Submitted by Carol Cram

longer! In spring 2007, the faculty

opportunities for professional

consist of two parts. On Thursday,
May 3, the PD committee will host
a College-wide PD day that will
include engaging workshops in the
morning and afternoon, a delicious
lunch in the lower cafeteria, and

interact. Then, a choice will be

The United Nations Association
recently honoured the following
students from Capilano College’s
Global Stewardship program with
the John Gibbard Award: Amanda
Earle, Andrew Vaughan, Lisa

Wilson, Evangelena Reimer, Felipe

Simoes, Joel Maurice, Diana

Jackson, Nor’Ali McDaniel, Jessie

Showing that safety is the best policy, these College employees wave off any thoughts of
falling overboard during a trip down the Cheakamus River.

Faculty PD days just got a whole lot
PD committee will provide extended

development in a more relaxed time
frame. The new PD Days format will

plenty of opportunities to meet and

offered from a wide selection of PD

Exciting developments for faculty PD

workshops scheduled throughout
the month of May. Some of these,
such as those related to technology,
will extend over several sessions,
allowing faculty to learn and
practice new skills.

This new extended format will
provide additional time for people
to take many more workshops than
they could during a traditional two-
to four-day schedule. Even faculty
who teach in May should be able to
find at least a few workshops in
which they can participate.

Bemister, Allison MacLeod, Claire
Desmarais, Drew Stewart, and
Laurel Giguere.

The award is given to a young
person or group of young people
who exhibit the values of the UN,
working for humanity and a better
world. The students were selected
by the UNA for raising more than

At the end of November, a long list
of proposed PD workshops for
spring 2007 will be distributed.
Faculty will be asked to indicate
which workshops interest them and
to suggest additional workshops,
especially those that extend over
two, three, or even four sessions.

The PD committee also plans to
offer more opportunities for people
to experience the wild and wet
excitement that 14 College
employees enjoyed during their
whitewater rafting trip down the
Squamish River last May. Under the
enthusiastic leadership of Roy
Janzten, an instructor in the
Tourism department, and two
rafting guides from Canadian
Outback Adventures, the intrepid
Capilano College folks suited up,
paddled down the river for a
leisurely float (and one BIG wave
that caught them all by surprise),
and then enjoyed Roy’s
demonstrations of the experiential
learning techniques he uses in his
program. Along with another trip
along the Squamish River, the PD
committee has heard that rock
climbing could also be on the menu
of activities!

$30,000 to build a new preschool at
the Casa Guatemala orphanage
located in the Rio Dulce region of
Guatemala.

“Tm-glad the students were
recognized for their work,” said
Cam Sylvester, program director of
the Global Stewardship program.
“The project was all their idea from
start to finish. They asked the
orphanage what was needed, raised
the money, and paid their own way
down. They built the preschool
alongside local workers. In the
process they learned a lot about
themselves and the challenges of
putting together an international
project like this.”

B piano performance September 24 |

Photo by Ken Barbour

Nancy McMaster

In-celebration of the 30"
anniversaty of the Music Therapy
program at Capilano College,
Music Therapy instructor and
classical pianist, Nancy
McMaster, gave a‘ solo ‘classical

to support music therapy in‘B.C.

Called Rapt:in Music, the
performance was'a celebration of
the sweet power of music and
music therapy. Approximately 300
people enjoyed the afternoon
concert that raised $5,500.

“Tt was an outstanding event
from start to finish,” said Nancy's
Music Therapy colleague, Liz
Moffit. “Nancy is a very gifted
pianist and she has a unique way
of talking about each piece of
music before playing it.

“People were very moved: by her
playing, and by the entire
concert,” Liz:added: “Tt was
extremely well organized and

50 very generous of Naricy to
basically donate ‘her entire
summer preparing for this event.”

Minister shares
Insights

B.Cis minister. of transportation

and MLA for Surrey-Cloverdale,
Kevin Falcon; visited: the College
on September 26 to make a
presentation to Bill Van Luven’s
CMNS 170 Public Speaking class.

“His talk was extemporary and
very candid,” Bill said.“He gave
the class excellent insights about
giving presentations in clutch
(media-storm) circumstances, and
explained how he values passion,
sincerity and honesty:over
slickness or overwritten speeches.

“Mr. Falcon'was also surprisingly
candid and was extremely
forthcoming in his answers to
student questions,” Bill added.

Student, Genevieve Duford, instructor Bill
Van Luven, and MLA Kevin Falcon.

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