area. The department decided to apply for Internationalization Project funds to begin expanding our un-derstanding in this area. It is hoped that long -term sustainable outcomes will be identified that benefit our students, community service partners and potentially new international partnerships. As successful applicants the department met in a one day workshop at the end of the last academic year to complete:

An individualized assessment of intercultural competence for each faculty member

A collective IDI (Intercultural Development Inventory) completed for the department *The IDI is a valid, reliable cross-cultural tool for assessing intercultural competence at the indi-vidual, group and organizational level.

A strategic plan for internationalization of the ECE/CYC department and programs

Specific project(s) related to internationalization initiated in the 2012/13 academic year UFV’s goals for internationalization include increasing the international expertise of faculty and staff. This project accomplished this goal directly by working with the faculty members first to ex-pand our knowledge of intercultural competence and global issues. It serves as the platform through which we will be able to address UFV’s other internationalization goals of enriching the educational experience of the student body, bringing innovation into educational programs, devel-oping graduates with skills in intercultural competency and global intelligence, and fostering cultur-al exchange and understanding. Understanding our own cultural orientation is critical to understanding what we bring to the inter-action. Developing awareness that we perceive (and too often judge) others from our own cultural perspective. Understanding intercultural competence as an ongoing development that takes time, patience and a great deal of curiosity. As part of our work together the department responded to 4 specific questions that explored curric-ular outcomes, learning outcomes, pedagogical approaches and learning resources: 1. What additions or enhancements can you imagine for our curriculum to provide substantive

intercultural and global learning? 2. What intercultural or global learning outcomes do you think need to be included in the courses

you/we teach? 3. What innovative teaching and delivery models can you imagine supporting the

interculturalization of our program? 4. What people, technologies, and existing resources can we use to enhance students’ intercultural development? This project will ultimately develop the international knowledge, skills, abilities and attitudes of stu-dents in our programs as we embark on making changes to our practice and curriculum based on the evaluation mentioned above and departmental development.

Exploring Internationalization in ECE/CYC

Christine Slavik

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INTERNATIONALIZATION AUCC

"An internationalized

curriculum… provides a

means for Canadian

students to develop

global perspectives and

skills at home and it also

makes the teaching/

learning process more

relevant for international

students on

campus." (AUCC, 2009,

p.5)

"Internationalization is

increasingly part of the

mainstream of

universities’ organization

and overall strategies and

that Canadian universities

are increasingly backing

their interest in

internationalization with

concrete measures and

investments." (AUCC,

2009, p.7)

NEW FACULTY IN PROFESSIONAL

STUDIES Amir Hajbaba,

School of Business August 2012

Christine Nehring, Applied Business Technology September 2012

Kenneth Gariepy, Library and Information Technology

August 2012

Seonaigh MacPherson, Adult Education

December 2012

Resources on Internationalization Colleen Bell

Kenneth Gariepy Seonaigh MacPherson

B efore coming to the LIBIT

Dept. at UFV, Kenneth D.

Gariepy taught online

undergraduate students at Athabasca

University and graduate students at

the University of Alberta, where he is

also a PhD candidate in the Dept. of

Ed. Policy Studies. His primary research

interests are postsecondary education

policy and academic freedom, and he

is past chair of the Canadian Library

Association’s Advisory Committee on

Intellectual Freedom. A former public

librarian, Kenneth worked for the

Edmonton Public Library system for

over 20 years and was a long-time

volunteer in the inner city of

Edmonton, where he provided library

service to the GLBTQ community. He is

editor of, and contributor to, three

books: Canadian Education,

Educational Accountability, and

Librarianship and Human Rights. When

he has free time, Kenneth is a fan of

jazz, classic film, surrealist art, and

ornithology.

A s a new faculty member in Adult Education, Seonaigh comes with extensive

international education experience in Canada and in India, where she developed programs for Tibetan refugees and Punjabi students. On receiving her Ph.D. from UBC in 2000, she held a Killam post-doc at the University of Alberta and later served as Associate Professor in Education at the University of Manitoba. Returning to the coast for family reasons, she assumed a post in 2008 as an Adjunct Faculty with the Institute of Asian Research at UBC and later as Coordinator of ELSA Net. Recently, she spearheaded ESL curriculum design projects in BC for newcomers for use in community (i.e., ELSA) and post-secondary programs. Seonaigh has published widely on the impact of globalization on education and sustainability, including a 2011 book with Routledge on Education and Sustainability, based on SSHRC-funded research on the Tibetan diaspora in Canada, the USA, and India.

