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President’s Report highlights -May

On May 19, there was a farewell dinner
for our colleagues from Thailand who
will be leaving Canada in the immediate
future. A Douglas College team of faculty
and administrators will be visiting Thai-
land in July, to carry out a similar process
of orientation and information exchange
on post-secondary institutions in Thai-
land. It is expected that these visits will
result in an ongoing program of ex-
changes, education and training among
teachers and administrators that will be
of mutual benefit.

On May 20, I chaired a regular meeting of
the Board of Directors of the B.C. Con-
struction Industry Skillplan Project. This
project continues to elicit favourable
commentary from construction workers,
and officials in the Ministry of Advanced
Education.

During the month of May, a considerable
amount of time has been spent talking

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Steve Norris, Student Services

Steve recently took up running and now
runs 4 to 5 times a week averaging 7 - 10
kilometres per run. "I run for relaxation,
stress management and exercise. You be-
come addicted to roles in your life, and I
became aware that fitness for me was out
of sync so I began to look for a more
balanced lifestyle." Steve’s personal
philosophy: "Take responsibility for any
change in your life that you want. As for
my running, the greatest thing is to

with students about their disappointment
in the lack of accessibility to summer
school courses and programs. In this con-
nection, I have sent a letter to the
Ministry of Advanced Education to alert
them to what may well be a looming cri-
sis in enrolment. It is noteworthy that
virtually all of our summer school sec-
tions have been oversubscribed; there is
clear evidence that students are trying
increasingly desperate expedients to gain
themselves a higher priority number
through signing up for any course.

On May 5, a meeting was held with
District Superintendents of our four con-
stituent School Districts, to discuss further
the concept of educational advocacy by
School Boards and the College Board. As
a result of this meeting, a study has been
commissioned and completed on the di-
mensions of need for increased spaces in
post-secondary education in our College
region.

stop at the end. It feels good to stop
running."

Chris Johnson, Community

Programs & Services

Chris has been a physical education
teacher for 28 years, but he’s not in great
cardiovascular shape. He says he’s a per-
fect example of ’do what I say, not what I
do’. "Fitness to me is a state of mind. It
has to do with how you feel about your-
self. You can be superbly fit but not like

 

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On May 17, a very productive workshop
was held on the topic of "institutional
wellness". The workshop was shared and
managed by Julie Roper, whose educa-
tional leave two years ago was devoted
to this topic. Her report provided basis
for the discussion.

The Board will have noted the high num-
ber of educational meetings involving
faculty, staff and administration over the
past month. These are a tribute to the
hard work over the last 18 months in the
College in developing a "learning cul-
ture". This type of emphasis and activity
is in line with the ideals expressed in the
recently approved College Mission State-
ment. We look forward to further
progress.

Bill Day az

yourself," says Chris. "Now I go salmon
fishing for the day and feel more re-
charged than I ever did before when I
was pushing myself at physical fitness."
His personal philosophy: "Your health
and enjoyment from life should come
from working with other people, being
playful and having fun as opposed to
being serious. I like to sleep in the sun,
garden, and oil paint, but most of all
laugh."

So there it is. You can take this informa-
tion and run with it, or you can just walk
away from it. A

Did You Know...

Results from the Fall 1992 Student Survey
have been summarized, and in the sec-
tion called Perceptions of Douglas
College, 43% of the students surveyed
rated the helpfulness of Douglas College
employees as "high". a