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Cap gets grant

Of the $14 million allocated to colleges
in July from the provincial "Fund for
Excellence in Education", Capilano will
receive $486,200 for "the creation of an
innovative computerized Centre for
Achievement and Excellence". The project,
which is being organized by Greg Lee,
involves a joint agreement with the
Canadian Software Company to purchase a
computer and develop software for it. Cap
is part of a consortium of colleges which
are upgrading computers and trading
equipment. According to the Ministry's
press release, Cap will be developing
"specialized educational software packages
which can be used for basic skills
upgrading as well as the development of
skills in more advanced computer
applications inword processing, electronic
data base searches, and computer assisted
instruction"

Computer students cont.

were 19 of our second year students who
developed BOS (the Bookstore Organizing
System) for Cap's bookstore. The system is
an on-line system which provides complete
management reports and forecasting
features, and was written using a 4GL
programming language. The adjudicators of
the contest (from the Ottawa Carleton
Research Institute) felt that the "superb
documentation won the award for Cap
College." Needless to say, program
coordinator Richard Longworth was
delighted by the win. The students were:
Michael Boitson, Garth Chorney, Stewart
Debalinhard, Paul Hodson, Blair Jamieson,
Jane Justice, Geoffrey Kenny, Leonard Lee,
Peter Lovegrove, Tracy Mackenzie, Susanne
MacPherson, Simon Matthews, Bruce
McClacherty, ,Rohit Pala, Ann Stones,
Anthony Sukkel, Robert Thurston, Ian
Watson and Hollis Ruth Whittleton.

Pick up your new phone book

The new Vancouver phone directories are
here and are available through the Typing
Pool in the basement of A building. Please
take your old directory with you when you
go down to pick up the new one—they are
taking them in for recyling.

White weds

Everyone who is acquainted with Cap's long
time (and hyperactive) Outdoor Recreation
specialist Brian White will be interested
to note that he is getting married on July
12. Brian's new wife, Kara Middleton, is
no stranger to Cap herself, beinga monitor
for the summer English Language immersion
programs. Congratulations both, and much
luck.

Closure in Extension

The Extension department will be closed
for holidays from July 7 to August 1, so
if you're just itching to sign up for
something (say, for instance, Wine Tasting),
you'll just have to hang on. Meanwhile,
the Squamish Campus is also closed for the
month of July.

Opening in Library

The circulation desk in the Library is
once again open for business, albeit in a
new location and with a brand new security
system to prevent book loss. Renovations,
which have been going on for the past few
weeks, are just about complete.

Coordinators on deck

Summer vacation coordinators for the
Academic division are Pierre Coupey,
Humanities, for the month of July, Ken
Towson in Natural Sciences from July 10 to
23, and John Sayre in Social Sciences who
is here for the entire summer.

Cap gets plaque

Lynn Headwaters Regional Park opened
officially last month, and for those of
you who haven't visited it yet (or
recently) the experience is highly
recommended. Brian White and the Qutdoor
Recreation department have received a
plaque recognizing their contributions to
the opening of that park, and the plaque
currently hangs in Brian's office. He says
that tour groups wishing to see this
exhibit are welcome to come around.