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New Year’s resolutions are tough.
Waiting for a time that is, after all, only a
number on a calendar can make it difficult
to change a habit or try something new.
Waiting for a certain day means you run
the risk of merely glancing in the window
of the gym instead of marching right in
and buying a five-year membership.
Resolutions or no resolutions, a new year
gives us all a chance to pause for a
moment and remember that we can
change things, if we want. Best wishes
from all of us at INside for success with
your resolutions, whatever they are and
whenever you make them.

 

Welcome Connie...

CET welcomes Connie Bolton as the new
Production Assistant. She is responsible
for scheduling video-conferences and for
general distance learning support duties.
Connie is also handling CET trouble calls
and reception/dispatching for all three
campuses. She can be reached at local
5468.

Congratulations, Diane...

The winner of November’s 60/40 Draw is
Diane Emmerich from Psych Nursing.
Diane receives $792 while student aid
increases by $528.

 

 

Best of luck, Peter...
Peter Sanderson, Director of Personnel
and Labour Relations has accepted the
position of Director, Human Resources at
the University of Victoria. He will be
leaving Douglas College in mid-January
to take on his new responsibilities. Peter’s
long-standing dedication and commitment
to all College employees has been
appreciated by everyone in the College
community. We wish him well.

Join us in saying good bye and good
luck to Peter on January 15 at 3:30 pm in
the Douglas Room.

Best of luck, Terri...

The Douglas College Foundation is sorry
to see Terri Smolar go after her work as
the Committee Manager of the Capital
Campaign at the David Lam Campus.
She’s going to the Open Learning Agency
where she’ll begin work in January as.
their Marketing Manager. Best of luck
Terri.

Call him Doctor Marshall...

Next time you see Les Marshall of
Commerce and Business Administration
in the hallway or the cafeteria, be sure to
address him as “Doctor” and shake his
hand. Recently, Les successfully defended
his doctoral dissertation in economics at
SFU. Les will continue to teach at the
College, and probably wait a few years
before taking on another big project.
Congratulations Les!

Holiday bundles...

Ginny Batke in Administration
welcomed two new grandsons over the
holidays: Nathan Riley, born on
December 21 and Brandon Kevin arrived
in the last moments of 1996 on December
31. Grandma says she feels very blessed.
Congratulations Ginny!

LONE

While Janet’s away...

As reported in December’s INside, Janet
Knowles of Centre 2000 is in Pakistan for
another three months of work, setting up
training centres for women. While she’s
away, Bob McConkey, on secondment
from the Ministry of Education, Skills and
Training, will be acting Director of
Community and Contract Services.
Currently, Bob is the Sectoral
Partnerships Coordinator with the Skills
Development Division. He brings a
wealth of knowledge and experience to
the College, including cost-shared
programming, industrial and labour
market adjustment services, policy,
research and evaluation. As of January 1,
Bob can be reached at local 5269 at the
New Westminster Campus, 5802 at the
David Lam Campus, on his cell phone ‘@
617-2520, or by email at

BMcConkey @douglas.be.ca. For those
who want to contact Janet in Pakistan, she
can be reached at 01 1-92-51-828-871
(phone), 011-92-51-824-802 (fax), and
by email at janetk @douglas.infolink.net.pk.

Something to think about...

Mary Moorcroft saw this notice on a
church bulletin board in New
Westminster: “It’s better to be patient on
the road than a patient in the hospital.”

Staff changes...

Systems and Computing welcomes new
Computer Technician Alvin Marte, who
comes to us from Electronic Arts where
he worked as a game tester. He says
Systems is almost as much fun. And
regular employee Raija White joins
Centre 2000 as the new Program
Assistant.