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QUOTE of the MONTH

@@ Education is what remains after we have

forgotten all that we have been taught. 99

- Lord Halifax

 

 

May 5, 1992

The Douglas College Newsletter

 

College Board Chairman
judged among best in
North America

 

 

 

 

 

Myrna Popove, Board Chairman

Douglas College Board Chairman Myrna
Popove has been judged by her peers to
be one of the best in North America.

Popove, who has held the position since
1990, has won the prestigious Association
of Community College Trustees (ACCT)
Regional Trustee Leadership Award for
the Pacific region, and recently picked up
the award at a ceremony in Portland, Ore.

“T’m really pleased and somewhat over-
whelmed. I had no idea I had been
nominated,” said Popove, who feels that
she only won the award by projecting the
values held by others on the College
Board. “It shouldn't be looked at as a
single honour. The award is a reflection
on the entire College.”

The ACCT is a Washington D.C.-based or-
ganization. Each year it offers awards that
recognize excellence and quality of the

contributions made by trustees, chief ex-
ecutives and faculty members in meeting
the needs of students served by com-
munity colleges. An awards committee
made up of trustees and presidents from
the Pacific region chose Popove based on
a nomination put together by the Douglas
College Board.

Gerry Della Mattia, Dean of Human
Resources and College Development, sub-
mitted the nomination and wasn’t
surprised to see Popove win. “It’s simply
a reflection of the quality of work she’s
done,” said Della Mattia. “She has made a
significant contribution, and she’s held in
such high regard.”

 

 

 

 

 

“It shouldn't be looked at as a
single honour. The award is
a reflection on the entire
College.”

Ted James, Student Success
Task Force Chairperson

Task Force on
student success
up and running

Douglas College turns away some 500
students every semester, yet the statistics
show that one out of three students in
open enrolment courses does not get a
satisfactory grade (C minus or better).
Students who aren’t succeeding take up
places that other students could be in.

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Popove is a resident of Coquitlam and
owns a small business there. She was ap-
pointed to the College Board in February
1986, and served on various Board com-
mittees before becoming Vice-Chairman

in 1989, and Chairman in 1990. She also
served on the B.C. Government Task
Force for Child Care in 1990, and was
elected in June 1991 as Director of the Ad-
vanced Education Council of B.C.

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