Events Calendar January 12 Noon at New West presents Robin Shier Jazz Quintet Robin Shier, trumpet Bill Abbott, sax Paul Rushka, bass Bernie Arai, drums Miles Black, piano 12:30pm, Performing Arts Theatre January 16 to February 24 The Amelia Douglas Gallery presents Kidz Show 2 Art of employees’ and students’ children Opening reception February 8, 3:30-6:30pm For Gallery times, call 604-527 5495 From left to right: Colin Matson-Jones, Patricia Matson, Wendy Collins and Miranda Lung were the David Lam contingent taking part in Bring Your Grade Nine to Work Day on November 2. Douglas College parents joined moms and dads across Canada on November 2 in bringing their Grade 9 students to work. The High School students got to tag along with their parents and January 19 Noon at New West presents [talianissimo Valerie Weeks, harpsichord; Paul Luchkow, violin; Nan Mackie, viola da gamba 12:30pm, Performing Arts Theatre January 25 Literature Alive presents Nancy Lee Author of Dead Girls 7pm, Room 3343, New Westminster Campus January 26 Noon at New West presents Spanish Serenade Raphael Wagner, soprano; Joel Klein, baritone; Karen Lee Morlang, pianist; 12:30pm, Performing Arts Theatre your Grade Nine to Work Day received tours of both the New Westminster and David Lam Campuses. “We were pleased to host several Grade 9 students of College employees,” said Blaine Jensen, Vice President, Educational Services. “The students were cheerful and seemed to enjoy their time at the College. We also received several suggestions which will make the experience even better for future years.” Left to right, Front Row: Ana Lomigoric, Spomenka Lomigoric, Jordan Kyle, Martha Kyle Second Row: Athena Ebeling Schuld and Ulrike Ebeling Third Row: Lena Ticknor, Caitlyn Kerr, Christine Kerr, Deborah Kisiel. Back Row: Jacquie Ticknor, Piotr Kisiel. Briefly The TransLink Employer Pass Program (EPP) allows companies to offer cost-reduced annual transit passes to their staff when 25 or more employees are enrolled into the program and committed to it for 12 consecutive months. Employees pay for the transit passes through Payroll deduction. Douglas College is now a member of the EPP and new participants may enrol in any month. Deadline to enrol for start of March 2006 is January 20, 2006. Please contact Nancy Constable at 5774 or constablen@douglas. be.ca for more information. ok Effective December 1, 2005 Rush Courier has been purchased by First Canadian Messenger Service Inc. Please let Purchasing know if you encounter any problems with this change over. Purchasing will be monitoring the service over the next three months and would appreciate any observations or comments you may have, . Perinatal Education Community Programmer Kathie Lindstrom is the proud parent of an all-star Thunderbird. Her son, Mike Lindstrom, was named a second team All-Canadian after an outstanding season with the UBC Thunderbirds football team. A slotback, Lindstrom racked up 523 yards on 28 catches in five games for a conference-leading 104.6 yards per game. The Perinatal Program is delighted to announce the arrival of another Program Assistant for the ever growing program. Barbara Bowles joins Kathie Lindstrom and Judy Larson as of this month. * United Way 2005 Chair Kim Conway wants to thank all of the volunteers that assisted with the campaign. “Your time, energy and new ideas made the event a great success,” she says. DC Vision Centre: “Out With The Old (Glasses), In With The New!” Best prices on quality/ name-brand frames and lenses. Call 604-777-6108, Mon-Fri 9:30am to 5pm. A reminder of the deadline for submissions for Kidz Art 2 is Friday January 6. For submission information, look for wards in your fieldbase or phone 604-527-5465. : Psychology Department Chair Dr. Kathy Denton has just had a paper accepted for publication in Psychological Review. “Explanatory limitations of cognitive-developmental approaches to morality” (Krebs, D.L., & Denton, K.) will be published in the July 06 edition. Payroll Darlene Glasgow started as payroll officer in December. She comes to the College from private industry. Payroll has also rearranged work assignments. Any inquiries from employees, managers, deans and directors can be addressed as follows: Faculty: Jewel Walker, local 5366 Staff (A-K): Debbie Lawless, local 5102 Staff (L-Z): Darlene Glasgow, local 5386 Auxiliary & Student: Geanina Vacariu, local 5376 Training Group, Admin, CE & Contracts: Betty Clarke, local 5377 Rosemary Small (604-527-5375) Manager payroll Services and Systems. Jennifer Gifford of the Registrar's Office wants to inform the College community that they raised $262 for the Union Gospel Christmas Campaign. “Way to Go! This is $82 more than last year,” says Gifford. INside Douglas College is published by the Communications & Marketing Office the first Tuesday of each month. Submissions and story ideas are welcome; deadline is 10 working days before publication. Send text-only files to INside editor, CMO, Room 4700, New Westminster Campus; e-mail to haukad @douglas.be.ca; or call 604-527-5325. Printed by the Douglas College Printshop.