Douglas
College

 

Message from Lloyd Morin 2

AES: Study locally, think globally 3
Wild goose chase for Mary Burns 4
NurseLRC: Online and ontop 7

SIDE

EASL helps Samsung

leap into 21st century

You may not have noticed them as they
passed in the hall, but this summer
Douglas College hosted some of the key
minds behind how we will work, play,
learn and communicate in the next
century.

Over the summer, the College provided
English as a Second Language (EASL)
immersion for a select team of young
designers from the Innovative Design Lab
of Samsung (IDS). This new division of
Korea’s giant conglomerate has gathered
top talent from fields as diverse as
electronics, heavy industry, marketing,
chemical engineering and finance.
“Samsung believes the 21st century will be

the age of design,” says documentary
producer and new IDS employee Daniel
Cho. “We want to be ready for it.”

To get ready, the IDS designers will
spend the next year training—in
English—to keep Samsung on the cutting
edge of product design, multimedia
development and transportation methods.
To help the group get started, Samsung
was looking for instructional expertise in
EASL as well as program flexibility. At
Douglas College, the company found
both.

“Hosting a high-profile group like this
was a first for us, but it turned out to be a
real joy. These are well-traveled,

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Korean designers gather around EASL Instructor Janice Penner during recent immersion

classes developed for Samsung.

THE DOUGLAS COLLEGE NEWSLETTER & OCTOBER 1996

 

College names
Lloyd Morin as
interim President

On September 6, the Douglas College
Board announced the appointment of
Lloyd Morin as President for the term
September 9, 1996 to May 31, 1997.
Morin will hold the position while the
College Presidential Search Committee
looks for a new President to replace Susan
Hunter-Harvey, who resigned last June.

Dr. Morin is past President of
Camosun College in Victoria (1979-
1989). Since that time, he has been
Special Projects Officer and Consultant,
Post-Secondary Education and Training,
for the Ministry of Education, Skills and
Training.

He has also served as Interim
Administrator of the Council on
Admission and Transfer (1994) and as
Provincial Coordinator for Prior Learning
Assessment (1993-1995). Other
professional experience includes teaching
and administration, as well as a variety of
projects for the Ministry of Education,
Skills and Training, the Advanced
Education Council of BC, and the Private
Post-Secondary Commission.

He holds a Ph.D. (Educational
Administration; Higher Education) from
the University of Oregon, and M.Ed.
(Educational Administration) from the
University of Alberta and a B.A. from the
University of British Columbia. |