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1995

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assignment for
Min Yao

mission is to train intermediate and senior
level management personnel for the Chi¬
nese government. Min won the assignment
last November in a nationwide open

competition. He will help CMTCC senior
management set up an integrated manage¬
ment information system to maintain
personnel records, analyze faculty work¬
load, conduct performance evaluation, and

Valedictorian's

M in Yao, VCC's Director of Institu¬

unique experience

tional Research Services, will be on assign¬

ment in China February 27 through March
27, inclusive. He will serve as a manage¬
ment consultant to China Enterprise Man¬

What's New for

Students/Calendar

agement Training Centre at Chengdu
(CMTCC) on behalf of the Association of
Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC).
The centre was set up in 1982 as a joint
project of ACCC and China State Eco¬
nomic Trade Commission in 1982. Its

produce routine management reports. As

part of his assignment, Min will also assess
the training needs of CMTCC administra¬
tors and help CMTCC senior management
set up a professional development model.

This is Min's second China trip in less than
two years. Last September, Min won the
B.C. Pacific Asian Scholars' Award for

setting up a student registration system in a
teachers' college in Northeast China.

Notice of
power shutdown

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Tips & Tricks

for DTP

Getting to know
you: a new

employee gets
oriented to VCC

campus with a brief introduction from the
New Employees Orientation Committee
followed by a warm welcome from Bob
Smith, Chairman of the Board. Organiza¬

tional overviews by Dale Dom, Linda
Martin and others helped fill in the blanks
of those names and faces I didn't memonze

in my first week at VCC.

V

T CC's first ever Orientation for New

Employees session took place on February

14 with the theme, "Put Your Heart into
VCC." It kicked off at King Edward

Other highlights of the day included a tour
of King Edward campus followed by a
fabulous buffet lunch catered by our own
Culinary Arts program people at City
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Getting to know you

Connections

Centre. A scavenger hunt enhanced our

City Centre tour as we took to the halls in
personable groups. It encouraged us to
investigate nooks and crannies, stairwells

THANKS
to the 103
partidpants of

the CC Blood
Clinic. Because
of you, we
were able to

collect 77 pints
of blood.

Production Team
Editor, Design and Layout:

and hallways in hopes of familiarizing

Dale Rasmussen,

ourselves with the various programs, names

PR & Communications Dept

and faces at City Centre. I was reminded of
Halloween trick or treating as we forged on

to collect an admirable loot bag from the
planned program stops. All participants
were privy to souvenirs as diverse as the
VCC programs themselves.
To wrap up the afternoon session Mary

Hoekstra introduced the Finance and
Administration crew, of which two were
coined new employees, along with herself.

We finished off with a spiel on College
safety.
At the end of the afternoon we were per¬

suaded to hand in the day's evaluation in
exchange for an opportunity to win a
draw for a Four Comers gift certifi¬
cate. I wasn't the lucky winner but that

didn't hamper the warm fuzzy I took
with me while returning to KEC.
On behalf of the new employees at
VCC, I give my heart-felt thanks to
the New Employee Orientation
Committee, who did a superb job

Campus Contacts:

Vickki Montigny (CC) and

Manijeh Golkhizi (KEC)
Communications Coordinator:

Sarah Lucas, local 7158
Connections publishes every

Thursday, and the deadline for
submissions is 3:00 pm on the
previous Friday. Please supply

your article to Manijeh or Vickki in
a simple, word-processed format

(text only is best) on an IBMcompatible disk. Please include a
hardcopy.

The Editor reserves the right to
edit submissions for clarity and
length, when necessary.
Please recycle this newsletter.

organizing the day's events. If

today's session is any indication of
how VCC operates as a College,
serving not only the public but taking care
of its people as well, I feel honored to be
part of the VCC community.

