Events Calendar All events take place at the New Westminster Campus unless otherwise noted. Noon at New West January 13 Douglas College Music Faculty with original music composed by Doug Smith 12:30-1:30pm, Performing Arts Theatre Arts 2000 January 13 Artwork of College artists, featuring music by the Music Department Opening reception 1:30- 6:30pm Noon at New West January 20 UBC Opera in Concert 12:30pm Performing Arts Theatre Literature Alive Novelist Andre Alexis January 24 7pm, Room 1809 Noon at New West January 27 Shirley Diamond (saxophone), Sandra Friesen (piano) 12:30pm, Performing Arts Theatre Student posters probe biological issues Biology students Kevin Ng (left) and Darren Horvath (right) show off their research project posters at the Biology Poster Exhibition, held December 6, 1999 in the concourse at the New Westminster Campus. Ng's poster described gene therapy for Alzheimer's disease, while Horvath's poster examined the pros and cons of transgenetic (gentically modified) corn. Other research topics presented by the environmental science, ecology and cell biology students included the creation of garden oases around the College and the impact of humans on the environment. Briefly Personnel hours The Personnel Office at the David Lam Campus will be open Thursdays, January to April 2000. A thank you from Gloria “T would like to extend sincere thanks to the College Board and to Susan Witter for the lovely evening on Friday, October 29th Douglas College history instructor Jacqueline Gresko honouring current and past Douglas College retirees. Thanks to all, as well, who worked so hard organizing this event. The dinner was delicious and the music by the Douglas College Jazz Band was excellent! It was a great opportunity to again see my College friends. A special thanks to Kathleen Wallden who represented the Program completion guarantees jobs for adults with disabilities Adults with disabilities who lack employment Opportunities can now benefit from a 24-week program of classroom training, job shadowing and on-the-job training. The Retail Service Skills Training Program for Persons with Disabilities, offered by Douglas College and POLARIS Employment Services, leads to guaranteed employment at Wal-Mart for program graduates. “Wal-Mart has guaranteed us that they will employ successful graduates of the program,” says Douglas College Adult Special Education Coordinator Ceremony features surprise reunion (left) received her PhD on November 27, 1999 from the University of British Columbia. While she was there she met up with an old friend, Marcia Timmins. “Marcia received her MEd at the ceremony," she says. “She was a student of mine at Douglas College in the 1980s, and now works with my husband at McNair Secondary School in Richmond.” BCGEU and for her kind words.” Gloria Kummerfield Joanne's a winner! Joanne Webb of Learning Resources is November's 60/40 winner. Joanne takes home $820.80 while student aid increases by $547.20. Congratulations Joanne! Bob Logelin. “This is a rare commitment for this population of students.” Working with POLARIS Employment Services and Wal-Mart, the College will develop and deliver the 12-week classroom portion of the program, which includes computer literacy, customer service skills and career planning. Once the students complete the classroom portion they move on-site to Wal-Mart stores for a 12-week comprehensive in-store training program. “The response so far has been overwhelming,” says Logelin. “We ran the advertisement on a Sunday and by Tuesday we'd had over 600 phone calls. We had to stop accepting applicants.” Fifteen participants will be selected after being screened for their desire to work and their suitability for employment in the retail customer field. “This is a big lesson for us,” says Logelin. “There is obviously a great need for employment for people with disabilities. We need to explore ways to try to address that. Future plans could include partnering with another business, using this program asa model.” Gunderson poster takes prize Douglas College Psychiatric nursing instructor Jean Gunderson, along with Silvia Currie and Miton Campos of SFU, was the Fourth Prize Winner in the Demonstration and Poster Showcase at the TeleLearning 99 Conference held in November in Montreal. The poster, “Advancing On-line Education Practice through Researcher/Teacher/ Student Collaboration,” was selected for its pragmatic design and wide applicability for on-line instructors. T: see the poster, contac Gunderson at local 5025. Peacock develops strategies for problem-baser learning Biology instructor Adrienne Peacock completed her educational leave last year after studying the use of problem-based learning (PBL) and it’s applicability in teaching biology. She attended conferences and workshops, searched PBL literature and met with professionals in Therapeutic Recreation and Nursing to develop several case studies. Bringing holiday cheer Christmas was a little brighter in 99 for needy College students as many departments played the role of Santa. “Twenty- eight needy students and their families were helped by 20 College departments this year,” says Financial Aid Advisor Marie Anweiler. “We definitely “T then team taught Biology 103 (Anatomy and Physiology for Nursing students), Biochemistry and Environmental Genetics to assess student- teacher responses to PBL,” she says. “After the classroom experiments, I presented workshops to the Therapeutic Recreation faculty and to the Faculty of Science and Technology to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using have more students in need, however. No matter how many departments we have willing to fill hampers, we always have needy students.” Staff Moves In Finance/Accounting Dean Jansen is back into his position of Enrolment/ Foundation/Accounting PBL and to develop skills in tutoring in PBL.” Peacock then designed a PBL course for teaching anatomy and physiology to Therapeutic Recreation students. She has since received an Locally Initiated Curriculum grant to do a pilot study on the implementation of PBL in teaching biology to Therapeutic Recreation students. Assistant, while in Centre 2000 Yvonne Rhodes is the new regular part-time Contract Services/ Accounting Assistant. In Commerce and Business, Barbara Bowles replaces Mary Lou Morris in the position of Program Assistant II. INside Douglas College is published by the Communications & Marketing Office the first Tuesday of each month. Submissions and story ideas are welcome; deadline is 10 working days before publication. 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