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May doesn’t fit well. No longer just
spring, not quite summer...hockey on the
tube, yet the days are long. The hype of the
fall and winter semesters is over, but with
several thousand students on campus, the
summer semester is no longer the laid-
back, languid down-time that it used to
be...it’s in the middle too, just like May.
By the way, May in the Muhammadan
calendar is Jumada I, and in the Jewish
calendar it’s Shebat. In the Gregorian
calendar, it’s just plain old May. Maybe
it’s time to get on with some bits of news
from around the College.

Jan pens a chapter...

Community Programmer Janet Knowles
is a contributor to a book just published by
the UBC Press. It’s called Challenge and
Opportunity: Canada’s Community
Colleges at the Crossroads. Edited by
John D. Dennison, UBC Professor
Emeritus in Adult and Higher Education,
the book draws attention to the successes
and problems encountered by community
colleges in a rapidly changing social and
economic environment. Jan’s piece is
called A Matter of Survival: Emerging
Entrepreneurship in Community Colleges
in Canada.

...and wins some coin.

Janet Knowles was the March winner of
the Foundation’s 60/40 draw, taking home
$823.20, with $548.80 going to student
aid. The same numbers apply to Karen
Turner, who won the April draw.

Brigid’s busy...

Psychiatric Nursing Instructor Brigid Ting
led a round table discussion on
acupuncture, addictions and mental illness
during a research conference called
Changing Roles - Changing Outcomes in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin in April. She will
also be a presenter on the same topic at a
July conference at the University of
Washington in Seattle.

Lisa’s well...

Financial Aide Clerk Lisa Barone and
husband Carmen are celebrating the birth
of their daughter Bianca, who was born
April 17 and weighed in at 7b, 14 oz.
Congratulations to all!

Another spoke in Tim’s wheel...
Physical Education Instructor Tim Frick
appears in the Spring 95 edition of The
Newswheel, a newsletter published by the
B.C. Division of the Canadian Wheelchair
Sports Association. Tim was named B.C
Coach of the Year for 1993/94, and adds
that honor to his lengthy list of coaching
accomplishments, including guiding the
Canadian women’s wheelchair basketball
team to the gold medal at the 1992
Paralympics in Barcelona.

Staff moves...

Christine Unterthiner moved from the
Public Information Office to the
Foundation Office as Alumni Association
Officer on May 1. Kathy Wardrop took
Christine’s position as Public Information
Office Assistant.

A paper reminder...

The Purchasing Department tells us that
paper costs have increased about 40% this
year, and are projected to go up even
more over the next two years. Keep using
the WOW boxes, and try to cut down on
photocopying whenever you can.

Life after the Board...

Myrna Popove stepped down as Board
Chair a couple of years ago, but she still
makes quick stops into the College, and
she’ ll be making more soon as co-chair of
the Pinetree Way Capital Campaign.
Myrna has cleared her plate a little bit,
having sold her Coquitlam gift shop, but
she’s still on the board of the B.C. Centre
for International Education, and she’s
doing some consulting work for the
Ministry. She ranks a trip to New Mexico
as high on her list of things to do next.

LONE

Past prez appointed...

Jamie McEvoy, Douglas College student
and past president of the Douglas College
Student Society, has been appointed to the
B.C. Council on Admissions and
Transfer, which promotes cooperation and
communication between educational
institutions on issues of an academic
nature affecting students.

Matrimonial Monday...

Marty Sulek, Development Officer -
Faculty and Alumni, will wed fiance
Alison on May 15 in an outdoor
ceremony. The couple plans to
honeymoon in Eastern Europe. They’ ll be
visiting Prague, where Marty spent a year
teaching English and studying Czech a
few years back.

See you in June!