/nay n VOL 1 NO 1 8 /irs VANCOUVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE Vniicnj; Olympics of Culinary Arts Inside Bouquets to KEC authors A newsletter in a newsletter: Learn¬ ing Centre TICWS vJO, Si-Hon r lw\ li.C. V5N his Teacher of champions D lefending world championships has become part of the job for What's up in CC Counselling? V.inrvi ! ^n,i,-inni1y Cn(lege James Hutton, instructor of Culi- | nary Arts at City Centre. In Octo¬ ber 1996 James will be helping to head the Canadian National Team of Culinary Arts, as they travel to Berlin to defend their 1992 World Title. The competition, often called "the Olympics of culinary arts," is the ulti¬ mate prize in cooking circles. ing corporate support from Canadian food companies, airlines, etc. In the World Association of Cooks Societies Competition held in Norway last year, James and Harold Bonkowski led a team of apprentice chefs to second place. The format was Black Box. In this type of For the first time in recent history, the Cana¬ dian team will be truly representative of Canada. Members of the team will hail from event, none of the competi¬ Vancouver, Winnipeg, Montreal, Toronto and tors know which type of food will be placed inside New KEC library Each team will submit six menus each for the box until the actual event. The Canadian Black Box contained mackerel, leg of lamb, equipment the "hot" and "cold" competitions. One menu strawberries and passion Workaholic alert! will be selected from each category. The team will prepare food for 100 people, and be fruit. Halifax. The five-member team will consist of a captain, pastry cook, and three cooks. judged on flavour, presentation, texture, and appreciation by the public. Voicemail etiquette Celebrating 30 Years When James is not en¬ tering world competi¬ tions, he instructs the For now, James' biggest challenge is fundraising. Competing in world competi¬ last month of the 12-month culinary tions is an exciting, but expensive endeav¬ our. Besides the flight, food and accommo¬ course, where he dation expenses for Berlin, the team hopes teaches the students to prepare food for to get together for practice sessions. James JJ's Restaurant. is actively working on fundraising by enlist¬ written by Barbara Hammond What's up in CC Counselling? Job search guide Improvement in services The Counsellors at City Centre are pleased to The Counsellors at City Centre are pleased to announce the development and publication announce a change and improvement in serv¬ ices to enrolled students. In the past we have attempted to schedule our resources so as to have a Counsellor available all day to students, on a drop-in basis. This worked well as long as only one student at a time dropped in. When two or more arrived at the same time, those students who had to wait were inconvenienced. So we've changed the system. We now will make a Counsellor available all day to respond to requests from students for same-day appoint¬ ments Appointments will be available on a "first come, first served" basis each day. Be¬ cause service to enrolled students is our prior¬ ity, this modification should improve matters. It will ensure the same level of Counsellor avail¬ 0: * ^tSSmSZjr 0f a job search guide for students entitled W CC "FINDING THE JOB YOU WANT." This Va r comPrehensive and very readable guide was written and compiled by Sukhi Sohi, a Counsellor at City Centre. The guide is laid out in a very clear manner and outlines a job search OoDS' process that will address the needs " * of VCC graduates. This booklet Last week's article on Joan acts both as a curriculum guide and McArthur-Biair, entitled handout for workshops on job ' "She Makes a Difference," search which are offered by Coun¬ Incorrectly stated that the Canada India Institutional Cooperation. Project has been extended for another two years. Pleasenotethat the project's extension is still pending. sellors to students nearing gradua¬ tion. Normally these workshops are offered in the classroom at the re¬ quest of an Instructor. A copy of the guide will be available from the Counselling Department by the middle of May. For more informa¬ tion, contact Allan Clarkson, Local 8446. ability, and will enable students to reserve a convenient appointment time. Requests which are urgent will, of course, receive immediate attention. So...please let your students know that at City Centre "drop-in" counselling has been replaced by same-day counselling ap¬ pointments. Thanks. Bouquets to KEC authors An unsolicited letter from the chairman of so¬ cial science at Lake Michigan Academy, Grand Rapids, Michigan arrived in the Lower Main¬ land a week or so ago. The following is part of that letter: "Lake Michigan Academy, Grand Rapids, Michigan is a private school for students with learning disabilities grades 1-12. We teach a modified form of Orton Gillingham using a structured, repetitive, and sequential teaching format enabling our students to learn decod¬ ing, syllabication, vocabulary and comprehen¬ PAGE 2 sion. A set of Pre¬ fixes, Roots and Suffixes was pur¬ chased by the Acad¬ emy in 1994. We found our¬ selves constantly borrowing them among the faculty. The format of these books integrates well our tutorial and curricular goals." Three of the authors of those tree books cur¬ rently work at King Edward Campus. They are (trumpet roll) Nancy Bait, Margaret Follis and Anne Parsons. MAY 11 1995 Learning Centre news May 1995 Volume I, Issue I Renovations to City Centre Learning Centre y^ncou^Q. r enovations in the Learning Centre at Workshops: the City Centre discover new Campus are complete and the furnishing and organizing of the space will soon be completed. The dream to open a student learning support centre is soon to be a reality. Faculty, Administration, student support areas (counselling, library, assessments and DBPA) and students and their Association have all worked hard and cooperatively to see this project through. ways to learn R What can students do in the Learn¬ ing Centre? In late 1994, Barry Kendrick and Cheryl Howrigan developed the core design concept, and in consultation with the Campus community set the philosophical direction for the new Learning Centre location. In April, Lyn Lennig came on as the Coordinator for the VCC Learning Centres at KEC and CC. Learning Centre Staff The core of both Learning Centre locations is the tutoring staff. Both Centres will have Math/ Science and English Skills tutors. All tutors will offer one on one tutoring assistance to any College student. In addition, tutors will conduct tours of the Centres. * explore the possibili¬ ties- .of computer, assisted learning