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College
presidents
call for
comprehensive
planning

paper detailing the need
for improved planning
for the future evolution
of Lower Mainland
colleges will be drafted
following a meeting of presidents
and board chairs from Douglas,
Langara and Capilano Colleges
on June 14.

“The purpose of the meeting was to
have informal discussions regarding the
impacts of the provincial government’s
latest moves regarding Royal Roads
University, the Technical University of
the Fraser Valley and Kwantlen
University College,” says Douglas
College President Bill Day, who attended
the meeting at Langara College with
Board Chair Karin Henderson. “There is
unanimity among the presitients of the
three institutions that there does not
appear to be an adequate long-term plan
relating to the nature of our colleges and
university colleges.”

Day adds the summary paper,
outlining the nature of prospective
problems and need for more integrated
and comprehensive planning, will be
available in July. Further discussions will
be held involving the three initiating

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THE DOUGLAS COLLEGE NEWSLETTER ff JULY 1995

 

 

Chair Gary Ho of the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu-Chi Foundation (left) presents a
$50,000 donation supporting Douglas College Nursing and Psychiatric Nursing
students to President Bill Day in a ceremony on June 15.

Tzu-Chi Foundation creates bursary

The Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu-
Chi Foundation of Canada donated
$50,000 to the Douglas College
Foundation in a ceremony on June 15.

The donation was largely made
possible through the efforts of Douglas
College Board member Grace Joe.

With matching provincial government
and college funds, the donation allows the
creation of a $125,000 bursary fund to

support students in the Nursing and
Psychiatric Nursing programs.
Established in 1922, the Tzu-Chi
Foundation’s objectives are to positively
impact medicine, education, culture and
to encourage charity. Food banks,
volunteer services for seniors and
educational support in public schools are
among its Lower Mainland activities. I