Events
Calendar

September 13

The Arts at One presents
When Love is Kind featuring
soprano Carolyn Sinclair,
baritone Riley McMitchell and
pianist Karen Shumka. 1pm.
Performing Arts Theatre.

September 13

The Payroll Department celebrates
National Payroll Week with an
Open House celebration on
Thursday, September 13 from
I-4pm in room 4720.

To September 17

The Amelia Douglas Gallery and
the Douglas College Institute of
Urban Ecology (IUE) present
Greenlinks 07: Inheritance
featuring paintings by Barry

Cogswell plus exhibits by TUE.
Details: 604-527-5723

September 20 to October 26
Amelia Douglas Gallery presents
The Empress in Her Garden
featuring paintings by Glenda
Leznoff and ceramics by Kinichi
Shigeno. Opening reception
September 20, 4:30-7:30pm.
Details: 604-527-5723

September 20

‘The Arts at One presents Duo
Spiritoso - Music for Two Guitars
featuring guitarists Jeffrey
McFadden and Andrew Zohn.
ipm. Performing Arts Theatre.

September 27

The Arts at One presents Red
Chamber - Secret of the Chinese
Court featuring Mei Han on
zheng, Guilian Liu on pipa
and Zhimin Yu on ruan. 1pm.

Performing Arts Theatre.

October 4

The Arts at One presents Robin
Shier Jazz Quintet featuring Robin
Shier, trumpet; saxophonist Bill
Abbott; bassist Darren Radtke;
drummer Bernie Arai and pianist
Miles Black. 1pm. Performing Arts
‘Theatre.

 

Pet fair
coming to
David Lam

The Douglas College's new
Animal Health Technology

program is hosting a free pet fair

on Friday, October 5 as part of
National Animal Health Week
at the David Lam Campus.

Open to the public from 2-4pm,

the session is an opportunity
to get answers to your pet-care

 

questions, win animal-themed prizes, meet dogs and handlers
from the Pacific Assistance Dogs Society (PADS) and tour new
animal health teaching labs. (Visitors should note that health
rules do not allow pets on campus.) Animal Health Week is a
national public awareness campaign organized by the Canadian
Veterinary Medical Association. For more information about

the pet fair or Animal Health Technology program call

604-777-6214.

 

The summer
of deans

The summer brought the
appointment of three new
deans to Douglas College.
Dean of Language, Literature
and Performing Arts Dr. David
Duke (left), Assistant Dean of
Child, Family and Community
Studies Gary Tennant (front)
and Dean of Health Sciences
Mike Tarko (back).

 

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Remembering John Damron

The Douglas College community is mourning the loss of John Damron, a member of the
Psychology department, who passed away on August 8. Damron had been on a medical leave for
many years after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. His family requests that those wishing
to commemorate his passing make a donation to the Alzheimer Society of BC.

 

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It takes about two weeks for cards to
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at the New Westminster Campus
are responsible for picking up their
cards from room 1102 (Print Shop)
after that time; cards for David

Lam Campus employees will be

delivered. Please do not call the
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cards are ready.

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Briefly

The numbers are in.

The Douglas College
Foundation raised over
400,000 Aeroplan miles
from donations made to
the Aeroplan Charitable
pooling fundraiser in May.
Donated miles support
students on social work
practicums in Uganda

or hospitality work
placements in Thailand.
The Foundation extends
its thanks to all Douglas
College employees and
Aeroplan members

who donated as well as
Aeroplan, the TriCity News
and the Now newspapers.

The new Douglas College
Faculty Association and BC
Government and Service
Employees Union collective
agreements have been
printed and distributed

to all members. If any
member has not received

a copy, the agreements

are also available from

the Employee Relations
department or online

at www.douglas.bce.ca/
employees/employee-relations/
collective.

Commit to taking transit
for 12 consecutive months
and you get a cost-reduced
annual transit pass through
the Translink Employer Pass
Program. Employees pay for
the transit passes through
Payroll deduction. New
participants may enroll in any
month. Please contact Tania
Dong at 5774 or dongt@
douglas.be.ca for more
information.

It’s been an active time for
Michael Wilson. In recent
months, the Geology and
Anthropology instructor has
presented conference papers
at meetings of the Western
Division of the Canadian
Association of Geographers,
the Saskatchewan
Archaeological Society (SAS),
the Geological Society of
America, the BC Paleontology
Symposium, and the 2007
Astronomy Roundup of the
Royal Astronomical Society

of Canada (RASC). Wilson
was also the invited dinner
speaker for both the SAS
and the RASC, speaking on
such diverse topics as fossil
bison, First Nations cultural
landscapes and meteorites.

He also co-authored a
paper with colleagues Larry
Todd and George Frison,
“Bison dentitions, ages, and
seasonality at the Murray
Springs Site, Arizona” in
the book Murray Springs
which was published by the
University of Arizona Press.

Educational Services Division
welcomes Sandra Bird as
Administrative Assistant,

VP Educational Services,
replacing retiring Lynn
Power. She comes to Douglas
with several years of senior
administrative experience with

TransLink and UBC.

Facilities Services welcomes
Nancy Constable as Manager
of Facilities Services at

the David Lam Campus.
Constable replaces Louie
Girotto who will move to
Special Projects to take on

new and additional physical
plant responsibilities for all
campuses.

Child, Family and
Community Studies
welcomes Christine David

as Departmental Assistant

I. Child and Youth Care
Counsellor Instructor Lori
Hawkes was recently awarded
a Master of Arts in Leadership
and Training from Royal
Roads University.

The Faculty of Science and
Technology welcomes two
new lab technicians: Rhonda
Benke in the Animal Health
Technology Program and
Ryan Cook in Sport Science.

Student Services and
Development welcomes
Instructional Facilitator
Davi Bachra to Career and
Employment Preparation.
Spomenka Lomigoric,
Instructional Facilitator,

is moving from the Basic
Occupational Education
program to join Joy Conran,
Faculty, in the Customer
Service and Cashier Training
Program at the David Lam
Campus.

The Office for New Students
welcomes Melody Puruganan
as the new Student
Recruitment and Support
Specialist at the David Lam
Campus.

In the Finance department,
Claire Turner moves from
Accounts Payable to Budget
Analyst.

Nicole Chabot moves from
Accounts Payable to the

new position of Accounting
Coordinator in the Bookstore.

In the Centre for Sport,
Recreation and Wellness,
Brian McLennon moves
from auxiliary to regular

as Activities Coordinator
replacing Ed Lunn who
has moved to Faculty. Sean
Velasco moves to the new
position of Sports Facility
Attendant.

Financial Aid’s Michelle
Shauer and husband Brian
welcomed baby girl Ava Sanne
on July 5. Ava was born at
2:50am, weighed 7.2lbs and
was 20 inches long.

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