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Photo by June Hunter

Jazz group, Sekoya, has been nominated
for a Juno.

Juno nominees

Four College graduates have again
highlighted the kind of talent
that Capilano College consistently
produces. They are part of a group
of seven that make up the jazz band
Sekoya, which has been nominated
for a Juno award for Contemporary
Jazz Album of the Year. The Junos
air April 3 on CTV at 8 p.m.
Amalia Townsend is a graduate
from the Arts and Entertainment
Management program and Alvin
Cornista, Nino DiPasquale and
Kent Wallace are all grads from
Jazz Studies. Chris Gestrin is also
in the group and is very well known
on the North Vancouver campus
for his work with Kate Hammett
Vaughan (who has also been
nominated for Vocal Jazz Album of
the Year) and former Jazz Studies
instructor, Brad Turner.

Moves and changes

Val Newman, former executive
assistant to the vice-president,
Academic Affairs, has accepted
the position of privacy/executive
assistant in the Human Resources
department. Congratulations, Val!

Shelley Kean, former communica-
tions liaison, has accepted the
position of manager, Public Affairs.
Shelley is responsible for planning,
organizing and managing College
community and media relations.

Web manager, Dave O'Leary, has
accepted the position of dean
of Career and Trades at Northwest

Community College effective May 16.

After 14 years of service, Dave's
last day at Capilano College will
be April 22. Best wishes, Dave!

New division name

As a result of a recent College
decision to rename some areas
within the institution, the
Foundations division will be known
as the Faculty of Developmental
Studies, effective immediately.

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"] Students and faculty
from the Studio Art
|| department at
Capilano College
have established
an award in honour
of the memory
of their friend,
Beng Choo Tay. Beng enrolled
in Studio Art’s advanced ceramics
program in 1992 and passed away
January 21, 2004 after a year-long
battle with breast cancer. The
Beng Choo Tay Memorial Award
for Ceramic Arts is an endowment
fund that will benefit students
who are enrolled in Studio Art
and have a commitment to
ceramic arts. “Beng was known
as a renaissance woman, an
accomplished professional, wife,
mother, good friend and a
successful artisan,” says a note
attached to the reference material
for the award. “She participated
in the Lower Mainland’s ceramics
community, winning several
awards for her art. Beng was much
loved and well known for her
wonderful sense of humour and
the ability to laugh at herself.
She had a generous and loving
spirit that is missed by everyone.”

Beng Choo Tay

College partners

with SFU

Approximately 40 people were
on hand February 23 at the
Wosk Centre for Dialogue in
downtown Vancouver to launch
an exciting new partnership
between the McRae Institute
of International Management
at Capilano College and Simon
Fraser University. The two

| institutions will work together

to offer a dual credential
post-graduate program with a
post-baccalaureate diploma in
International Management
awarded from Capilano College
and a Master of Arts in
International Leadership
awarded by SFU. Students
enrolled in McRae’s International
Management diploma program
will have the option of working
towards SFU’s master’s degree
by taking three extra courses
and completing a paper with the
university. The two institutions’
presidents acknowledged the

| contributions of the working

group of Mitra Kiamanesh, chair
of the McRae Institute, John
Potts, dean of International —
programs at Capilano College,
as well as Mary Anne Gillies
and Tom Perry, both associate
deans of Arts and Social |
Sciences at SFU. They also
acknowledged the ongoing
support of the faculty members
of McRae and SFU.

Full details online

Mary Ann Gillies (left), associate
dean of Arts and Social Sciences at
SFU, with Mitra Kiamanesh, chair of
Capilano College’s McRae Institute.

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