THE INFORMER PAGE 4

APRIL 14, 1992

The George North Memorial Award was one of several
presented at the Outstanding Students Awards
breakfast last week. Left to Right: Bill Saunders,
representing the advisory committee of the Labour
Studies Programme, student recipient Graeme
Scrimgeour (he is blind), George North Jr. and
Margaret North (presenters), and Tony Procaccini
accepting the award for his son, Marco.

Outstanding Students Show how Cap Shines

First-class scholarship, dedication and personal qualities that

rise above the quest for superior grades has brought honors to a
large number of Capilano College students.

At the Outstanding Students Awards breakfast on April 9,
75 students from programs throughout the College received cer-
tificates and pins celebrating their achievements.

Some of those students were also among 165 winners of
awards and scholarships granted at the annual Student Awards
Night, held March 19.

The Awards Night honors went to students in a variety of
programs. The students received scholarships and bursaries from
about 30 funds established through the Capilano College Foun-
dation. The evening brought together donors from the commu-
nity and recipients.

The Outstanding Students Awards went beyond the criteria
of scholarship and acknowledged dedication, creativity and
teamwork. Said Nancy Farley, College Board Chairman:
“Earning this distinction is not easy....It requires a personal
commitment to excellence.”

Outstanding student Laura Wren, of the Legal Assistant
Program said she was surprised to win an award. “It’s quite an
honor. I know I do well, but they must be looking at criteria
other than the academic.”

The other criteria became clear when College President
Doug Jardine read comments from instructors about each of the
outstanding students. These are just a few of the acclamations
from the list:

“He offers his wisdom and thoughtfulness to the class in

most generous ways...”

“Very modest, she is a far better student than she thinks!”

“for him, education is not the accumulation of marks, but

a search for significance.”

“She recently stated that she wished to pursue a career in

constructive surgery. When she told me she wouldn’t be in

it for the money, I knew she meant it.”

Listening attentively to the comments was Much Music host
Terry David Mulligan, a friend of Candice Larscheid and her
family. Candice, a student in the SARAW Program (Speech
Assisted Reading and Writing), received an Outstanding Stu-
dents Award for having “continually shown consistent progress.”

Mulligan said he was impressed by the hard work of the
students and the obstacles many had overcome to achieve high
standing in the College.

“Tt was great,” he said. “I was just sitting there thinking of
the stories I heard in this room.... That chap who was jailed for
nine months (as a political prisoner), those students with one or
two kids who maintain high averages, that student who had a
4.33 (GPA) in calculus.... Those pressures you can’t even
describe. They have my admiration. I’m glad I came.”

Outstanding Staff

You wouldn’t be reading this today if it wasn’t for Dave
Callow in the Print Shop. Every two weeks, Dave takes a bundle
of papers and produces over 800 clearly printed, neatly stapled
issues of the Informer in a matter of hours. Anyone who has
wrestled with the quirks of campus copiers will know what a feat
this is. We mentioned in an earlier Informer that Dave had been
recognized by Xerox for his quality work with the Print Shop’s
machine. This month, he was featured in their newsletter, where
they had some very nice things to say about him. “Whenever I’m
called out to talk to various customers about the benefits of
advanced customer training, I use Dave Callow as an example.
Dave is definitely the benchmark in the city for what we have
achieved,” says Doug Watson, High Volume Service Manager of
Xerox Canada. Congratulations, Dave. The /nformer editors
certainly appreciate your work.