Events Calendar All events take place at the New Westminster Campus unless otherwise noted. Wednesday, April 7 Print Futures: Professional Writing Portfolio Show Graduating class of professional writers displays their work 5-7pm, Amelia Douglas Gallery Thursday, April 8 to May 21 The Amelia Douglas Gallery presents Paintings and Art Objects by Janis Blyth Opening reception: 4- 7:30pm, Thursday, April 15 Thursday, April 15 BC Transplant Society hosts organ donor registration in the Concourse Monday, April 26 Event Magazine hosts public reading with subTerrain Magazine 7pm, Cuppa Joe coffeehouse, 4" Avenue Diversity is normal From dreamcatchers to Deaf culture to an African storyteller, Diversity Week gave the College community a chance to celebrate its many voices. Several students wrote down their thoughts for the President's Writing Contest on Diversity. Here are five of the winners, all students in the English as a Second Language Program, from left to right: Jessica Lee, Lucy Zhao, Anna Wichovszki, Dianne An and Ashkan Kasiri. Go team go! Now’s your chance to nominate your favourite Douglas College team for the new Team Effort Award. We're not talking about volleyball here. We're talking about the working groups, cross-departmental groups, task teams and committees that make a significant contribution to the College, whether it be improving educational and business processes, student success Or employee morale. Specific criteria and nomination forms are available on http://www.douglas.be.ca/ achievements/index.html. Nominations are due by May 31, 2004 and should be sent to Susan Witter, President, Administration, Room 4900 at the New Westminster Campus. Winners will receive a plaque honouring their achievement. Briefly Event Magazine is hosting a public reading with sub lerrain magazine on Monday, April 26 at 7pm at Cuppa Joe coffeehouse (3744 West 4th Avenue at Alma in Vancouver), as part of BC Book and Magazine Week. The BC Association of Magazine Publishers is sponsoring the event. Poet Catherine Owen, fiction writer Anar Ali, poet Helen Kuk and others will give readings. * The Training Group hosted Phil Jarvis, a Canadian leader in the Career Development Profession, on March 18 at their new Maple Ridge site for the Career Builder Plus Program. Jarvis gave a Seminar on the Career Management Paradigm Shift to community partners of Career Builder Plus as well as Training Group employees. Phil Jarvis is Vice President of the National Life/Work Centre in Ottawa, and the Canadian version of Blueprint for Life/Work Designs, utilized by Career Practitioners. Emmanuel Shamatutu, a Facilitator for the Career Builder Plus Program, coordinated the event. * The BC Transplant Society will be hosting a registration booth in the concourse at the New Westminster Campus on April 15 and May 13. You can support organ donation by registering as a organ donor. Thousands of British Columbians have received life-saving organ transplants, yet hundreds more are still waiting for a second chance at life. April is Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness month in BC. For more information visit www.transplant.be.ca or call 604-877-2240. * Wilhelm Emilsson of the Department of English has published an article titled Living at the Turning Point of the World: Stoppard and Wilde in English Studies in Canada (2003) Volume 29, Issue 1 and 2. * Anthropology Instructor Paul Biscop appeared on the Vicki Gabereau show on March 22, discussing same-sex marriage. The appearance was based on an article in the New Westminster Record about Biscop entitled Couple Culture, which went on CanWest Global’s Web site, and was later read ona radio station in San Francisco. Much of the material is based on The facts about English 12 with a “C" This fall, for the first time ever, new and returning students have to provide proof they earned a minimum grade of “C” in English 12 or one of many acceptable substitutions to enter most Douglas College programs. Only English as a Second Language, Developmental Studies, Adult Special Education Programs and a few limited enrolment programs are exempt from this requirement. An initiative that came out of the Student Success Task Force, the new requirement is not designed to restrict access to students, but instead to make sure students have the necessary English skills to succeed at the College level. For students lacking English 12 with a minimum “C” grade, there are many options. The following College courses and assessment tests are acceptable substitutes * Douglas College Writing Assessment with a minimum score of Writing Skills Review ¢ EASL 300-level reading and writing with a grade of “Mastery” (EASL 364 and 374 or EASL 375) or higher (“Mastery” or assessed at EASL 464 and 474 or EASL 475) ¢ DVST 355 with a grade of “Mastery” or higher (“Mastery” or assessed at DVST 455) ¢ Child, Family, and Community Studies Assessment with a minimum score of 3 The following external courses and assessment tests are also acceptable ¢ Communications 12 with a minimum grade of “B” ¢ English Literature 12 with a minimum grade of “C” * Technical & Professional Communications 12 with a minimum grade of “C” ¢ A minimum grade of 6 in the International Baccalaureate (IB) English Language A (Higher level) exam (or a minimum grade of “C” on the high school transcript) ¢ A minimum grade of 3 in the Advanced Placement (AP) English Language or Literature exam (or a minimum grade of “C” on the high school transcript) * GED (General Educational Development Tests) Language Arts Writing and Reading Test with a minimum score of 450 * Successfully complete an Adult Basic Education (ABE) English course equivalent to DVST 355 or higher * First-year college-level English or Written Communications course with a minimum grade of “C-” ¢ LPI with a minimum score of 3 ¢ TOEFL with a minimum score of 220 computer-based or 560 paper-based ¢ IELTS with a minimum overall band test score of 6.5 The Registrar’s Office is planning an information session for mid-May 2004 on this new requirement and other initiatives from the Student Success Task Force that they are responsible for implementing. The date will be announced by e-mail. Biscop’s Douglas College course, [he Anthropology of Human Sexuality. * Marilyn Brulhart (Developmental Studies and English as a Second Language) is looking fora keyboard or guitar player to form a jazz trio with top- flight sax and bass players (joined by a female vocalist for a few songs in some gigs). It’s a pretty casual arrangement with emphasis on getting together to enjoy playing classical jazz. Call Marilyn at 604-877- 2208 or e-mail marilynbrulhart@shaw.ca. * The newly formed Active Art Group is seeking members who want to kick start their creative writing, visual art, photography, music or anything else. Based in Vancouver, the group meets once a month for an active outing, and two weeks after to share creative work inspired by the event. The first event is Flamenco on April 15 at 8pm at the Kino Café, 3456 Cambie Street. For more information, e-mail active_art_group@yahoo.ca or fehrk@douglas.be.ca. * In Health Sciences, Cathy Munroe moves from auxiliary to regular as Assistant Nursing Lab Tech, replacing Shirley Farrell who is taking early retirement. In The Training Group, Janice Remple moves from auxiliary to regular as Program Assistant at the David Lam Campus. A warm welcome to Luc Lang, who took on the role of Manager, Applications Services in the Centre for Educational and Information Technology (CEIT) in March. Lang has a BA in French and Philosophy from the University of Alberta anda BSc from the University of Regina in Computer Science. He has over 15 years of progressive IT experience, working for the last four as Applications Manager at the Alderwoods Group, a multinational company based in Burnaby. Another warm welcome goes out to Xavier Serrano, the new Facilities Manager at the New Westminster Campus. Serrano comes from Intrawest at Whistler Blackcomb where he was responsible for Supply Chain Management and Logistical Services. INside Douglas College is published by the Communications & Marketing Office the first Tuesday of each month. Submissions and story ideas are welcome; deadline is 10 working days before publication. Send text-only files to INside editor, CMO, Room 4700, New Westminster Campus; e-mail to fehrk@douglas.be.ca; or call 604-527-5325. Printed by the Douglas College Printshop.