NURSING
STUDENTS
BIG WINNERS

The Douglas College Nursing Depart-
ment has no problem finding excep-
tional students these days. At the re-
cent Douglas College Foundation
meeting six scholarship awards were
given to students in the Nursing divi-
sion and two were for students in the
Child Care Counselling Program in the
Social Services and Allied Health
Division.

The scholarship award winners were
chosen for high academic
achievement and involvement in
college or community activities.

The scholarship funds come from the
Douglas College Foundation’s perma-
nent endowment for student aid. The
majority of funds in the endowment
provide bursaries for students who are
in financial need. Since September,
the Foundation has awarded $25,265
in student aid.

The Foundation was established last
year primarily to raise money for
student financial aid and to make sure
students who most need assistance
get it. The Foundation also promotes
special activities such as athletics and
the performing and creative arts by
raising funds in the community.

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Bill Day, President of the College and
staff member of the Foundation, stood
in for Foundation Chairman Bill Em-
erton. Day praised the students for
their achievements of excellence, not-
ing that many of the recipients were
mature students with families and
other commitments.

“it's also interesting that Douglas
College was the first college in the
province to allow mature students to
attend a nursing program either part-
time or full-time,” says Day.

The Douglas College scholarship
award winners were:

- Mary Delory of New Westminster
from the Child Care Counsellor
Program;

- Sharon Johnson of Port Moody from
General Nursing;

- Kim Duke of Coquitlam from General
Nursing;

- Julia Friesen of Burnaby from Child
Care Counselling;

- Sandra Lundgren of New Westmins-
ter from the Psychiatric Nursing
Program;

- Chandra MacDonald of Port Moody
from General Nursing;

 

- Judy MacPherson of New Westmin-
ster from General Nursing:

- Rose Van Der Gulik of Langley from
General Nursing;

Internal Student Aid Campaign Up-
date: next time you pass the
Student Society Office on the con-
course, note the latest figure raised
for student aid. It’s going up!

FOUNOOTION