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Douglas College

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‘ e September 1999

The Douglas College Newsletter

  

@ New Westminster Campus, David Lam Campus & Thomas Haney Campus

  

Enrolment numbers up;
news at eleven

College involved in
cultural partnership

A three-way partnership between Douglas College, Fudan University in Shanghai
and the Chinese Cultural Regeneration Research Society (CRRS) of Burnaby will
work to enhance the understanding of cultures between Canada and China. This

project, funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), will
give College faculty significant recognition for their work at Fudan.

“This partnership is very important in terms of civil liberties, rights and rule of law,”
says Vice President of Instruction John McKendry. “Douglas faculty will work in

tandem with the faculty of Fudan University, one of the oldest universities in
China.”

Criminology faculty members Beth de Beer, Cynthia Fulton, Noah Neaman and
Sussan Thomson will facilitate seminars and public engagement activities at Fudan
University in civil liberties, human rights, rules of law, governance structures and a
corrupt-free society from the Canadian perspective. As well, a number of students
from Fudan University will attend seminars at Douglas College.

Thanks to the combined efforts of faculty, Dean Terry Farrell and our special
emissary to Shanghai, Dr. Guangwei Ouyang, this symbolic partnership will occur
over the next year. CRRS, the principal partner, is a non-profit organization with
the mission of fostering cultural understanding between Canada and China.

 

Global TV interviewed Registrar Trish Angus on August 19 about the rise in
enrolment at Douglas College. “We have 300 more students registered over
the same time last year,” said Angus, but reminded veiwers that “we still have
three and a half weeks to go for registration." It appears that the big gain is in
university transfer programs but no analysis has been done yet to determine

A family affair

Graduation day was
extra special for this
family as they
celebrated three
generations of
psychiatric nurses.
Douglas College
psychiatric nursing
graduate Katherine
Hunt (right) poses with
her mother, Douglas
College Psychiatric
Nursing instructor
Caroline Hunt (left)
and her grandmother,
retired Pyschiatric
Nurse Margaret Cope
(centre).
Congratulations to all!

 

Wine and dine with the Foundation

specifically which programs were up. When asked if she could tell students
one important thing about coming to College, Angus replied “apply early."

Innovative system comes to the Library

On August 1, 1999, the College signed a contract with
Innovative Interfaces for the purchase of a new library
automated system to replace the aging INLEX system.
What does this mean for library users?

The biggest improvement will be that the library’s
catalogue will be available via the Web and may be
accessed 24 hours a day from anywhere in the world. It
will also be possible to limit searches of the catalogue to
material type or to a specific campus. Secure self-serve
options, such as the ability to view material checked
out, renew material, and place holds and bookings, will
be introduced once the system is up and running
smoothly.

While these enhancements are exciting, there will
undoubtedly be some “interesting” things happening

during the transition
period. The crux will
come later in the Fall
semester as the library
prepares to go live before
January 2000.

Please be patient with
library staff as they learn
to use the system, and
stay tuned for further
developinents and
updates. If you have any
questions, please contact
Patti Romanko at local
5183 or Susan Ashcroft
at local 5189.

The Douglas College Foundation invites you to A Class Act, their annual wine tasting event, being held November 10 in Coquitlam. Sample fine wines from throughout
the region while dining on canapes and hors d’oeuvres prepared by students from our very own Hotel and Restaurant Management Program. The evening is capped off with

live and silent auctions. Tickets are $40 each including GST, and a portion of the proceeds will help fund bursaries for students in the Hotel and Restaurant Management
Program. For tickets, call Karen in the Foundation Office at local 5876. Last year’s tickets went fast, so call soon!

 

Quote of the Month

“Thinking doesnt seem to help very much. The human brain is too

high-powered to have many practical uses in this particular universe.”

Kurt Vonnegut