Ellen, besides teaching at Douglas College,
has been on the faculties at UBC and the
Courtenay Youth Music Centre. She has
appeared with her husband on several major
tours, most recently in the Far East.

A tour of Australia is in the works for the
Silvermans in the spring of 1986.

The Douglas College Scholarship Concert

will be held September 20 at 8:00 p.m. in

the Performance Theatre, 700 Royal

Avenue, New Westminster. Admission will be
be $10 for the general public, $5 for students
and seniors.

- DOUGLAS COLLEGE NEWS SERVICES

Library Reading Display

The library has established a permanent display
of leisure reading books on the main floor of
the library. Located behind the new book
display shelves to the left of the library entrance,
the areafeatures high quality fiction from the
library's literature collection. "Many library
users go to the paper back racks to find a novel
to read, but overlook our fiction collection",
said Library Director Virginia Chisholm. "The
new leisure reading display will make quality
fiction more accessable to our borrowers",

she added.

Faculty, staff and students are welcome to
come and look through the new display which
is replenished as needed.

Ralph Stanton

 

Employee Library Cards

Most of the Douglas College Employee Library
cards have been prepared and delivered by
interoffice mail. If you have not received your
card yet, please come to the library and let us
know. Or phone Carole at 2112 for a renewal.

 

Acting Dean Sept. 16-19

Jack Ferguson will be the Acting Dean of the
Academic Division during my absence from
September 16 to 19.

Gordon Gilgan

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Biology Challenge ’85
Projects

There is always something which we would
like to see done in our individual disciplines
to improve our method of instruction, or to
increase our community involvement.
However, there never seems to be enough
time. This past summer Biology was for-
tunate enough to have some of our 'wish
list' addressed by some of our own students
working under the Challenge '85 program.

We had three projects funded, employing
10 students, 9 of which were from Douglas
College. One of these projects involved
the production of educational displays to
demonstrate our course materials in the
laboratory. We had students produce
illustrated posters on ultrasound, prosthe-
tics, mosses, plants, and many other topics.
In addition, they put together bioramas on
the seashore and a bog, plus collections of
various plant materials.

A second project helped Biology deal with
alooming copyright problem. The
students replaced many existing diagrams
in our manuals which were photocopied
from textbooks with other, original
drawings, based on the same sources. They
produced beautiful work, and they were
very quick. In addition to working on the
manuals they drew several graphics for
brochures and posters being done. on other
projects in the lab.

Our final project was to produce a brochure
and report which would enable people to
enjoy natural history within New
Westminster's city limits. Such publica-
tions would be especially valuable for
parents looking for an interesting outing
with their children in their own neighbour-
houd, or people who do not have ready
access to public transportation. Four of
our students combed the city this summer,
assessing various sites for their interest in
terms of natural history. Those which
appeared promising were studied in greater
detail. Complete species lists of their
flora and fauna were included in a report.

We presented these students with ambitious