High Honour Goes
to North Shore
Resident

ongtime North Shore resident,

Bruce Pearsall, is this year’s winner
of the Governor General’s Collegiate
Bronze Medal. The medal, awarded by
the Office of the Governor General, His
Excellency the Right Honourable
Romeo Le Blanc, is presented at
Capilano College once a year to the
student who achieves the highest
academic standing in a diploma-level,
post-secondary program of two years
duration or more. This is the most
prestigious honour given at Capilano
College for academic achievement and
it was bestowed upon Pearsall at the
College’s spring graduation ceremony
on May 25.

Bruce is a graduate from Argyle

Secondary, as well as a graduate of

part from the May sunshine and
early abandoned campus, there
are some staff changes to report.
College receptionist (on call)
positions were filled by: Dorothy
Holmes, Bronwen Pencarrick and
Lesley Cox. Afsar Jah was appointed
to the position of program assistant for
the Cost Shared Programs/ABE/ESL
division and Bronwen Pencarrick will
be replacing Dale Webb as the new
registration/admissions assistant I.
Congratulations to everyone. We hope
you enjoy your new posts! On a
sadder note, we will soon be losing
two longtime employees. Both Lee

On a Personnel Note...

June 23/95

Bruce Pearsall

Capilano College’s Business Computing
Coop Program. He is presently
employed with Cloverdale Paint as a
programmer/analyst, where he writes
new systems for point of sale and
accounts receivable. O

Knight, secretary to the vice president of
the Career & Vocational division, and
Ethel Sviatko, research assistant to the
bursar and Career & Vocational division,
will be retiring this summer. A special
mention goes to Taffy Hughes,
maintenance worker II who retired in
April. Many knew him as the man on a
ladder! He will be missed by all. We
would like to take this opportunity to
personally thank these three for their
dedication and valued service throughout
the years! Best wishes to all of you in
your future endeavours!

Tanya Steer

Personnel Clerk

an Westendorp, photography
instructor at Capilano College, is

having an exhibition of
her photographs at the
Quay Gallery, 271 Gower
Point Road, Gibsons,
B.C., from June 15 to July
15... Andrew Klaver’s cover photo
on the EPS Spring Calendar was
featured on the cover of the May 1995
issue of Course Trends, published by

People

the Learning Resources Network (LERN).
This newsletter is the most read
publication on programming
and marketing classes with
more than 8,000 readers in
six countries ... Mark
Vernon was the successful
applicant in the search for a new director
of Financial Services. Mark starts his new
position on July 1. He comes to the
College from BC Hydro. O