VVINSIOER : VOLUME 5 : NUMBER 12 : JUNE 12, 1987

VCC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

VCC-VANCQUVER VOCATIONAL INSTITUTE

LIBRARY

JtJtt I 8 1987

SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED
The Vancouver Community College Alumni Association will hold its first Annual
General Meeting June 17, from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at VVI in the Staff Lounge,
Room 300. This will be our second members function since our Association was
incorporated in April of this year.
On May 14, forty people attended the Founders Club Meeting which inaugerated
the Association with a Toast proposed by VCC's own Toastmaster, J.J. Denholm.
The Alumni Association has enrolled 220 members since the membership campaign
was kicked off in April. Our thanks to those of you who sent us the names of
your alumni contacts. Your support is essential to our success.

We would like to encourage faculty and staff to meet this enthusiastic group
of individuals who represent our three campuses in the new Association. If
you are able to attend the Annual General Meeting please contact Netty Tarn at
875-1131, local 353 to R.S.V.P. no later than June 15th.
If you have upcoming events or programs you would like to promote to the
Alumni there will be a literature table for display of College information.
Please ensure your materials are in our hands no later than June 15th.

MflNCOUI/ER
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Vocational Institute

FACULTY
DEVELOPMENT

jfh Grant MacEwan
Community College
Seventh Street Plaza Campus
10030 - 107 Street
Edmonton, Alberta

Canada T5J 3E4
(403) 441-4872
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29 May 1987

Dear Colleague:

Outreach -education has been texpanding -rapidly in many
post-seconiiary institutions during th past decade. We are
sponsoring a one-day seminar entitled Outreach: An Alternative
Model in order to share Grant MacEwan's experience in
establishing a new Outreach Model with fellow post-secondary
educators.

Resource people at the seminar will represent constituencies in
the College closely affected by outreach education. After an
introduction by the Vice President Academic, participants will
be given an overview of our outreach model and in a relaxed
seminar format, will be able to ask questions and obtain
information on the outreach experience of our College.
We have enclosed a number of brochures for you to pass along to
any of your faculty or staff who may be interested in attending.
Thank you.
Sincerely,

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GRANT MacEWAN CGKHUNITY COLLEGE I

Benders

Faculty Development Coordinator
cc: Wilbur Collins, Asst. to VP Academic

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PLEASE MAIL TO:
Granl MacEwan Communily College
Faculty Development
Seventh Street Plaza Campus
11X)3() - 107 Street
Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3E4

OUTREACH: An Alternative Model
Friday. September 25,1987
9:30 am. - 5:00 pm.

(4<)3) 441-4872
(check-in 9:00 am.)

REGISTRATION

3500 - 119 Street
Edmonton, Alberta

OUTREACH: An Alternative Model
September 25,1987

NAME:
TITLE:
INSTITUTION:
ADDRESS:
CITY/PROVINCE:
POSTAL CODE:
PHONE:

NAME:
TITLE:
PHONE:
Please send application in advance, as there is

a limited enrolment of 40 participants.

SUGGESTED HOTEL:
Convention Inn Hotel
4404 - Calgary Trail

(403) 434-6415
1-800-661-6454
Hotel Rates:
September 24 and/or 25, 1987

$62.00/night
Transportation to and from hotel will be provided,
and is included in the seminar fee.

A special olfer is given when one faculty and
one administrative person, from the same
institution, are interested in attending. The

Convention Inn also has a bus service from the

International Airport for a fee of $6.50 (one way).
Unfortunately, they do not have the same service to
the Municipal Airport.

fee is then set at $125.00 for both participants
to attend.

Will pay at the door ( ) Cheque enclosed ( )
Please invoice ( )
Fee includes: lunch, coffee, wine & cheese,
and handouts.

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Registration fee: $75.00 per person.

SPECIAL OFFER

An Alternative Model

DERRICK GOLF AND WINTER CLUB

Please register me for:

For 2nd partitipaiit:

OUTREACH:

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT
1212C SEVENTH STREET PLAZA CAMPUS
441-4072 - 441-4871

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OUTREACH: An Alternative Model

The GMCC Experience

DERRICK GOLF AND WINTER
CLUB

Since its inception in 1971, Grant
MacEwan Community College has been
inwlwd in outreach education.
Oriiiinallv this function was
provided by the Continuing
Education Division which operated as

3500- 119 Street
A ONE-DAY SEMINAR
Friday, September 25,1987
9:00 am. - 9:30 am. Check in. coffee and
informal introductions.

a relatively autonomous unit -employing

and paying its own stalf and developing
and delivering educational activities to meet
idcnlilicd needs and interests.

