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The Douglas College Newsletter

  

Career Day a hands-on success

m New Westminster Campus, David Lam Campus & Thomas Haney Centre

Douglas College Career Day, a key component of the Coquitlam Town Centre Exploration Fair
held October 29, has been judged a success on several fronts. As students from Port
Coquitlam's Minnekhada Middle School (that's teacher Mark Prinster in the middle) explored
the messy mysteries of science in the Chemistry Lab, over 5,000 other community members
and high school students toured the David Lam Campus to check out College mini-classes,
displays and special events. In total, more than 7,000 people explored new facilities
throughout Coquitlam Town Centre. Thanks to all departments, faculties and volunteers who
worked to make the College's contribution to this event accessible, informative and fun; and
kudos to Exploration Fair sponsors CKNW, the Vancouver Grizzlies and Westwood Plateau.

 

Last drive for Solar Oven Project

This holiday season, you have
the chance to give a gift that
changes lives.

With funding from the
Association of Canadian
Community Colleges,
Douglas College has
established a strong
partnership with the
Nicaraguan Institute for
Popular Education and
Research, which supports the
Solar Oven Project.

The project was set up to
improve the quality of life for
campesino women and their
families, and to contribute to
the long-term conservation of
Nicaraguan forests by
providing an alternative to
wood as a source of cooking
fuel. Looking back on his
1995 visit to Nicaragua, Solar

Oven Project committee
member Jamie Gunn says: “I
saw the problem. There’s
hardly any trees around the
Managua area, which has
created lots of stress on the
environment.”

Gunn adds that because of
deforestation, women are
forced to look for two or
three hours a day to find
wood, only to spend more
time over smoky fires
preparing food. “In addition
to the health risks involved,
these women could be
spending this lost time with
their families and going to
school.”

The committee has been able
to raise half of its total
financial commitment to the
project; it’s now up to the

Douglas College community
to raise $2,000 more. By
helping Nicaraguan
communities to purchase
solar ovens, you contribute
to sustainable development,
environmental protection
and the empowerment of
women and families. Please
consider making a donation
that will help; our goal is

now in sight.

A tax receipt will be issued
for all contributions; cheques
should be made out to
Douglas College (Solar Oven
Project) and sent via
intercampus mail to the
Foundation at the David Lam
Campus. You may donate in
person to Cecil Klassen, Jan
Gara, Jamie Gunn, Gillies
Malnarich or Rose Wilson. @

"Buy a Book" Campaign gets results

In 1995, the Douglas College Foundation started its “Buy a Book” Campaign to raise funds for
much-needed library acquisitions. While the campaign has now ended, Collections Librarian Joan
Wenman is pleased to report that the $3,000 raised has allowed for 75 new titles to appear on
New Westminster and Coquitlam shelves.

The Foundation has recently designed plaques honoring the donors, which are now on display
near the circulating book collections at both campuses. Each title purchased through the “Buy a

Book” Campaign has also been marked with a special book-plate.

Acquisitions made possible over the last year range from a comprehensive psychiatric nursing

reference to a Roch Carrier novel to a Microsoft Encarta World Atlas multimedia package. All
titles added to the collection are much appreciated, and most are now ready for access through
the Library Catalogue — thanks to all who contributed to the success of this project. i

   

 

More employees recognized

Last issue, INside
inadvertently missed the
names of several faculty
members who should have
been included on our “20-
plus” list. Apologies to each
one of you, and special thanks
for dedicating over 20 years
to post-secondary education

and Douglas College:

Kevin Barrington-Foote
Mordecai Briemberg
Connie Broatch

Rita Chudnovsky
Gordon Danskin

Brian Davies

Carol Ebner

Darlene Ellchuck

Norma Goldie
Irene Griswold
Diana Hiebert
Maurice Hodgson
Chris Johnson
lan Joyce
Connie Land
Lynn Leavens
Brian Marrs
Rod Midgley
Gary Parkinson
Diana Wegner
Scott Wilson

If the names of any other "20-
plus" College employees can
be added, please contact
Donna Dykeman at local
5325. @

 

International agreements signed

Susan Witter and Professor Pi Nai-an, Board Chair of
Shanghai's Institute of Foreign Trade, put their pens to one of
four agreements of cooperation signed during the President's
visit to Beijing and Shanghai in November. Other key members
of "Team DC" were Humanities and Social Sciences Dean
Terry Farrell and Philosophy Instructor Guangwei Ouyang.

 

Quote of the Month

“Experience is a comb that life gives you after you lose your hatr.”

Judith Stern