College Briefs

@%® Instructional
workshops set

The College Wide Professional Committee

will offer a trio of four-day Instructional

Skills Workshops during the upcoming

academic year, with the first beginning on

August 24.

The Instructional Skills Workshops are
designed to allow both new and seasoned
faculty to enhance their skills. Other work-
shops will be held on Jan. 4-8, 1993 and
May 17-20, 1993. For more information
call Eugene Hrushowy at 527-5122.

?® Cape Breton seeks
president
The University College of Cape Breton is
seeking a new president, with an initial
appointment of six years. Applications
should be sent by July 31, 1992 to: Presi-
dential Search Committee, University
College of Cape Breton, PO Box 5300,
Sydney, Nova Scotia B1P 6L2.

?® New deadline for new
students

A note to all employees: Douglas College

has established a new application deadl-

ine for students who plan to attend the

College for the first time in September

1992.

The new deadline for new students plan-
ning to enrol in General Admission
programs at New Westminster is August 1.

%®@ Correction

The June issue of the Inside incorrectly
reported that the last play Dorothy Jones
directed at Douglas College was David for
Queen. In fact, her last production was
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole. David
for Queen was directed by Cheryl
Matheson. Jones retires from the College
in August.

®® Sechelt cabin for rent
A three-bedroon cabin in Sechelt is avail-
able for rent for the week of July 18-24.
The cost is $300; call local 5180. a

Achieving early retirement

Early retirement is the dream of many working people.

Three Douglas College faculty saw that dream come true this summer, after being chosen
for the College’s first-ever early retirement incentive. The incentive was included as a
letter of agreement in the 1991 faculty collective agreement.

Early retirement can benefit both the individual and the College, according to Gerry Della
Mattia, Dean of Human Resources. "A person can retire and have a little better supplement
to their pension," said Della Mattia, "And it does create movement within an organization,
it creates opportunities for new blood to come in.”

Eight faculty applied for early retirement in 1992; the three who were accepted each had
about 20 years of service to the College. One of those leaving the College is Theatre
Department instructor Dorothy Jones.

"I took a leave last year to see if I'd like it, and I did. So, when the chance came up to take
early retirement, I took it,” said Jones. "It'll give me a chance to get back into the ‘biz’, as
it were."

An early retiree can receive up to one year’s salary in incentives, based upon years of ser-
vice. Acceptance depends on years of service and time left before retirement. It also hinges
on the number of applications received, as the annual incentives budget is limited. «

No Frost this fall

Ann Frost has spent much of her career teaching others how to have better interpersonal
relations. So she says it'll be a relief to retire this summer and devote time to her own
needs for a change.

Frost has been an instructor in the College’s English and Communications Department for
21 years. She spent the last decade teaching future nurses, business people and dental
professionals how to better relate to clients and patients.

"Fundamentally, the basics of what I teach are learning how to hear what people are
saying, how to feel empathy, how to be respectful," she said. "That’s certainly the core of
nursing."

Frost also taught students to realize they don’t know all the answers: "I teach them not to
give advice. The best person to decide what’s best for me, is me. Help me understand what
the issues are, don’t tell me what I should do."

Frost wouldn't mind acting as a consultant during her retirement and will continue to
concentrate on political work. She sits on the provincial executive of the New Democratic
Party, as well as on the federal NDP policy review committee, where she is coordinating a
major policy paper on women’s issues. She is also part of a community coalition seeking
ways to improve wage and employment equity for women.

The thing she’ll miss least at Douglas College are the windows - or lack, thereof.

"None of the windows in this place open," she said. "And some of the rooms don’t even
have any. I won’t miss the fact that we teach some of our classes in rooms that feel like
dungeons," she said.

"At the beginning of each semester I would run down my class list to find out -not what
I'm teaching, or when, but whether the rooms had windows!" 4