The Douglas College Newsletter ll New Westminster Campus, David Lam Campus

November 2005

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Douglas College

Professional Development Day back by popular demand

The Third Douglas College Professional Development Day (PDD) featuring keynote speaker Thomas Berger had

to be cancelled last year due to the labour situation at

the College. But the day is being remounted in

February 2006.

Normally, College employees set a day aside every two years to gather together to reflect on and

discuss issues related to working in a public community college. Daytime classes are cancelled and department staffing is

kept to a minimum so as many

employees as possible can attend.

The planning committee

for PDD is hard at work rescheduling last year’s sessions where possible and arranging new speakers to augment the

program.

Please mark your calendars for Ethics and Education, February 8, 2006 at the New Westminster

Campus.

The planning committee is

always seeking new ideas and

welcomes your participation. For

more information please contact the Douglas Development Office at 5411, or e-mail

Lin Langley at

langleyl@douglas.be.ca.

Think globally, drink locally

Raise a glass, taste some treats and maybe even win a wonderful holiday

weekend at the eighth annual “A Class Act” fundraiser. The Douglas College

Foundation event is expected to be sold out again this year by the time the

doors of the Executive Plaza Hotel in Coquitlam open at 7pm, November 17.

Fine wine, a live auction, a silent auction and music complement a sampling

of foods from around the world served by the students of Douglas College's

Hotel and Restaurant Management Program. Partial proceeds to benefit

student aid. There is no admittance to anyone under 19 years of age.

For tickets, please call the Douglas College Foundation at 604-777-6176.

Excellence Award Winners

Announced

Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Educational

Excellence and Team Excellence award winners. The awards

recognize outstanding achievement within the Douglas College £ g g

community. The winners are:

Educational Excellence:

Staff Excellence: Valerie Lynch (Finance Department) and Amanda Michelsen (Learning Resources).

Faculty Excellence: Dr. Con Rea (Psychology Department)

Student Excellence: Yasaman Mahboubti.

Team Excellence:

Self Employment Program: Bob McConkey, Graham Hill, Maxine Madden, Rita Sieber, Louise Huckin, Terri Prest, Carolyn Cooper-McOuatt, Max Attwood, Judy Johnson, Barbara Harkness, Chris Ricard, Alex Sim, Gerry Dokimenko

and Valerie Lockyer.

The Banner HR/Payroll Implementation Team: Rosemary Small, Betty Clarke, Amy Dong, Luc Lang, Hugh Finnamore,

Kathy Potter, Kris Remmem and Nancy Constable.

The Psychiatric Nursing Degree Steering and Curriculum Committee: Hudson Andrews, Roberta Bend, Joy Holmwood, Anna Helewka, Anna Jajic, Jacqollynne Keath, Paula Maisonville, Mike Tarko, Lori Townsend, and Barb Walsh. ‘Phe winners will be presented with their awards at the Employee Recognition Reception on November 24, 4-5:30pm in the Upper Cafeteria at the New Westminster Campus. Recipients are free to invite family, colleagues and friends to

join them at the celebration.

College contingent shines at Shanghai symposium

Douglas College was a significant contributor at the Shanghai Administrative

Institute Symposium in

September. Delegates presented a paper at the symposium on The Promoting of the Building

of a Harmonious Society.

Sponsored by the International Project fund, the symposium was a unique and stimulating

experience with a number

of educational and cultural

opportunities.

Seven countries were

represented at the symposium and presenters and commentators spoke on

topics like China’s success

with market capitalism and

the problem of the gap between the rich and poor. It was

also an opportunity to interact with faculty from very different disciplines within Douglas College. Several conversations focused on teaching and learning and cultural impacts

on work.

The College's delegates

were Kathy Denton,

Maxine Davis, John Fox, Kathy Heggie-Hunter,

Blaine Jensen, Les Marshall, Guangwei Ouyang,

Adrian Peacock, Bob Shebib, Sussan Thompson and

Diana Weener. £

Quote of the Month

“We dont receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.”

Marcel Proust, French novelist