INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / NOVEMBER 13, 1990

 

 

 

College, District Of Coquitlam Unveil
Plans For New Douglas College Campus

N 0, it wasn’t a Hal-
loween gag. But early
on Tuesday, October 30, key
members of Douglas Col-
lege staff and administra-
tion began to get dressed
up. Brad Barber, Publicist,
and Mark Crozet, Founda-
tion Director, donned 1860's
“footman” style clothing,
while the Deans put on
their academic gowns and
Board member Abie Klassen
dressed in top hat and tails.
It was all in the name of
a colourful ceremony that
took place at the Coquitlam
Public Library. The
ceremony marked the trans-
fer of land for the new cam-
pus from the District of
Coquitlam to Douglas Col-
lege. In return, the College
agreed to a purchase price

 

 

 

of $3 million via horse and carriage. Accom- Day, and none other than Sir
maven — panying him in the carriage were James Douglas, the first governor
A Techentloay Winiaties 8 8 Douglas College Board Chairper- of British Columbia and Douglas
= ee son Myrna Popove, President Bill College’s namesake (represented
trachan arrived at the ceremony by Abie Klassen). They

 

‘| were met by the Mayor of
__| Coquitlam, Lou Sekora,
members of the Coquitlam
Council and officials from
the Coquitlam School Board
and Douglas College.
Myrna Popove, Chair-
person of the Douglas Col-
lege Board, also announced
that Douglas College will es-
tablish a President’s commis-
sion to receive community
input from the residents of
Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam,
Port Moody, Belcarra, and
Ioco over the next six
months. “Community par-
ticipation is an effective way
to address the needs of the
community, and to establish

 

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