INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / NOVEMBER 27, 1990

 

 

College Helps Celebrate National
Co-operative Education Week

Te celebrate National Co-op
Education Week (November 4 -
10) and Douglas College’s Twen-
tieth Anniversary, a Wine and
Cheese Party was held November
7 in the Boardroom. The immense-
ly successful event was organized
by Marian Hill, Co-op Co-or-
dinator for Commerce and Busi-
ness Administration, and Susan
Chong, Co-op Assistant.

Sixty-three guests attended,
representing Co-op employers in
Commerce, Co-op graduates, cur-
rent Co-op students, Advisory
Committee members, the New
Westminster Chamber of Com-
merce and the Public Service
Commission of the Federal govern-
ment, a major Co-op employer.
Along with a number of business
faculty and senior administrators,
Myrna Popove, Chair of the
Douglas College Board, and Bill
Day were also there to acknow-
ledge their support of the Co-op
concept of learning.

A Proclamation proclaiming
National Co-op Week and signed
by Mayor Betty Toporowski, was
presented to Hill by Gino Sim-
eoni, President of the B.C. Commit-
tee of the Canadian Association for
Co-operative Education.

While this is the first time that

Work-Study

ach year Douglas College is al-

located a Work-Study budget
from the Ministry of Advanced
Education & Job Training. The
Work-Study Program provides
part-time employment (5 to 15
hours per week) to full-time stu-
dents. Students may be employed
at Douglas College, or off-campus
with a non-profit organization.

Students must qualify on the
basis of financial need. Eligibility
is determined by the Student

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marian Hill, Co-operative Education Co-ordinator, Department of
Commerce and Business Administration (left), and Gino Simeoni,
Chair, B.C. Committee of the Canadian Association for
Co-operative Education.

Co-op practitioners got together
across Canada to celebrate a Na-
tional Co-op Week, Douglas Col-
lege intends to sponsor future
events where appreciation can be

Finance and Placement Office,
after the assessment of each
student’s Canada Student
Loan/B.C. Student Loan and the
information provided on the Work-
Study application form. Students
may work between 50 and 150
hours per semester depending
upon their assessed need.

We would like to ask for
project submissions from inter-
ested College Personnel. We are
looking for one-time (non-repeat-

extended to those employers who
provide our business students
with valuable practical skills to com-
plement their academic training. @

ing) projects that will be in addi-
tion to the normal on-going ac-
tivities of the department. The
projects should provide students
with opportunities to develop
career-related skills.

Application forms are avail-
able at the Student Placement Of-
fice, Room 2710. The deadline to
submit Work-Study Project Ap-
plications for the Spring
Semester is FRIDAY, THE 7TH
OF DECEMBER, 1990. @

 

 

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