IN sie

December opens with a countdown of
shopping days and closes with a
countdown to the New Year. In between,
it’s busy, busy, busy so here’s a quick
overview of what’s been happening with
people around the College.

Hayes honored

Athletic Director Betty Lou Hayes has
been selected as the 1994 Women’s Sport
Development Breakthrough Award
recipient by the Canadian Colleges
Athletic Association. The award was
initiated in 1993 to celebrate the
accomplishments of someone who
actively promotes equity and
opportunities for women and girls to
participate in sport. Betty Lou established
a women’s wrestling program in 1991, a
women’s rugby squad in 1993 and began
work to establish a women’s golf program
in 1994,

Valecourt elected

Bookstore Manager Linda Valecourt was
elected President of the Western Canadian
College Store Association, which
represents staff from more than 70 stores,
on October 22 during the association’s
conference in Lake Louise.

Waack honored

Former Music department instructor
Henry Waack was honored at the fourth
annual Excellence in Arts awards dinner
held November 12 in Coquitlam. Henry,
who was a founding faculty member of
the Music program is retired but often
returns to the College to lend piano
accompaniment to graduation and awards
ceremonies.

Murray in the Money
Congratulations to Margaret Murray of
Administration who won $546 as the
October winner of the Foundation’s 60/40
draw.

ECE editors
Members of the Early Childhood
Education department are playing a major

role in Canadian Children, a
professional journal distributed to
members of the Canadian Association
for Young Children twice each year.
ECE Coordinator Susan Fraser is
Consulting Editor while Carol Ebner
is Chair of the Publications Committee
and Elva Reid serves on the Editorial
Review Board.

Congrats, Karen

Congratulations to Karen Carruthers,
who recently became the first person in
B.C. to receive accreditation as a Sign
Language Instructor. Karen teaches in
the Visual Language Interpreter
program.

Baby banter

ESL Instructor Kate Yoshitomi and
husband Kerry recently adopted Sarah,
a four-month-old girl from Japan...and
all the best to Tina Pettie of General
Nursing who gave birth to a son, Jordan
Carl John Pettie, on October 10.

Holiday happening

The Social Committee is at it again.
The Douglas College Employees
Holiday Ball will be held on December
21 in the Douglas Room beginning at 3
pm. Free hot snacks and no-host bar.
Lots of prizes (draws begin at 5 pm).
See you there!

Carol's goodbye bash

Everyone's invited to a retirement party
for Carol Leyland to be held in the
Douglas Room, Monday, December 12,
4pm to 6pm. No-host bar.

Personnel moves

At the Thomas Haney Centre, Vibe
Jose is the new Campus Clerk...at the
Lincoln Centre, Marilynne Elliott is
now the Administrative
Assistant...Leslie Harvey replaces
Tina Corbo as Enrolment Accounting
Assistant...Deb McFadyen shifts from
the Foundation to assume the new
position of Cooperative Education

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LONE

World beater

 

 

 

 

We think she’s just kidding, but Jan
Hastings of Career and Employment
Prep says she might begin signing WC
(World Champion) after her name. Jan
was an outfielder with the Vancouver
Meralomas team which won the
Women’s Softball Championship at the
World Masters Games (35-year olds and
over) in Brisbane, Australia. The
Canadians defeated the U.S. 5-3 in the
final at the October event.

 

Placement Officer in Commerce and
Business...Ginny Batke is the new
Administrative Receptionist...in the Library,
Marilyn McVeigh is the new Collection
Control Assistant and Stephen Smith is the
Reference Orientation Assistant...Greg
Davis joins Instructional Media Services as a
Media Production Technician...in the
Registrar’s Office, Leah Ponting shifts to
Admissions Clerk, replacing Tannis
Robinson, now the Admissions Coordinator;
Cathy Gibney is the new Departmental
Assistant, replacing Barb Larkman who
shifts to Clerk Typist in Commerce and
Business; Shahnaz Darayan is the new Data
Entry Clerk.

See you in 1995!