Events
Calendar

All events are held at
the New Westminster
Campus unless
otherwise noted.

June 2 -August 5
The Amelia Douglas
Gallery presents
Douglas College
Permanent Collection
Gallery times:
604-527-5465

June 12

Student Recital
(Community Music
School) 2pm,
Performing Arts Theatre

June 13

Forum: Future
Directions for Scholarly
Activity at Douglas
College

Room 1630/1640,
10am-12pm

 

Students and instructors connect at Information Fair

‘The first-ever Information Fair for potential open enrolment students was a big success on May 25. Over 400 students, parents and friends visited the fair, talking to

  

Visiting student Karen Gill (left) plays the
Information Literacy game with Librarians Sandra
Hochstein and Patti Romanko.

   

Go natural this spring
and help the urban
environment.

The Douglas College
Institute of Urban
Ecology (IUE) invites
residents of Vancouver,
Burnaby, New

Westminster and

Briefly

The Bachelor Science in
Nursing Program is
holding its second annual
Scholarship Day on
Wednesday, June 22. Dr.
Joy Johnson,
Coordinator, Doctoral
Programs and Research,
UBC and Dr. Michael
Hayes, Associate Dean,
Faculty of Health
Sciences, SFU will be
presenting an overview of
their current and/or
future planned programs
of research for their
institutional areas. They
will be presenting in
Lecture Theatre 2201 at
9:30am. Coffee will be
available from 9-9:30am.
Interested faculty and
administrators are invited
to attend.

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Connie Bolton (formerly
Thompson) is back at
work part-time in the
Faculty of Commerce and
Business Continuing
Education, and will be
starting full-time on July
11. Connie has changed
her name from Thompson
back to Bolton, and

 

Coquitlam to enter the
ninth annual Nature’s
Havens Challenge. The
IUE wishes to inspire
local residents to aid the
urban environment by
creating rich habitat in
their own backyards.

Gardens can be entered

promises that this will be

the last time!

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BC basketball coaches
can learn from the best
this June at Douglas
College. Dave Munro of
the Sports Institute is
bringing Josh Pastner,
University of Arizona
Wildcats coach and
player to the New
Westminster Campus
June 24 and 25 to coach

the coaches.

Pastner has been with the
Wildcats as a player and
coach for the past nine
seasons. As a player he
won two PAC-10
Championships and was a
member of the 1997
NCAA Championship
team. He has played with,
and coached, NBA
players such as Mike
Bibby, Jason Terry,
Gilbert Arenas and
Richard Jefferson.
Basketball Times recently
rated Pastner as the
number-six ranked
Assistant Coach in the
entire US.

(I-r) Acting Registrar Brenda Walton, students
Daniel Zushaki and Danielle Compton and Vice
President Educational Services Blaine Jensen
had a lot to smile about at the very successful
Information Fair for open enrolment students.

under the categories of
g
yards, balcony gardens,
riparian zones (next toa
water Course), or
neighbourhood gardens
and will be judged on
the following criteria:
food (seeds, berries and

nectar), shelter (shrubs,

‘This clinic is open to any
basketball coach in
British Columbia. For
more info, contact Dave
Munro at 604-527-5041.
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In honour of the
retirement of Bill Main,
the longest-serving
English department
member (1977-2005), the
English department will
inaugurate its new Essay
Prize for Academic
Writing by awarding the
prize in Bill’s name.
Anyone wishing to
contribute to the fund as
a way of commemorating
Bill’s years of dedication
to Douglas College

students is invited to

contact Elizabeth Dunbar

of the Foundation at
604-777-6176. To learn
more about the essay
prize contact Meg
Stainsby of the English
Department at
604-527-5290.

Roger Holdstock of
Language, Literature and
Performing Arts recently

received Langara

 

The Challenge continues: Transform your backyard into a nature's haven

rocks, wood and nest
boxes), water (ponds,
streams, baths or
shallow dishes) and
space (non-toxic,
environmentally
sensitive area).

All participants will be

recognized for their

College’s inaugural
Teaching Excellence
Award. Roger, who
taught at Langara for 30
years, says, “It was nice to
get the award at this
stage, after having
received the National
‘Teaching Exc ellence
Award from ACCC in
1991. And it’s especially
nice to be able to go on
teaching now at Douglas,
starting over so to speak
and enjoying the
challenge immensely.”
Roger currently teaches
Introduction to Film
Studies in Performing
Arts. Congratulations,
Roger!

Come to the Vision
Centre for a new look
this summer! New
products include
Silhouette Rimless,
Tommy I lilfiger and CK.
‘They also carry sun and
sport eyewear, all at
preferred pricing for
College employees and
students. Hours: 9:30am-
Spm (all summer). Call
604-777-6108.

INside Douglas College is published by the Communications & Marketing Office the first Tuesday of each month. Submissions and story ideas are welt
Send text-only files to INside editor, CMO, Room 4700, New Westminster Campus; e-mail to denofreot@douglas.bc.ca; or call 604

 

instructors, finding out more about the College's programs and services and getting advice and information from their peers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The gymnasium at the New Westminster Campus
was packed with eager students during the

Information Fair.

work through public
acknowledgement and
great prizes. The
deadline for entry,
including a photograph
of your garden, is June
30, 2005.

People interested in the

challenge receive an

Jenny Shin (Centre for

International Education)
and her husband, Vinh
Truong, welcomed their
first child, a son, Bailey
Truong, into the world at
6:27am on May 20,
2005. Bailey weighed in
at 3.97 kg (8 Ibs. and 12
oz.) and measured 53 cm
(20.86 inches).

During Jenny’s maternity
leave, Cecilia Lascano
will fill in as International
Student Life Coordinator.
Newcomer Eun Kyong
(E.K.) Kim will fill in for
Cecilia as International
Student Life Assistant.

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‘The Modern Languages
Department is pleased to
announce that instructor
Rose Mohoruk is using
her first Educational
Leave (for Winter 2006)
to study for two months
in Japan, just north of
Tokyo. She has been
selected for this program
by the Japan Foundation,
which funds training and
cultural programs

worldwide.

  

information package on
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the contest and creating

   
      
 
 

a backyard habitat. To

   
  

receive a Nature’s

   
     

Havens entry form and

    
      

information package,

        
  

please contact

       

iue@douglas.be.ca or

éall 604-527-5522.

          
    

     

Instructors Lin Langley,
Communications, and
Cynthia Fulton,
Criminology, are the new
Douglas Development
Coordinators. Former
coordinator Susan
Smythe will provide
transition and support for
Lin and Cynthia during
the coming academic

year,

In the Communications
and Marketing Office,
Christine Munro moves
from auxiliary to regular
as Marketing
Coordinator, taking over
from Bruce Livingstone
who has left the College.
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In Student Development,
Diane MacEachern
moves from auxiliary to
regular as BOE ‘Training
Facilitator, replacing
Roberta Bower who has

resigned.

In the Registrar’s Office,
Marla Martin and Pam
Simpson both move from
auxiliary to regular as
Information Services

Assistant.

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