December 1999

The Douglas College Newsletter m New Westminster Campus, David Lam Campus & Thomas Haney Campus

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Holiday celebration
kicks off anniversary

The College’s 30th anniversary is fast approaching, with just a few weeks left until the
end of the year. To kick-start the festivities, the President’s Office and the 30°
Anniversary Committee is making this year’s Douglas College Holiday Celebration a
special launching point for a year of special activities. In addition to the snacks, no-host
bar and the chance to celebrate with your colleagues, a photo collection depicting College
events and employee life from the past 30 years will be on display, as well as a calendar of
events for next year.

The highlight of the event, however, is the group photograph on the concourse steps. It’s
been almost 16 years since the last (only partial) group photograph was taken, and we
can’t think of a better way to commemorate our 30 years than with a portrait of the
College community. Copies will be available for all interested participants in the new year.

The Celebration will be held December 16, 4-6pm in the upper cafeteria at the New
Westminster Campus. Please assemble in the concourse at 4pm for the group
photograph.

 

They're makin’ their list and checkin’ it twice...Health Sciences Continuing
Education programmer Dawn McDonald (left) and Humanities and Social
Sciences Psychology instructor Bruce Landon (right) put their heads
together at last year's holiday celebration to find out who'd been naughty
and who'd been nice...

 

First Nations Centre focuses on student success

 

(Left to right): First Nations Services Coordinator Dave Seaweed with
students Georgina Reid, Cherisse Saul and Student Assistant Rebecca Jules
in the First Nations Student Centre.

Golf team among first Canadians
accepted into US association

The Douglas College golf team has just been approved for membership in the Northwest
Athletic Association of Community Colleges (NWAACC), the first time the Association
has accepted a Canadian team into their conference. Our team, along with Camosun
College which was also accepted, will join groups from Washington for the 2000 season.

“The level of competition is going to be excellent,” says team coach and College
instructor Gert Van Niekerk. “It’s a much higher calibre than we're used to.” The College
team recently took second place in the 1999 BC College/Universities Golf League.

Student success has always
been the main objective of
First Nations Services at
Douglas College, and it
remains a primary goal for
new First Nations Services
Coordinator Dave
Seaweed.

“My main focus is the
students,” he says.
“They've told me that they
want to bea part of things,
not separate from the rest
of the College, so we're
working on ways to be an
all-inclusive area.”

Seaweed is no stranger to
Douglas College. He’s been
a student, a building
service worker, a
departmental assistant in

Student Services, Student
Council president, Alumni
president and mailroom
clerk. His present job as
First Nations Coordinator
keeps him busy, but he also
finds time to act asa
BCGEU shop steward and
staff representative on the
Education Council.

“IT know alot of people at
the College and I know
how things work in the
institutional environment,”
he says. “Hopefully my
experiences can help the
students while they are
here.”

Seaweed is also working on
student empowerment,

Bus rider alert from Translink

acting as a resource for
students but encouraging
them to do things on their
own to build self-esteem.
He also encourages them to
explore options available to
them in the College, such
as academic advice and
counselling.

“T value the expertise we
have here,” he says. “I’m
comfortable sending
students to other areas of
the College because I know
they'll be in good hands.”

Seaweed invites everyone
to drop by the Centre
(room 4830) and see
what’s going on. He can be
reached at 527-5565.

Asa result of SkyTrain construction, the Patullo Bridge off-ramp to northbound
Columbia Street is now closed. Bus detours are required for the following routes:
#106 New Westminster Station/Metrotown Station, #108 Eighth Avenue and
#145 Scott Road Station/Lougheed Mall/SFU. For more information, maps and
a public advisory notice are posted in the main switchboard area at the New
Westminster Campus, or you can check the Coast Mountain Bus Link Web site at

www.cmbuslink.com for rider alerts, updates and more.

 

 

Quote of the Month

“Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.”

James Thurber