VOLUME 3 : NUM^R IT'S IflNCOUL/ER COMMUNITY START 1985 RIGHT with Vancouver Com¬ munity College. By now you should have received in the mail our part-time courses flyer, outlining the hundreds of opportunities open to you this winter term. Whether you're looking to upgrade your job skills or pursue a new interest we have programs that fit the bill. Here are just a few of the areas programs touch on: natural history, living and working with young children, music, language, computer skills, wine tasting, drawing and calligraphy. In addition, your employability can be enhanced by upgrading in business courses, vocational training, cooking and kitchen management, continuing nursing education, and electronics, to name just a few. All these programs are competetively priced and taught by expert instructors Most classes begin the week of Jan¬ uary 21 To ensure a place register now If you haven't received a flyer in the mail, pick one up at the nearest public library or community centre For more information or registration call 875-8200 and use you VISA card BlSfiTUfE LIBRARY IF YOU NEED TO KNOW. JAN 3 t fig a regular column of news about what's hap¬ pening at your Community College. In early December Vancouver Community College signed an agreement to exchange students with the University of East Asia in Macau. Under the agree¬ ment credits can be transferred between the two institutions. This is another step forward in the col¬ lege's efforts in the sphere of international education. The Chaim Zbar Foundation has given a $500 bursary to benefit students in Vancouver Vocational Institute's dental assisting program Mr Zbar has done this in honour of his daughter, who was a student in the program. Will you still be paying Christmas bills when the trees are coming into leaf and flowers begin to bloom? You can start on the road to recovery Wednesday, January 20 by attending An Introduction to Personal Financial Planning. Offered by Continuing Education King Edward Campus and running from 7:00-10:00 p.m., this course is designed to help you build a solid financial program from the ground up. You will be introduced to a simple, common sense approach to budgeting and financial management. The fee is $15. For more information call 875-8200 Auto Marine Electric has given the diesel mechanics department at King Edward Campus two new pieces of diesel test equipment, a diesel compression tester and an In a year that brought much economic bad news to educational institutions, VCC closed out 1984 on a happy note. Since its start last spring, the Vancouver Community College Educational Foundation raised $68,900. This money came from the business commun¬ ity, from those at the college, and from friends out¬ side. Particularly generous was a gift of $21,044.39 from the King Edward Campus Students Association. These funds, along with money from previously established trust funds, created and endowment fund which is administered by the Vancouver Foundation. The foundation has agreed to match $100,000 of the 1984 money and it will match a further $100,000 in 1985 and 1986. This money will go to student bursar¬ ies and toward the acquisition of new learning in|ector nozzle analyzer. In addition the department recently received a V6 Cummins diesel engine and a 3- cylinder Ruston air cooled diesel engine from Dillingham Construction. Generous gifts such as these enable the col¬ lege to greatly enhance the training opportunities it offers students. The 5 Day Plan to Stop Smoking runs Jan 21 through 25, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. each evening. The program has an 80% success rate. For more information call Con¬ tinuing Education, Langara Campus, 324-5322. resources. Recently released figures from the Ministry of Education indicate that in 1983-1984, VCC delivered 20% of the instruction in the province's college system, with 16 3% of the system's dollars Total unit costs ot the college were 78 2% of the average for the rest of the system and our administrative costs were only 59% of the provincial average Left to right. Dr J Denholm, principle of VCC Langara MNCOUVER COMMUNITY COLLI Vancouver Vocational Institute Campus, Tony Manera, VCC President, Norm Henderson, Director of VCC International Educational Services and Max Fleming, VCC Bursar and Chairman of its Interna¬ tional Educational Services VVI'S FOOD TRADES DEPARTMENT SPARKLES FOR KIWANIS CLUB AUCTION Don't touch that dial! What you see is NOT a new cooking program making its debut on B.C.T.V. You have tuned in to our own Food Trades Department making its annual appearance for the Kiwanis Club Auction. This year, as they have for the past eight years, the Food Trades students and instructors have generously volunteered their time and labour to prepare, cook and serve a succulent repast for the approximately 250 people involved in the auction. The auction will be broadcast live, on B.C.T.V., on Saturday, January 26th from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm. Two shifts, one for the morning and one for the afternoon, consisting of six cooking students, one instructor and four dining room service students, will be on hand to serve the cast and crew as well as the volunteers who will man the telephones. The menu will consist of tender, slow-cooked beef that is wrapped in a pastry trim to contain its tasty juices, crisp salad and fresh rolls. Accompanying this main course will be an assortment of fresh danish, french pastries and piping hot coffee and tea. This mouth-watering buffet style meal will be presided over by the students who will carve the beef and keep the supply of fresh salad and bread well stocked. The dining room students will take care of serving coffee and tea as well as the clean up. As you can imagine, the preparations for this type of feast must begin well in advance of the planned serving time. Two of the three legs of steer, each weighing approximately 80 lbs., are put in the oven at midnight and will cook until 8:00 am, Saturday morning. The third leg will go into the oven at 4:00 am and emerge around noon on Saturday. All of the food which will be served must be cooked here at VVI and then transported to B.C.T.V. on Enterprise Way in Burnaby. This is no mean feat when you consider the tremendous amount of material to be trucked over and then presented in a professional display; 240 lbs. of beef (hot), 500 danish, 500 french pastries, 30 lbs. of coffee, 50 lbs. of onions, 1 case of cucumbers, and 1-1/2 cases of tomatoes to list just a portion of the food that will be used. Of course, besides the food, there is a great deal of equipment to be transported as well. The annual auction which cleared close to $160,000 last year for various Kiwanis charities will have a happy and fully stuffed cast and crew thanks to the hard work of Fred Naso and his band of merry people. They will have accomplished a tremendous job and expended a fantastic amount of time and effort for the $500 bursary that the Kiwanis Club awards them every year—not to mention the added lustre their sterling performance brings to VVI's reputation in our community. BAW/SJ CONGRATULATIONS To Barbara McWilliams who was appointed Department Head of the Nursing Department on January 1 of this year! LIBRARY NEWS The Noonhour film for January 29 is CYCLING: STILL THE GREATEST Scenes from the 1976 Olympics and the 1978 Commonwealth Games capture all the excitement of this fast-growing sport. Featured are some of the world's best cyclists and their coaches, shown in training and in competition. NEW ACQUISITIONS: AV Items: The best you can be : A dynamic film on self-motivation. Famed gridiron star Rocky Bleier talks with a friend about how one can achieve success in anything by concentrating on personal excellence. AB VIA AWARDS On March 15, 1985, the Vocational Instructors Association will present fourteen awards to students from King Edward Campus and the Vancouver Vocational Institute. These awards of $250.00 each will go to two students from each of the seven divisions. The Achievement Awards and the accompanying ceremonies have been taking place since 1981 when the VIA set up a fund to recognize outstanding graduates. This year, however, the awards evening will be a gala affair, a social event as well as a ceremonial occasion. We invite you all to share the evening with us and show your support for our students. The awards ceremony itself will take place early in the evening at the V.V.I, cafeteria, with the social portion following immediately. The affair will feature music by K.E.C. Music student ensembles, and, later in the evening, they will provide the "Big Band" sound for dancing. Add to all this door prizes, a Baron of Beef dip, full bar service from 7:00 pm to 1:00 am, and congenial company; the whole evening is sure to be an award winning event. But we need your support to make it a complete success. Tickets are $10.00 per person and are available from the Department Heads at both campuses. All proceeds will be used for student bursaries. VIA ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS COMMITTEE A NOTE FROM THE SAFETY COMMITTEE OF THE WELDING DEPARTMENT One of the items for discussion noted that the mating habits of the pigeons are causing feathers to descend above the cutting tables. Concern was raised that this could cause a student's attention to be diverted from the cutting operationl The preventive action recommended by the committee was that students should keep their attention on their work and not on the mating pigeons. All students agreed to carry the action out immediately. . . RGS FACULTY AND STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMS BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - faculty exchange and general agreement for students to begin as early as September 1985. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EAST ASIA IN MACAU - general agreement for faculty and student exchange. UNIVERSITY OF TAKUSHOKU IN TOKYO - faculty exchange to augment the continuing program of training for Japanese students. Other projects are being investigate in areas such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Korea. Lawrence Fast at Langara will provide more information as it arises. LF 1984 UNITED APPEAL REPORT 1984 CONTRIBUTIONS TOTAL $ CASH 1983 TOTAL % PAYROLL Central Admin. & Continuing Ed. 4410.44 2008.04 150.00 2158.04 KEC 7784.46 4237.92 Langara 4910.56 2552.08 10422.14 2051.83 6155.51 3717.79 VVI 4112.96 6184.22 1665.96 3603.43 TOTAL VCC $21,218.42 22,453.48 In September the College's United Way Campaign Goal was set at $16,000 in view of continuing economic conditions and the juxtaposition of the College Foundation Drive. Through the efforts of a team of campus coordinators supported by a larger number of contributing employees and increased community involvement, the 1984 Campaign results are the largest in the history of the institution. In addition to contributions by payroll deductions over $7,500 was raised through special events of particular note: The Second Annual 24-hour Marathon including 334 runners with a beer garden, dance and pancake breakfast A lively KEC Casino/Dance night A highly successful VVI Pancake Breakfast serving over 550 hungry individuals a $1200 contribution by the KEC Student Advisory Committee The College's United Way Committee wishes to express its appreciation to the many individuals throughout VCC who gave freely of their time and energy to make this campaign a success. HWR