The Douglas College Newsletter

  

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New College Web site unveiled

Planning and hard work
has paid off. The new and
improved Douglas College
Web site is open for
business.

“We've had a lot of
compliments and good
suggestions that will help
us fine-tune the site, says
Laurie Robinson, Web
Design Coordinator in the
Communications &
Marketing Office (CMO).
“Tt will always be a work
in progress, but most of
the redesign is complete.
Last August I made some
immediate changes to the
existing site to make it
more user-friendly, and
then slowly worked up to
the big change that you
see now.” Robinson, who
has six years experience as
a graphic designer and
three as a Web designer,
joined the CMO last July.

The big Web site change

wasn't an easy one. “Along with many other projects,
I've spent the last nine months doing storyboards,
brainstorming and consulting with Distributed
Learning Services, researching and analyzing other
Canadian college and university Web sites, attending
workshops, reading and generally upgrading my own
skills,” says Robinson. “We've done a lot of background
work on the site.”

In addition to a redesign of the look of the Web site,
existing features of the Web site have been enhanced
and improved, and there are many additions as well.
“We're just about to get started on updating and
enhancing the on-line calendar,” says Robinson.

Curriculum guidelines

 

Laurie Robinson, Web Design Coordinator in the Communications and
Marketing Office, unveils the newly redesigned College Web site.

“Converting a 300-page document into a functional

Web site format is always challenging.”

Access to the Web site for people with disabilities is also
an issue. “There is more required to make the site more
user-friendly for people with disabilities,” says
Robinson. “This is high on our priority list.”

The Web site can be found at the same address,
www.douglas.bc.ca. Input from the College community
aids in the development of the Web site, so constructive
comments are always welcome. Please e-mail them to
webcmo@douglas.bc.ca.

now available

The Registrar's Office is pleased to announce that approved Curriculum Guidelines will now be available

for viewing and printing through a shared directory on the K: drive under the “Approved” file by course

category as of April 2000. You must have a Groupwise account in order to access this directory. Our goal is

to eventually post this directory to the Web to assist students, faculty and outside institutions in gaining

valuable and necessary information to further develop student success. As time permits, the faculty/

departmental assistants will transfer Guidelines that have already been processed to this directory in order

to present a more complete library.

 

 

IN

Douglas College

    

Laugh for literacy with

Stephen Leacock

Stephen Leacock, the great progenitor of
Canadian humour and comedy, is coming to New
Westminster to promote literacy, literature and
laughter. Touring Canada from Halifax to
Vancouver, Stephen Leacock’ Whirlwind
Campaign to Cheer Up Canada features Neil Ross
as Stephen Leacock and Aaron Duncan as
support actor/musician. Sponsored in part by
McClelland and Stewart and VIA Rail, “Professor
Leacock” will speak about Canada and perform
“How to Make a Million Dollars,” “How to Live
to Be 200” and a new bilingual version of “My
Financial Career” (“Panique a la Banque”) as a

fundraiser for literacy groups.

Stephen Leacock’s Whirlwind Campaign to Cheer
Up Canada shows Thursday May 11, 8pm at
Douglas College’s Performing Arts Theatre, 700

 

Royal Avenue, fourth floor north. Tickets are $15
and all proceeds go to I-CARE, Douglas College’s
community literacy program. This show has been
jointly organized by I-CARE and Language,
Literature and Performing Arts Continuing
Education. Advance tickets can be purchased at
the New
Westminster Campus or reserved by calling 527-
5409 or 527-5694.

Bookstore,

Douglas College

 

 

Fashion show entertains while

raising funds for students

An Historical Fashion Show and High Tea in Coquitlam
promises to inform and entertain all who attend while
raising funds for students at Douglas College. Presented
by Ivan Sayers, former Curator of History at the
Vancouver Museum, the show features live models
dressed in authentic period pieces from Sayer’s fashion
collection. The clothing reflects the historical times and
demonstrates women’s emancipation throughout the last

century. Guests will be served High Tea before the show.

Sponsored by the Canadian Federation of University
Women — Coquitlam (CFUW) in cooperation with
the Douglas College Foundation and the Coquitlam
Executive Plaza Hotel, the show is being held Sunday
May 7, 1:30-4:30pm, Executive Plaza Hotel, 405 North
Road in Coquitlam and costs $25 per person. All
proceeds from this event will be donated to the Douglas
College Foundation which will then set up a self
sustaining bursary, with funds matched by the
provincial government. Tickets are limited, so please call
Penny at 469-9309, Sharon at 941-4010 or Karen at
527-5876 to reserve your spot.

 

Quote of the Month

‘Tf the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail."

Abraham Maslow