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Again the French students

In spite of difficulties finding host
families due to the influx of Expo friends
and relatives, and in spite of problems
finding flights into Vancouver that weren't
completely booked, the English Language
immersion program for French students got
off the ground once again this summer. 47
, students from Quebec and one from New
Brunswick spent six weeks at Capilano
working on their English skills under the
tutelege of Joan Acosta, Ramon Kubicek and
Crystal Hurdle. (Several students, in fact,
came to Cap via cross-country bus!) Our
language monitors were Liam Kearns, Kara
Middleton, Alicia Stewart and Jeff
Schermbrucker (yes, he's related—how many
Schermbruckers do you think are around?),
and activities included a weekend trip to
Long Beach.

Oberndorf in SE Asia

One familiar face is missing from the
halls of the Business Management department
this fall. Al Oberndorf, who graced the
cover of the Informer last fall in a photo
taken on the Great Wall of China, left in
July for Southeast Asia on three separate
projects. The first two projects, a needs
assessment for training of entrepreneurs
for CIDA, and CANASEAN, a business
training program, took him to Hong Kong,
Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Manilla,
Brunei and Djakarta. After three months
in Southeast Asia he is then headed to
China to teach again at the Canada/China
Enterprise Management Training Centre in
Shengdu. He will be there all fall,
returning to Cap in time for the Spring
semester.

Eldehostel gets top marks

Residents of the Sunshine Coast came
through this summer for the Elderhostel
program, with what Sechelt coordinator

April Struthers described as “extraordinary
participation." The Elderhostel program
offers general interest courses for seniors
all across North America each summer, and
this was the first time that Capilano has
participated. 58 students the first week
and 53 the second week, some from as far
away as Virginia, stayedwith families in
the Sechelt area and took courses in
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Gallagher appointed to Order

Former Capilano College Principal Paul
Gallagher made news this summer when he
was one of 70 Canadians appointed to the
Order of Canada on July 1. Gallagher, who
is now President of Vancouver Community
College, received the honour for his
devotion to improving Canadian education
and his many activities in such
organizations as the ACCC and the Canadian
Studies Foundation. He will be going to
Ottawa for the investiture at Rideau Hall
in November.

Computer students are first in Canada

Al Oberndorf's globe trotting
notwithstanding, the biggest news in the
Business Management department this summer
was the graduating class of Computer
Systems Management students who won a
national computer competition. The
competition, sponsored by the Data
Processing Management Association was open
to all colleges in Canada, and was won by
19 of our students with BOS, the Bookstore
Organizing System. This on-line system
which provides complete management
reports and forecasting features for our
Bookstore was written using a 4GL
programming language. The adjudicators of
the contest, who were from the Ottawa
Carleton Research Institute, felt that the
"superb documentation won. the award for
Cap College."

Program coordinator Richard Longworth was
understandably thrilled by the win, as
were the students: Michael Boitson,
Garth Chorney, Stewart Debalinhard, Paul
Hodson, Blair Jamieson, Jane Justice,
Geoffrey Kenny, Leonard Lee, Peter
Lovegrove, Tracy Mackenzie, Susanne
MacPherson, Simon Matthews, Bruce
McClacherty, Rohit Pala, Ann Stones,
Anthony Sukkel, Robert Thurston, Ian
Watson and Hollis Ruth Whittleton.

For winning the competition, the DPMA and
a number of business organizations covered
the expenses for a student representation
to present the software at the national
conference in Ottawa June 16-18. At the
conference there was an exhibit booth for
Capilano to demonstrate the on-line
features of the system. Finally, there was
also a cash prize attached to the win.