To the College community

Thank you for the opportunity to
serve as your Interim President, and for
the warm welcome you have extended to
me and my wife Caroll.

During my first week, I have met
dozens of people in the Douglas College
community, and there are hundreds I
have not yet met. If you should recognize
me in the hall, cafeteria, or elevator,
please speak up and introduce yourself
... again, and again if necessary, until I
get it right.

While I may not be here permanently,
please know that I will do my best to
assist each and every part of the College
during this time of transition. Each
employee—building service worker,
dean, librarian, clerk, advisor, instructor,
lab assistant,—provides an essential link
as we work to achieve our shared goal of
providing quality, relevant, accessible
education.

There is no doubt that together we
have the skills, abilities and will to
successfully undertake the challenges we
face. One of our challenges is to ensure

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that we realize the synergy that is possible
when we collaborate and cooperate in
planning, implementing, and evaluating
our programs and services.

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sophisticated, mature individuals,”
explains Program Facilitator Judy Parkin.
“We planned different socio-cultural
events than for other groups, and
integrated appropriate vocabulary and
concepts into their classes.”

Semiconductor marketing expert Jamie
Hang says she was impressed by the high
level of instruction. “The teachers are very
enthusiastic, and always prepared.” She
points out that everyone in Korea learns
English in high school and university, “but
this course helped us learn the specialized
technical language that we need.”

Jacob Park, an advertising account
executive, agrees. “Instead of learning just
from books, we prepared topics at home
and used them as a starting point for
discussion.”

While the students have since gone on

I look forward to being part of the
Douglas College community for the next
few months, as together we build the
momentum for our new President.

Lloyd Morin

to Washington, DC and New York before
returning home, Program Instructor
Janice Penner is pleased with the progress
the group made while here. ‘““We covered
a lot of material in five weeks,” she
explains. “They may not be able to see
how much they’ ve learned, but I can.
Soon they’Il be saying proudly, ‘I
couldn’t do this before Douglas
College.’” |