June 29,00

ormer South
Burnaby resident,

Neil Goodman is this
year’s winner of the
Governor General’s
Collegiate Bronze
Medal. The Medal is
awarded to a Capilano
College student who
achieves the highest
overall average upon
graduation from a
diploma-level, post-
secondary program of
a minimum two-year,
full-time duration.

Neil, who recently
graduated from the College’s Technical
Computing Professional program,
obtained his bachelor of commerce in
marketing from the University of British
Columbia in 1982. At that time he
embarked on a career in retail sales,
advancing to progressively higher
positions in a variety of companies —
starting as an assistant manager and
ending up a general manager.

As the retail sector in B.C. was

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New Foundation

Greg Lee, Peter Leitch and Stan
Feingold at the Foundation’s AGM

Pp“ D. Leitch, vice-president and
general manager of Lions Gate
Studios, was elected as a director of the
Capilano College Foundation at its
annual general meeting June 8. Peter
has been a member of the Capital
Planning committee of the Foundation
for the past year.

Executive committee members
include: Stan Feingold, president; F.
Allan Taylor, past-president; Daryl

Nancy Nowlan, Neil Goodman, Bill
Gibson and Greg Lee

Collegiate bronze medal
winner secures a job

with Seagate Software

shrinking a few
years ago, Neil was
forced to re-
evaluate his future.
He decided that a
career change was
in order.

After a thorough
look at the
programs offered at
other institutions,
Neil chose the
Technical
Computing
Professional
program at Capilano
College.

“T felt that it offered the best
combination of instruction and practical
experience,” he says.

With a lot of hard work he was able to
achieve his goals, which included
obtaining CNA (Certified Novell
Administrator), and MCSE (Microsoft
Certified Systems Engineer)
designations. He has recently secured a
job at Seagate Software as a technical
support representative for Seagate Info.

director elected

Collier, vice-president; Iqbal Tejpar,
treasurer; Greg Lee, secretary; and W.
Gordon Lancaster, member-at-large.

Returning directors are: Nilusha
Alibhai, Anna Lee Boulton, Nicholas
Collins, Pat Dejong, Dr. David T. Fung,
Jan Hylnsky, Drew Hockin, Joe
Hooker, and Shamshad Jaffer.

Two new directors will be appointed
by the Sechelt and Squamish advisory
committees.

Stan presented retiring directors Shari
Graydon, Verna Jones and Gain Yee
Mah with certificates of appreciation for
their dedicated service to the College
and the Foundation.

Iqbal reported a 10 per cent increase
in donations, which translated into
$268,588 in bursaries and scholarships in
the past year. Changes to the investment
process also resulted in a growth of the
Foundation’s permanent funds by
$276,600 to a total of $3,620,885.

Submitted by Lana Robinson