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Anniversary Celebrates Past and Future

 

20th Year Project Funds Available

Seed money totalling $10,000 is
still available for various depart-
ments and disciplines interested in
joining Douglas College’s 20th An-
niversary Celebration.

The 20th Anniversary Steering
Committee will accept proposals
for the spring semester until Oc-
tober 15.

Earlier this year, the committee
approved 10 proposals for the fall
semester, including an Alumni
Homecoming celebration October
20-21, International Week October

 

23-28, construction of a Douglas
College float, a Douglas College
Christmas Party November 25, a
special edition of Event magazine
in December and concerts by the
Douglas College Choral Society.
Planning for these and other ac-
tivities is well underway.

As well, the College’s theatre
and music departments will join
together to revive the College’s
first musical production, Anne of
Green Gables, November 17-26.
The College originally presented

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Changed, But Still the Same

Douglas College has come a long way in 20 years.

When classes began on September 24, 1970, the College — with a facul-
ty of 95 and a student population of 2,000 — operated out of 20 temporary
locations throughout Bumaby, New Westminister, Richmond and Surrey.

“We started off teaching at nights in junior and senior high schools,
even church basements...every nook and cranny we could get our hands
on,” says Gordon Gilgan, Dean of the Academic Division, and chairman of
the 20th Anniversary Steering Committee.

Charter student Gerald Walliser says the College quickly became
known as “trailer park university” because of the 10 by 60 foot portables

spread all over the Lower Mainland.

Two decades later, Douglas College operates out of a $42 million cam-
pus in downtown New Westminister and a satellite campus in Maple
Ridge. The faculty and staff now number more than 350 and the student
population exceeds 6,000. Each year, more than 20,000 community members

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the play in 1973.

“The theme of our year-long
celebration is 20 Years of Making a
Difference,” says Gordon Gilgan,
dean of the academic division and
chairman of the steering committee.

“Douglas College has come a
long way in 20 years. The people
who have helped Douglas College
make a difference are the faculty
and staff, students past and
present, and of course, the com-
munity,” Gilgan says. “We are

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20th Arinetsary Events 2
Coming Events 3
Annual Retirement Party 4

 

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