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College re-organizes for growth

 

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Mattia, contains the following functions: Personnel & Labour Relations,
Institutional Research, Personnel Evaluation Systems, Program
Evaluation Systems, and College Strategic Planning.

Day said the new division is responsible for two new functions: cur-
riculum & new program development, and human resource planning,
development & services. Below is a summary of changes in divisions:

Administrative Services Division:
Minus: Personnel & Labour Relations
Community Programs & Services:
Minus: Special Education

Plus: Coquitlam Campus Development
Educational & Student Services Division:
Minus: Institutional Research

Plus: Special Education &

International Education

Academic Division:

Minus: International Education

Plus: Weekend/Evening College &

12 Month Service Year

Applied Programs:

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Della Mattia returns from tension in Persian Gulf

 

continued from page 1 says Della Mattia. “There were a

talking to as many adminis-
trators, faculty, and staff as I can

and its needs, and use that lot of adjustments a make.
information to develop a plan for Their ways of doing things ae
the Division,” says Della Mattia. not the same as ew
“T’ve been spending a lot of time One of the bigger adjust-

ments Della Mattia had to make
was dealing with the possibility

of war in the Persian Gulf. After
a summer visit home, he was in
London enroute to the United
Arab Emirates when Iraq in-
vaded Kuwait on August 2.
Since he was half-way there, he
decided to continue on his way.
He arrived safely, but found him-
self in a tense situation.

“The United Arab Emirates

to get their perception of what
the problem areas are.”

Della Mattia and his family
have spent the last two years in
the United Arab Emirates. He
went there at the request of the
federal government to help estab-
lish a system of technical colleges.

“It went well. It was a chal-
lenge, and a good experience,”

 

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wasn’t in immediate danger,” he
says. “It was the uncertainty of
what Saddam Hussein would do
next that caused the anxiety. If
Iraq had invaded, there would
have been a problem getting the
foreigners out of there, just like
Kuwait.”

Della Mattia officially com-
pleted his term in the United
Arab Emirates at the end of July.
However, government officials
sent a request to College presi-
dent Bill Day, asking him to ex-
tend Della Mattia’s leave of
absence by an additional two
months. Day agreed, and after a
brief “vacation” in Canada, Della
Mattia resumed his overseas post
until mid-September.

Della Mattia says that while
he’s happy to be back, he’s
surprised to see the difference in

Douglas College. “One thing that

strikes me is how much Douglas
College has changed in two
years. There are new policies,

 

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