INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / AUGUST 8, 1989

 

 

President’s Report

 

EXTERNAL MATTERS -
MUNICIPAL

Work continues on the develop-
ment of a parking consortium
involving Douglas College, the
City of New Westminster, and a
private developer in downtown
New Westminster. At this time, it
appears that the development
would yield an additional 180-odd
parking spaces for Douglas Col-
lege, together with guarantees of an
additional 120 spaces on the
waterfront.

EXTERNAL MATTERS -
EDUCATION

On June 28, a planning meeting
was held between senior officials
of SFU, Kwantlen, Fraser Valley
and Douglas Colleges. The

 

primary topic of the meeting was
demographic projections for the
eastem part of the Lower Mainland.
Another meeting will be held in
early August on the same topic.

On July 4-6, the National Steer-
ing Committee for the ACCC
Literacy Project was held in Ot-
tawa. The current action project,
on which Mia Gordon, of the Stu-
dent Services and Developmental
Education Department, sits, is
progressing well.

Jim Doerr has been working ac-
tively with the Steering Committee
in Maple Ridge, who are planning
the building and the curriculum for
the Thomas Haney Centre.

In addition, Jim has been in ac-
tive communication with
Coquitlam Municipality regarding

Group Advising Sessions Schedule

All sessions start promptly at times advertised and are approximately 1 1/2 - 2 hours
inlength. Sessions are free, pre-registration is not required. All sessions are held

 

at the New Westminster Campus unless stated otherwise.

August 7 - 11

First-year Arts - University Transfer ........ Monday, August 7
Including major requirements and 1000 hours
pre-entry requirements for Room 4312
Bachelor of Social Work Sharon
Education - University Transfer ......... Wednesday, August 9
Simon Fraser University 0830 hours
(Elem. and Sec.) B.Ed. Room 4312
Georgina

Physical Education- ............000- Thursday, August 10
University of B.C. & 1000 hours
University of Victoria Room 2802
Sharon

Music Programs - .cscts ic aee esc teas Friday, August 11
University Transfer 1400 hours
(Major in GS, Sec. & Elem. Educ.) Room 4312
and Basic Musicianship Georgina

 

land acquisition at the proposed Co-
quitlam site.

INTERNAL MATTERS -
EDUCATION

On June 26, the final report of
the College Project Development
Group was tabled, and an analysis
made regarding feasibility.

The Project Development Group
submitted a detailed report, identify-
ing the various means by which the
College could encourage and
enable faculty to carry out sig-
nificant developmental projects.

I am pleased to advise the Board
that the majority of recommenda-
tions are feasible, and can be
implemented during this academic
year. In this connection, Randi
Duke, Community Resource
Development Officer, is carrying
out a specific assessment of im-
plications on a number of items, in
preparation for a presentation to
Management Committee, which
should occur in August or Septem-
ber. We trust that the report itself
will be implemented during the Fall
Semester.

On July 19th, the College was
visited by representatives of a
major Japanese publishing com-
pany, which publishes a magazine
in Japan relating to overseas educa-
tion. Douglas College, UBC, and
Mount Royal College are the fea-
ture Canadian institutions to be
described. The visit involved three-
quarters of a day of meetings and
visits, very capably organized on
short notice by Jan Gara, assistant
to the International Education Of-
fice. Carol St. Jean, coordinator for
the Summer Language Institute,
provided an excellent review of the
purposes and substance of our pro-
gram.

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