November 27, 1992

the Other Press

DC Scholarships Underfunded-Let's Do Some Math

 

by Karen Rempel

Scholarships were granted to 22
continuing (returning) studentsat the
fall awards ceremony on November
16. Is this a reasonable number of
scholarships for a student body of
8,098? Let’s do some math and find
out.

TheDouglas CollegeFoundation
grants scholarships in recognition of
high academic achievement (on the
basis of grades). Students must also
meet requirements specific to
individual awards, such as
community service, entrepreneurial
achievement, or registration in a
particular program.

The awards were given to
students in a broad range of
Co includin Music,

sychiatric Nursing, Computing
Science, Business, and Arts.

Students must havea minimum
G.P.A. of 3.5 to apply for the
scholarships. Over 130students who
met this standard applied for
scholarships this fall. With 130
students competing for only 22
awards, many of the students who
received awards had aG.P.A.ofover
4.0. Fine work, recipients.
Congratulations.

But what about the other 100
students whohaveachieved superior
academic standing? No awards for
them.

The total money awarded in
scholarships to continuing students
was $8,765. In the fall of 1991, 30
scholarships were given tocontinuing
students, totalling $11,780. In both
years the average scholarship
awarded was about $400—not even
enough to cover tuition. Student
Finance and Placement Officer Patti

Lewis said the decrease in award
money for fall1992is due todeclining
interest rates.

Two awards could not be given
out because no students met the
requirements: one was a new award
for a student in the Construction
Management Program, with a
minimum G.P.A. of 3.75; the other
was for a student who had achieved
first-classstandingin English101 and
another 100-level English course,and
who was currently enroled in one or
more second-year literature courses.

This fall Douglas College has
the highest enrolment ever: 8,098
students, of whom 3,327 are full-
time. This works out to $1.08 in
scholarship money available to each
student at Douglas. Or, if you want
to be generous, $2.63 for each full-
time student.

Whatconclusions canbe drawn
from all this math? Clearly, the
number of students who apply and
meet the requirements for
scholarships far outweighs theactual
funding available. Douglas College
needs more scholarship money.

What can Douglas College

students do about it? Well, you can Lynda George

write to your M.P. or M.L.A.,, and Beverley Goodhead

request that the governmentincrease Robert Hucul

its spending on higher education. Elisha Iggulden

You can also talk to your employer Shelley Jadot

and see if your company would be Ann Kamiah

willing to donate money to set up a Tracy Lukaniuk

scholarship fund. Or, youcantransfer Suzanne MacKinnon

to S.F.U.—students there don’t have Ruth Mahoney

to pay tuition if they have a Staci-Lynn McDonald

cumulativeG.P.A.of3.6andaG.P.A. Lynn Nickerson

of 3.5 for the previous semester. Janet Nitta

Fall 1992 Scholarship Recipients Annice O’Rourke

Kim Boyes Joanne Peppard
Jennifer Brisebois John Rahn
Frankie Chia Colleen Sherriff

Lost and Found Charity Bound

 

by Christopher MacLaren

Security reports thatthe Douglas
College Lost and Found is literally
overflowing with items. Students
who may have lost belongings to
please check at the Security Office on
the 2nd floor.

Students are also reminded that
all belongings not claimed within 6
months are donated to charity, so

better hurry.
gr eine ts elabiace items are
: textbooks, notebooks, wallets,
calculators and other important
school-related items.
Congratulations toOliverBuchmann,
ex-Site Supervisor who was
promoted last week to Head Office.

Congratulations also to Robert
Boers, who has been promoted to

new Site Supervisor.

Lost and Found

Found:

Passports, Notebooks, Calculators ,
Wallets, Sink(presumably kitchen),
Miscellaneous Auto parts, Watches,
Grandfather clock, Book bags, Car
Keys, Microfilm, Computer Disks,
Computers-personal, Computers-
Mainframe and much, much more. See
Security.

Lost: ;
Space to put all this junk. See Security. J

 

 

 

Kevin Stock Elena Beynon
Celieste Tsuyuki Maureen Crawford
Alice Yuen Daniel Farmer
Fall 1992 Entrance Scholarship Wendy Martin
Recipients Rupinder Sangha
Bilvinder Ahira Sandra Sauer
Heather Bewes Erin Shires

 

 

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