Internationalization of the curriculum: A practical guide to support Canadian universities’ efforts. (2009). Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada. Retrieved from http://www.aucc.ca/_pdf/english/publications/curriculum-primer_e.pdf This guide explores the policies, practices and challenges of internationalization as they relate to five themes: developing partnerships; foreign language learning; supporting and sustaining faculty; harnessing student experiences; and demonstrating the value. It offers concrete strategies to enable institutions to move forward in their internationalization efforts.

Jones, G. A., Shubert, A., & Trilokekar, R. D. (2009). Canada's universities go global.

Toronto: J. Lorimer & Co. [Mission: LA 417.5 C364 2009] Leading scholars from Canada and abroad look at internationalization from the Canadian perspective, both in terms of the Canadian experience abroad and in the context of Canadian higher education policy. The contributors discuss issues such as teaching and learning, ethics of internationalization, and conflicting agendas.

Williams, S. (2008). Internationalization of the curriculum: A remedy for international

students' academic adjustment difficulties? Retrieved from http://web.uvic.ca/~sherriw/ Originally developed as part of the requirements for a Master of Education degree,

this web site outlines several approaches to internationalizing the curriculum,

discusses challenges, and offers practical suggestions. It also provides an extensive

(albeit slightly outdated) list of resources.

International Activities in the School of Social Work and Human Services Elizabeth Dow

S tudents are encouraged to engage in international opportunities. For example, two MSW students completed their placements through partnerships with the University of East London in the UK, while another practiced in India in a home for girls call

Unique Home, located in Mumbi, during part of her placement. International students from Australia and Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences in Linz have also taken courses in our BSW program. Faculty have presented at several international conferences and engaged in developmental activities. Lucki Kang received an international grant to develop more partnerships in India while Robert Harding received another for New Zealand. The late Abebe Teklu was active in scholarship in Northern Ethiopia with colleague David Turner from UVic. Elizabeth Dow linked again at the CAG Conference with the International Network on the Prevention of Elder Abuse, a network that she was involved with at its foundational stages. This is not an inclusive summary of all international activities of the School.

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WELCOME TO THE FACULTY OF PROFESSIONAL

STUDIES FROM THE DEAN,

ROSETTA KHALIDEEN

I am pleased to

welcome our new

colleagues to the

Faculty of Professional

Studies. We are a

community of talented

educators and scholars

working within a

number of programs

ranging from Applied

Business Technology to

Teacher Education. We

serve a diverse student

population who enrich

our teaching and

learning environment. I

am excited that you

have joined us in our

academic pursuits and

extend my best wishes

as you embark on this

new journey.

Rosetta Khalideen

QUOTES FROM ABEBE TEKLU

“He who loses wealth,

loses much. He who

loses a friend, loses

more. But he who loses

his courage, loses

everything.”

“So what exactly is

courage? Courage is

nothing more than a

positive attitude,

combined with action

and supported by faith.”

Abebe Teklu

New Faculty Amir Hajbaba Christine Nehring

Abebe Abay Teklu

Elizabeth Dow

D r. Amir Hajbaba, Faculty, joined School of Business in August 2012. He

completed his undergraduate degree in Banking Management from the University of Economic Affairs in Iran. After working in a stock brokerage firm, he went to Ireland to pursue his post-graduate studies. Amir earned his Master of Business Studies and PhD degrees in National University of Ireland, Cork (aka UCC). The focus of Amir’s PhD dissertation was on explanations of acquirer’s under-performance. Amir has currently published two research papers in this area. Amir moved to Vancouver upon completion of his PhD. He has taught various courses in the area of finance as an adjunct professor in UCC, New York Institute of Technology – Vancouver and Fairleigh Dickinson University – Vancouver, before joining UFV. Amir’s main research interest is behavioural finance. Accordingly, he is also interested in cognitive psychology. In his spare time Amir can usually be found on the tennis courts of Vancouver (weather permitting of course).

