Education Council

highlights

To encourage wider awareness of
the Education Council and the issues
it deals with, INside will report
regularly on meeting highlights. Full
meeting minutes are posted monthly
outside the Library, and Council
Chair Roberta Bend can be reached
for more information at local 5384.

At its April 15 meeting, the
Education Council re-elected Roberta
Bend as Chair by acclamation for an
additional year—from September,
1996 to August, 1997. Student Society
elections also provided two student
representatives to serve on the Council
next year: Jaimie McEvoy (re-elected)
and Raminder Athwal.

Ted James and Joy Holmwood
were congratulated on their
appointments as Dean of Student
Development and Dean of Health
Sciences, respectively.

The Financial Services Studies
Citation Program was approved for
delivery by the Department of
Commerce and Business
Administration in fall, 1996.

A 14-point proposal for the
Applied Environmental Studies
program as an Advanced Certificate
program—to be offered at the Pinetree
Way campus—was received for
review and approval. Mia Gordon
reviewed the proposal development
process, and commended Val Schaefer
and Susan Smythe for their hard work
on this project.

Tim Shireman brought forward a
notice of motion regarding the
continuation of the Diploma in
General Studies. The Diploma was
recognized as an important option for
students and as an employer-
recognized credential. It was pointed
out, however, that the College must
differentiate between credit and non-
credit courses currently offered toward
the Diploma as well as determine
which courses could be considered for

university transfer. This notice of
motion will be considered in the May
Education Council meeting.

Bill Main reported that so far
responses to his request for feedback
on Residency Credit policy have been

received from Health Sciences,
CFCS, English, Humanities and
Music. He urged all other program
areas to respond so that a report can
be presented to Council in May.

 

 

Sharon in style

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For her birthday on April 13, Payroll Supervisor Sharon Conboy got
royal treatment. Someone sent a limo, took her for lunch at Restaurant
des Gitans and then took her for a drive around Queens Park. Someone
else created a brand new screen-saver on her computer: “Fifty’s not old

if you’re a tree.”