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Gail MacLean, a 1987 graduate of
the Media Resources Program, has
become a two-time Genie winner. The
1993 prize for the film Lotus Eaters is
her second Genie for Best Sound
Editing. The Genie Award is Canada’s
equivalent of the Oscar. Gail recently
edited Blocaide, a National Film Board
production.

Other Media Resources grads grab-
bing their share of credits these days are
Stein Mhyrstad and Paul Mortimer.
Stein is visual editing the Vancouver-
based series The Highlander, Paul is
visual editing the CBC series North of 60.

Speaking of CBC, both its English
and French radio stations recently
showed interest in the College’s Visual
and Performing Arts Division.

CBC French Radio interviewed
Rejean Marois, of the Music faculty,
about the College’s vocal jazz ensemble
Nite Cap. Rejean, speaking on CBUF’s
morning show Jan. 10, gave a rundown
on the Music Program and Nite Cap’s
trip to Boston to perform at the Confer-
ence of the International Association of
Jazz Educators. The trip, Jan. 13 - 16,
gave the students a face-to-face introduc-
tion to some of the most famous person-
alities in the jazz world.

That same week, on the English CBC
station, Mark Forsythe conducted
telephone interviews with students from
Kiff Holland’s Graphic Design and
Illustration class. Afternoon Show
listeners heard that the class was visiting
New York City to view art galleries and
museums. Student Shane LeTain,
speaking to Forsythe on Jan. 13 from the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, said he
was thrilled to be in the presence of great
works of art by masters such as Monet,
Degas and Rembrandt. The following
day, Forsythe interviewed student
Joanne Probyn during the class visit to
the Museum of Modern Art. Joanne said
the trip would have a long lasting
influence. “It definitely has given me
some inspiration to try some new things
I wouldn’t have thought of,” she told the
listening audience.

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Keith Watt, Audio Instructor for
Media Resources, has just returned from
Johannesberg, South Africa. There he
led a team of CBC Radio trainers who
taught election coverage to radio journal-
ists from the South African Broadcasting
Corp. While Keith was away, Jan. 20 to
Feb. 14, Heather Kennedy, senior
producer for CBC’s Gabereau Show,
took over his classes at Cap.

A retirement party will be held for
Frances Brownell, (formerly Frances
Brownell-Burstein) on March 17.
Frances, who over the years had taught
English, General Studies and Women’s
Studies courses, was one of the founding
faculty members at Cap and a founding
member of the Faculty Association.
During her time at the College, she
worked on every major component of
the collegial model. Since her retirement
in December, she has been continuing
work on a variety of literary projects and
is becoming a proficient Macintosh user.

Colleagues and former students of
Frances are invited to the party, being
held 4 - 6 p.m., Thursday, March 17, in
the Faculty-Staff Lounge, H-402. RSVP
if possible to Graham Forst, loc. 2413,
or Melanie FahIman-Reid, loc. 2506.
The Humanities Division social commit-
tee would like to present Frances with a
gift. Please send your contribution to the
committee, in care of Noriko Omae or
Josephine Jungic.

Richard Henriquez, whose architec-
tural firm, Richard Henriquez and
Associates, designed the Library and the
planned Services and Classroom Build-
ing, has been generating attention at the
Vancouver Art Gallery. His exhibition,
the Richard Henriquez Memory Theatre,
is “a superb show and well worth
seeing,” says Frieda Wiebe, Head
Librarian. “It felt great to see sketches
and a small model of the Capilano
Library in the VAG. The entire display
is an excellent introduction to Henriquez
and an overview of his work. I would
encourage you to see it.” The exhibition
continues until April 5.

ESL Instructor Lian Zhang had a

College People Make the Headlines

baby boy on Dec. 30. Sean Lee Zhang
Wharton weighted in at eight pounds, 12
1/2 ounces. Both Sean and Lian are doing
well.

ESL Instructor Nick Collins has been
elected TESOL (Teachers of English as a
Second or Other Language) vice-president
for 1994-97. He has overall responsibility
for the TESOL ’96 Convention in Chi-
cago. Thereafter he will advise on confer-
ence site planning for the future. Nick’s
name and skills as a conference organizer
became known after the five-star TESOL
°92 Conference in Vancouver, which he
and other B.C. colleagues had organized.
As the first Canadian in the association’s
30-year history to hold this executive
position, he now faces the question, “How
do you fit 7,000 people into the Chicago
Hilton for a week?”

If you're a reader of Maclean's maga-
zine, you probably noticed that a member
of the College community recently
commanded a prominent headline. On
page 30 of the Dec. 27 issue, Capilano
College Board member Emmie Leung
was named to the Maclean's Honor Roll
1993." The article tells how Emmie
started up International Paper Industries
Ltd. in North Vancouver in 1976 with
only $15,000 and a creative idea. Now the
busy company collects recyclable waste
from over a million people and finds
buyers who will re-use the materials. Last
year Emmie was featured in a series of
educational television programs on
entrepreneurship, and the B.C. govern-
ment has asked for her views on recycling
in the Vancouver area.

A final bit of late-breaking news
arrived right at the /nformer deadline.
Carol Cram, faculty member of the
Office Administration Department, has
had two computer instruction texts
published by Houghton Mifflin: Applying
Harvard Graphics 3.0: A Project Ap-
proach and Applying WordPerfect 6.0 (for
DOS): A Project Approach. These
practical, up-to-date training texts have
been tested in some of Cap’s Extension
offerings and will be considered for fall
classes.

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