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Thanks to Survey Respondents

Informer Gets New Look, More Pages

The responses from the 1993 Development and Personally Something new you will see
Informer Survey are in, and youcan Speaking. However, Faculty Devel- _ starting in the next issue is a Classi-
see the results in this issue. opment and Staff Career Develop- fied Ad column. Classifieds were

The “What Would You Like toSee ment also rated among the highest discontinued a year ago, but a large
in the Informer?” survey was distrib- in the never-read category. That number of people asked that they be
uted to 634 staff, faculty and admin- m™ay be because many staff, al- reinstated. So send in your ads.
istrators at the end of April. Some though interested in their own Also, many people asked for
119 surveys were returned. The career development activities, see humor. We’re running a humorous
Public Relations Department saw little reason to read the faculty page, —_ poem in this issue, and hope to
this as an excellent response rate. and vice versa. The Staff and Fac- receive similar submissions, along
Thanks to all who participated. ulty pages will continue to run in with tasteful jokes, campus anec-

The most noteworthy result was alternating issues of the Informer. dotes and the like. Remember, if you
the response to the question, “How _ Personnel Officer Dale Gagne has are not the author, please attach
often do you read the Informer?” arranged to provide a regular copyright permission. Otherwise,
Ninety percent of respondents said Personally Speaking column. tell us where the material originated,
they always read it. Ten percent The other columns on the survey so the Informer can seek permission
sometimes read it. Not one respond- _ list also showed strong readership, to use it.
ent ticked off the”Never” box for this $0 the Informer will run them To cap this off, here are a few of
question. This finding, along with whenever possible. the comments we received from
many encouraging comments, was As you can see, the Informer has readers:
interpreted as an overwhelming been redesigned for the College’s “Through the Informer you
mandate to continue productionof 25th anniversary. While doing it, develop more of a sense of commu-
the Informer. attention has been paid to readers’ nity. We all work together—let’s

Other findings related to the requests. A number of comments find out what is happening on
readership of specific columns. The _—‘Teceived in the survey asked for a campus.”
most read columns are Coming larger Informer, and here it is. To “...1 think it’s a great communica-
Events, People and features on keep costs down, we will be pub- tions vehicle. I like it the way it is.
College events and issues. As a lishing monthly rather than twice Maybe more about College person-
result, these columns will take each month. However, by using an nel.”
priority in future Informers. eight-page format, more space can “Interesting, informative, useful.”

The second most read columns are be devoted to the information our “I enjoy it! Look forward to
Faculty Development, Staff Career readers want. reading it.”

Here are most of the staff who made
Fall 93 registration a success for the
College and smooth sailing for students.

Front row, sitting: Gail Owen, Hazel
Soon, Dianna Larsen, Cacilda Tang;
second row, standing: Cheryl Helm,
Rosemary Meech, Sharon Witt, Lynda
Goch, Carol Paskaruk, Karen LeQuyere,
Janet Merrick, Doreen Cottrell; third row,
standing: Roxanne Fonagy, Susan
Rodgers, Jeri Krogseth, Elin Cumming,
Joan Minichiello, Afsar Jah, Vera Conroy,
Bev Hughes, Barb Robertson; forth row,
sitting: Caroline Schier, David O’Leary;
Absent from photo: Daniel Frankel, David
Jones, Ethelyn Mcinnes-Rankin, Susan
Mitchell, Marie Toompuu, Jean Berry,
Judi Fletcher