INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / October 16, 1991

 

 

Faculty and staff profiles

 

 

 

 

Security Officer
Dave Langill

lf you’re hurting inside, or outside,
go see Dave Langill. He’s the
daytime on-site industrial first aid
attendant. “Anyone on the Douglas
College site, including staff, faculty
or students — come to see me, and
I'll fix you up.” Langill can also refer
you to medical aid at a hospital or,
if you’re not feeling well, “I can
show you where to lie down and
have a snooze.” Langill hails from
Sussex, New Brunswick, where he
worked in the mining industry. He
left there in 1978, working in mines
in Ontario and the Northwest
Territories before settling in B.C. For
fun, he likes to swim and cross-
country ski. He also enjoys “first-aid
instruction of all kinds.”

The Douglas College Security
number is local 5405. m

 
 
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Business Programmer
Brenda Welock

Brenda Welock has lived in Van-
couver her entire life, but there’s
one local mystery which still baffles
her.

“I’m surprised I’m one of the few
people working here actually born
in Vancouver,” said Welock, the
new Business Programmer in Com-
munity Programs & Services. “You
wonder what happened to all those
other Vancouverites. Where did
they all go? Why would anyone
want to leave?”

Welock did not want to leave
because she relishes the natural
beauty of her native province. She
enjoys criss-crossing local trails and
actively supports local environmen-
tal and animal rights organizations.
Welock is also an avid theatre-goer.

Before joining Douglas College,

Welock worked in sales and market-

ing within the tourism industry. She
completed her B.A. in psychology
and Masters in Adult Education,
both at the University of B.C.

Welock lives with her husband
Gordon, and brother-sister dogs
Maxwell and Maude. @

Student Services Counsellor
Jean Spence

As you might expect from a profes-
sional counsellor, Jean Spence is
definitely a people person.

Spence, who has joined Student
Services during a one-year leave
from BCIT, prefers practical to
theoretical in psychology.

“| find research fascinating, but |
get the most pleasure out of work-
ing with people,” says Spence. “In
counselling you get to work with
different types of people and a
variety of issues.”

The variety of people she’s
worked with has been wide.
Spence has counselled in private
practice, with college students, and
with shoplifters while with the
Elizabeth Fry Society. That’s in addi-
tion to a career as “nuclear house-
hold coordinator” to two children,
her husband, and P.J., the beagle.

Born in Fairbury, Nebraska,
Spence has lived in Vancouver
since she was six. A chamber music
fan, lately she has been listening to
the likes of John Coltrane and
Sonny Rollins, inspired by son
Andrew who plays tenor sax with
Douglas College jazz ensembles.

There’s also her newest interest,
Tai Chi. “I’m going to learn all 108
movements,” says Spence.