College Briefs

 

e Scopes for sale
The College has ten Swift dissecting
microscopes, six Swift compound micro-
scopes and three Unilus microscopes for
sale. All items are available for viewing in
the Biology Lab (call Helen Palmer at lo-
cal 5218). Sealed bids must be received in
the Purchasing Department, Room 4840,
by 2pm on Friday, September 17. Offers
must include the manufacturer and type of
microscope, serial number and an alternate
selection(s) in the event that the offer on
your first choice is not accepted.

%® BCGEU Meeting

All BCGEU members of Douglas College
are urged to attend a meeting on Thursday,
September 16 from 4:30pm to 5:30pm in
Room 1614. On the agenda is the election
of 8 stewards and one bargaining commit-
tee member and alternate. Nomination
forms are available from current stewards.

@® Student wins award...
Douglas College accounting student
Stephen Hansma received a $500 Memo-

al Scholarship Award from the Society
of Management Accountants of B.C.
Each year, the Society awards students
who have shown outstanding achievement
in accounting studies.

@® Parking passes for fall
Employees must renew their parking
passes for the fall semester by September
10. Passes will be renewed at the IMpark
kiosk at the Level P1 entrance.

@® Watch your stuff!

With increased traffic on campus, it only
takes seconds for something to disappear.
Remember to keep your belongings secure
and out of sight. Don’t leave anything
valuable unattended and report any
missing items to Security at local 5405
immediately.

@® Friday Night Social
Every week 4:30pm - 6:30pm in the
Douglas Room. Open to all faculty,
support staff and Douglas College
employees.

Briefs continued on page 5

 

Love blooms on campus

 

Roberto Madriz (L)
from Nicaragua and
Douglas College
student Dana
Chamberlain (R) were
married by D.C. Board
member (and marriage
commissioner) Bob
Buzza (middle) on
August 7.

 

 

 

 

 

They met, fell in love and were married after a two-month whirlwind romance.
It sounds like a big-screen romance, but it happened right here at Douglas
College.

Roberto Madriz was one of two Nicaraguans training in media production on
campus this summer with Instructional Media Services. He arrived at the end of
May. Dana Chamberlain was one of the Douglas College students on a work
study project hired to work as a Spanish interpreter for the Nicaraguans.

A romance blossomed and on August 7, five days before Roberto’s return to
Nicaragua, he and Dana were married in a ceremony at her apartment in New
Westminster. The ceremony was attended by a dozen friends and colleagues.
And, to everyone’s surprise, the marriage commissioner who came by to per-
form the ceremony was none other than Bob Buzza, member of the Douglas
College Board.

Roberto left Canada on August 12. Dana, a single mother of two, plans to study
at Douglas College for another semester, and then move to Nicaragua next year
to join her new husband and his family; Roberto has six children from a pre-
vious marriage. A match made at Douglas! &

 

 

 

Did You Know?

Twenty percent of students took student loans or borrowed money to attend Douglas College
last fall. 45 percent planned to work up to 20 hours per week, while 23 % planned to work
21 or more hours per week. Nine percent said finances were a "big problem", 32 % said
finances were a "small problem", 31% said "not really", and 28 % said "not at all". Ten
percent of Douglas College students were single parents or the main supporters of financial
dependents.

Source: (Fall 1992 Survey by Office of Institutional Research and Development). A