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College budget approved by Board

After months of deliberation, the plan created by senior
management to deal with the College’s $3 million budget
deficit was approved by the Douglas College Board on
June 27, 2002.

The main changes include a 30 percent tuition fee hike,
effective September 2002; the closure of the College’s
Maple Ridge campus, expected in Summer 2003; the

transfer science programs for the 2003/04 academic year;
and the layoff of 13 regular employees. Many of the
employee layoffs will be offset by early retirements, vacant
cancellation of the Habitat Restoration Program at the positions left unfilled and voluntary severance.
“The development of this year’s budget has been a Coquitlam campus; a reduction of Continuing Education

To review the budget details (which were distributed in
difficult exercise for our College,” says President Susan

April), please go to www.douglas.bc.ca and choose Budget
Info 2002-03 from the menu on the left and then click
on Budget Bulletin.

courses and less employment for CE instructors;
Witter. “These are challenging times, but with our high- elimination of one Vice-President position (from four to
quality instruction and ability to adapt, Douglas College three); restructuring of the Office Administration program

will continue to provide an environment that fosters for the 2003/04 academic year; restructuring of university

excellence and innovation.”

Breakneck bikers’ bucks boost bursaries

  

DC Riders Linda Valecourt (driving), (left to right)
Rosa-Lea Millard, Naomi Tabata, Ryan Cousineau,
Fred Herrmann, Lani Hyde and Heather Scott (hidden
are Barrie Barrington, Allen Billy and Laurie Drukier)
zoomed to victory over six other teams at the Molson
Indy Bike Challenge July 23 and raised over $7100 for
student aid.

The DC Riders zoomed
into first place at the
Molson Indy Bike
Challenge July 23, and took
first place in the hearts of
students too. The ten riders
raised over $7,100 (with
matching funds) for 10
different endowment funds
at the College.

“This far exceeded my
expectations,” says team
organizer and Foundation
Administrative Officer
Heather Scott. “People were
so generous that all the
riders found it really easy to
raise money.”

Busy tour for Shanghai visitors

Twenty visitors from Shanghai, China, spent a busy two weeks in Canada, participating

in professional development activities arranged by the Faculty of Humanities and Social

Sciences at Douglas College. The group arrived in New Westminster on July 8, and spent

the next seven days learning about public administration and metropolitan management

in Canada. In addition to presentations by College faculty, adminstration members, and

guests from the Fraser Institute and the Centre for Policy Alternatives, the visitors met
with a judge who discussed the role of a trial judge and judicial independence, and then

observed a trial in session. They also visited local universities and government offices,
leaving for the east on a whirlwind tour of Toronto, Ottawa, Niagra Falls, Montreal and

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Quebec City from July 15-20.

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It wasn’t just human beings
who were generous —
Barry Barrington’s cat
Honky Cat donated $10.
And Ryan Cousineau of
Systems took a very creative
approach to getting
donations out ofa fellow
Systems employee, using
the “awesome power of air

hockey.”

“From my point of view,
this was a really valuable
event because it kept the
cause of student aid in front
of the eyes of the College,
but in a fun way,” says
Scott. “We also had ten
people fundraising, and
they managed to reach

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Nearing the end of a
1,350 kilometre voyage
down the Fraser River,
Biology Instructor

Travelling the Fraser

people — and cats — that
we haven't reached before.”

Each team member raised
funds for the endowment
of their choice. Donations
were so generous that one
endowment, the Leonora
Hutchinson Resident Care
Aid fund, was able to come
off the under development
list (it had less than $5,000
in the fund) and can now
provide a more substantial
award to a deserving
student.

One disappointing note was
the change of date by the
organizers at Molson, which
made it impossible for
College President Susan
Witter to participate. She
had already moved a

meeting in order to ride in

  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     

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Westminster Quay
with other members
from the rafting team.
The expedition, a

the event, but the last-
minute change created a
conflict. Linda Valecourt of
the Bookstore stepped up to
the plate and volunteered to
take her place.

Scott is already coming up
with fun ideas for next
year’s event. “I'd love to see
teams created within the
College, maybe one or more
per division, competing
against each other to raise
funds,” she says. “But we're
going to have to work hard
to beat this year’s winning
time of 23.02 seconds!”

If you have any ideas or
would like to ride in next
year’s event, contact Scott at

604-777-6172 or e-mail her
at
scotth@groupwise.douglas. be.ca.

 
  

carrying students and
instructors in a 12-day
journey on the Fraser,
from Prince George to

Philosopy and Humanities instructor Guangwei Ouyang (front row, far left)
Vice-President Instruction John McKendry (middle row, left), Humanities
and Social Sciences Dean Graham Rodwell (middle row, centre) and Science
and Technology Dean Des Wilson ( front row, centre) pose with 20 visitors
from Shanghai, China as they take a well-deserved break during their two-
week visit to learn about public administration and metropolitan
management in Canada.

Allen Billy (I) of
Douglas College makes
a brief stop at the New

special course offered Richmond.
by Langara College,

featured three rafts

 

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