Work-Study for Fall 1995 Each year, Douglas College is allocated a Work-Study budget from the Ministry of Skills, Training and Labour. The Work-Study program provides part- time employment (5 to 15 hours per week) to full-time students. Students may be employed at Douglas College, or off- campus with a non-profit organization. Students must qualify on the basis of financial need. Eligibility is determined by the Student Finance and Placement Office, after the assessment of each student’s Canada Student Loan/B.C. Student Loan and the information provided on the Work-Study application form. Students may work between 50 and 150 hours per semester depending upon their assessed need. At this time, we would like to ask for project submissions from interested College personnel. We are looking for one-time (non-repeating) projects that will be in addition to the normal on-going activities of the department. The projects should provide students with opportunities to develop career-related skills. Work-Study application forms are available at the Student Placement Office, Room 2710. The deadline to submit project applications for the Fall 1995 semester is Thursday, June 15, 1995. 1 Skills Now Update BCGEU members attended two meetings in late April to discuss the impact of Skills Now initiatives within the College. Provincially, the 95/96 budget for Skills Now is $109.49 million divided among four program areas: linking high schools to the workplace; opening more doors to college and university; retraining workers closer to home; and moving from welfare to the workforce. The April 27 BCGEU session included an update of activities in Centre 2000 by Manager Janet Knowles. Many of Centre 2000’s offerings fall under the objectives of Skills Now. For more information on Centre 2000 call 945-8977. I Building Service Worker Neil Douglas celebrated his fiftieth birthday on May 3. There wasn ’t room for fifty candles, but a colleague constructed a tiny replica of the red cart Neil uses to move the heavier items around the College.