Milt Williams (left) and fire inspector, Don Linley, walk away from a fire that Milt just extinguished.

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_ who have received emergency preparedness training and are ready and equipped to take charge during any emergency. They can’t be missed during a practice drill or real emergency, with their orange high-visibility vests and bright red hard hats. Director of buildings and grounds, Ian Robertson, is the campus emergency coordinator. He provides employees with emer- gency preparedness information. Each building has a building _ warden who directs a team of floor wardens. Each classroom has an

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“emergency evacuation poster and — there are 10 designated emergency assembly areas around campus. An ~ annual emergency evacuation drill

is conducted at DNV’s Fire and Rescue Services Training Centre on St. Denis, just down the street from the College. On May 5, approximately 20 College employees participated in a training event to ensure that they are prepared to respond in a safe and appropriate manner in the event of an emergency.

Please go online for the full story and for a complete list of building wardens.

Online learning gaining popularity

Since a 2000 survey by the B.C. College and Institute Student Outcomes (CISO), there has been an increase (from seven to 10 per cent) in the percentage of former students who took distributed education courses and a noticeable shift toward online delivery. Distributed education is the use of communications technology in education.

In 2004, 94 per cent of distributed education survey respondents took a course that was delivered either partially or entirely online. Just over half of the former online students chose their course for its convenience or because they liked the format; slightly under half said the course they wanted was only available online. A large majority

of former online students said they were satisfied or very satisfied with the delivery method. Almost as many gave high ratings to instructor and technical support, and most said they found it easy to communicate with other students. Respondents who took courses entirely online were more likely to say they like the flexibility and convenience. Those who took courses delivered partially online were more likely

to report technical problems. The satisfaction level of former online students from both formats has increased steadily since 2000.

Females and respondents aged 30 and older were more likely to take courses delivered entirely online.

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Employees recognized

Approximately 50 people were on hand to see College employees recognized for longtime service at the 2005 employee recognition event held at the North Vancouver campus on May 19. Those employees who are celebrating 15, 20, 25, 30 and 35 years of service this year were treated to a delicious lunch and enjoyed tunes provided by a trio of Jazz Studies students headed by Georgia Korba. All employees were presented with gifts and took part in a contest to find out who knows their colleagues best. The winner was English instructor, Dr. Jean Clifford! In addition, five College employees (and one former employee) were recognized for outstanding service and outstanding customer relations.

Recognized for outstanding customer relations were Word Processing supervisor Jane Callow, the Foundation’s Christine Craft and marketing manager, David DeMuynck. Recognized for outstanding college service were former Web manager Dave O'Leary, ABE instructor Elizabeth Young, and Landscape Horticulture instructor, Rob Welsh.

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The Foundation’s Christine Craft was recognized for outstanding customer relations by Dr. Greg Lee.

A group of first-year Capilano College Interactive Design students have won an award at the New Media Slam competition held recently in Vancouver for Canadian new media students. The S and N team of Shan Robertson, Shea McKinney and Nick Harborne won top prize for Best Use of Inspiration for their flash movie Head to Head.

The New Media Slam is a competitive new media arts event where teams have up to 48 hours to create and publish a new media project. In the spirit of the slam, it is judged by an audience of peers. The event is a weekend of guerilla-style new media production —all digital media, all new, all in 48 hours. Congratulations to all three students!

Send all informer submissions to:

Shelley Kean, editor Public Affairs

Birch building, room 462 2055 Purcell Way

North Vancouver, B.C. V7J 3H5

skean@capcollege.bc.ca Tel: 604.983.7596 Fax: 604.984.1714

Deadline for the September issue is: Tuesday, September 6, 2005. Submissions (including photographs) may be edited

for brevity and clarity and will appear online.