Capilano College science student,
Noorie Javer, is a recipient
of a Duke of Edinburgh Award.

Prince rewards
students’
achievements

Noorie Javer, a 19-year-old science
student at Capilano College,

had a royal run in on October 7.
She was among the 131 B.C. and
Yukon recipients of a gold-level
Duke of Edinburgh Award presented
by Prince Philip during his recent
visit to Vancouver. Noorie said that
meeting the prince was definitely
a once-in-a-lifetime encounter.
“For sure it was an interesting
experience as it doesn’t happen
every day,” she said. “He was
really nice and really polite.”
Noorie’s aspirations are leaning
towards becoming a dental
hygienist, although she hasn't
completely made up her mind yet.
“Tf I don’t pursue a career

as a nurse or dental hygienist,

I would like to stay at Capilano
College and continue my studies
because there are really good
teachers here,” she said.

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Employee
recognition
expanded

This year’s recognition event will
be held from noon to 2 p.m. on
Thursday, December 12 in the
Library building, room 321.

All College employees are invited
to see their colleagues honoured.
Light refreshments will be served.
Those employees who joined the
College in 1972, 1977, 1982 and
1987 will be recognized at this
year’s event for longtime service.
All honourees will receive a special
invitation in the coming weeks.
This year, the College will also

be recognizing at the event those
employees who retired in the fall
and winter terms of 2002. The
annual employee recognition event,
which until now has recognized
longtime service, is expanding to
include two new categories:
College Service Acknowledgement
(for support staff), and Customer
Relations Acknowledgement

(for all College employees, including
staff, faculty and administration).
Nomination forms with criteria are
available on the College intranet
under Forms/Other, at the College
reception desk, the Community
Relations department, and the
president's office.

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Jim Cooke, dean of
Student Services and
Foundation Programs
at Capilano College,
was recently elected
as chair of the board
for Literacy BC. Jim
says that during his term as chair
he hopes to raise the level of
awareness of literacy concerns

in this province and gain support
through new partnerships for
Literacy BC’s mission. “We hope
to expand our sources of funding
over the next couple of years

and try to obtain more support
from the business communities,”
said Jim, who has been a member
of the board for the past two years.
“Tt is extremely important

to us to get more people in B.C.
involved in literacy issues.”
Literacy BC is the lead provincial
organization responsible for
family literacy development and
coordination in British Columbia.
It provides a number of services
and support for family literacy,
along with a variety of public
awareness and partnership building
programs. Capilano College
supports the organization via

the Hub, an electronic network

Jim Cooke

and conferencing service
for the B.C. literacy community.

Capilano College animation
students made an impressive show
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