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Food, fitness and fun to be
had at College open house

The 1990 Open House is fast

approaching, and some depart-
ments have already begun plan-
ning how to put their best feet
forward.

Plans being developed by the
Department of International
Education are still tentative, but
Language & Cultural Assistant
Claudette Laberge offers some tan-
talizing possibilities for cultural
themes at the November 16 & 17
Open House.

“An international food booth
is one thing we might do, with the
students preparing different
foods,” she says. “Another pos-
sibility is a cultural entertainment
stage, with spots of music and
dancing.”

While their plans are not final,
Laberge is excited about the oppor-
tunity for her department to show
itself off during the College’s 20th
Anniversary. “We have a unique
department with a special cultural
mix, and we hope to let the com-
munity know what a wonderful
ethnicity there is at Douglas Col-
lege.”

It’s also an opportunity to
bring the community together.

“It lets people realize that there’s
something here for them,” says
Laberge. “We like to think the Col-
lege is accessible to everyone. It’s
an excuse to have fun and to ex-
plore new ideas,” she adds.

Laberge is involved not only
in the Department of International
Education, but she is also chairper-
son of the Open House Volunteer

[e happening already.

Committee. “We want to involve
the students as volunteers,” she
says. “For example, our area could
benefit from the participation of
our ESL (English as a Second Lan-
guage) students. They could serve
as tour guides and practice their
English, and also get some recogni-
tion in the community,” she says.
“Other groups of students could
benefit from volunteering as well.”

“Volunteers are the heart of
any organization and we hope
that our volunteers will find ita
useful thing to do,” she adds.

The Sports Institute also has
some tentative plans for Open
House, according to Community
Programmer Chris Johnson.
Among them is a children’s fun ex-
ercise program designed to im-
prove kids’ cardiovascular
efficiency.

“We're hoping to do a
demonstration by groups of kids
called Jump Rope For Heart,” says
Johnson. “We'll put them through
a practice session while their
parents go off to look at other
things. And then we'll try to get
the parents involved too,” smiles
Johnson. Gymnastics for kids and
soccer clinics are also possible
Sports Institute contributions to
the Open House. But whatever
they decide to do, says Johnson,
the Open House is a great oppor-
tunity for the College to show the
public what happens here. "People
will have a chance to see that
Douglas College is a quality in-
stitution with quality instructors
and programs,” he says. @

 

 

 

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