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The Douglas College Newsletter @ New Westminster Campus, David Lam Campus & Thomas Haney Campus

July and August 1999

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Shanghai students to receive

College diploma

Students in Shanghai, China can now receive a
diploma in Financial Markets and Investment
Management from Douglas College, all without
leaving home. In partnership with the Shanghai
Institute for Foreign Trade (SIFT), the College will
offer a diploma program as part of a degree in
Shanghai, leading to graduate level studies in finance
or business administration.

“The diploma we contribute is the specialized finance
component of the degree,” says Commerce and
Business Dean Jim Sator. “All of the students are
Chinese, and we expect that they will be employed in
China upon graduation.”

College instructors will teach the first two intakes
while SIFT faculty, after undergoing professional
development at the College, will take over thereafter.
The program design and structure also allows for

visiting professors, ensuring that students get a broad
range of experiences during their course of studies.

“Our partners in China have assured us that the
demand for the program and its graduates is a very high
priority,” says Vice-President of Instruction John
McKendry. Preliminary discussions with Canadian
business executives in Shanghai have been favourable.

“Shanghai is rapidly becoming one of the key business
centres in the world,” he continues. “Major financial
institutions from around the world have established a
presence there, and all indications are that China is
committed to establishing Shanghai as a major force in
its economic affairs and in international business.”

This diploma program is Douglas College’s first joint
venture with SIFT. Similar partnerships also exist
between the College and Shanghai Teacher’s University
and the Shanghai Administration College.

Award-winning coach is at it again

 

Premier Glen Clark (left) and BC Lieutenant-Governor Garde Gardom (right)
present Coach Tim Frick with the Order of British Columbia at a ceremony

held June 17 at Government House in Victoria.

distinction and excelled in any field of endeavor benefiting the people of the Province

or elsewhere, and Frick certainly fits the bill.

Frick has led his team to several prestigious titles. It won the Gold Cup world
championships in 1998 and 1994, and Paralympics titles in 1996 and 1992. Frick is
also the only coach in Canada to win a gold medal at a world championship or
Olympic games in basketball — able-bodied or wheelchair. Congratulations Tim!

Described as “the
winningest coach in
women’s wheelchair
basketball,” Douglas
College instructor and
national women’s
wheelchair basketball
coach Tim Frick received
the Order of British
Columbia on June 17 in
Victoria.

The Order of British
Columbia recognizes those
persons who have served
with the greatest

Summer Language
Program mixes fun
with learning

 

Students from the College’s Summer Language Program
volunteered their time at the International Vancouver
Children’s Festival in June. The federally sponsored
five-week intensive immersion program consists mainly
of full-time university/CEGEP students from Quebec

as well as some international students.

Students in the program participate in a variety of
activities from classroom assignments to field trips,
workshops, cultural presentations at local elementary
schools, socio-cultural events and theatrical
productions. And they take away more than just fluency
in another language — they develop an appreciation for
the culture of another part of Canada. For more
information, contact Lani Hyde at local 5412.

Upgrade GroupWise in a single click

It’s that time again: Systems & Computing is upgrading GroupWise 4.1
to GroupWise 5.5. The change is expected to come within the first two

weeks of August.

While upgrading sounds like a lot of work, most GroupWise users will

not have to do anything but click the appropriate button. On the day
that the new program is set to begin, you will be notified of the change
upon booting up your machine. You will be asked to click a button, and
the program will then upgrade itself. If you have any questions, please

contact Client Support Supervisor Carole Nelson in Systems at local 5332.

 

 

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