INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / APRIL 18, 1989

 

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Legion Helps

Maple Ridge Students

Students from Maple Ridge
and Pitt Meadows are getting
some help from their friends.

Maple Ridge Branch #88 of
the Royal Canadian Legion has
established a $25,000 bursary
fund with the Douglas College
Foundation to provide revenue
for annual bursaries for students
from that area. The fund will be
matched by the provincial
government.

Interest earned on the Endow-
ment Fund will be used to
provide one or more bursaries
every year to students in finan-
cial need, says Randi Duke,
Executive Director of the

 

Douglas College Foundation.

With the growth in the Maple
Ridge population and the expan-
sion of Douglas College
programs, Duke says there are
increasing numbers of students
who need financial aid.

The Douglas College Founda-
tion hopes to raise $470,000 by
1990 to build a $1 million En-
dowment Fund to provide
bursaries for students who need
financial assistance. The Foun-
dation relies on support from
businesses and community
groups like the Maple Ridge
Branch #88 Royal Canadian
Legion.

20th Anniversary Continued

the Royal Avenue side, a complex outside the theatre foyer, and an
additional floor above the library," explains Gilgan.

Earlier this year, the College received permission to buy land in
Maple Ridge for a joint facility with the Maple Ridge School District.

"The expansions are just now becoming concrete," says Gilgan.
"We expect further announcements any day."

Despite the changes past and present, Gilgan says something at
Douglas College has remained intact.

“We're still an institution dedicated to helping meet the needs of
the community. We’re still fulfilling our original mandate to provide
a comprehensive college to the community. That hasn’t changed."

For further information about how your department can help
celebrate "Twenty Years of Making a Difference" contact Bill Bell by
calling local 4832. Proposal forms and 20- Year Celebration goals
and objectives can be picked up in the Public Information Office,

Room 4840.

 

Branch #88 spokesman
Ronald Stevenson says legion-
naires have been long-time
supporters of post-secondary
education.

"We understand there are
over 500 students in the Maple
Ridge-Pitt Meadows area
registered at Douglas College,"
says Stevenson. "We wanted to
help them out."

Stevenson says the money for
the Endowment Fund was raised
through bingo. The Legion has
contributed about $15,000
towards student bursaries at
other post-secondary institutions.

 

In the Bag:
Professional
Development

Every Wednesday to April
26, 12:00 to 2:00, faculty are in-
vited to drop in for a bit of
stimulation over lunch in the
Lower Cafeteria, Faculty/Staff
Lounge.

@ Apr. 19 Grading Assignments
(Oh God?)

¢ Apr. 26 Evaluation Brown Bag
Series