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

  

  

Thirty years in the making

Douglas College turns 30 in
2000, making it a year of
celebration and special
opportunities. The preliminary
planning is already underway
for College and community-
based activities to celebrate the
anniversary, but there’s still
much to be done and everyone
from the College is encouraged
to get involved.

If you’ve got an idea or want to
help out, contact a
representative of the appropriate
subcommittee: Education
(contact Tom Whalley at 5582),
Legacy (Lorna McCallum,
5284), Employee/Retiree
Recognition (Kris Remmem,
5339), Homecoming/Graduate
Outreach (Tina Perret, 5871),
and Open House (Brad Barber,
5327). Each committee is

guided by the theme of
celebration, appreciation and
recognition of Douglas College,
and our contributions to
students, community and the

province.

“T think it’s important for
faculty that plans for the
anniversary year include a wide
variety of teaching and learning
activities. We have a special
opportunity to develop projects
that can include service learning
and new initiatives in
community-linked and
integrated cross-curricular
learning,” says ESL Instructor
Tom Whalley, co-chair of the

Education subcommittee.

Faculty should also be thinking
ahead to the anniversary year as

an opportunity to showcase the

Contributions to the Foundation

The Douglas College Foundation happily acknowledges

the following contributions from partners and supporters

of the College:

* $7,000 from Microserve, the proceeds from their annual

golf tournament.

* Two computers from Microserve and Compaq. One
was raffled at A Class Act, while the other will be

raffled soon.

* $80,000, the last installment of a $250,000 gift from a
previous donor for the Capital Campaign.

¢ $50,000 from the Real Estate Foundation for the

Douglas College

Institute of Urban

Ecology. The College will match this

contribution.

* $259,430 worth of networking equipment from

Newbridge Networks to Systems & Computing to

supplement and enhance the networking infrastructure

at the David Lam Campus.

 

work of their discipline. Faculty

interested in developing

education-related proposoals for

the 30th anniversary should

contact Laura Byrne, Education

committee co-chair, at local
S411.

Planning for the year started
last spring when President
Susan Witter called for faculty,
staff and student volunteers for
the 30th Anniversary Steering
Committee (which holds its
next meeting on Thursday,
January 14 at 12:30pm in the
New Westminster Board
Room). Look for more
information about the 30th
Anniversary in upcoming issues
of the INside.

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When the College opened in 1970 (where the
Justice Institute is now), portables were used as
classrooms and, as shown here, for the Library .

United Nations comes to

Douglas College

It’s an experience that students
from around the world won't
soon forget. On February 10-
15, the Douglas College
International Model United
Nations 1999 (DOUGIMUN)
gives student delegations from
different countries the
Opportunity to participate in a
simulated model of the United
Nations (UN). Two hundred
and fifty delegations (consisting
of four students each) from all
over the world are expected to
attend.

“Each delegation will be
assigned a country different
from their own when they
arrive,” says Marlene Hancock,
DOUGIMUN organizer and
political science instructor.
“They will represent that
country and its interests and
remain in character for the

duration of the conference.”

Inspired by the 1997 American
University of Cairo Model UN
held in Egypt, which she
attended with a Douglas College
student delegation, Hancock
made the decision to develop
DOUGIMUN as an annual
event. “I want to get
DOUGIMUN on the map as an
international event that is worth

attending,” she says.

Delegations will participate in
discussions concerning
sustainable cities (with the City
of Vancouver Economic and
Development Commission),
Aboriginal land claims (with the
BC Treaty Commission), and the
Year of the Older Person.

And just like the UN,
DOUGIMUN will have councils
that include the Security Council
(Crisis Council), the World
Health Organization, the

International Court of Justice
(with emphasis on the new
criminal court for war crimes),
human rights, the status of
women, and economic and
social development (ethics of
NGOs and globalization).

“I challenge my colleagues at
the College to encourage
delegations of students to
participate,” says Hancock.
“The learning experience is

invaluable.”

The cost for a Douglas College
delegation is $100 and includes
a delegation package and
participation in all
DOUGIMUN 1999 events,
including a cultural evening co-
sponsored by the Mexican
Consulate. For more
information, please contact
Hancock at local 5208 or 5812.

 

Quote of the Month

“The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds
the most discovertes, 1s not ‘Eureka!’ (I found it!) but ‘That’s

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funny...’

Isaac Asimov