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college | , THE DOUGLAS COLLEGE NEWSLETTER lM APRIL 1995

 

A team of 35 runners and walkers from Douglas College will be taking part in the
Annual Sun Run on April 30. Deadline for team registration is April 5. If you want to get

in on the action, see Raija White (in the Personnel area, local 5503), bring your $25 entry
fee, and fill in a registration form. If you want some tips on training and how to avoid
injuries, give Raija a call. Team members will be carbo-loading on Friday evening, April

28, at Aldo’s, a local pasta eatery offering a special deal to College runners and walkers. #f

College plugging into Internet

It’s mid-semester, your students are seeking ways to convert vanadium metal into a
compound and they’re having problems. What’s a chemistry instructor to do?

For Douglas College’s Bob Browne, a frequent user of a Chemical Education dialogue group on the Internet, the
answer was Clear.

“T went to the net, typed in the issue, and in half an hour I had a response from someone in the Eastern United
States which really helped the students,” says Browne.

“The net is an important resource for me. It offers faculty the capacity to explore their disciplines in fresh ways.
You can get tired of dealing with the same old stuff in the same old way, so this offers a chance for something new.”

As evidenced by the frenzy of news coverage about the Internet, that chance for something new generates

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