LFS Today Aug 17, 2022

News

Summer Final Grade Submission Deadline Reminder

Reminder to all instructors to be mindful of grade submission deadlines for Summer Session courses; as per the FSC User Guide, page 16, grades are due 7 business days after the exam date, unless the exam occurs within last 2 days of the exam period – then, the grades are due within 5 calendar days. Adherence to these deadlines is critical for students to meet pre-requisites for Winter Session courses, award adjudications, etc. Also, if you are supervising students with any outstanding single-term or full-summer Directed Studies, Undergrad Thesis, practicum, etc. please be sure to have those grades submitted to lfs.advising@ubc.ca by August 31, 2022.

‘Change of Grade’ forms for when grades need to be changed can be generated via the FSC and sent as an attachment to lfs.advising@ubc.ca.

If you are emailing Student Services directly with a request to update or post a grade, please include all of the following details:

Student name
Student number
Course name & number
Session when the course was completed
Previous grade (if applicable)
New grade

Thank you for your cooperation. Please do not hesitate to contact Student Services (lfs.advising@ubc.ca) with any questions.

Join the 22^nd year of the LFS Mentorship Program: We invite all faculty and staff to become a mentor!

The LFS Mentorship Program provides students with a sense of community and connection through the opportunity to discuss career experiences with their mentorship group.

Your involvement enables students to share their stories, and help them practice networking and other industry related skills, in a safe space to reflect and grow.

For more information on this year’s Program, your time commitment, please check out these links:

Apply to be a mentor by Sunday, Aug. 21 @ 11:59pm here.

Thank you!

The LFS Mentorship Program team – Rob Kim, Thilini Leitan and Niki Glenning

PS. Please email Niki Glenning (LFS Alumni Relations Manager) if you know an LFS Alumni who would make a great mentor.

Events

Sept. 23 – Homegrown Innovation Challenge: webinar and virtual networking event

The team at the Weston Family Foundation will host a bilingual webinar and virtual networking session for anyone interested in the Homegrown Innovation Challenge. The event is designed for current grantees, as well as prospective applicants and others with an interest in applying to the next part of our Challenge, the Shepherd Phase (deadline: December 20, 2022.) Following a brief overview of the objective of the Shepherd Phase, as well as related policy, eligibility and selection criteria, participants will be divided into small groups according to subject matter and/or expertise whereby they will have an opportunity to interact directly with one another with a view to exchanging ideas and building innovation teams.

Friday, September 23

1:00 – 4:00 PM EDT

For more information on the Homegrown Innovation Challenge, please visit homegrownchallenge.ca.

Deadlines

Sept. 15 & Nov. 15 – UBC Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies: Catalyst Collaboration Fund

As part of the Institute’s focus on inter- and trans-disciplinary coordinated efforts to address the climate and nature emergency, we invite faculty at UBCV and UBCO and their associates to submit applications for the PWIAS Catalyst Collaboration Fund.

The available funds ($180,000) will support 2 project streams for up to $10,000 per project in 2 funding cycles.

Catalyst Collaboration Fund Stream 1 – Seed or match funding for research projects related to climate and nature emergency.

Catalyst Collaboration Fund Stream 2 – Events focused on scholarly, artistic and research collaborations (e.g. academic roundtables and community engagement events) and knowledge translation and mobilization (e.g. videos, resources, open-access courses, larger public-facing events) related to the climate & nature emergency.

Deadline Cycle 1: Sep. 15, 2022

Deadline Cycle 2: Nov. 15, 2022

For more information, please visit https://pwias.ubc.ca/programs/catalyst-collaboration-fund/