(JUL 2/ VVINSIDER : VOLUME 6 : NUMBER 10 : JULY 21/88 BCIT PROGRAM CHANGES TO AFFECT VVI As mentioned in the All Faculty and Staff Bulletin on July 15/88, we have been advised that there will be some major program shifts between BCIT and VVI. These program shifts will result in a substantial increase in the VVI Hospitality and Tourism Programs and a transfer of some of our Technical Programs. All departments directly involved have already been notified. Other colleges in the province will also be affected by these changes. An official announcement will be made by the Ministry as soon as the details are finalized. APPOINTMENTS Congratulations are in order for three VVIers. Marion Maclsaac has been appointed Department Head for the Office Administration Department for a one year term, beginning July 1st, 1988. Barbara McWilliams has resigned as Department Head of the Practical Nursing Department, therefore Pat Hartley has been appointed Acting Department Head for the period July 15, 1988 to September 14, 1988, or until a new Department Head is appointed, should this happen during that time. And, Frank Boutilier has been upgraded from Coordinator II to Department Head of the Building Service Worker Department, due to the substantial increase in the number of students and instructors in this area. Congratulations all! WHITE PAGES NOW AVAILABLE! The new Metro Vancouver White Pages have arrived and are available for pick up in Receiving. Each department is entitled to the same number as last year. Please turn in your old phone books to Receiving for disposal. The New Yellow Pages have not yet been received. We will advise as soon as they have arrived. VANCOUVER COMMUNITY VCC-VANCOUVER VOCATIOWAL INSTITl/TE LIBRARY JUL 2 s mil Vocational Institute - 2 - BICYCLE PARKING NOW AVAILABLE Staff who ride bicycles to work may want to take advantage of the bicycle lock-up located on Level 1 of the underground parking. If you are interested in keeping your bike secure, contact the Building Services Manager to obtain a key to gain entrance to this facility. The cost of a key is just $2.00. SUMMER HOURS Summer hours are now in effect in various departments. Just to bring you up to date: SATURDAY CLOSURES The VVI Campus will be closed on Saturdays from July 23 and will reopen September 10th. SWITCHBOARD HOURS The Switchboard will be open from 7:30 am - 5:00 pm from July 23 through September 3rd. LIBRARY HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Until August 27th Monday/Wednesday/Friday 7:30 am - 5:00 pm Tuesday/Thursday 7:30 am - 8:00 pm Saturday/Sunday Closed August 29 - September 3rd Monday - Thursday Friday Saturday/Sunday 7:30 am - 9:00 pm 7:30 am - 5:00 pm Closed INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA SERVICES Until September 2nd Take Care Of Yourself. We Need You. Monday - Friday 7:30 am - 4:00 pm Any instructor requiring equipment can pick it up in the library or in the Continuing Education Office. - 3 - ACCOUNTING/COMPUTER PROGRAMS ENJOY INDUSTRY SUPPORT Industry support is vital to all of our programs. Merlin Bolton, Instructor of the Accounting/Computers & Management Department advises that the Society of Management Accountants of B.C. and the Certified General Accountants of B.C. continue to be most supportive of VVI Accounting/Computer Programs. "During the month of June 1988 they supplied two excellent speakers in Sam DiGiando, CMA Director of Educational Services (also a member of our Program Advisory Committee) and Jennifer Solley, CGA Manager, Student Development who informed our students of the advantages of continuing their studies to become professional accountants after they graduate and discussed the possibility of transferring credits from their VVI courses." "A few days after their presentation, one of our students enrolled as a CGA student." Both Societies operate an employment service for enrolled students. Job opportunities are telephoned in daily by employers, much like the calls received by our Business Division. NEWS FROM THE DENTAL HYGIENE PROGRAM "The faculty and staff of the VCC Dental Hygiene Program would like to congratulate the second year Dental Hygiene students on their outstanding achievement in the American Board Examination," advises Susanne Sunell. "All twenty students scored above the national average of 85%. The class average was 96%. Seven of the students achieved a 99%. This attests to the students' commitment to pursue excellence in their field. Although we will miss these students tremendously, we look forward to working with them in the future years in the promotion of dental hygiene as a profession." "I personally would like to thank all the faculty, staff and both the first and second year students at VCC for their commitment to dental hygiene education. Long hours and lots of energy have resulted in achievements in keeping with the high standards originally set by the program at UBC, and we look forward to being involved in taking dental hygiene into the 1990's." - 4 - COLLEGE BOARD MEETING REPORT Hans Rerup advises that the following items of business were dealt with at the College Board Meeting in June: 1. The College Board approved the following: .Purpose and Objective statements for: -Baking Supervisor Program -Patissier (Advanced Pastry Training) Program -Delicatessen Program .Health Safe Project in principle .The bidding on the training of eleven Turkish instructor trainees in shoemaking, to be handled by the VVI Shoe Repair Department. 2. An increase of the VVI Student Association membership fee, from $1.00 to $2.00 per month was approved by the College Board, effective September 1, 1988. In a recent referendum, 184 VVI students voted on the increase, which received the required majority support. 3. The College Board approved the purchase of two new computers: one Prime 4150 Computer with an Infocel accounting and purchasing system and ancillary equipment and training, totalling $590,797; a second Prime 4050 computer with Dynix Software for the library system, with ancillary equipment for a total of $353,774. A special capital grant of $650,000 and $200,000 from Operating Capital and savings in library operations will cover the cost of the purchases. 4. The College Board also approved that administration proceed with negotiations on a training contract with Brunei. 