INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / FEBRUARY 5, 1991

 

 

Full Services For People With Disabilities In
Coquitlam, President’s Commission Told

Tie second President’s Commis-
sion hearing on the new Coquit-
lam campus was marked by
presentations from the B.C.Govern-
ment Emplovees Union, the Educa-
tional and Student Services
Division, and Disabled Student
Services.

Gladys Loewen, Co-ordinator
of Disabled Student Services, em-
phasized the need for specific
learning options for students with
learning disabilities. “The needs of
all faculty, staff, and students with
disabilities must be met,” she said.
Loewen went on to identify ser-
vices such as “loops” and visual
fire alarms for the hearing-im-
paired, voice-braille printers, and
talking calculators, among others.

“The employees of Douglas
College enjoy working here, and
we want to be able to offer the best
for the student population,” said
Glenn James, speaking on behalf
of the B.C.G.E.U. “We would like
to see a variety of programs of-
fered at the new campus.”
Academic, technical, career, and
continuing education programs
are important, he said.

Al Atkinson, Dean of Educa-
tional and Student Services, noted
in his presentation that a full range
of student services will be neces-
sary in the Coquitlam campus.
“They must be highly visible,
centrally located, and easily acces-
sible,” he said.

Atkinson also said that, while

 

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ASSERTIVE COMMUNICATIONS
‘lues. Feb. 12, 2:00-4:00, Janet Currie

HOW RELATIONSHIPS DEVELOP

Thurs. Feb. 14, 12:00-2:00, Beth Morris

‘Tues. Feb. 26, 2:00-4:00, Janet Currie
SURVIVING THE END OF RELATIONSHIPS
Thurs. Feb. 28, 12:00-2:00, Beth Morris

‘Tues. March 5, 2:00-4:00, Alena Strauss

Thurs. March 7, 12:00-2:00, Beth Morris

PROCRASTINATION - THE ART OF PUTTING THINGS OFF
Thurs. March 14, 12:00-2:00, Alena Strauss

Tues. March 26, 2:00-4:00, Janet Currie

 

 

the facility must be planned as an
integrated partner with the other
campus sites, planning should
enable the new campus to be
autonomous sometime in the fu-
ture. “It must be planned as a
comprehensive entity, as it may
someday exist as a separate institu-
tion.”

Presentations from the Faculty
Association, Alumni Association,
and the Student Society will be
heard at the next President’s Com-
mission hearing, to be held Tues-
day, February 12, at 7pm in the
Douglas Room. For further infor-
mation on the President’s Commis-
sion, call Christina Symons at local
5393.

DID YOU KNOW...?

eee It wasn’t unti! 1975 that smok-
ing in class was outlawed at
Douglas College. Before that, smok-
ing and drinking coffee had been
permitted. In fact, before the new
rule, students had dropped cigarette
butts and poured left-over coffee
through the spaces between the
floor boards lining the portables.
Smoking was banned from the New
Westminster campus building on
August 1, 1990. @

Correction: Founda-

tion Grants

Applications for internal
grants for college projects must be
submitted to the Foundation Of-
fice in Room 4800A by
FEBRUARY 8, 1991 for review by
the Board of Directors in March. In
the last newsletter, it was incorrect-
ly stated that the deadline was
February 15, 1991.