C hristine is the newest faculty

member in the Applied

Business Technology

department. Christine comes to UFV

from a varied background; she started

her career as a professional classical

musician, performing as an oboist. In

the mid 1990s, she earned an MBA

with an entrepreneurship focus from

the University of Calgary. She

subsequently worked as a

management consultant, a writer/

editor for an educational publisher,

and an instructor in a private college.

In 2010, she started teaching in the

ABT program as a sessional instructor.

Christine also teaches technology

workshops to UFV employees and the

occasional course in Continuing

Studies. She loves teaching in ABT and

values the close relationships formed

with students during their intense six-

month program. “It provides me with a

great deal of satisfaction to hear from

graduates that the level of expertise

acquired and high standards set in ABT

are highly valued by employers and

make our graduates exceptionally

marketable.”

D r. Abebe Teklu joined the School of Social Work and Human Services with the Faculty of Professional Studies on

August 1, 2011. Many of us felt the impact of his presence as he touched our lives in various ways. Abebe was a model of self-determination, a value held highly in social work. He had completed his doctoral studies in less than 3 years; he was fluent in seven languages; he was a poet, a musician, and a philosopher. Abebe had overcome huge obstacles in his life. He was blinded at nine years of age due to

smallpox. He was tortured and imprisoned for over a year. He fled his home in Ethiopia in 1985, leaving a teaching position, and walked about 2100 km to Sudan to escape the brutality of the military junta, the Dergue. Abebe immigrated in 1988 to Vancouver and completed his MSW and PhD at the University of Victoria. He taught there prior to coming to the University of the Fraser Valley. Abebe was an inspiration to many of his students who often shared their experiences of their own transformational learning. He was a wonderful colleague who engaged in activities throughout the Faculty and the University, teaching about disability, anti-oppressive practice, and social justice. He was a loving husband and father. Peace, harmony, and respect for human rights is a legacy that Abebe Abay Teklu lived and died by. He was a man filled with Grace. He “walked his talk”. I, like many others, am thankful to have shared a journey with him.

January 14, 1958—January 9, 2013

A Scholarship Fund is in the process of being established in memory of

Dr. Abebe Abay Teklu and donations will be gratefully accepted

through UFV’s Development Office.

The School of Social Work and Human Services and the Library are building a

small collection of resources on disability, anti-oppressive practice, and social

justice in Abebe's memory.

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Faculty of Professional Studies Celebrating

Internationalization

Maple Melder-Crozier

I nternational Education Week at UFV in 2012 was an opportunity for the

Faculty of Professional Studies to showcase it’s diversity! This was accomplished through an entertaining educational event held on Nov 14th on the Abbotsford campus. The School of Business, Department of Early Childhood Education/Child and Youth Care, and the Dean’s office of Professional Studies worked together with the International Education Department and MarCom to plan and produce a 2-hour show featuring UFV students and faculty. These people all had travelled to other countries as part of their UFV educational experience, or were from other countries and receiving an education here at UFV. Twenty-eight people, representing China, India, Antigua, Brazil, Ghana, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Dominican Republic, Vietnam, Iran, France, and Belize participated in this exciting event. Dr. Rosetta Khalideen welcomed everyone to open the celebration describing the value of the event. Elder Theresa Neel then acknowledged the Stolo territory with a prayer and drumming; and next, UFV Chancellor Dr. Brian Minter brought greetings to those gathered at the Abbotsford gym. Jan Lashbrook Green acted as emcee for the event, bringing much joy as she introduced the speakers and performers. A faculty from Nursing spoke of her experience in Belize, and a Kinesiology professor and student shared their work in Antigua. A Child and Youth Care student who had done an International practicum in a Geography department site in Tanzania told stories of her practice there, enhanced by comments of the Geography instructor. Other

student speakers commented on their introduction to Canada and the difference of education here. Other highlights were the dancers, singers, and musicians who entertained the spectators by sharing their cultural traditions with the audience. A feast of finger foods from around the world, and a large cake dessert to signify Canada’s hospitality followed this lively show. There were flags and cultural artifacts from various countries decorating the room that accentuated the

vibrancy of the diverse landscape of UFV.

The finale of the show was bright with colour and en-ergy as performers created a fashion show wearing the costume from their country of origin.