Brady Bunch's loss, the
College's gain. After just
missing the role of 70's TV
dad Mike Brady, Gordon
Gilgan settled for 25 years
of service with Douglas
College. Congratulations
to our Dean of Academics
who is now the new
President of Grande Prairie
Regional College.

After 25 years at Douglas College,
Gordon Gilgan is Alberta-bound.

Gilgan, who had been Douglas
College’s Dean of the Academic
Division since 1981, has been hired as
the President of Grande Prairie
Regional College (GPRC).

GPRC has a student population of
1,600 FTE and is located five hours
northwest of Edmonton. The
institution boasts a similar profile to
Douglas College, mixing university
transfer and career programs.

Gilgan says he looks forward to
leading an institution into “the
opportunities available in the 21st
century” but adds he must also address
tough budgetary and enrolment issues.

“Tt will be a new challenge for me
to be in such a senior position and to
provide leadership at a time of
difficulties that all institutions are
anticipating as governments in every
province tighten up their budgets,”

 

 

 

Gordon Gilgan named
Grande Prairie President

says Gilgan, who begins his new duties on
September 18.

‘Declining enrolments in Alberta for
the last couple of years, possibly as a
result of tuition rates, is another issue that
will have to be addressed.”

The dean who kept a piece of
driftwood emblazoned with “Gilgan’s
Island” in his office joined Douglas
College as a Biology Instructor in 1970.
He served as President of the Faculty
Association from 1976 to 1978 and
became Vice-Principal of the Surrey
Campus from 1978 to 1981, in the days
before the advent of Kwantlen College.
Gilgan became Dean of the Academic
Division in 1981.

“1 ll remember Douglas College
fondly,” says Gilgan. “I have a lot of good
friends here.”

Everyone is invited to say good-bye to
Gordon at a get together on September 7
at 4:30pm in the Douglas Room (level one
cafeteria). |

 

New building
around the
corner

Architectural drawings are now
complete for the Douglas College Student
Society Building and the project could be
opened to tender for construction by
November, says Facilities Services
Director Terry Leonard.

The new three-storey building will be
built on the New Westminster campus, on
the open space adjacent to the library on
7th Street. Plans feature a total floor area
of approximately 1,600 square meters.
The building will include a deli area
which can be used for social activities,
Student Society business and executive
offices, games room, word processing
area and conference room.

Initial estimates of construction cost
for the building, excluding furniture and
equipment, is about $2.3 million. The
project is financed by a Student Building
levy collected by Douglas College on
behalf of the Student Society. I

Quote of the Month:

"A jury consists of 12
people chosen to decide
who has the better lawyer."

- Robert Frost