5. Anthony Saunders has resigned from the College Board and Elizabeth Jarvis, who has served as College Board President for several years, has served out her term and has accepted an appointment to the Board of the Emily Carr College of Arts and Design. This created two vacancies on the College Board, which have been filled by two new members, Bob Smith and Bob Brockelbank. 6. Two VCC instructors, Alice Wang of KEC and John Parker of Langara were presented with the ACCC Spotlight Award for introducing innovative instructional ideas. - 5 - NEXT BLOOD DONOR CLINIC AUGUST 10TH Summer is a high accident time of year, so the need for blood donations becomes critical. The next VVI Blood Donor clinic will be held Wednesday, August 10th from 10:00 - 4:00 pm in the Mall. As usual, your support is vital to the Red Cross Blood Donor program. Give so more will live. The next life you save may be your own! THANKS! THANKS! THANKS! "Special thanks from the Labatt's 24 Hour Relay Team. With the help of your pledges, the VCC No Name Runners, along with 3,000 other runners raised a total of $850,000 on behalf of the Lion's Society for Crippled Children," says Team Captain Dalton Kremer. This figure is approximately $80,000 more than was raised last year. All pledgers will be receiving their pledge forms in the mail, indicating the amount owning. Once you have forwarded your donation, an Income Tax receipt will be issued, if you so request. For those of you who have already paid your donation, an Income Tax receipt will be forwarded in due course. "We'd also like to thank all the volunteers and those of you who were able to drop in to Swanguard Stadium to give us support. It is an 'experience' to participate and it is encouraging to know that a number of people are already looking forward to next year's run. Since that will be the 10th year of the run, the goal will be One Million Dollars!" FOR SALE 2 - New (Chrysler) Autopar Tires, premium 2x2 Radials (Whitewalls). Size P205/75 R 14 $150.00. Contact: Margaret Dennis, VVI Business Dept., Local 364 1988 Honda Prelude S, 5-speed. Power steering, power brakes, tilt steering, AM/FM cassette stereo, power sunroof, rustproofing, immaculate condition, 20,000 kms. Phone: Fern Reed at 985-2381. WANTED...TO BUY 1 - Small Fridge, apartment size, in good working order, for the VVI Business Department. Contact: Margaret Dennis, Local 364. - 6 - BON VOYAGE, KATHLEEN! Kathleen Bigsby, Institutional Evaluation Officer for the B.C. Council of College and Institute Principals is heading 'down under' to Brisbane, Australia! Kathleen is embarking on a one-year leave of absence to act as Consultant to the State of Queensland, to help establish evaluation processes for the Technical and Further Education College System. Watch out for those billabongs, Kathleen! INSTITUTIONAL EVALUATION OFFICER SOUGHT To replace Kathleen Bigsby for a one-year term, the Curriculum and Professional Development Centre requires the services of a professional educator to provide guidance and direction for the Institutional Evaluation process in British Columbia. This is a part-time position. Consideration will be given to handling the assignment as a secondment or on a fee-for-service basis. College internal studies are currently in progress at the College of New Caledonia in Prince George and the Pacific Marine Training Institute in Vancouver. Scheduled to commence soon are internal studies at Okanagan College and possible the Open Learning Authority in Vancouver. An external review of the Capilano internal study is schedule for October. Preliminary work will also be required during the current fiscal year to set in motion the four internal studies scheduled for 1989/90. Some travel throughout the Province will be required. The term of the appointment is September 1, 1988 - August 31, 1989. The position will be based at the Curriculum and Professional Development Centre in Victoria. Please forward applications to Personnel Services, Camosun College. DATE: July 21, 19S8 TO: The Vancouver Community College Community FROM: Paul Gallagher Dr. J.J. (Jock) Denholm Has Decided to Retire September l-i, 198S. That said, it is difficult to find additional words appropriate to the weight and the moment of the simple statement. Jock Denholm is our longest serving senior administrator at Vancouver Community College. His name and that of Langara have, in the minds of many, come to be synonymous. Jock joined Vancouver City College as Vice-Principal Student Services at the old King Edward Centre in 1966 and served in that position and subsequently as Executive Director, Instruction until 1971. At that time he took a one year hiatus to icturn to the Vancouver public school system and re-joined the College in 1972 as Principal of our Langara Campus. For the year 1977 he took on additional duties as Acting Principal, Vancouver Community College. Jock Denholm has seen and has been part of great changes at Vancouver Community College. His departure from the College is certainly not the least of these. On behalf of the College Board, his fellow administrators, faculty and students I am extending our warmest wishes for a happy, lengthy and rewarding retirement. Continuing Education Division King Edward Langara Vancouver Campus Campus Vocational Inslitute VCC Innovations Committee invites all faculty to a workshop. TMNKING ABOUT TEACHING TEACHING ABOUT THINKING The teaching thinking literature offers tantalizing suggestions about the nature of the learning process and the way we structure our teaching. This Innovation Workshop is designed to explore ways and means to encourage thinking within your own subject area. Thinking like charity, begins at home. Each workshop participant is asked to bring a page description of an instance in which you have tried to teach or help a student or a group of students ' learn what you might call "thinking". The page will serve as a case study - a concrete starting point for discussions with other teachers about fostering thinking. The page should include: a) the setting; b) what you were trying to help the student learn; c) what approach you took; and d) what happened. Workshop Team Moreah Hamend, Nursing Unit Clerk Program, VVI Patricia Morris, Program Development Department, VVI Bob Worcester, Psychology Department, Langara Tuesday, August 30th, 1988 1:00 to 4:00 pm Vancouver Vocational Institute 250 West Pender Street Room 240 A brief Innovations Committee meeting will follow the workshop. Registration Form Name: Campus: Department/Program: Return to: Program Development Department, VVI or call us at 681-8111, local 428 Let us know you're coming, we'll order refreshments for you!