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Help! Help! Help!

1 would like to compile a complete list of names
of students who have won the Governor General's
Silver Medal and the Lt, Governor's Silver Medal.
Unfortunately, formal records of such winners
are incomplete. Can you help? Do you remember
the name of a student from your course or
program who received one of these awards at
graduation? If you do, please give me a call at
local 4907 or send me a note.

Thank you.

Gerry Della Mattia

 

Douglas College to benefit

New Funds for
Colleges Announced

VICTORIA - Post-Secondary Education
Minister Russell Fraser announced today an
allocation of $4.4. million to British Columbia's
colleges and institutes under the Excellence in
Education fund.

 

The funds are in addition to the colleges’ base
operating budgets and will be used to address
non-salary inflation costs, provide for rural
multi-campus centres and fund the Business
Development Centres in colleges.

The Minister was joined by MLA John Parks
(Maillardville-Coquitlam) in announcing that
the Douglas College allocation includes $80,000
to continue operating the Douglas Centre for
Enterprise Development. The Centre - which
provides assistance and advice to new business
enterprises - was established last year with
seed money from the Provincial Government.

"This new allocation is the first funding increase
for colleges and institutes to be announced
under the Excellence in Education fund unveiled
by Premier Bennett February 11 and followsa
meeting | held recently with college officials,"
said Fraser.

Fraser noted the purpose of the Excellence in

Education fund is two-fold. It will be spent on:

* Adjustments to the operating budgets of
schools, colleges and universities.

* Special initiatives to improve the quality of
instruction, to respond to economic development
opportunities and to modernize facilities and
improve efficiency.

The $110 million in first-year funding represents |
an increase in education spending of more than
six per cent.

Fraser said today's allocation will provide a
province wide total of $2.3 million for colleges
to cover non-salary inflation costs, $1.3 million
for Business Development Centres and $800,000
in additional funds for multi-campus operations.

"A substantial number of new businesses have
been established as a result of the establishment
of these centres and I am pleased to see support
continue through the Excellence in Education
fund," Fraser said.

Fraser noted that in addition to $80,000 in grants
to 14 colleges and institutes for the centre
today's allocation will provide $50,000 each to
four colleges to continue funding micro-computer
labs (at New Caledonia in Prince George and
Okanagan College) and two aquaculture ventures
(at Malaspina College in Nanaimo and Capilano
College in North Vancouver).

The $800,000 announced for multi-campus
operations will bring total funding to more than
$2 million. The funding is provided to colleges
in non-metropolitan areas that have major core
campuses and also operate substantial satellite
centres.

"This funding is in recognition of the support
costs required to operate these largely self-
contained centres," Fraser said.

"We recognize these multi-campus centres as
key links in the provision of educational services
on an equitable basis and I am pleased that 13
centres across B.C. will receive this additional
support," Fraser said. He noted that 10 such

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