Events Calendar All events take place at the New Westminster Campus unless noted. January 13 to February 25 The Amelia Douglas Gallery presents Our Show: Art by Douglas College Employees and their Partners. Opening reception and celebration February 9, 3:30-6:30pm. For Gallery times, call 604-527-5465 February 3 Noon at New West presents UBC Opera in Concert Excerpts from Die Fledermaus, Eugene Onegin and Lakme. Nancy Hermiston, director. 12:30pm, Performing Arts Theatre February 10 Noon at New West presents Gene Ramsbottom, clarinet with Trio Accord. Mary Sokol-Brown, violin; Andrew Brown, viola; Ari Barnes, cello. 12:30pm, Performing Arts Theatre February 11 Community Music School presents Douglas College Foundation donors ‘The Douglas College Foundation would like to express its sincere thanks to all employees who donated to the Foundation in 2004. ‘Thank you for believing in education and our students! ‘The payroll deduction draw winner this year is Val Schaefer, who received a Foundation gift package. In the event donations arrived after the printing deadline, please accept our apologies and sincere gratitude for your gift. Sir James Douglas - ($3,500 + ) Steve McGilligan Lady Amelia Douglas Circle - ($2,000 + ) Michelle Leong Myrna Popove Governor’s Circle - ($1,000 + ) Al Atkinson Tad Hosoi Marcia Joyce Darlene Kress Susan Schmidt President’s Circle - ($300 + ) Patricia Angus Susan Ashcroft Brad Barber Barbara Bessey Heather Campbell Wendy Collins Judy Crawford Ingrid Currey Lynne Currie Martha Entin Tim Frick Susan Greathouse Jan Humphrey Brenda Jack Lou Rene Legge Terry Leonard Patty Lewis Ted Littlewood Bob Logelin Nancy Maloney Les Marshall Shelley Moore Yvonne Mostert Dave Munro Kathy Potter Libby Russell Val Schaefer Susan Smythe Peter Van Den Bosch Susan Witter Leadership Circle - ($100 + ) Janet Allwork Marie Anweiler Kevin Barrington-Foote Bonnie Bauder Roberta Bend Rosemary Burgess Colleen Carmickle Marie-Claire Chinniah Diana Christie Jean Cockburn Kim Conway Rosilyn Coulson Bob Cowin Robert Dawson Tracey Denofreo Christine Dewar Laurel Donaldson Kathryn Duff Suzanne Elston Karen Esau Moneca Faircrest Debra Flewelling Gail Fraser Tana Frie Julian Gardiner Alison Gill John Glotcheskie Susan Greftard Mikki Herbold Diana Hiebert Joy Holmwood Margaret Hoppe Maria laquinta Safdar Kakar Cecil Klassen Jan Lindsay Terry Loughrey Margaret MacDonald Deborah McCloy Drena McCormack Elsie Neufeld Steve Norris Guangwei Ouyang Brenda Pickard Jill Plumbley Wayne Ratcliffe Marie-Andre Rivet Julia Robinson Patti Romanko Rita Sieber Sherridan Soball Sarah Stephens Brian Storey Geraldine Street Susan Swanson Linda Symington Gary Tennant Shaun Tyakoff Gert Van Niekerk ‘Tony Viani Wendy Waidson Brenda Walton Teresa Wang Micah Waskow Susan Wasserman Jo-Anne Webb David Zieroth Circle of Friends - ($10 + ) Elmiro Argento Joan Barnet John Blackwell Kathryn Cernauskas Nicole Chabot Rita Chudnovsky James Cloge Barbara Coward Laurie Drukier Keith Ellis Sheri Gibbons Jacqueline Gresko Barb Harkness Carol Howorth Rashida Ismail Ad Marilyn Kidson started a new life for herself and her sons at Douglas College with help from the Douglas College Foundation. Blaine Jensen Luc Lang Nick Parker Arlene Patko Bob Shebib Jenny Shin Carmela Smythe Diana Stewart Pat Thomasson Shelley Waldie Kathleen Wallden Debra Wolinsky Elizabeth Zaleschuk Gale Literary Databases available at Douglas College library Douglas College Library provides an institutional subscription to the Gale Literary Databases. These databases contain a wealth of information The Douglas College Foundation and Alumni Association are hosting Double your Fun, Double the Fund Week from March 1-3. Fun-filled events are being orga- nized for both Campuses including a daily 50/50 on contemporary authors, criticism and biography. Contemporary Authors is a primary source of information on modern authors. draw. Expect some changes this year — look for a flyer in your mailbox. Why is the Foundation hosting this event? Because they want you to know that each dollar you Coverage includes: © current writers of fiction, general nonfic- tion, poetry, and drama whose works have been issued by commercial publishers, risk publishers or university presses (authors whose works have been published only Double your Fun, Double the Fund Week promises loonie-toons ot a give to student aid is matched with an addi- tional dollar by the College. So, in effect your one dollar equals two. It’s a good inves- ment. Over $10,000 (including your loonies and toonies. author-subsidizcd firms are usually not included) @ prominent print and broadcast journalists, editors, photojournalists, syndicated cartoonists, screenwriters, television scriptwriters and other media people matching funds) was raised last year. Several College groups are also involved in the fund- : raising activities during the week, so start saving ~ Donations needed: _ Drop off your used books (room 3322, New Westminster Campus) for » the Event Magazine Book Sale, your gently used clothing at Peer Support (room 4602, New Westminster) for the Used Clothing Sale and your household items (small to medium-sized) to Wendy Waidson (room 2302, New Westminster), for the Green Team Garage Sale. e authors who write in languages other than English, provided their works have been pub- lished in the United States or translated into English e literary greats of the early 20th century whose works continue to elicit critical attention Contemporary Literary Criticism Select is a digest of published — criticism on the works of novelists, poets, play- Ww rights, short story writers and other creative writers now living or who died after January 1, 2000. Each entry | contains: fea biographical essay on _ the author's life and - works : ® critical essays or excerpts taken from | books, magazines, literary _ reviews, newspapers and | scholarly journals — @ where available, interviews with featured authors © suggestions for further reading Dictionary of Literary _ Biography provides : biographical and critical essays on influential literary figures from all eras and genres. As of August 2004, the published Dictionary of Literary Biography series contained 300 bound volumes. This on-line version extends the availability and function- ality of this rich reference resource. Each entry contains: e birth/death dates, nationality/ethnicity, principal genres, awards, family history and occasionally, an author portrait @ alist of the author's most important writings @ alist of additional writings, published interviews, biogra- phies and a bibliography of writings about the author. For licensed access (open to all Douglas College employees and students) connect to http://library. douglas.be.ca/sub_galelit. heml. (On the Library Web page under Databases). Contact Jean Cockburn, Electronic Resources Librarian, at cockburnj@douglas.be.ca or local 5184 with comments or questions.