Kathy Still McDougall
Confidential Secretary
(new VCC employee since
December, 1994)

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FEBRUARY 23 1995

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Valedictorian
challenges grads
to celebrate
diversity

cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Many

J_3:Ti!ia Lee, a recent graduate of the

are pursuing their first, second and even
third careers; many are new Canadians,
some are Deaf or hard of hearing, and some
are parents or single mothers. Donna found

Hairdressing Program at City Centre,
signed the valedictorian speech for Tour¬
ism, Hospitality and Service Programs in

ated the effort others showed despite the
fact that they sometimes got their signs
mixed up. They sometimes ended up

saying something more colourful than they
had intended!
Donna says that VCC students are an
eclectic group and many come from diverse

that students at VCC learned from each
others' differences, knowing full well that

Envelopes;

her native language - American Sign

underneath, we are all more alike than we
are different. Donna challenges her fellow

Language. Donna is the first Deaf
valedictorian in the history of VCC.

graduates to use that same understanding
and open-mindedness in the real world to

Donna enjoyed her studies here at VCC

make it a more compassionate place to live.

extra Interof¬

and found that the instructors, staff, and

No doubt everyone would agree that Donna

fice envelopes

fellow students were very supportive and
interested in American Sign Language and
Deaf culture. She added that she appreci-

is a friendly, independent and serious
student. We wish her every success in her
chosen field.

We love 'em...

we need 'em!

If you have

in your area,

please return

them to the
mailroom at
your campus.
Thanks.

Instructional positions

New procedures

for applicants

departments where necessary, and retain
them on file for one year.

Effective February 27, 1995, please direct
inquiries with respect to instructional

A,

i.s part of a recent review of practices

and procedures within the College, changes
have been made to the process for receiv¬

ing and acknowledging applications for
instructional positions. We hope that these

changes will alleviate the duplication of
work which currently exists.

Please forward all instructional applica¬
tions for employment directly to the Deans'
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offices, or to the College Librarian. The
Deans and College Librarian will acknowl¬
edge the applications, forward them to

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vacancies to the appropriate Dean or to the

College Librarian.
Please note: The above procedure does not

apply to support staff or administrative
applications, or to postings for Instructors

with Responsibility Allowances, all of
which are still handled by Employee
Relations.

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Looking for a career? vcc
Alumni Association's Sixth Annual
Career Fair will take place on Thursday,

March 9, from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm in
the Main Hall at City Centre. Meet
recruiters from dozens of fields, apply
for jobs, explore options and ask career-

related questions of the people who do
the hiring. Dress for success and bring
your resume. Admission is free. For
more information call Veronika Metchie

Pipe Ceremony, Thursday,
March 9, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm, Indian
Friendship Centre-1607 East Hastings.
Get together with four pipe carriers and

elders as they share their gifts and
traditional teachings with groups of
youth, etc. All are welcome. For more

information, call John Makowski, Aries
Project, at 255-1326.

at 871-7173.

Q

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Instructors and

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Counsellors: help us help your students!
Be sure to pass on the information in this column to your students.

"Politics in Canada
has always been
the art of making
the necessary
possible."
Peter C. Newman

Carousel Theatre presents
"The Adventures of
Nicholas Nickleby", until
March 4 at The Waterfront Theatre on
Granville Island. School matinees are
Mondays to Wednesdays at 10:00 am and
Thursdays and Fridays at 1:00 pm and cost
$9.00 per ticket. To book, call 669-3410.

The VCC Open House takes
place on Thursday, April 6. This is a
college-wide event, featuring tours of
departments, draws and doorprizes, demon¬
strations, information and displays. Larry

Waddell is seeking volunteers to serve as
Hosts/Hostesses at the Information Desk at
each campus. You must be generally

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familiar with either KEC or City Centre.
Call Larry at local 8319 to sign up.

Langara College's Studio
58 presents the premiere
of "The Company".
Conceived and directed by Morris Panych
and Wendy Gorling and created in collabo¬
ration with the senior acting students of
Studio 58, this critically acclaimed produc¬
tion will be on stage until March 5. Admis¬
sion is $8.00 Tuesday to Thursday ($7.50
Students/Seniors) and $10.00 Friday and
Saturday. Studio 58 is located in the base¬
ment of the Main Building, Langara Col¬
lege, 100 W. 49th Ave. For more informa¬
tion or to reserve, call 323-5227.

