INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE/NOVEMBER 15, 1988

 

 

Peter Greenwood - New Bursar

Douglas College is entering a
new phase of growth and
development - a time of excite-
ment for the College and one of
challenge and decision-making
for its administrators.

It is in the midst of these new
responsibilities that Peter Green-
wood, 41, has been appointed
Douglas College’s new bursar,
stepping in for Bill Morfey who
retired last month.

Greenwood, a resident of
Delta, acknowledges there are
some definite demands to face
in his new job.

"One of the most immediate
challenges is to accept respon-
sibility for the expansion of
Douglas College into the Coquit-
lam/Maple Ridge corridor,"
Greenwood says. He adds this
growth may happen as early as
1991, and certainly by 1992.

At the same time there is the
responsibility of dealing with
the current needs of the New
Westminster campus. Green-
wood explains there has been a
tremendous growth in the num-
ber of full-time equivalent
students - from a population of
2,900 in 1985 to its current size
of 4,100.

He now must find ways to en-
hance the use of the current
facilities in order to accom-
modate the student population
growth.

The new bursar joined
Douglas College in 1981, as the
College’s comptroller. Prior to

 

that he worked for a local ac-
counting firm.

Born in England, Greenwood
grew up in the southern United

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States. A Adding a
graduate of personal
Louisiana State note, Green-
University in wood says, "I
mathematics, really enjoy
Greenwood Douglas Col-
moved to lege. It’s an
Canadain _ exciting place
1970. For five and there’s
years he no lack of
worked as a challenge."
programmer He continues,
and account "It’s exciting
manager with working in an
NCR, manufac- environment
turer and where people
distributor of are bright and

computers, banking machines
and cash registers.

Greenwood then decided to
go into a CA program, and he
obtained his chartered account-
ant’s designation in 1978. For
the following six years he
worked with an accounting firm.
One of his clients was Douglas
College.

Greenwood notes the dif-
ference, from a financial point
of view, between working in an
industrial setting and at an
academic institute. In industry,
"the emphasis is on the bottom
line and profitability," he says,
pointing out that the business en-
vironment can be more
straight-forward.

But in a college, "decisions
are more complex," he says, ex-
plaining that it is difficult to

 

dedicated."

As well as meeting a busy
and demanding timetable at
work, Greenwood also has an ac-
tive schedule at the homefront.
He’s been married for 16 years,
and has three children who are
all involved in the entertainment
field. For the last five years his
children have had parts in film,
TV and stage, and Greenwood is
involved in their schedules
during his time away from work.

His other outside interests in-
clude enjoyment of sports, "but
unfortunately I tend to watch
more than participate," he says
with a laugh.

He’s also financial advisor for
the 65 parent participation pre-
schools in British Columbia.

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