INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / January 21, 1992

College Briefs

Computer Training
Continues

he Human Resource Develop-

ment Computer Training Schedule
continues until the end of January
with the following courses.

Tues., Jan. 21

o 10 amto12 pm
Intro to Spreadsheets

o 2pmto4pm
Presentation Tools

Weds., Jan. 22

o 10amto11am
Disk Management

Thur., Jan. 23

o 10 amto 12 pm
Advanced Word Processing

o 2pmto4pm
Advanced Spreadsheets

Fri., Jan. 24

o 10 amto 12 pm
Advanced Data Base

o 1pmto3pm
Individual Help

Mon., Jan. 27

o 9amto12 pm
Individual Help

o 1:30 pm to 3pm
Future at DC

Tues., Jan. 28

o 10amto12 pm
Presentation Tools

o 1pm to 3:30 pm
Individual Help

Individual Help sessions are
scheduled from 9 am to 12 pm and 1
pm to 3 pm on Wednesday,
Thursday, and Friday, Jan. 29 - 31.

Contact the Personnel Department
at 5440 to register or for further infor-
mation.

 

Computing Help for
Faculiy

eed help with your software or

hardware? Bob Browne is the
Faculty Computing Consultant for
this semester and will be glad to help
you with your computer problems.
Give him a call at 5228 for in-
dividual or group consulting sessions
on topics such as:
— Problems with hardware or

software in the Faculty
Workrooms,

— Using Microsoft Excel,

— How to use Ventura to produce
professional-looking manuals and
handouts.

— Corel Draw! for people who can’t
draw.

— WordPerfect 5.1

— Communicating with the
academic world with E-Mail
Networks.

_ i ii ages with

the new HP ScanJet llc, and

including them in your
documents. (When the equipmei:
has been installed in the faculty
workrooms).

— Writing software (in C or Pascal)

for classroom or lab use.

Library Orientation

nstructors are invited to bring their
Leis to the library for orientation.
Booking forms have been distributed
through the departmental assistants.
Bookings can also be made through
Susan Fleming at local 5198.

The orientation session takes one
hour, and consists of a short introduc-
tion by a librarian, and the
completion of a self-paced assign-
ment by the students. For further
information or for special requests,
call Jean Cockburn, Orientation
Librarian, at local 5184.

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Curriculum Development
Funding Awarded

ongratulations to Melody Hessing
Con Adrienne Chan on receiving
funding for the Curriculum Develop-
ment proposals. Melody will be
developing a new course in Sociol-
ogy of the Environment, and
Adrienne will be developing cur-
riculum for Equity and
Multiculturalism for professionals and
paraprofessionals in the education
and service sector who require a
greater understanding and awareness
of cultural and equity issues.

The Centre for Curriculum and
Professional Development funded a
total of 23 projects in the province,
and given the total amount of money
available, Douglas College did very
well.

Ristock joins negotiating

| team

ory Ristock was elected to the

B.C.G.E.U. bargaining team in
contract talks with the College at the
Jan. 13 Bargaining Unit meeting. Ris-
tock, a Mathematics advisor, replaces
Barb Offen, who has an 8-week ap-
pointment as BCGEU staff
representative in the negotiations.

Registrar’s Office hours

Jan. 21-23 9 am to 7 pm
jan. 24 9am to 4pm
Jan. 25 10 am to 2 pm
Jan. 27-30 9:30 am to 7 pm
Jan. 31 9:30 am to 4 pm

Regular hours of operation resume

Feb. 1. &