FEBRUARY 23 1995

New Materials in

The Second Annual

CC Library

McCreary Prize, in honour of

Aging & Society: a Canadian Perspective
Business English Essentials
Children in Poverty: Toward a Better Future
Color Atlas and Textbook of Oral Anatomy,
Histology and Embryology
Complete Canadian Home Inspection Guide
Constructive Feedback: Learning the Art
Conversation Power [audio cassettes]
Couture Sewing Techniques
Culinary Arts Institute Encyclopedia
Cookbook
English for Employment
Family Patterns, Gender Relations
Health Care, Ethics and Law
Human Physiology and Mechanisms of
Disease

Internet Navigator
Krause's Food, Nutrition & Diet Therapy
Master Frequency File
Motivation in Work Organizations
Techniques for Casual Clothes
Victim's Guide to the Canadian Criminal
Justice System
Word Processing Profits at Home

slew Videos
Business Writing
CFS - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Expanding Your Horizons in Technical and
Vocational Education
Gentle Art of Saying No
Goofy Over Dental Health

Dr. John F. McCreary, the first coordi¬
nator of Health Sciences at UBC, is

soliciting nominations for this
year's prize. The prize is awarded

for the best example of a health
care initiative in BC which
demonstrates innovative coop¬
eration between three or more

health care disciplines. The
intent of the award is to recog¬
nize creative inter-profes-

DROP US
A NOTE!
Share your experi¬
ences at VCC with

other staff and
faculty. If you have
an article or an idea
for a regular

sional teamwork leading to
improved patient care.

column, let us

Nominations (of individu¬
als or groups) should be

Call Dale at

know.

local 7152.

sent to the Chair of the J.F.
McCreary Committee on

Interdisciplinary Activities
in the Health Sciences,
Office of the Health Sciences Coordina¬
tor, R A. Woodward Instructional Re¬
sources Centre, 2194 Health Sciences
Mall, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3. Deadline

for submissions is May 31. A final
decision will be made by July 30,1995
and announced at the next J.F.
McCreary lecture in October.

Thin Dining
Your Line to Success: Telephone Etiquette

Notice: a total power
Freedom of Information
and Protection of Privacy
(FOIPOP) Request for Access to
Records forms are available in Admin¬
istration. These are necessary only if
written details are required before
information can be released. For further
information, call Sharon McClure at

shutdown is scheduled for City
Centre campus Sunday, February 26.
There will be no telephone service or
dialup access to the computer system
for email or Internet access. King

Edward campus will also be affected by
the lack of Internet access, as the VCC
hub is located at City Centre campus.

local 7139.
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POSTINGS
VCC
Clerk Cashier,
Continuing Education
Division. Closing
date: Feb. 28.

Coordinator II,
Learning Centre.

Closing date: Feb. 23.
Senior Secretary,
Facilities Dept.
Closing date: Mar. 3.
Bookstore Cashier,
CC Bookstore.

Closing date: Mar. 3.

Administrative
Assistant, Employee

AM/FM stereo

Relations Depart¬

locks; power trunk
release; power top;

ment. (No closing
date available at press
time.)

Langara College
Faculty Position
Employee Relations
Department. (No
closing date available
at press time.)

TIPS &
IKIv^lvd

BF Goodrich Radial
TA tires; approx.
70,000 miles; asking

$7500. Call 929-5230

OTHER

or 341-6125.

President, Grande
Prairie Regional
College. Closing date:

Cherry wood dining
room suite: table with

Mar. 6.

ESL Teachers,
Pacific Language
Institute. Contact
Robyn Inman at 6888330.

3 leaves (seats 10!)
and 6 chairs. An¬

tique? From the 30's,
perhaps earlier. $1000
obo; Singer electric
sewing machine. Oak
cabinet, vintage 1945,

$100; Extra large
s8
tr=r;

Personnel Officer,

cassette; power door

FORSALE

'87 Pontiac Sunbird
SE Convertible
1 owner; 2.0 Litre

Engine (35mpg); 5
speed manual trans¬

mission; power
steering and brakes;

dog crate. Excellent
condition. $80. Call
738-2836.
Sears 19" colour TV,
great for kid's room
or as a 2nd TV.
Excellent condition.
$150. Local 8434.

HOUSING
One bedroom
basement suite,

available for March 1
at 61st and Fraser in
Vancouver. Very
convenient location.

No pets. $575/mo,
incl. utilities. Call

261-1617 (daytime)
and 324-3129
(evenings).

LOST & 1

FOUND
Lost: handcrafted
silver pendant,
approximately 3"- 4"

in diameter; unique
design; two feathers
holding an arrowhead.
February 13, 1995
afternoon at KEC
Campus. Sentimental
value. Contact Robert

at 431-9383.

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