Notes from the

Thomas Haney Centre

 

Seen here are (standing, |. to r.) Marian Rossell, Director, Thomas Haney Centre;
Ron Pankratz, School District. No. 43; and Gert van Niekerk, Douglas College
Instructor, physical education. Seated are (I. to r.): Tom Harris, Superintendent,
School District No. 43; Susan Hunter-Harvey, President, Douglas College.

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agreement signed on

November 17 between the
Coquitlam and Maple Ridge school
districts and Douglas College will
help students make more efficient
use of their learning years while
educational institutions make more
efficient use of their budgets.

The agreement is designed to
help high school students get a head
start on their college studies.

The first cooperative program
will involve selected Commerce and
Business courses offered at any
Douglas College campus. In the new
program, secondary students with
strong grades in such subjects as
accounting, business management,

and computer science will either be
granted credit for introductory
college courses or else be given
opportunities to challenge the
courses by taking comprehensive
exams.

The second program connects
the College’s Physical Education
and Coaching Diploma programs
with Coquitlam’s schools ina
“two-plus-two-plus-two” program.
This involves a coordinated series
of courses linking two years of
secondary school with two years of
college and two years of university
courses in physical education.

Both programs are supported by
the B.C. government’s Skills Now
Innovation Funds. &

 

 

 

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Competition
open for
innovative
lecture series
funding

The Leon and Thea Koerner
Foundation will again be accepting
applications for the College and
University College Lecture Series
Competition. The purpose of this
competition is to initiate, encourage and
support lecture series’ of high calibre and
of interest to both the College and its
local community audience.

Preferably, lecturers should be drawn
from outside the colleges, although
speakers from within the faculty will be
acceptable. Preference will also be given
to applications made jointly with other
colleges as this will allow a wider use of
visiting lecturers. Topics for lectures
should appeal to a wide audience.

Funding will be given up to a
maximum of $2,500 and is intended only
for expenses and honoraria, although
exceptions are possible. The competition
is open to all colleges and university
colleges in B.C. The deadline for
applications is March 31, 1996.

For more information, contact Mia
Gordon at 5246. ff

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"| stopped believing in
Santa Claus when my
mother took me to see him
in a department store, and
he asked me for my
autograph."

- Shirley Temple