Board chair, Linda Robertson (left), and Capilano’s president, Dr. Greg Lee, present

Capilano’s first distinguished alumni, Alpha Woodward, with a painting created by IDEA

student, Ian Adams.

An impressive group of alumni

Alpha Woodward is Capilano’s very
first Distinguished Alumni Award
recipient. Through her work
providing music therapy at the
Pavarotti Music Centre in Mostar,
Bosnia, children who have suffered
from war-related mental and
physical injuries are slowly putting
their lives back together.

Eight additional alumni were

nominated and honoured at an
event held at Capilano’s North

Vancouver campus on June 12:
Yara Ainsworth, manager with GM
Europe in Switzerland; David Bate,
now a resident of South Africa
where he founded an investment
bank and a boutique winery; North
Shore dentist, Dr. Ali Behmard;
renowned fish scientist, Dr. Colin
Brauner; Oscar Delgado, YVR
(Vancouver Airport Authority)
project manager; Dr. Thomas Kerr,
renowned pioneer in the develop-

Recruitment efforts in full swing

DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM

Student recruiters attended
Student recruiters hosted

Community relations assistant hosted

Student for a Day program visits
international Student Centre:

ABI

McRae Institute

HS/RCA

ECCE

SEA

Rehabilitation Assistant
Communications
Animation

Paralegal

ASE

Tourism Management Co-op

Outdoor Recreation Management

Destination Resort Management
Aboriginal Tourism Operators
Tourism Event Management

Mountain Bike Operations
Professional Scuba Dive

Film. Centre

School of Business

Interactive Design

Capilano’s recruitment efforts have been rolling full steam ahead
over the past year. The number of events either attended or
hosted by Capilano is high and congratulations are extended to
all departments for their efforts, in particular to the Marketing
and Communications department, which was involved in an
unprecedented number of events this year.

2006-2007 recruitment events:

Tourism Management International

NUMBER OF EVENTS
ATTENDED/HOSTED

ment of safe injection/harm
reduction models; Dr. Wafa
Tawackoli, stem cell researcher at
Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in Los
Angeles; and Liz Young, the eighth
student to register at Capilano and
the first student to return to
Capilano as an instructor, where
she taught writing and biology for
32 years.

Approximately 60 friends and
colleagues of the nominees, along
with some Capilano employees,
attended the champagne reception
hosted by Dr. Greg Lee. The guests
were captivated by the nominees’
stories about their college
experiences and their achievements
since graduating. In addition to
being honoured by Capilano, each
nominee also received a special
commemoration from Don Bell,
Liberal MP for North Vancouver.

Nominations for Capilano’s 2008
Distinguished Alumni Awards are
now being accepted. Please visit
www.capcollege.ca/alumni for more
information, or call 604.990.7968.

Students from the IDEA
program excelled in the 20
Salazar Awards, held June
at Emily Carr, with almost
of the total awards going
Capilano. Winners in the Pri
Design category were: Megan
Brooks, Kim Ridgewell,
Penelope Tse, Ashley
Hostasek and Terry Chau.
Winners in the Advertising
Design category: Megan Seely
and Megan Brooks.

The GDC/BC Salazar Student
Awards, established in 1985 by
the British Columbia Mainland

Chapter of The Society of

Graphic Designers of Canada,
was created in honour of
Enrique Salazar. Enrique was
one of the founding members
of the society and the national
representative for the B.C.
chapter for two years. He was
a partner in Salazar Graphics
and tatuight graphic design at
Capilano until he passed away
in June 1985. Metropolitan
Fine Printers is the founding
sponsor. of this event.

Congratulations also to IDEA
student, Freyja Barnwell, who
won an award in the graphic
design category of the U.S.
publication, Creative Quarterly,
The Journal of Arts & Design.

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by Dr. Robert. Campbell

At its August meeting,
Education Council welcomed two
new. members, Nadine Bruce
(support staff representative)
and Reini Klein (support

staff union representative).

We also gave formal approval

to student orientation, which
was held on September 4. Most

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student success and student
retention. Despite the early
morning rain, the well-organized
event was a success, and we

all enjoyed a delicious lunch in
the sun.

We also approved revised
registration dates for spring
and summer 2008. Online
registration will be condensed
to free up more people for
face-to-face assistance.

At the September meeting,
we welcomed new member
Norali McDaniel, who is the

aytime classes were cancelled
o that students could attend
fentation events. Student
rentations are meant to foster

women’s issue coordinator for
the Capilano Students’ Union.
We also had a presentation from
Ann Bradbury and Ed Lavalle
from Labour Studies. This trad
union education program was
founded at Capilano in 1974,

and Council struck an ad hoc

committee to make recommen
dations about its future.

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Shelley Kean, editor
Public Affairs
Birch building,
2055 Purcell Wa
North Vancouve
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Tel: 604.983.7
Fax: 604,984.17

Deadline for the October issue
is: Monday, October 1, 2007.
Submissions (including
photographs) may be edited
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