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New CE program teaches learners to lead, not boss

Becoming a better leader is the focus of a new

Community and Workplace Leadership Certificate

Program at Douglas College. The part-time Continuing

Education program, offered in conjunction with the

University College of the Fraser Valley, comes to the

College in October, 2001.

“This is for people who are looking for the next step in

developing their leadership potential and enhancing
their career skills,” explains Sharon Smith, course
designer and Child, Family and Community Studies

programmer. In development for over two years, the

program is targeted to individuals who want to

advance their career in social services, education,

health, recreation, business, the public and volunteer

sectors.

The seven core courses which make up the program are
“...based on the philosophy that good leadership means
empowering others,” says Smith. Courses are taught by
instructors holding masters degrees in leadership and focus
on communication, problem solving and team work. “We
want to emphasize that leadership is more a matter of
action rather than position,” says Smith. The program
echoes the same principle by offering course participants
plenty of practical situations to enhance their newly
acquired skills. Because participants need approximately
three years work or volunteer experience to gain entrance
into the program, “people learn as much from each other
as from the course content,” says Smith.

Managers in the community have indicated to the
College a need for strong leadership skills in their
employees. The Leadership Project course, the last course

of the program, requires students to complete a project,
write a report and present it to their workplace peer group.
“This encourages employers to support the student,” says
Smith. The project also gives the employer a practical
document to apply to the work situation.

Two free orientation sessions for the Community and
Workplace Leadership Certificate Program will be held
Saturday March 31, 10am to noon and Saturday May
12, 1:30pm to 3:30 pm, at the New Westminster
campus. Call 527-5472 to register and quote course
ID# G401A-2001 1-401 for March 31 and
ID#G401A20012-401 for May 12. For more information
call Sharon Smith at local 5161 or check
www.douglas.bc.ca/ce.

 

Dinner celebrates
women and their hats

The International
Women’s Day dinner
on March 9th will
celebrate the different
hats women wear.
Featuring activist
Cindy Willett as the
keynote speaker, the
dinner will also present
the Unsung Heroine
Award, feature a
performance by the
Raging Grannies and
display the work of
artist Nancy
Denommee.

The centre is looking
for donations of old
hats. “We are hoping to
have a contest by table

Order gowns

and see how many roles
might be attached to a
hat,” explains Carolyn
Jerome, Women’s
Centre coordinator. Hat
donations can be
dropped at the
Women’s Centre, Room
4810. Please attach your
name and phone
number inside the hat if
you want it returned. —

The dinner, held at the
New Westminster
College cafeteria,
begins at 5:30 pm.
Tickets are $17, $12 for
students. For
information, please call
Carolyn at local 5148.

 

now for

Summer grad

Summer Graduation is scheduled for Thursday, June
7. There will be three ceremonies: 10:30am., 2:30pm

and 6:30pm.

All Administrators, Deans and Faculty Processional
Party Participants please contact Mary Whorley at
527-5391 or e-mail whorleym@douglas.bc.ca prior to

April 13 to order gowns and hoods. Gowns are

ordered from Winnipeg so orders placed after this

time cannot be accommodated.

 

Summer student project
deadline approaching

If you have a summer project for students consider the
Summer Career Placement Program. It

provides a wage subsidy for employers to hire students
and provide them with career-related work experience.
Last summer six students worked on six College projects
and were paid $8.85/hour. The guidelines to employ a
student under this project are:

Projects must run for a minimum of six (6) consecutive
weeks and up to a maximum of sixteen (16) weeks.
Students must be employed a minimum of 30 hours/

week up to a maximum of 40 hrs/week

Projects must provide full-time career-related work
experience for students.

Work proposed cannot conflict with bargaining unit
(BCGEV) work. Documentation from the union is

required.

Eligible employees must be up to 30 years of age,
registered full-time students and intending to return to
school on a full-time basis in the next academic year.
Eligible employees must not be attending full-time
studies or working full-time at another summer job
while participating in this program.

Project Applications are due no later than Monday, March
12, 2001. For further information or project application
forms contact Florence Korstrom, local 5101 at the New
Westminster Campus or Colleen Romano, local 5739 at
the David Lam Campus.

 

Lesra Martin (right) and wife Cheryl attended the
opening of the Centre for Technologically
Enhanced Language Learning on February 27, at
the New Westminster Campus. The Centre, which
will serve English as a Second Language,
American Sign Language and Interpreting
students, is one of the most advanced facilities of
its kind in North America. Martin, an impassioned
advocate for literacy, spoke later that evening in
the Performing Arts Theatre at An Evening with
Lesra Martin, a fund-raiser to support students
in financial need in the College's literacy
program, | CARE.

Explore job options at free Career Fair

Discover a wealth of careers and find out which skills are needed for the future at the College’s 12th Annual Career Fair,
held March 8 at the New Westminster Campus. Visitors can explore career options, find out what kinds of skills and
knowledge are needed for the future workplace and investigate job opportunities. They'll also be able to meet exhibitors
such as Canada Customs, BCIT, the RCMP, Douglas College, Riverview Hospital, Vancouver Film School, the Institute
of Chartered Accountants of BC and Best Western Coquitlam Inn, just some of the more than 40 employers and post-
secondary institutions represented at the Career Fair. The Career Fair is free and open to all students, alumni and
members of the community and takes place March 8, 9:30am-4pm, 700 Royal Avenue, New Westminster in the
College’s main concourse. For more information, call 527-5871.

 

Quote of the Month

It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if’ ‘you live near him.

J. R.R. Tolkein