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THE DOUGLAS COLLEGE NEWSLETTER WM JANUARY 1995

 

 

College
business
students tested
in international
markets

International markets and
ventures are the business of
business these days. It’s a
global jungle out there, and now
students at Douglas College are
getting into the arena of
international commerce with their
peers in Central Europe.

They’re doing it through Business 470,
a course that pits teams of students against
each other competing for market share and
profits in a simulated market. Aided by

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Visiting commerce
student Vandor
Ildiko (left) and
Business Instructor
Walter Pickering.
Thanks to
technology and
international
partnerships,
students from
Douglas College
and the College of
Commerce, Tourism
and Catering in
Hungary are
competing for
profits ina
simulated market.

 

 

Douglas
College’s Year-
in-Review —
1994

s we all try to remember to
write 1995 on our cheques,
here’s a look back at some of

the people and events which made news
at Douglas College in 1994.

January

Betsy Senyk was named as the
College’s newly created position of First
Nations Student Coordinator...A new
Standards of Conduct policy to make the
College safer was unveiled. The new
standards amalgamated three existing
policies and defined different categories
of behavior that could be threatening or
disruptive - and the disciplinary action
that could be taken.

 

February

With the support of a $250,000
endowment from the Real Estate
Foundation of B.C., the College’s
Institute of Urban Ecology unveiled a
five-year plan addressing local
environmental issues. The grant allowed
the Institute to be the first of its kind in a
Canadian college...With a new hardwood
floor in the gym, the Athletics Department
won its first bid to host a Canadian
Colleges Athletic Association

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