INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / OCTOBER 24, 1989

 

 

 

 

Douglas College Gives Warm
Welcome to New Instructors

Here are the new faces you'll be seeing around campus this semester. The following people are the newest mem-
bers of our faculty. Please help them feel at home.

 

CORRY RISTOCK needed a
break from the pressure of working
ona Masters degree in mathemati-
cal biology, and came to Douglas to
take up the position of Math Ad-
visor in the Mathematics Depart-
ment. A native of Vancouver, Mr.
Ristock completed a BSc in
Honours Mathematics , also at
U.B.C., in 1986. “I don’t know why
I became a mathematician - it’s just
something I’m good at,” says Ris-
tock. He plays the pipe organ and
sings in a church choir, but says,
“Thave a dull life. Use your jour-
nalistic skills to make this sound

interesting.” ™

 

 

 

“Humanities are important,
and English is the quintessential
humanity,” says STEPHEN DUN-
NING, recently appointed to the
position of English Instructor at
Douglas College. Born and raised
mainly in Ottawa, Ontario, he com-
pleted Bachelor and Masters

i degrees in English at the University
of Ottawa before travelling to
Britain to earn a PhD at Cambridge.
The subject of his doctoral thesis
was the modern British writer Char-
les Williams, and he professes a spe-
cial interest in the Danish
philosopher Kierkegaard. “I really
love teaching,” says Dunning. “I
think in some ways English ex-
plores the questions that
philosophy used to explore.” m