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Ken Gilbert

Ombudsperson

Students may be worried

about problems they are hav-
ing with admissions, financial
aid appeals, library fines,

by LINDA CALDWELL

 

grade appeals, late course
withdrawals, harassment, dis-
crimination, or complaints a-
bout instructors. This is
where Ken Gflbért, the om-
budsperson comes in.

Gilbert has been helping
students since the fall sem-
ester, and he believes that
_“every student is entitled to
fair, just and reasonable
treatment from any official of
Douglas College or the Doug-
las College student society.

The ombudsperson is total-

ly. independent from the stu-
dent society, but he watches
over it. He investigates pro-
blems between students and
other parties, and then re-
commends general improve-
ments and the action to be
taken. If he can’t help the
student, he will then refer
- them to someone else.
Cases sent to the ombuds-
' person are all strictly -confi-
- dential. At the end of each
case Gilbert destroys all re-
cords of the incident, except
for the initial complaint and
the recommendations.

Most of Gilbert’s cases in
the past have been between
students and instructors, or
students and administration.

         
   

 

   

  

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Gilbert is planning to at-
tend a conference to be held
tentatively at SFU on March
1, where one topic to be
discussed is sexual harass-
ment. He believes that the
conference will give him a
more comprehensive know-
ledge of topics that affect
students.

Even though Gilbert is a
full-time psychology student
at Douglas, he still manages
to take his job seriously and
believes that being ombuds-
person has been a ‘‘learning
experience for —himself.’’
Through his experience deal-
ing with college administra-
tion, he also believes that
their first concerns are with
the students.

Ombudsperson Office Hours

New Westminster
Mon. by appointment only
Tues. 9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon
Wed. 3:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
Thurs. by appointment only

Fri. 10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon
1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.

(room 1242, phone 522-6038)

Maple Ridge
The following Thursdays,
from 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.,
or by appointment:

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