VOLUME 2 : NUMBER 39 : OCTOBER 05, 1984

VCC EDUCATION FOUNDATION RAFFLE

OCT - 9 1984

VCC-VANCOUVER VOCATIONAL INSTITUTE
LIBRARY

Remember, two glorious weeks in Mexico with $500 spending money is the first
prize m the VCC Education Foundation Raffle. Tickets are $10.00 each, and
only 1,200 tickets will be sold. Three other prizes will also be awarded.
Tickets are on sale at the Continuing Education office until the end of
October.

KD

UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN
The United Way Campaign has begun . . . and this year there are many ways to
become involved!

On October 25th and 26th there will be a 24 hour Run held at KEC with WI
participation.
Of course, we all enjoy to eat - so come and enjoy a Pancake Breakfast m the
Cafeteria on November 8th from 07:00 until 09:30. All proceeds go to the
United Way.
Donation cards will be circulated shortly, so please be a part of this year's
campaign. Give generously to the United Way Campaign. For information
update, read next week's Insider.

JV

JOB OPPORTUNITY
KEC - Clerk III - Monday to Thursday 12:30 - 20:30, Friday 9:00 - 17:00. Apply in writing
before 1984 October 08.
LIBRARY FILM October 09 (Noon hour)

THE SEXES: ROLES
As more and more women have begun to question the stereotyped
roles which define their lives, increasing numbers of them are
breaking away from the traditional pattern of wife, mother and
keeper of the hearth and entering the work force. This film takes
a look at these confining roles and discusses some of the changes
that are occurring, not only for women, but for men as well.

mncowm

COMMUNITY
Vancouver

Vocational Institute

LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS
The following materials are now available in the Library:

The Art of Caribbean Cooking
Computer Aid: a short course for keyboard mastery of
alphabet and number keys for microcomputers, typewriters
and word processors
Creative Carving as seen on T.V. by Stephen Yang
Incorporating: a political manual for coping with Canadian customs
Assertiveness for Managers
The Business Guide to Telephone Systems
Fundraising for Non-profit Groups

MORE AWARD WINNING COST CUTTING METHODS
Five institutions received awards from $2,500 each m the cost-cutting
competition. Three of these institutions are:

THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, has begun installing silver coloured
reflectors on its fluorescent light fixtures. The installations increase
reflected light by 116 per cent, allowing the number of fluorescent tubes to
be reduced by a third to a half and increasing energy savings by 57 per cent,
the university said. Yearly savings, once all 11,000 fixtures are converted,
were estimated at $300,000.

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, reported it had reduced travel costs $300,000 a year by
opening a campus travel office, centralizing travel purchasing, and
computerizing airline charges.

CUMBERLAND COUNTY COLLEGE said it had saved $5,000 while recarpeting its
library by using a special crane to move bookshelves without taking the books
out.

PROVIDENCE COLLEGE, converted its oil burning heating plant to a "fluidized
bed combustion" system that can burn cheaper coal with any amount of sulfur
content and still meet the most stringent emissions standards. At the same
time, some buildings were converted from steam to hot-water heat, increasing
the amount of steam available for generating electricity. Annual savings were
estimated at more than $1.4 million.

THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON has started using bar codes, like those read by
supermarket check-out machines, in its physical-plant department. Employees
use a bar-code scanner to record automatically their employee-identification
project number, and time spent on the job. Yearly savings of $172,000 were
reported.

MEL