Febwaiy 9,1993 Volume 4, Issue 3 CLEAN UP DAY ADMINISTRATION The staff on the second floor has had a clean up campaign and a few items are looking for a home. They are sitting outside the Supply Room in administration. Free to the first taker: • 2 shelves about 5' long with dividers (stored inside Supply Room, see Gabriella in mail room). • Small grey portable file holder - on wheels. • Storage case for Wang diskettes. We also have one 4-drawer horizontal file cabinet in good condition. For sale or swap for 3 drawer file cabinet or low bookshelves. Do you have unused equipment? Why not let Centricity know? Your junk may be someone else's treasure! Do you need something someone else might not need? Let Centricity know. We will advertise for you! t Karen Kelly UPCOMING VCC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION EVENTS HELPI Can anyone out there help me learn how to use E-Mail through the Several Alumni projects are underway! UNIXG system? The Dental Assisting and Reception Thirty Year Homecoming will be on March 4, 1993 from 5:00-7:30pm at City I am all set up and ready to go at City Centre but I can't get it to work. Centre. Can someone help get me started and assist with any ongoing problem solving? Call me at 443-8434. Thanks! Our annual Career Fair will be on March 11, 1993 from 10:00am 4:30pm. To date there are several participants Holly Cole FROM THE LIBRARY registered. More information will follow. City Centre Library Our spring ALUMNEWS will be coming has need of a two-drawer CD legal size filing cabinet. at the end of March. Anyone wishing to make submissions should contact the Alumni office. Please contact Marnie Froberg at local 8345 if your department wishes to pass For more information about these and one on. Thanks. other Alumni events and services, contact the Alumni office at local 7147. Andrew Bahry A VALENTINES MESSAGE TO ALL FACULTY AND STAFF Valentine's Day is just Please remind your students that the deadline for the bursary and scholarship applications is Wednesday, February 24, 1993. around the corner. Are you ready? Why don't you pick a card, a box of chocolates, a stuffed animal, or flowers for your loved one. Remember, Valentine's day is not just for lovers only. It is a way of expressing appreciation and caring for someone special, too, like a friend. Volume 4, Issue 3 Thank you for your cooperation. Dana Fister -2- Febniaiy 9,1993 I A NOTE TO KING EDWARD AND MISSING ALERT LANGARA CAMPUSES Pitney Bowes tells us that two machines for folding letters belong to City Centre Campus. I Please be reminded that City Centre will be closed for 'City Centre Day' on Friday, Februaiy 12, 1993. have never seen either of those machines. Incoming calls to the switchboard will be handled by providing a message indicating that the campus is closed for that day. A large free box of envelopes is being offered for information leading to the discovery of either of these machines!!! Continuing Education activities will resume on Saturday, February 13 as scheduled. If you have one, don't worry-we won't take it away~we just want to know if such machines really do exist. Karen Kelly SETTING UP AN OFFICE AT HOME Ideally, your home office should be a separate room, but if one isn't available, choose a comer that will belong to you and you alone. If In order to justify this closure, it is expected that all employees, who have regularly scheduled duty on that day, will attend the City Centre Day activities. Scheduled activities begin 8:30am. necessary, invest in partitions to separate yourself psychologically from the rest of the house. Please note that if there is not sufficient registration in a workshop, the workshop will be cancelled. Have you bought your luncheon ticket? If not, please do it right away. Tickets are $7.00 and can be purchased at In selecting an area, consider whether there is enough space for a desk and other equipment. Is there a convenient electrical outlet and telephone jack? (if not, they can be installed.) Instructional Media Services. Your desk needn't be a 'desk' at all. All you really need is a surface to write on. Whatever Remember; there will be no food service in the cafeteria on that day. you choose, it should be sturdy and a comfortable height. A hollow door resting on two file cabinets provides plenty of drawer space and a good- sized desktop at just the right height. J. Vandenakker