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Education Council highlights
Post-secondary plan
Event celebrates 25 years

Stewart Graham
signed copies of
his book, Yeah
College! ata
launch in the
Douglas Room in
1991. One of the
founders of
Douglas College,
Mr. Graham
passed away last
month.

Douglas College remembers founder
and provincial education pioneer

tewart Graham, a founder of

Douglas College, passed away

Friday, March 8, after a
lengthy illness.

As a pioneer of education in
British Columbia, Graham was
instrumental in the formation of
Douglas College, and helped oversee

its progression from an idea to reality.

He chaired the research group that

wrote the feasibility study leading to
the creation of Douglas College. He
was the provincial government’s
appointee on the College Council
from 1969 to 1973, and again from
1976 to 1983.
Through his vision and tireless
effort, he oversaw the growth of the
College from its humble beginnings in
1970 to the status of a major urban

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summaries of important
meetings—but keep doing what you’ re
doing. That’s the feedback you gave us
through the readership survey distributed
in February’s INside.

About 80 people responded to the
survey, which is done every few years to
make sure that INside keeps meeting the
needs of its primary audience—staff,
faculty and administrators at Douglas
College.

“We’re comfortable moving in the
directions that people suggested,” says
Director of Communications & Marketing
Brad Barber. “We'll prioritize the
suggestions and incorporate them into a
newsletter that, according to survey
results, is already doing a good job of
meeting internal communications needs.”

The survey showed that about 56% of
you read it cover to cover, while 42%
skim the contents. About 32% said INside
information is extremely useful, while
about 57% find it somewhat useful. Half
of you would like to see opinion pieces,

letters to the editor, employee profiles and
current events coverage. You are mostly
satisfied with the amount of space devoted
to information on College events, teaching
and learning activities, the President’s

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