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~ wednesday, March 4, 1981°

 

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BIOGRAPHY
CONFERENCE for
WRITERS

Douglas College is offer-
ing a three day Biography
Conference for Writers,
starting March 27.

Julian Symons, the inter-
nationally acclaimed British
Biographer and detective
fiction writer, will be join-
ed by a number of well-known

-seminars & workshops. Ali
aspects of writing of bio-
graphies, from research
techniques to the biographers
relationship to his publisher
will be discussed.
Douglas College & the Burnaby
Arts Council are co-sponsoring
the conference. They have
planned the conference as a
forum for writers who are
either already writing a bio-
graphy or who see it as a
potential field for their
writing.
PLACE: Robson Square Media
Center, March 27,28,29.
COST: $65 (3 workshops)
A descriptive brochure is
available for this conference
from Continuing- Edacation.

 

biographers to conduct panels,

  
  

Douglas gave the
United Way

Douglas College employees can
pat themselves on the back for open-
ing up their hearts and pocketbooks to
the United Way in 1980.

Douglas College exceeded their
1980 target of $2,500 by $312, a 150%
increase over the amount given in 1979.

"All your work for the past camp-

= aign is greatly appreciated," United
Way associated campaign director,
' Patrick Oswald, said in a letter to
Reg Pridham.

"Please accept a warm thank you
from all of us associated with our 84
human care agencies...thanks to you,
this United Way family can now better

“+ gerve one in three of us living in the
_ -« Lower Mainland," Oswald said.
Oswald pointed out that per-
sonnel manager, Leo Hungle's efforts
_ were noted and his "dedication" was
> "greatly appreciated."

Douglas College's increase
helped produce a 20% increase in the
Post Secondary division.

The average donation of a donor
was $63.02, up from $48.35 in 1979.
However, the percentage of the en
ployees taking part in either payroll
deduction or a cash donation was only
6%.

 

‘Principal Appointments

Here is another update on some further
appointments (by personal choice) to
adminstrative positions

KWANTLEW COLLEGE : a
Campus Principal (Surrey/Newton)
/ Bob Lowe
Campus Principal/ (Langley)
Ken Moore

 

Campus Principal (Richmond)

Z Don Porter