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@® Work Study applications

available
Applications for fall semester Work Study
Projects are now being accepted at the
Student Placement Office (Room 2710)
until June 15. Students may work on
various departmental activities, including
one-time (non-repeating) projects.

Depending on assessed needs, selected
students will be eligible to work between
50 and 150 hours per semester. Projects
should provide students with opportunities
to develop career-related skills.

2® Coquitlam update

Learn the latest developments in planning
for the Coquitlam campus at the next
Pinetree monthly meeting to be held from
noon to 2pm on May 10 in the Board
Room.

@® Rent in Vancouver

For rent: 3 bdrm character home, 21st and
Main with garden and new appliances.
Available for one year beginning in
August. Call 822-5825 or 822-0914.

2® Harrison River getaway

For rent: luxury 32-foot trailer (sleeps four
adults) on Tapadera Estates, 1.5 hours east
of Vancouver. Adjacent to boat launch on
Harrison River. Call 435-9877 or
641-5210.

@® Sechelt getaway

For rent: a three-bedroom pan abode cabin
near Sechelt on the Sunshine Coast;
kitchen, fireplace, barbecue and use of
canoe. Daily or weekly rates. Call
939-5777.

2® Pender Island getaway
For rent: cottage on secluded, 10-acre
cliff-side site on Pender Island. Fireplace
and all amenities. Call 527-5419.

@® Denman Island getaway
For rent: two-bedroom ocean-front cottage
on Denman Island. All facilities. Nightly
or weekly rates. Call 925-1549.

2® Get cookin’

Kathleen Wallden of Child, Family and
Community Studies is seeking
easy-to-make after-work recipes. Wallden
plans to compile a cook book and pass on
the proceeds to the College Foundation. A

 

Popove leaves
College Board

During the next few months Myrna Popove
is going to work on her tee shot, mull over
some options and wear a lot of college
sweatshirts. After serving on the Douglas
College Board since 1988, and sitting as
chair from 1990-93, Popove stepped down
at the end of April.

"It’s time for me to do something else," said
Popove. "I’ve always had a list of 99 things
to do before I die and right now I want to
take a couple of months off, take up golf
and see what kind of opportunities might be
out there." :

Douglas College President Bill Day praised
Popove’s energy and people skills, saying
her work has been very beneficial for
Douglas College and the community col-
lege system.

 

 

 

 

Myrna Popove

"keeping the door open"
"Life will go on but she will leave a huge

void at Douglas College," said Day. "She has steadfastly supported the humanization of rela-
tionships within the college, including but not exclusive to labour-management and board
relationships. She has refused to allow structural and organizational issues to get in the way
of personal and professional considerations."

Popove’s decision to take a breather and chart some new directions in her life, directions
which include selling her specialty shop business in Coquitlam, come after years of commu-
nity service. In addition to her responsibilities at Douglas College, Popove is also the
President of the Advanced Education Council of B.C. (AECBC), a post she will retain until
June. Her outstanding work in post-secondary education was recognized with a North Ameri-
can award in May of 1992 when she was named as winner of the Association of Community
College Trustees’ Pacific Regional Trustee Leadership Award.

Popove hinted her future plans may involve public service, saying she was contemplating
some recent offers while "keeping the door open." What is known for certain about her fu-
ture is that she won’t be buying any sweatshirts. Popove was surprised to receive more than
30 t-shirts and sweatshirts as birthday presents from member institutions at an AECBC meet-
ing in early April.

"I had once jokingly said I wanted a sweatshirt from every institution and then everybody
turned up with one at the last council meeting," said Popove. "It will be a wonderful memory
of all the people I have worked with." &

Get to know your library |

All instructors are invited to bring their classes to the library for orientation sessions. Book-
ing forms have been distributed to departmental assistants, or bookings may be made by
phoning Lisa Baer, Orientation Assistant, at local 5198.

The orientation sessions normally take one hour and consist of a short presentation by a li-
brarian followed by the completion of a self-paced assignment. Students who have already
completed the introductory lab exercise should be encouraged to do the more advanced ver-
sion. The assignments are marked in the library and returned to the instructor for distribution
back to the students.

Walking tours of the library are also offered during the first two weeks of every semester.
Everyone who is new to the College is encouraged to attend. Tour times vary, so check the
schedule at the Information Desk in the library.

For any special requests, please contact Sandra Hochstein, Orientation Librarian, at 5181.4