Thursday, Oct 23 Literature Alive! presents Poet Molly Peacock 6:30pm B2030, David Lam Campus Info: 604-527-5723 Thursday, Oct 23 The Arts at One presents Baroque Gems: A Harpsichord Retrospective Martha Brickman ipm, Laura C. Muir Performing Arts Theatre Free admission Info: 604-527-5723 Friday, Oct 24 The Therapeutic Recreation Department and the Center for Health and Community Partnerships present Enhancing Health: Nutrition — A Way to Relieve Stress Noon Cro25, David Lam Campus Free admission Thursday, Oct 30 The Arts at One presents Student Showcase Ipm Laura C. Muir Performing Arts Theatre Free admission Info: 604-527-5723 Friday, Oct 31 The Therapeutic Recreation Department and the Center for Health and Community Partnerships present Enhancing Health: Sleep Well Tonight — A Key to Wellness Noon, Cro25, David Lam Campus Free admission Psychology Lab Technician Gerry Gramozis, second from left, with Douglas College Board Chair Andrew Taylor, President Susan Witter and Association of Canadian Community Colleges President James Knight. Accolades for lab technician Gerry Gramozis was honoured at the College Board's Sept 18 meeting by Board Chair Andrew Taylor, College President Susan Witter and Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC) President James Knight. The ACCC presented Gramozis, a laboratory technician in the College’s Psychology Department, with its 2007-08 Staff Excellence Award at its May, 2008 AGM. Being green Considering ways to decrease the ecological footprint resulting from your commute to and from work? Now’s a great time to start, with TransLink’s Ride-Share Week taking place Oct 6-10 as part of the National Ride-Share Week campaign. Start now and sign up at ride-share.com, a free online ride-matching database where you can organize a casual ride-share or a vanpool. Ride-share as much or as little as you want, in your own or somebody else's vehicle. Do so during TransLink Ride-Share Week and you'll be entered to win one of over 300 prizes. Plus you save money, time and the environment. Prizes include BC Ferries passes, Blenz Coffee gift cards, BC Lions game tickets, and Chevron gas coupons. Board members joined the ACCC and Gerry's colleagues in applauding him as a highly skilled, passionate and enthusiastic staff member, who is able to bring out those same qualities in students, faculty and peers alike. Gramozis has also played a significant part in planning, organizing and implementing the annual Depression, Anxiety, Screening and Education Day held the David Lam Campus since 2000. This year’s event takes place on Thursday, Oct 9. In town to join the Board in recognizing Gramozis, the ACCC president also made time to tour Douglas College's David Lam and New Westminster campuses and meet with employees. Knight later provided the Board with an overview of the ACCC’s Four-Point Plan for Federal Action, details of which are available at accc. ca/election. a piece of cake Two Douglas employees have swapped their cars for scooters and are encouraging their colleagues to do the same. Therapeutic Recreation Instructional Facilitator Heather Campbell and Elaine Robinson, departmental assistant for several programs at David Lam Campus, each purchased a scooter in May and share a parking space. “We live close to the Campus and got them to save wear and tear on our cars,” says Campbell. “T personally have over sookm on my scooter and have put in a total of $12.77 in gas, says Robinson. Both say only nasty weather will prevent them from using their scooters. MONTHLY ¢ ARDS Laugh off stress in Fall workshops Discover some new and unusual stress-reduction techniques at a series of free lunchtime workshops this Fall at the David Lam Campus. The workshops, organized by Therapeutic Recreation Instructor Julie Roper, will cover a variety of techniques to relieve stress, including laugh therapy. “Laughing and playing is good for you,” says Roper. “When people have a really good laugh, they feel better.” The workshops, which run every Friday throughout October and November, will cover several other methods, including therapeutic breathing and nutrition. All the techniques fall under the whole-body approach to health, says Roper. “We now know that there's a direct link between thinking and feeling,” says Roper. “And how you feel is often how you see things. It’s all based on living healthier, having a better quality of life.” Roper emphasizes that although they do have a large spiritual component, the techniques she’s chosen are all based on science. “Everything is researched and reliable,” she says. “Research has shown that stress is correlated with all major chronic illnesses. It makes the immune system weaker.” The workshops will be led by Roper’s third-year Bachelor of Therapeutic Recreation students, as part of their Health Promotion course. All workshops are open to the public and the College community. They take place Fridays at 12pm in Room Cro25 at the Centre for Health and Community Partnerships, David Lam Campus, starting on Oct 3 and running through to Nov 28. Therapeutic Recreation Instructional Facilitator Heather Campbell, right, transports a bundt cake to work on the back of her scooter. She is reputed to be the official cake-baker for the David Lam coffee group. She shares a parking space with Departmental Assistant Elaine Robinson.