l/CC-VANCOUVkfi VOCATIONAMIWIWitMJMBER 40 : OCTOBER 12, 1984
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WE WANT YOU " L5,

If you walk, crawl, jog or have any other way of making it around a track "WE
WANT YOU" for the 24 Hour Run. Pledge forms can be picked up from:
Steve Odwin - Dental Technician, Local 322
Myrna Breikss - Dental Assisting, Local 321
Dalton Kremer - Counselling, Local 217
There will be awards presented at the Pancake breakfast in the WT Cafeteria
on November 8th for:
1. Most miles run by one person between the hours of midnight to
5:00 a.m.

2. Largest amount of pledges collected
This same "PANCAKE BREAKFAST" on November 8th between 7:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m.
will be served by our very own administrators. Cost will be $2.00. All food
has been donated. Therefore, all the proceeds will go to the United Way.
Come and enjoy.

"WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES, GIVE THE UNITED WAY."
JC

VACATION
I will be on vacation from 1984 October 15 to October 26, inclusive. During
my absence, Dr. Lamoureux will be Acting Principal.

HWR

FITNESS ANYONE?
Anyone interested m getting a fitness class started again, please contact
Dolores at Local 220.

PARKING

DC

All changes in vacation, shift, licence numbers affecting parking should be
given to Janet Corns, Local 435, by the fifteenth of the previous month.

RGS

MlNCOUl/ER

COMMUNITY
Vancouver

Vocational Institute

INSTRUCTOR'S DIPLOMA PROGRAM
I.D. 103 will be offered at the WI Campus on Friday evenings and all day
Saturdays commencing Friday, 1984 November 09, and finishing Saturday, 1984
December 08. Room to be determined.
Times: Fridays 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Saturdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Please call Kim Cabral at local 246 for further information.

MEL

WIN A TRIP FOR TWO TO MEXICO
Raffle tickets are available at the Continuing Education offices at all three
campuses. Win a chance at four great prizes. Proceeds to the VCC Educational
Foundation.

All VCC faculty and staff are invited to Happy Hour at KEC in the staff
lounge, this Friday, October 12 from 3:30 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. Proceeds to
the VCC Educational Foundation.

LIBRARY FILM October 16 (Noon hour)

THIS IS ME
Some of life's most profound questions are tackled by ten children
ranging in age from six to eleven. They give their spontaneous views
on God, the beginning of life, where the soul goes at night, and many
other imaginative thoughts and conclusions.

LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS
Audio-visual materials:

Getting to know the Micros (filmstrips, 1983)
Introduction to Microcomputers (filmstrips, 1983)
Introduction to Medical Terminology (filmstrips, 1983)
New videotapes (1/2") - all approximately ten minutes
Kitchen safety: preventing machine injuries (1969)
Portion control: a team effort (197-)

Art of broiler cookery (1971)
Preventing burns in the kitchen (197-)
Kitchen fire safety (197-)
Stopping food service waste (197-)
Sanitation and hygiene: basic rules (196-)
Food purchasing I: general principles (1975)
Food purchasing II: let the buyer beware (1975)

JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Library Assistant I - Langara - temporary position until approximately 1985

March 31. Apply m writing before 1984 October 18.
Temporary Full-time Librarian - Reference Services - Langara Library - for one

year beginning October 1984
Department Head, Mathematics, College Foundations Division, KEG - apply m

writing before 1984 October 30.

MORE AWARD WINNING COST CUTTING METHODS
Thirteen institutions received awards of $1,000 each:
Central Michigan University, for a carbon dioxide air-quality analyzer and
controller.

University of Cincinnati, for converting employee files to microfilm records
that are indexed on a microcomputer.
Friends University, for consolidation of its business and student-services
offices.
University of Kentucky, for insuring mailed parcels itself rather than paying
the postal services to do so.
Louisiana State University, for an automated blow-down system to reduce
corrosion m a cooling tower.
Miami University, for designing a dolly to move library shelves.
University of Missouri at Columbia, for a computerized system to handle room
reservations for classes and meetings.
University of Missouri System, for establishing roofing standards.

Orange Coast College, for cooling buildings during the day by blowing air over
containers of a liquid that is frozen at night when power rates are lower.
University of Richmond, for reducing summer power costs by using waste steam
from gas-powered generators to operate air-conditioning equipment.
University of South California, for computerizing its mailing services.
Southern Oregon State College, for equipping security personnel with portable
wireless telephones.
Union Theological Seminary m Virginia, for adapting its air conditioning
system to provide heating.
Cost-reduction awards to $100 each were made to 26 institutions. Twenty of
these institutions are:

Community College of Allegheny County, for converting reports to
computer-generated micro-fiche.

University of Central Florida, for using a student assistant to handle routine
maintenance of telephones.
Cornell University, for recovery of helium used in research.

Duke University, for use of the 45 telephones in the press box at its football
stadium for fund raising telephones.
Edmonds Community College, for computerizing registration for continuing
education courses.

Indiana Institute of Technology, for installing a gymnasium floor of
compressed wood fibre.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, for sending bills to students in two-way
envelopes that eliminate separate return envelopes.
Lancaster Bible College, for a method of removing residue from hot-water
heaters.

Lehigh University, for a computerized inventory-control system for gas
cylinders.
Moraine Valley Community College, for financing a college centre through
industrial revenue bonds and a lease agreement.
New Mexico State University, for a system to control outdoor air dampers.
State University of New York Agricultural and Technical College at Canton, for
generating electricity with methane gas produced from manure.
Plymouth State College, for recovery of waste water from its cooling system.
Purdue University, for a new way to select computer based records.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, for a computerized system of monitoring
radioactive materials and the exposure of faculty members, staff members and
students to radiation.
Rio Hondo Community College, for modification of air-handling equipment.
Saint Francis College (Ind.), for insulating its science greenhouse.
University of Southern Maine, for reducing expenses of worker's compensation
by providing counselling, rehabilitation and employment services.
University of Tennessee at Martin, for computerizing records and recipes for
its food services.
Towson State University, for private development of residence halls and a

dining facility.

MEL