N a
y e September 2002

  

The Douglas College Newsletter ™ New Westminster Campus, David Lam Campus & Thomas Haney Campus

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Douglas College

    

Barbeque banter exposes tales of summer fun

 

Enjoying the annual welcome back BBQ are (left to right) James Tong
(Systems), Ashifa Manji (Registrar's Office), Homa Shirazi, Sue Alcock and
Niloufar Torabi (all of Systems).

It was another beautiful
summer day for the annual
Welcome Back Barbeque,
held August 29 on the
patio outside the main
cafeteria at the New
Westminster Campus.
Employees ate burgers and
dogs and chatted about
their summertime fun. In
the lineup for condiments,

Accounting chair Liz
Hicks, in attendance with
her grandchildren, engaged
in some playful banter
with Economic instructor
Peter Kantrowiz, who
assured Liz’s grandkids that
“accounting is really just
applied economics.”

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Systems & Computing —

technician Ryan
Cousineau rode in the
Twoonie Race at Buntzen
Lake, his first mountain
bike competition. “I did
terribly!” he recounts.
“However, I did manage to
beat the guys I brought
with me, plus a guy who
got lost. My problem is that
[have no technique and I’m

a coward!” Also from
Systems, Manager Sue
Alcock and family went
to Douglas Lake Ranch
south of Kamloops, where
they fished, canoed and
rode horses.

Music instructor Blair
Fisher “blissed out for
three weeks on Savery
Island, the northern-most

of the Gulf Islands,” while
~~. Karen McKitrick of

Financial Aid took a
slightly more vigorous
approach to her vacation
time, paddling the
Bowron Lake Circuit. “It’s
a complete wilderness
experience,” says Karen,
who did the trip with a
friend from Australia. “We
saw moose and eagles and
did it in seven days.” The
trip included portages
with 60 pounds of gear in
the canoe and 60-pound
backpacks on each

woman.

Libby Russell, Deaf

Specialist in the Centre for
Students with Disabilities,
had “the best summer! We

went toa family reunion in
Nova Scotia, stayed ina
distillery converted to a
hotel, and heard some great
fiddle music. I also learned
a Gaelic song about being
too hung over to drink,
and I'll teach it to anyone

hd

who wants to learn!” For
those aspiring College
crooners who want a
lesson, Libby can be

reached at 604-527-5141

Computer Information
Systems instructor Barb
Allen bravely hopped
behind the wheel of a
motor home containing her
two kids, ages nine and
ten, and drove across
Canada to Quebec City,
then down through Maine
and New York, continuing
back to BC through parts
of Canada and the US. “I
only had to kick them out
of the motor home once”
she says of her children,
“and that was when it
wasn't running.”

Barb's colleague John
Blackwell drove from Fort
Lauderdale to Chicago,

through the “beautiful hills
of Kentucky and
Tennessee,” but for him the
highlight of the summer
was the first-ever Douglas
College golf tournament,
organized by Lou Rene
Legge of the Centre for
Sport, Recreation and
Wellness. “We just had a
blast!” he says. “It was really
well organized, and the
Country Meadows golf
course is wonderful.” Of
course, it didn’t hurt that
John was one of the
tournament's winning
threesome, as well as winner

of the putting competition.

And finally, Theatre
instructor Cheryl
Matheson travelled to
Europe where she cruised
around the Mediterranean,
watching her daughter
dance on board the ship.
“She’s on a world cruise
that started in Australia,
and she’s been on board for
seven months,” says Cheryl.
Nota bad gig for mom to
attend either!

 

Increased student need forces
change to lottery licence

The Douglas College Foundation has obtained a new 50/50 licence for the payroll lottery,

replacing the 60/40 licence. Why the change? Myrna Popove, Executive Director of the
Foundation, explains that the decision was made because of the increased need for

student aid.

“The elimination of the Training Assistance Benefit program, increased tuition fees and
reduced government subsidies for students on social assistance are part of the reason,” says
Popove. “In addition, the Foundation is experiencing lower than anticipated income from
its investments, which will impact how much money can be given to students.”

Funds earned from the payroll ticket raffle are an immediate source of assistance to
students. “We hope that everyone will understand the reasons for this change,” says
Popove. The Foundation receives an average of $1,300 from the payroll lottery each
month, with half going to student aid and the other half going to the winning employee

(under the new licence).

“The more people who play, the higher the monthly prize!” says Popove.

Forms are available in the Payroll office, room 4720, New Westminster Campus. Tickets

are $2 each or six for $10.

Rolling toward gold

Tim Frick, Douglas College coaching instructor and coach of the Canadian women’s
wheelchair basketball team, travelled to Japan the last week of August for the Gold Cup
world championships. The week opened with team Canada defeating Germany,

followed with more wins over Mexico, Australia and Japan. At printing time, the team
was preparing to defend their Gold Cup world championship title against the USA.

Wine fest tickets on sale now

Buy your tickets now for A Class Act wine fest, Thursday November 14, 7-9:30pm
at the Executive Plaza Hotel in Coquitlam. The fest features live and silent auctions,

music and a sampling of foods from around the world served by the students of

Douglas College’s Hotel and Restaurant Management Program. All proceeds from
the event go into bursaries supporting Athletics, Hotel and Restaurant Management
and Dispensing Optician students at the College, as well as the CKNW orphan’s

fund.

Tickets are $50 each, and all ticket holders are eligible for door prizes, which include

a computer. For tickets or more information, call Karen Esau in the Foundation at

604-777-6176.

 

Quote of the Month

“That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something

you ve understood all your life, but in a new way.”

Doris Lessing