Sunday, October 20, 1996 - North Shore News - 41

College wins award

this year. Since 1987, it has placed approxCo-op program known sary
imately 250 associates who came to the proto study management skills and gain pracas 'best kept secret' gram
tical experience in international business and
languages. More than 97% of its students have

THE Asia Pacific Management
Cooperative Program (APMCP) at
Capilano College is this year's winner of the Association of Canadi:;m
Community Colleges' (ACCC)
Program Excellence Award.

The ACCC awards are presented annually in
six categories: staff, teaching, program, student
leadership, administration, and internationalization excellence.
"The departures that the APMCP has made
in education are important ones," says program
coordinator Scott MacLeod. "We've always felt
that we have been a 'best kept secret,' so it's
gratifying to receive affirmation from a wider
audience that we're doing a good job."
The APMCP is celebrating its 10th anniver-

completed assignments in 14 Asian countries.
Most of the graduates remain in Asia for at least
three years after the completion of their placement period.
"It is a testament to the program, its management, staff, trainees, alumni supporters and
co-op employers that they have combined to
make the Asia Pacific Management Program
into one of the most successful management
cooperative programs in Canada," says Tremain
Tanner, a 1987 APMCP alumnus and president
and founder of Tanner International
Consulting, based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
"The 10-year legacy of the program is that with
vision, determination and a lot of hard work
from talented people, Canada's place in the
'Asia Pacific Century' is measurably more certain and secure."