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FACULTY DEVELOPMENT

Bill Schermbrucker, Committee Chair

Fall Grant Awards

In the fall round of grant adjudications by the Faculty
Development Committee, 11 applications were
successful, and four were ruled ineligible. Because
of the large number of applications, and the
Committee’s limited budget, projects were funded at
85 per cent of the level at which they were approved,
and the ceiling was reduced to $850 from $1,000.
The Following projects were funded:

Rick Brewster (Math): $850 to present a paper at the
British Combinatorial Conference in Stirling,
Scotland.

Wayne Eastcott (Studio Art): $426 to confer with
colleagues in the printmaking department of the
University of Alberta, including a guest lecturer from
Mushashino University, Tokyo, on the latest
developments in photogravure, as well as studio
design and student flow.

Melanie Fahlman-Reid (English): $850 to co-present
a paper at TESOL ’95 (Teachers of English to
Speakers of Other Languages) at Long Beach, CA.

Lucas Foss (Disability Support Services): $683 to
attend the "Partners in Education" conference of the
Nat. Ed. Assoc. of Disabled Students in Montréal.

_ Doug Loblaw (BADM) $765 to attend the annual

conference of the Canadian Council for Small
Business and Entrepreneurship in Winnipeg.

Rob McKenzie (Jazz Studies): $765 to attend the
Int’l. Assoc. of Jazz Educators’ annual International
Conference at Boston, MA.

Jessie Pendygrasse (BADM & Tourism Megnt.):
$347 to attend a six-day conference on Pacific Asia
Travel, B.C.Tourism, & National Tourism, in
Vancouver.

Lesley Richmond (Textile Arts): $370 to attend "Out
of School," a forum on learning and the textile arts,

at the Museum for Textiles in Toronto.

Lois Rennie (ECE): $850 to co-present a session on

‘Workplace, '

"Multicultural Perspectives in Children’s Literature"
at the Nat. Assoc. for Educ. of Young Children in
Atlanta, GA.

Linn Teetzel (BADM): $850 to travel to Vancouver
Island and Lower Mainland communities, to study
and report on the need for and feasibility of
establishing a Centre for Local Government Studies
at Capilano College.

Veronica Timmons (OR/Tourism): $413 to attend
the PATA Human Resources Conference, "The New
"in Vancouver.

Instructional Skills Workshops

The Committee will be reviewing the program of
Instructional Skills Workshops at its next regular
meeting on Tuesday November 15, 2-3:30 p.m.
Anyone wishing to contribute ideas and opinions to
that review (or attend the meeting), please contact me
at 2411, or by e-mail.

AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE

Both NISOD and the ACCC have programs for
recognition of excellence. Award winners receive
special recognition at the respective AGMs of the two
organizations. ACCC invites nominations in six
categories (Teaching, Program, Internationalization,
Leadership, Student Leadership and _ Staff
Excellence). Deadline: December 2, 1994. NISOD
Excellence awards are at the discretion of each
college, and all those officially nominated by the
College will be featured in the awards booklet and
receive a medallion. Deadline Feb.1, 1995. Anyone
interested in further information, please contact me.

EXCHANGE PROGRAMS

I receive all the information that comes to the College
on exchange opportunities. As_ well, people
interested in exchanges should realize that it is
possible to organize your own exchange (I did; I
went to New York State for a year and it changed my
life!) For more information on exchanges, please
contact me.

Faculty Development Committee: Gordon Bailey,
Jolene Bordewick, Louise Cantin Orr-Ewing, Jann
Gibbs, Scott MacLeod, Anne Watson.

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