College Briefs

 

H@ Board member appointed

Di ercone to Christine Oliver-Quist, ap-
pointed to the Douglas College Board on

Nov. 20. The Board now has a full compli-
ment of eleven members.

H O.H.S. Committee

The Douglas College Occupational Health
& Safety Committee wish to to be intro-
duced to the College community. The
member representatives are Paula Maison-
ville (DCFA), Bob Gordon (BCGEU), Cindi
Johnson (DCSS), and Kris Remmem (Ad-
ministration). If you have comments or
concerns about issues related to health
and safety, you should contact any one of
these representatives.

 T’ai Chi begins
T’ai Chi builds strength and stamina and a
calm, gentle spirit. Classes are offered at
Douglas College on Wednesdays from
4:45pm to 6:15pm in Room 1315. The
first class is offered free of charge on
anuary 27, 1993. Drop-in and monthly
@... are available. For more information,
call Roxanne Chappell at 936-4632 (after
Jan 20).

H Assessment Centre hours

Effective Jan 11, 1993, the Assessment
Centre office hours are: Mon 1pm-4:30pm,
Tue & Wed 8:30am-l1pm, Thu 9am-5pm,
Fri 9am-4:30pm

H Notice from the BCGEU

Effective Dec. 14, 1992 to Jan. 31, 1993
there will be no stewards covering the
union office. If assistance is required, con-
tact a steward at their work position.
Office hours will recommence on Monday,
Feb. 1, 1993 from 12pm-Ipm.

H Internationalization
Committee meeting

The next meeting takes place Jan 18 from

2pm-4pm in the Boardroom, NOT in the

Faculty Development Meeting Room as

previously arranged.

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Douglas College is the first in Canada to sign an exchange
agreement with a college in Hungary. Seen here at the signing
ceremony are (I to r) Dr. Myklos Horn, President of the College
of Commerce and Hospitality, Myrna Popove, Board Chair, and
Bill Day, President of Douglas College.

College contacts range from
Thailand to Hungary

An agreement signed in December extends Douglas College’s international contacts from
Thailand to Eastern Europe.

The College of Commerce and Hospitality is in Budapest, the capital of Hungary. President
Myklos Horn says the agreement, the first between a Canadian and Hungarian institution,
creates immediate opportunities in terms of curriculum transfer and exchanges.

“I see opportunities for Douglas College faculty to visit our school for semester-length ex-
changes, and our faculty can come to Douglas College for extra training. We're looking
forward to student exchanges, and joint program development.”

Hospitality and tourism are seen as areas to be studied from a business point of view in
Hungary. And with tourism now the largest sector of B.C.’s economy, he says Douglas
College “can learn a lot from our faculty because they are experts in their own right.”

Dr. Horn is impressed with the range of programs, the organization and structure of
Douglas College, and all the interaction between instructors and students.

Programs such as Computer Information Systems, Accounting, and Financial Services are what
Hungary needs most right now, says Dr. Horn. “Business and corporate finance skills, securities
and stocks, portfolio management, human resources...all these things are new to us.”

Initial contact between the two schools was made a year ago when the Association of
Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC) was looking for someone to continue the project
begun by the ACCC with Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) support.
Douglas College Director of Commerce and Business Jim Sator, a native of Budapest, went
to Hungary last spring to do an overview of the College of Commerce curriculum and their
needs in the vacuum left by the collapse of the Soviet Union. He made another journey in
September, and the terms of the agreement were finalized.

Hungary continued on page 5