October 18/96

The Coffee
Connection

a

he Business Administration

Department (BADM) at Capilano
College has launched a new strategy
for first-year students called The
Connection Card Plan. The idea was
spearheaded by faculty members Dave
O’Leary and Marilyn Taylor from a
professional development workshop
called the Attention/Retention
Challenge. A team of instructors
personally call up a list of first-year
BADM students, see how they are
doing during the semester, and invite
them in to pick up their Connection
Card. The card is good for a minimum
of two coffees per semester with the
faculty advisor.

So far, students seem delighted with
the personal attention. It’s a great way
of telling them that we care how they
are doing!

Submitted by Marilyn Taylor

Vancouver.

First Chevrolet High Note Award Winner

General Motors Canada recently announced a national bursary
program in connection with the Juno Awards, which recognize the
best of the Canadian music industry. The first recipient of this $1,000
bursary at Capilano College is Suanne Wallin (centre) of North
Vancouver. Suanne is a recent graduate of the College’s four-year
Bachelor of Jazz Studies program. She is shown with Mike Reveley,
coordinator of Jazz Studies and Suzi Keohane, Sales and Leasing
consultant with Dick Irwin Chevrolet Oldsmobile Ltd. in North

Media Mentions Capilano College 200 Times

Ox of the responsibilities of the
community relations advisor in the
College Relations Department is to
maintain a high degree of visibility for
the College through the media. Positive
profiles assist the College in increasing
partnerships and provide marketing
support to program areas. Through
media exposure, the College is also
shown as a unique and valuable
resource to the communities it serves.
From May 1995 to May 1996, Capilano
College received 200 mentions in
various media.

One of the services the College
Relations Department provides is to
distribute monthly clippings of our
media coverage to key personnel within
the College. Beginning with this issue,
we will be listing the most recent media

mentions in the Informer to allow all
members of the College community the
opportunity to note any media coverage
they may have missed.

Media clippings may be viewed in the
College Relations Department.

Theatre in North Vancouver Gets a Boost
Sounding Board (Vancouver Board of
Trade)

May 1996

This Classroom Has No Walls
North Shore News
August 4, 1996

Capilano College Students Connect
North Shore News
August 16, 1996

College Adapts to Changes in Marketplace
North Shore News
August 18, 1996

Students and Richmond Credit Union
Squamish Chief
August 20, 1996

Hitting the Books
Business in Vancouver
August 20, 1996

Distance Learning Offers Greater
Accessibility to Education
Whistler Question

August 26, 1996

Be an Effective Writer
North Shore News
August 28, 1996