People Around Cap

If you have a copy of the North Shore Credit Union’s
1988 calendar, you will know that it features the
work of various North Shore artists. What you may
not have noticed that two of those artists are Bob
Rennie (Math instructor) and Sid Dyke (retired Art
instructor). »** The School of Social Work at UBC
receives approximately 300 applications annually for
30 seats in the program. This year, of the 30
applicants accepted, four were Capilano College
students. Congratulations to Leona Pedosuk, Alice
Starr, Gourmeek Kubicek, and Georgine Fraser.
eee Alan Smith, Director of Planning, has recently
added to his various community roles on behalf of
the College, the position of co-chair of the North
Shore Cultural Policy Committee. This broad-based
group has been set up by the three Mayors to
develop a common and cooperative cultural program
for the entire North Shore. Smith also chairs the
North Shore Economic Development Committee and
a similar body in Squamish, where an economic
strategy is about to be developed for the Howe
Sound corridor. *** Welcome to Dan Doyle, retired
vice principal of Centennial Secondary in Coquitlam,
who is temporarily assisting Jeri Krogseth in the
Advising Centre. Jeri is taking Greg Sharpe’s place
while Greg works on fundraising for the gymnasium,
so Dan is taking Jeri’s place in Advising. Retired for
a year, after 33 years at Centennial, Danis a
valuable asset to the Advising Centre, with his
extensive knowledge of the high school system and
high school students. »** English instructor and
nationally recognized poet, Sharon Thesen, has just
published a new book of poems, The Beginning of
the Long Dash. You could talk Frank Gelin into
lending you his copy, or look for it in your local
bookstore. *** Early Childhood Education
instructor Lois Rennie had a busy fall. As publicity
person for the B.C. Pre-school Teachers’
Association, she was in demand for interviews about
the federal legislation on childcare, and appeared on
CBC radio and in the North Shore News. She also
journeyed to Chicago to present a paper to the
National Association for the Education of Young
Children in November. The paper was on
Informative Books—A New Horizon in Children’s
Literature. »** A 1984 graduate of Cap’s Bachelor
of Music Transfer program is making quite a splash
at the UBC Music School. Doug Smith has won the
Norah Black Memorial Scholarship of $300 for
writers of lyrical vocal music, and the Ernest Wesley
Cubitt Sharpe Memorial Scholarship of $800 for the
top student in Composition or Musicology.

Staff to Develop

A “Staff Development Activity” is taking place on
Friday, January 15 from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, and
judging from the cryptic memo received, you have to
have attended the “first workshop” to have the
faintest idea what it’s about. If you did and do, then
take your “Profile” and your enthusiasm and, after
arranging release time, join Carolyn Mamchur and
other participants in the All College Lounge. If you
have no idea what we’re on about but would like to
find out, call Myrna Short, local 2116 between 8 am
and 2:30 pm Monday to Thursday.

Faculty office moves

The Capilano College Faculty Association office has
moved from the C-3 portable on the South campus
to M building on the North campus. Their new
address is M112, but their phone number will remain
the same (2948).

Counselling holds workshop for
adult learners

The Counselling department has an impressive line-
up of workshops planned this spring in such areas
as Communication, Self-Development, Career
Planning, and Stress Management. The first
workshop coming up will be Survival Skills for Adult
Learners, a four session course designed for
students aged 25 or older who are re-entering
college after a break of at least five years in their
formal education. Led by Ethelyn Mcinnes-Rankin,
the course runs Wednesday afternoons from 1:00 to
2:30 from January 20 to February 10.

For a full run-down on the workshops being offered
by Counselling, obtain a copy of their Spring 1988
Workshop Schedule.

Bookstore “rush” hours

The Bookstore will remain open until a civilized hour
(i.e. 7:30 pm) to accommodate evening students
Monday through Thursday evenings from January
11 to 29. Starting in February, they go back toa
daytime schedule, except for Thursdays, when they
will be open 9:30 am to 7:30 pm.