April 2007

The Douglas College Newsletter ml New Westminster Campus, David Lam Campus

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Expanding international opportunities in Mexico

Building on our reputation
for international partnerships,
Douglas College is developing

new relationships in Mexico.

Blaine Jensen, VP Educational
Services, signed four new
affiliation agreements during a
recent trip to Mexico that will
open access to 45,000 students
to Douglas College. Two
agreements have the potential
for students and instructors

to study issues concerning
international customer service.

“There’s a tremendous need
for business training with an
international application. As
the 2010 Olympics approach,
students from Mexico are
eager to come to Canada to
learn about preparing for this
high profile global event,” says
Jensen.

The partnerships with the
Technical University of
Hermosillo, Colegio Nacional

de Educacion Profesional
Tecnica (CONALEP Sonora),

a

Centor de Estudios Superiores
del Estado de Sonora
(CESUES) and Universidad
Kino A.C. will connect Douglas
College to over 45,000 students
from the Northern Mexican
state of Sonora.

“We have just launched a joint
project with the Technical
University of Hermosillo and
St. Louis Community College
(Missouri) to work with our
Self Employment Program (The
Training Group). The Training
Group will take the lead in
researching International
Customer Relations training
strategies for business and
industry.”

Developing new international
partnerships is a key mandate
of the College's new strategic
plan. Currently the Education
Council is reviewing afhliation
agreements from the Mexican
institutions. If approved,
students could begin arriving
soon. Discussion has already

Signing the CESUES agreement [I to r): Lic. Francisco Carlos Silva Toledo, CEO, CESUES, Blaine Jensen,

   

Douglas College, VP Educational Services and Laura E. Gayosso Garcia Sancho, Academic Director, CESUES.

begun with CESUES for up

to 40 students to travel to
Douglas College this summer
for five weeks of English-
language training using tourism
and international business as
the context for learning the
language.

Excellence awarded in career development

In recognition of their
contribution to BC’s career
development community, the
instructor team of the Career
Development Practitioner
(CDP) Certificate Program

was awarded the BC Career
Management Association’s 2007
Team Excellence Award.

The award, handed out in
Vancouver at the roth Annual
Career Development Conference
on March 14, honours the
10-member team of instructors
who have taught and inspired
students for over a decade.

“Each member of the CDP team

carries forward the vision of the

first instructors and innovators
of this program. They only have
one goal — the advancement of
career development,” says Jan K.
Carrie, Dean, Faculty of Child,
Family and Community Studies.

The CDP program, a part of
CFCS — Continuing Education,
is a part-time program that

 

Career Development Practitioner Program instructors: (1 - r) Bob Shebib, Audrey Pons, Donna Cottell,
Gisela Theurer, John Saremba, Allison Klundt, Carol Hanson and Susan Greffard. Missing from photo:
Eileen Cook and Anahita Kadkhod

“These partnerships were
chosen for three simple reasons:
they matched our Douglas
College goals, they are well-
known and credible institutions
and they support the values

of our Academic Signature.
They will not only open the

provides training for new
practitioners and people
currently working in the career,
employment, and rehabilitation

fields.

“This is a great honour and a
wonderful reflection on CFCS.
I also want to acknowledge
continuing education faculty

doors to students but to faculty
exchanges as well,” says Jensen.

Other Mexican Universities in
Cancun, Cuidad del Carmen,
Chihuahua and Leon have also
approached Douglas College to
explore establishing affiliation

agreements,

member Chery] Jeffs and
program assistant Lynne
Wilson for their support and
coordination of this program,
making the award a reality,”
says Carrie.

New LLPA dean announced

Dr. David Duke has been appointed as the Dean of Language,

Literature and Performing Arts, replacing Dr. Lorna McCallum.

Duke has a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of British
Columbia, a Masters of Arts in Historical Musicology from the
University of North Carolina, and a PhD in Musicology from the

University of Victoria.

Duke brings a wide range of teaching, research and academic

leadership experience including extensive post-secondary teaching

experience at three different college settings. He has served as the
Coordinator of Music at Red Deer College and Head of the School
of Music at Vancouver Community College.

Duke’s longstanding research interest in Canadian music and

experience as a composer has resulted in an extensive catalogue of

educational compositions. For the last three years, he has regularly

contributed articles about music and the arts to the Vancouver Sun.

 

Quote of the Month

“The April winds are magical, and thrill our tuneful frames; the garden-walks are
passional to bachelors and dames.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson