INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / APRIL 11, 1989

 

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President’s Report Continued

 

On February 24, the Provincial/
Peer Tutor Conference was held at
Douglas. This conference involves
teachers and student volunteers
who work with students in secon-
dary schools who have physical
disabilities. This was the first such
conference, and involved students
and teachers from all over the
province. I felt that it was an
honour for Douglas College to be
chosen as the venue of the con-
ference, and indicated a recognition
of the useful work the college is
doing in this field.

INTERNAL MATTERS -
GENERAL

A Step Three grievance of the
Douglas/K wantlen Faculty Associa-
tion has now been resolved.

During February, the Education-
al Leave Committee completed its
work and reported to me. I have ac-

pted its recommendation, and
have confirmed that Educational
Leave will be granted to Blair
Fisher, Gary Parkinson, and Ian
Joyce. Their proposals were of
high quality, and elicited commen-
dation from the review committee.

BCGEU negotiations are ongo-
ing, and negotiations with the
Douglas/Kwantlen Faculty Associa-
tion are expected to begin next
week.

The week of March 13, was the
Douglas College Foundation week.
It involved a number of events high-
lighting the work of the Douglas
College Foundation and the
Douglas College Alumni Associa-
tion, in furthering the cause of
Douglas College students and the
Douglas College/Community
Relationship. Highlights of the
week involved "President for the
@:” Contest" - Jackie Gresko ac-

ing as President, while I laboured
in the Arts and Humanities
vineyard; a Flea Market/Bake Sale

 

 

which yielded over $2,000 in
profits which will be matched; a
Career Fair involving 30 fee-paying
exhibitors; an Awards Night, at
which $30,000 was distributed to
100 recipients; and a special benefit
performance of Inherit the Wind.
The entire week was a smashing
success, and a tribute to the work of
dozens of volunteers, as well as
that of Randi Duke, Community
Resource Development Officer,
staff persons Phyllis Johnson and
Cathy Daminato, and the hard
working boards of the College
Foundation and the College Alumni
Association.

Our men’s and women’s basket-
ball teams have won the B.C.
Colleges Championships, and are
playing in Alberta for the Canadian
title. Two members of our Douglas
Royals Hockey team have been
named to the All Canadian College
team, and one member each of our
men’s and women’s basketball
teams have also been named to the
All Canadian teams.

I would like to draw the atten-
tion of the Board to the "Five in the
Foyer" Art Exhibit. The exhibitors
are the volunteer directors of the
Art Exhibition Committee. All of
them are working local artists. The
show is well worth viewing in the
Theatre Foyer and in the Display
Room, 3rd floor north. I would
also like to draw to the attention of
the Board, the play Inherit the
Wind - the major theatre produc-
tion this spring. The topic is
timely, and the technical and artis-
tic quality of the production is very
good.

W.L. Day