® QUOTE of the MONTH
On education: © Why should we educate
Sl e intellectual curiosity?
Ronald Reagan

 

 

 

 

January 5, 1993 The Douglas College Newsletter

 

Looking back,
looking forward

Here it is...a new year. The notion that
time can be measured in those chunks
called years seems curiously cold, because
no measure of accomplishment is
reflected in a number. Not only for a
human life, but for a place like Douglas
College, where so many people ac-
complish so much. So, it seems
appropriate to take a look back at what
we did in that chunk of time we called
1992.

Let’s start with the building itself. The
Amelia Douglas Gallery opened in the
new fourth floor space in April with a
show featuring the quirky realist style of
Christopher Woods. Community Programs
& Services, the Douglas College Founda-
tion and International Education moved
into their new fourth floor digs in July.

In May, five people came on board...the
Douglas College Board. They are Robert
Buzza, Gerry Sieben, Marilyn Rushton,
Judith Ray and Faith Matchette, joining
April appointee Grace Joe. Also in May,
long-serving Board Chair Myrna Popove
won the Association of Community Col-
leges leadership Trustee Award for the
Pacific region. Popove also became presi-
dent of the Advanced Education Council
of B.C. in June. The last vacant Board
position was filled in November when
Christine Oliver-Quist was appointed.

Royals teams continued to give their op-
ponents a sporting chance, but not much
more. They dominated the BCCAA scene,
winning the aggregate championship for
the fourth time. Badminton coach Arif
Mawani was Coach of the Year, and his

 

Ho, Ho, Ho...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Santa Claus visited the Douglas College concourse before
Christmas to promote prophylactic apparel for the holidays.
Student Society President Jerome Bouvier (left) made sure
that these unidentified students had a safe holiday season.

 

 

charges Chantal Jobin and Chris Tren-
holme were female and male athletes of
the year. Tim Frick led the Canadian
women’s wheelchair basketball team to
gold at the Paralympics in Barcelona in
August, and Frick himself was awarded a
Canada 125 medal (presented by Federal
Justice Minister Kim Campbell) for out-
standing community service in December.

New Directions started up in September.
The program prepares adults who have
had head injuries for college-level study.
The Financial Services Studies program,
announced in February, vaulted into exist-
ence in the fall, helped by a $1 million
donation of software and expertise from
Prologic Computer Corp. Another pro-
gram in the news was Linda Forsythe’s
tutorials for inmates at the Burnaby
Correctional Centre for Women, which

received excellent public response to a
call for volunteer tutors.

Books were big in 1992...in the spring,
philosopher Jim Davies published Ways of

Looking back continued on page 2

 

 

inside INside...

Contacts - Hungary to Thailand ...3

“Collece Wrlefe 4. 65. cs. 3
Faculty ratify contract.....-..,.. 4
Events Galehddt 6... 6k. 4 sient cy 4
New student success course ...... 5
INside Zone .......; ee