Graduation cont.

So far the outdoor ceremony has had good
luck with the weather, and the graduation
committee is once again crossing fingers
and hoping for the best this year. The
structure for this year's graduation will
be individual ceremonies first, and then
a short central ceremony at 2 pm on the
college green followed by a Garden Party.
_ If you have any bright ideas or suggestions
to make about graduation this year, direct
them to members of: the graduation
committee (Dave Woolley, chair), or even
better, turn up at the next committee
meeting on Wednesday, March 5 at 12:15 pm
in room All12.

Red Deer prof to read

Dave Williamson, a fiction writer from
Winnipeg, will be reading from his work in
the Studio Theatre (R105) on Monday, March

24 at noon. Among his publications are
two novels, The Bad Life (1975) and Shandy

(1980), and a short story, "The Nocturnal

Jogger", published in Manitoba Stories

(1981). Dave is at Red Deer College in
Winnipeg and is the Manitoba representative

on the ACCC's Canadian Studies Bureau

Advisory Committee. Everyone is welcome.

ERIBC folds, no replacement

Mrs. Audrey Sojonky, Executive Director of
the soon to be dissolved Educational
Research Institute of B.C. (ERIBC), has
bad news for ERIBC clients. In a general
memo to clients, she announces "I regret
to inform you that ERIBC has not been
successful in interesting another group to
assume the operation of such a range of

_ services." The dissolution of the institute
as of March 31, 1986, was announced in
January by the ERIBC Board of Directors,
due to the institute's financial situation.
The ERIBC has been operating 18 years. In
her February 26 memo, Mrs. Sojonky thanked
clients for their support of ERIBC and
added, "The Board and staff of ERIBC share
my concern that educational institutions
in B.C. are likely to have difficulty in
securing the services which ERIBC provided
and for which we earned a fine reputation
of serving our clients well. It has been
our pleasure to serve you."

Native college enrollment rising
(from the B.C.A.C. Bulletin)

The proportion of Native Indian students
in post-secondary education in British
Columbia—two-thirds of them enrolled in
the colleges and institutes—is now
increasing by double-digit percentages.
Figures provided by the regional education
office of the Department of Indian Affairs
for the current academic year show that
1,350 post-secondary students are on the
department's rolls, a more than 14 percent
increase above the comparable total of
1,178 for 1984-85. The total for the year
before that was about 1,000.

Damian Lavin, supervisor of management
services for the regional education office,
points out that these sharp increases are
in marked contrast with the gradual growth
of native enrollments in the 1970s. He
also notes that 55 percent of the current
enrollees are women.

The college-institute registration of 921
breaks down to 327 native students in
academic studies, 290 in career-technology
diploma programs, 239 in university
preparatory, and 149 in vocational
training (exclusive of CEIC sponsorship).
(Ed Note: that doesn't add up, actually,
unless they counted three students twice)
Of the 303 university students most are
working on bachelor's degrees, 58 are in
various diploma or non-accredited programs,
and 15 are pursuing graduate studies,
including two doctoral candidates. The
remaining students are registered with
Indian training institutes of various
types, often operating in conjunction

with established colleges to offer
upgrading courses as well as accredited
diploma and other programs.

Mcintyre heads north

Vocal instructor Arlene McIntyre will be

-in Prince George next weekend to adjudicate

a regional music festival. McIntyre, who
teaches in all three Music programs, will
be adjudicating from March 7 to 10.