INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / JANUARY 31, 1989

 

 

 

In the Bag:
Professional
Development

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Every Wednesday, from
January 25 to April 26th, 1200
to 1400 hrs., faculty are invited
to drop in for a bit of stimula-
tion over lunch in the Lower
Cafeteria, Faculty/Staff Lounge
(newly opened).

Tentative Topics:

Feb. 1- Creating Community
in the Classroom

Feb.8- Do We Teach or Do
Students Learn?

Feb. 15- TBA

Feb. 22- TBA

Mar. 1- Show and Tell:
Computer Software

Mar.8- TBA

Mar. 15- TBA

Mar. 22- Teaching Adult
Learners

Mar. 29- TBA

Apr.5- How Effective Am I or
Do I Want to Know?

Apr. 12- TBA

Apr. 19- Grading Assignments
(Oh God?)

Apr. 26- TBA.

 

 

Cookbooks Raise
$3600 for Student

Aid
Nursing Nuggets was hot
stuff over the holiday season.

The cookbook, produced by
the Health Sciences department,
sold over 450 copies and raised
$3600 for student aid.

The newly established Health
Sciences Bursary Fund,
managed by the Douglas Col-
lege Foundation, will provide
bursaries for Health Science stu-
dents at the College.

The prize for selling the most
cookbooks went to Marilyn

 

World Open Heavyweight Competition

 

Rainbow of the General Nursing
faculty. She won a dinner for
two at the Bavarian Haus in
New Westminster.

Nursing Nuggets contains
over 200 recipes, from ap-
petizers to desserts, and sells for
$7.98.

Copies of Nursing Nuggets
are still available from the
Health Sciences department.
Contact Fran King, local 2638.

 

Spaghetti Bridge Building

Can you build a spaghetti bridge? Okanagan College students
have been doing it for years. Last year, they created a new "World
Open" competition, to attract entries from far and wide and advance
the art of Spaghetti Bridge design and construction. Two bridges
made only from commercial pasta products and glue, weighing less
than 750 grams, held a weight of 47.2 kilograms (a tad less than 104
pounds). These bridges span a distance greater than one meter in

length.

Okanagan College challenges Douglas College students to do bet-

ter.

Take or send a spaghetti bridge to Okanagan College, the Cradle of
Spaghetti Bridge Technology, by 11 a.m. Friday, February 10th.
Your entry could win you a trip for two to San Francisco to tour the

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