Volume 4, Issue 3 -3- February 9,1993 I (TITCKNTRK HOSPITALITY ADMINISTRATION B.C. ASIA-PACIFIC AWARDS CENTREVILLE PUB RECIPIENTS Congratulations go out to the two VCC recipients of the November '92 Every Thursday, commencing Februaiy 18th, Hospitality Administration students will be operating a pub in the Banquet Dining Room. B.C. Asia-Pacific Awards. t Alice S. P. Wong, Instructor Scholars' Award English Dept - KEC Ms. Wong will be going to Wuxi, China in September for ten months to assist at the Wuxi Institute of Light Industry in three areas: Drop by between 4:00pm - 7:00pm and • development of teaching and testing materials in international trade and business English. meet your friends. The pub is open to all students, faculty and staff. • teacher training. • classroom teaching. Don M. Peters, Langara student Students' Award International Business Program Mr. Peters will be travelling to Japan to Mr. Peter Toiga and White Spot Ltd. have established a business in Tokyo in April for twelve bursary fund. months. study Japanese language, culture, and Two full scholarships will be provided to NEXT DEADLINE second year students as an annual commemoration to the memory of Louis Stervinous. NOVEMBER 2, 1993 We are grateful for this type of donation and are proud of the opportunity to manner. Application forms available from Cecily May International Education Coordinator Dave Donaldson Local 7178 remember Mr. Stervinous in this Volume 4, Issue 3 -4- February 9, 1993 URGENTLY WANTED IF YOUR DEPARTMENT HAS ANY I.B.M. SELECTRIC TYPEWRITERS THAT ARE NO LONGER BEING USED THE BUSINESS EDUCATION PREPARATION DEPARTMENT WILL BE MORE THAN WILLING TO TAKE THEM OFF YOUR HANDS. PLEASE CALL SYD HARTLEY AT 8308 OR ROSEANNE ASHWORTH AT 8314 TO ARRANGE MOVING THESE ITEMS TO THEIR NEW HOME. TO GIVE AWAY THIRTY (30) KODAK SLIDE PROJECTOR CAROUSELS PLEASE CONTACT SYD HARTLEY 8308 TO ARRANGE FOR PICK-UP. Volume 4, Issue 3 -5- Febmary 9,1993 I UTYCKNTI FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 25,1993 STUDIO 58 ANNOUNCES CONTACT: HELEN NESTOR (604)324-5227 FAX# (604)324-5555 .Clta? WOU . a 1950's adaptation of Moliere's Bourgeois Gentleman Set Design by RICHARD COOK Lighting Design by MARSHA SIBTHORPE Directed by LLOY COUTTS Costume DeMgn by KATE KING CAN YOU DIG IT? STUDIO 58 is presenting THE KAT WHO WOULD BE KOOL, a 1950's adaptation of Moliere's The Bourgeois Gentleman The Kat in question is Monsieur Jourdam, a not so bright, average Joe who is ob¬ sessed with being Kool, one of the creme de la creme In an effort to buy his way into high society he blows wads of money on outlandish outfits and on teachers to educate him in the finer arts. Beatniks, Bee-boppers and Blowhards are all subjects for Moliere's satiric wit and keen observation of human foibles. LLOY COUTTS (director) returns to STUDIO 58 where she directed THE WORKROOM in 1988 Other credits include WORLDS AWAY? and INNERSPEAK for the Workman Theatre in Toronto, THE DOUBLE BASS, THE LAST BUS and DOTESTAD for the Tarragon Theatre, Toronto Born in Pans in 1622, MOLIERE changed his career from law to the theatre in his early twenties. In his own time and through the ages, he has been considered a comic genius. Moliere's best known works include THE MISER, TARTUFFE, THE MISANTHROPE, THE SCHOOL FOR WIVES and the IMAGINARY INVALID. PREVIEWS: OPENING: MUST CLOSE- PERFORMANCES: ADMISSION: 2 for 1: GROUP RATES: Tuesday, February 16 & Wednesday, February 17 at 8 00 pm Thursday, February 18 at 8:00 pm Saturday, March 13 at 8.00 pm Tuesday to Saturday at 8 00 pm, Sundays at S'OO & 8.00 pm $7 Tuesday-Thursday ($6.50 students & seniors), $9 Friday & Saturday Previews & both shows on Sunday at $4 50 per person Available for 10 people or more Contact STUDIO 58 for details FOR INFORMATION & RESERVATIONS: 324-5227 Volume 4, Issue 3 -6- Febniaiy 9,1993 (Please print all inlormation) Name: Telephone Local: Department:, Campus _____ YES Will you be bringing your partner? NO Name of your partner (If attending). Please specify the seminar you prefer to attend: February 15 and 16, 1993 D May 18 and 19, 1993 In order to assist the seminar planners, we require your present age and expected number of years until your retirement: Your present age:. No. of years until you expect to retire:. If you are unable to attend one of the above seminars, would you be interested in attending a subsequent seminar? YES NO ( /