Events Calendar All events take place at the New Westminster Campus unless otherwise noted. Digital Guise Noon at New West February 4 12:30 pm, Performing Arts Theatre DOUGIMUN 1999 February 10 to 15 Douglas College International Model United Nations Jan Horner, poet February 16 12 noon, Room TBA The Haunted Family Photo Album: People Portraits Paintings by Signe Langford February 16 to March 29 Amelia Douglas Gallery Opening reception February 18. Foundation Donor Wall Unveiling February 18 David Lam Campus Noon - 1:30 pm Barrie Barrington, Piano Recital Noon at New West February 25 12:30 pm, Performing Arts Theatre Maurice Hodgson, Creative Writing Instructor After a lengthy illness, Douglas College Creative Writing instructor Maurice Hodgson passed away December 29, 1998. The following is an excerpt from the eulogy given by David Zieroth, his friend and colleague. “T learned a lot about compassion from Maurice in room 3320, our office, for we often talked about students and teaching. He encouraged me to teach from the personal, starting with what the student knew and moving from there. Maurice developed a course called Personal Narrative, a course that changed how I think about teaching. He helped to see that by starting from the real, the actual, the anecdote, the narrative, and then moving to the imagination, students were able to find content and meaning more quickly. More Briefly A poet's spirit English instructor Susan McCaslin recently edited the book A matter of spirit: recovery of the sacred in contemporary Canadian poetry. This compilation of poems on the theme of spirituality includes interviews with each of the 16 contemporary poets who contributed to the book. Copies of Susan’s work can be found at your local bookstore. Impulse shopping? It wasn’t a crazy impulse during Christmas shopping that took Remembering Maurice importantly, I learned from Maurice how to be kinder to students. I have a special picture of him always in my mind: of him and a student bending over a paper, Maurice talking in his quiet encouraging way and the student nodding. But Maurice was more than just a people person, he was a man of ideas, and this was, after his compassion and understanding, his other gift: the gift of thinking. He knew how to take initiative and make ideas work. He started several important programs in the Creative Writing Department that have since become traditions: the annual student anthology Pearls and the Writer-In-Residence program. He was the first person to think of what has since developed into the Print Futures program. He was always a strong supporter of poetry, and he introduced the idea of posting around the College a new student poem each month. He was the one who initiated the move of Event, the College literary magazine, from Kwantlen College back to Douglas, and he served as fiction editor so well for several years, fostering and encouraging new writers. He always had an eye for the qualities of style that gave the story that extra touch; he was always on the lookout for promise, which he was always willing to reward.” Tracey Winters (CMO) and her boyfriend David Denofreo on a trip to a Las Vegas wedding chapel in December; they had their wedding planned for a long time. They just didn’t tell anyone else until the rings were firmly on their fingers. Fellow CMOers wished them a future filled with love and happiness, once they got over the shock. Terry cashes in The winner of the Employee 60/40 Lottery for December 1998 is Terry Farrell, Dean, Ed Council work moves forward Thanks to the diligence of the standing committee on Educational Policies and the stewardship of chief policy reviewer Janet Allwork, the Education Council is far along in its task of revising the College’s educational policies. From an initial 50, the index currently contains about 30 policies. The consolidated/new policies will come into effect September 1, 1999: Beginning next Fall, those who revise, develop or delete courses will need to follow the new “Standards and Procedures for the Development and Approval of New and Revised College Curricula.” This document encompasses seven or eight separate policies, and outlines both approval responsibilities for the general curriculum guidelines as well as the rules governing individual instructor’s course outlines. The changes are many: gone is the “five-evaluations” requirement; the maximum weight of any one assignment has been increased from 30% to 40%; and detailed requirements of each instructor's syllabus are spelled out for all to see, among others. Creating a safer campus A new grading scale has also been approved, bringing College grades in line with those at several other BC post- secondary institutions. To raise awareness of these changes, Council hopes to publish updates and ultimately post the new body of policies on the web (“Governance and Administration” on the College home page). If you have any questions, policy concerns or distribution tips, contact Council Chair Meg Stainsby at stainsbym @douglas.bc.ca, or at local 5384. The Douglas College Women’s Centre is conducting a safety audit of the New Westminster campus. Kate Beamer and Catherine Willems, Women's Centre work study students responsible for the audit, are seeking input from all members of the College community. The audit is being conducted in two parts: a survey questionnaire and a physical audit of the campus. Surveys and boxes for completed surveys are in all fieldbases and the Women’s Centre. Volunteers are needed to help with the physical audit of the campus, scheduled for the mid-to-end of February. In groups, they will walk in designated areas around the College examining areas as they relate to the safety of the College’s members. To volunteer or for more information, call Catherine or Kate at 527-5148. Year 2000 Committee Worried about how the year 2000 “bug” will affect Douglas College? The Technology, Planning and Management Committee (TPMC) has formed a Y2K (year 2000) committee to determine the College’s exposure, actions being taken to minimize exposure and to report progress. Chaired by Marsh Price (Systems), the committee consists of Louie Girotto (Facilities Services), Penny Swanson (Learning Resources) and Jim Chliboyko (Systems). An appointment from the Instructional Division will be announced soon. Look for committee updates in the Etcetera newsletter, on the College webpage, and on the ETF listserv. Humanities and Social Sciences. Terry takes home $786 while student aid increases by $524. Weight Watchers Lose those winter pounds with Weight Watchers. Meetings are held Tuesdays, noon to 1pm in room 1805. For more information, call Janet Westwood at 5400. Get involved! The first meeting of the BCGEU 1999 Staff PD Day Committee will be held on February 4 at 1pm in Personnel (Room 2305). All interested BCGEU members are welcome to join us for this initial planning meeting. What's in a name? Judy Parkin, ESL coordinator, is changing back to her birth name of Judy Dale. Judy can be reached through email at either parkinj or dalej. Staff Moves In the New Westminster Campus Bookstore, Ryan Hill is now the Senior Bookstore Clerk, replacing Nicole Chabot who has decided to not return from maternity leave. Heather Scott is the new Administrative Officer at the Foundation at David Lam, while Rick Chew of Systems & Computing is now regular in the position of Computer Technician and Allan Pukila (also of Systems) is now permanent in the position of Supervisor, Productional & Network Services. In Learning Resources, Clive Morgan is now regular in the position of Tech Services General Assistant. INside Douglas College is published by the Communications & Marketing Office the first Tuesday of each month. Submissions and story ideas are welcome; deadline is 10 working days before publication. Send WordPerfect or MS Word files to INside editor, CMO, Room 4700, New Westminster Campus; email to winterst @douglas.bc.ca; or call 527-5325. Printed by the Douglas College Printshop.