In 1981 the college moved to a new Outreach
Model under which each of the divisions
within the college operates its own outreach
program as an extension of daytime
programming.
In the area of budgeting, total revenue from
outreach and community education now

Edmonton, Alberta

OVERVIEW OF GMCC OUTREACH
PROGRAM
- structure

- historical perspective
- general theory
- current outreach model
- structure

- operation
- coordination

9:30 am. -12:00 noon Morning Session.
12:00 noon - 1:00 pm. Hosted Luncheon.
1:00 pm. - 2:30 pm. Afternoon Session.
2:30 pm. - 4:00 pm. Small group question
and answer sessions.
4:00 pm. - 5:00 pm. Informal discussion
Wine and Cheese.

exceeds 20% of the total operating revenue of
the college. It is projected that outreach will
continue to generate an increasingly

significant portion of the college's operating
revenue budget.

In this one day seminar, we will examine the
outreach education system experience over

the past 6 years. A variety of Grant
MacEwan faculty and staff will address their
role and experience with outreach education
in an honest and open manner.
We do not claim the expert role, nor do we
have all the answers. We are willing,

IMPACT OF OUTREACH ON;
- college resources
- instructional staffing
- organizational structure

actively developing their own outreach
education program.

Participants will examine the components of
the outreach education system of Grant

MacEwan. As well, time will be allowed for
participants to share their own experiences
and concerns and to examine some of the key
questions about outreach education.

This seminar is designed for both faculty and
administrative participants, and a special olfer
is made to institutions who are interested in
sending a pair of representatives.

Joyce Benders - Coordinator Faculty
Development
Penny Bruce - Divisional Services Supervisor,

Performing and Visual Arts

ASSESSMENT OF THE OUTREACH MODEL
— strengths
— issues

however, to share our EXPERIENCE with
those who are interested in or who are

RESOURCE PEOPLE/PRESENTERS:

VIEWS ON OUTREACH FROM:
- faculty
- program heads
- deans

- vice presidents
- other college constituents

Wilbur Collin - Assistant Vice President
Academic
Bob Cowan - Director, Student Services

T.C. (Chuck) Day - Vice President Academic
Betty Downie - Acting Registrar
Tony Fell - Program Head, Library
Technician Program
Pal Ness - Instructor, Occupational Health

Paul Olke - Dean, Community Services
Division
Peggy Quinney - Dean, Community Education
Division

MNCOU^ER
COMMUNITY

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Date
To

June 5, 1987

From

Tom Toulson

Subject

MEMO

H King Edward Campus
Vancouver Vocational Institute

Langara Campus
Continuing Education

Members of Faculty, Vancouver Vocational Institute

Out-of Canada (Overseas) Work/Assignments

During the course of the past year or two, I've received numerous requests

or inquiries from private sector firms as well as provincial and federal
government agencies seeking qualified personnel for out-of-Canada international, overseas - contract work. The wording for an agreement

with a major engineering firm is presently being developed whereby the
firm will first approach VCC - my office - to meet its needs for personnel
for out-of-Canada assignments. The requirements of the firm go far

beyond the usual parameters of "engineering" and 1 am confident that we
have, within VCC, the expertise to fill many of the wide range of needs
that do come up from time to time. To meet the requests, I would like to
establish an inventory of faculty interested in taking on short assignments
outside Canada. Some assignments are as short as ten days; others can be
as long as a year - or two - or three.

To get started on the inventory, 1 would like to invite members of faculty
who wish to be considered for overseas work to complete a single-page
form giving the essential details: name, address, campus, academic

degree(s), diploma(s), area of expertise/teaching discipline (both primary
and secondary), type of work or assignment desired, preferred country(ies)
for foreign assignment, etc. In addition, a passport-size photograph is
required.

To assist you in preparing your dossier, an 8-1/2x11 form has been prepared
entitled "Indication of Expertise and Interest for Out-of-Canada (Overseas)
Work/Assignment" and copies are available from the principal's secretary.
Please send your completed form to me at the World Trade Centre at
Canada Place. (Use the College's inter-campus courier service already in

place.)
Finally, I want to assure you that the information you provide will remain
confidential within my office and, prior to releasing the information in your
dossier to a prospective employer/contractor, I shall first alert the campus
principal or dean and the faculty member concerned to ascertain interest in

the specific project.

VANCOUVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Indication of Expertise and Interest
for
Out-of-Canada (Overseas) Work/Assignment

Name: _

Telephone(s): (r) (o)

Address:

Campus:

Year

of

Birth:

Attach Photograph (passport size)
Degree(s):

Diploma(s):

Primary area(s) of expertise/discipline:

Secondary area of expertise/discipline:

Type of international (overseas) work/assignment desired:

Preferred country(ies):
Experience in international (overseas) assignments:

Degree of familiarity with languages other than English:

Other pertinent facts/comments:

I understand that the information provided herein will not be released without my prior consent, other
than to personnel attached to the office of International Education and Contract Services.

Signature:

Date: