Vancouver Community College • Volume 1, Number 2 Board asked that Langara Campus be referred to as to change Board Langara College, effective April J. name change will not at this time be name to used The for legal purposes, but will familiarize Langara VCC, planned for April 1, 1994. The Board College The Transition Council voted unani¬ mously Monday to recommend to VCC's people with Langara's independence from meets Feb. 25. The new name will appear on station¬ ery, brochures, business cards Mid Langara's cies in the process of the development of two colleges from one." The only objective that ranks above "total participation'' is "...the effective management of the college through the period of transition." TC meetings, which are "open" to the college community, will be held every Mon¬ day starting at 10:30 a.m. When a Monday is a holiday, there will be an attempt to hold the meeting on the previous Friday. The Feb. 15 meeting will be held at KEC. annual calendar, but not on legal documents such as transcripts and diplomas. The name change motion was brought to the TC by Langara's Acting Principal Linda Holmes on behalf of the Langara Council. Speaking in favour of the motion, Richard TC Tuition increase to be considered Advanced Education Minister Dr. Tom Perry has announced that there will be Pearce, Acting Director of CollegeResources, no percentage increase in the grant for col¬ said: "We should honour the spirit of the separation by beginning the process of recog¬ leges this year and that there will be a 9.75% nizing Langara's new identity." Nick Rubidge, Director of Urban Col¬ The VCC Board voted during its Janu¬ ary meeting to table a proposed student fee leges and International Education for the Min¬ increase of 9.5% for 1993-94. This action, cap on tuition increases. of Advanced Education, told the TC that which postponed the issue until the February meetings istry VCC is the legal entity. Langara College will are open approved in detail by the cabinet. At this time, to all separation has been approved in principle by 25 Board meeting, was taken after the Board not become a legal entity until separation is heard from a total of 10 student leaders from around the Lower Mainland. The college's last fee increase was in the cabinet. Rubidge said he hoped to attend TC August of '91. Because tuitions were frozen meetings on a regular basis, perhaps once a by the ministry in 92-93, colleges received a special offsetting grant, but that only made up month. He described the job facing the TC part of what was needed. over the next 14 months as an "enormous task." The zero-inflationary increase from the government comes at the same time that VCC Meanwhile, the TC rearranged its list of is facing serious financial strains because of six objectives for separation. This was done to wage and VMREU classification increases, as provide more recognition for the objective of "total participation of all college constituen¬ Continued on the other side... Deficit well as inflation, according to Fred Wylie, Acting Bursar and Director of Administrative Services. All other colleges are also looking at tuition increases. UBC had voted to raise its fees by must be as much as 12 per cent before Perry announced the cap. Wylie told the Monday TC meeting that VCC's deficit must, by ministry decree, be eliminated eliminated by April 1,199S. He cautioned that a start must be made in the *93-94 budget year by 1995 to avoid even more severe restraint measures in the '94-95 budget. New harassment issues co-ordinator VCC's new Harassment Affairs Adviser is Lawyer Heather MacFadgen. MacFadgen, who also has job experience in the educational field as a former Learning Materials Co-ordinator for the provincial government, can be reached Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at 871-7040. All calls are strictly confidential. Once she is settled in her new position, MacFadgen will have an office at all three campuses. The Exchange will provide more information at that time. If you have any comments or questions, please send them to Chuck Poulsen, Manager, The Exchange, in care of College Administrative Services.