President’s Report
Highlights - April
(by Acting President Al Atkinson)

On March 23, a College-wide forum was
hosted by the Task Force on Organiza-
tional Restructuring. It was well attended,
and I think that people felt very pleased
with the fashion their individual input was
received by the Task Force.

On March 30, with representatives from
the Commerce and Business Department
and the Centre for International Education,
I attended a going-away dinner for Boon-
tariga Lertsatwatana, a visitor from
Thailand, who had spent six weeks at
Douglas College observing instructional
delivery systems and curriculum develop-
ment in the Office Administration area.

On March 31, I attended a meeting, with
Gerry Della Mattia of the Advanced Edu-
cation Council of B.C. (AECBC), of the
Provincial Liberal Party. The purpose of
the meeting, held at their invitation, was to
prepare a policy/position paper for col-
leges and institutes, as a contribution to
their policy development leading to the
next election.

As a result of that meeting, a decision was
made at the AECBC/CCEO that a non-par-
tisan paper be developed, using the aegis
of the AECBC. Bill Day, Doug Jardine,
Glen Farrell and myself will be working
on that paper to present to the Liberal
Party or any other political party as the vi-
sion or policy of the colleges and institutes
system.

Three meetings were held over the last
month with the Coquitlam School Board
and the City of Coquitlam in relation to
the Pinetree Project. A

Fun in the run
"I beat Mike Harcourt!"

As far as we know, the library’s Jean
Coburn doesn’t have any political
ambitions, but she certainly felt like a
world-beater after a strong finish at the
Vancouver Sun Fun Run on April 17.

Coburn was one of several Douglas
College runners who joined almost 18,000
other participants in the 10-kilometre
event which stretched from the Hotel
Vancouver to the Plaza of Nations via
Stanley Park. While the event was held
under ideal, sunny conditions, it wasn’t all
a walk in the park.

"At the starting line it was difficult to get
going because of the crowd, it was quite
crushed. Things didn’t free up until the
entrance of Stanley Park when I started
running to make up time, even though I
had entered as a walker," said Helen
Clarke, who finished in one hour, 51
minutes and 24 seconds, to beat her goal
of two hours.

Despite the crush, Clarke said the event
"was a lot of fun." She added that the
library team plans to challenge other
departments to enter the event next year.

The Douglas College corporate team,
which included Patti Romanko. who
recorded a blazing time of 52:35, Eleanore
Nucho, Lisa Baer, Byron Mah and
Coburn, finished 40 among 62 entries in
the Government and Education Division
of the Corporate Challenge. Other
Douglas College entrants included
Theresa Kenkel, Penny Swanson with
daughter Kira, Catherine Doll, Jan
Selman, Yvonne Mostert and Jacqueline
Gresko.

For the record, Coburn finished in 1:1:7
while the premier needed 1:9:28.

 

 

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Ray honored

Douglas College Board member Judith
Ray, a Registered Nurse and Master of
Public Health,
received an
Award of
Excellence in
Nursing
Administration
during a special
ceremony in
Vancouver on
April 8
sponsored by the
Registered
Nurses
Association of
BC.

Judith Ray

Ray received praise for her leadership as
well as for her role in developing an inte-
grated model of service delivery for
community care. One example of her work
is an accelerated patient discharge pro-
gram at New Westminster’s Royal
Columbian Hospital.

Ray is currently the continuing care man-
ager at the Simon Fraser Health Unit in
Coquitlam. She has served as a member of
the Douglas College Board since May, 28,
1992. &

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foundation knowledge, or the theory, as
well as the practical skills component. It
also forces instructors to liaise
withcontacts in the field to assess the
applicability of what we are doing in the
classroom as it relates to what is needed in
the workplace."

The grant will provide $55,035 in
1995-95, $40,359 in 1996-97 and $25,683
in 1997-98. Ilsever is hopeful the
practicum option will eventually be able to
provide placements for all students in the
program. Financial Services admits up to
35 students each fall and spring
semester.&