Animal health week event

We all know that animals are cute and cuddly on the outside, but how many of us know what's happening on the inside?

Educate yourself during the Animal Health Technology program's annual Animal Health Week event, Oct. 5, featuring interactive displays on veterinary medicine including anesthesia, surgery, dentistry, radiology and anatomy. In step with this year's theme of animal identification, there will be a special display on microchips.

Be sure to enter the "Ask the Vet" trivia contest to win prizes of temporary tattoos, magic pens and more; and the Grand Prize draw to win a book bag containing an umbrella, travel mug, key chain, a copy of "Healing Power of Pets" (book) and other great prizes.

Where: David Lam, Atrium
When: Tues, Oct. 5, 12:30-4:30 pm

Everyone is welcome!

For more information on Animal Health Week, click here. Read more...

Ride-share week Oct. 4-8

Oct. 4-8 is TransLink's Ride-Share Week, so spice up your lonely drive to work by squeezing a few coworkers into your car, or leave your four-wheeler at home and catch a ride with a workmate. In the spirit of connecting with your colleagues and learning the value of carpooling, TransLink encourages you to sign up at ride-share.com, a free ride-matching database where you can hook up with other commuters by offering space in your car or joining another vehicle.

Signing up automatically makes you eligible to win prizes of Chevron gas coupons, BC Ferry vouchers, and a VIA Rail trip for two through the Rockies.

For more information, visit ride-share.com. Read more...

Annabel Lyon, author of The Golden Mean, to visit Douglas

Annabel Lyon. Photo by Phillip Chin.

Local author Annabel Lyon will be at the college next week to read from her novel The Golden Mean. The book  - which was banned from BC Ferries for featuring a man's bare backside on the cover - explores the relationship between a young Alexander the Great and Aristotle, his teacher.

In addition to reading from her novel, she will also talk about writing and process, followed by a Q & A session. This event is part of the Literature Alive reading series and takes place Monday, September 27 at 2pm, room 3406. It is free and open to everyone. For more information call 604-527-5465.

More about Annabel Lyon

Annabel Lyon is the author of Oxygen (stories), The Best Thing for You (novellas), and All-Season Edie (juvenile). The Golden Mean won the 2009 Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, and was also short-listed for seven others, including the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Governor General’s Award for Fiction, and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. Annabel lives in New Westminster, BC. Read more...

Visiting lecturer to discuss how the Welsh - and not the Scots - invented the modern world

Conway Davies, an authority on the social history of Wales over the last two hundred years, will be at Douglas College September 12 through 26.

Davies earned a degree in history at Bangor University, a Master's from Cardiff University, and is completing his PhD at Swansea University, researching aspects of Poor Law provision in Wales. He has worked in both secondary and post-secondary education across Wales; and is currently a senior lecturer in history in the University of Wales, Trinity-St. David’s. Conway oversees Trinity’s Master’s in Local History program, as well as teaching undergraduate courses in social history, sociology, and outdoor education.

While at Douglas, Davies will be guest lecturing in Sociology, Geography, History, and the Performing Arts. He will also be giving a public lecture entitled “How the Welsh and not the Scots invented the modern world” on September 22, 4-6pm at the New Westminster Campus in room 2201.

For details of Conway Davies’ visit please contact David Wright or Marni Westerman. Read more...

College honours retirees

It's the 13th Annual Retirement Dinner and you're invited! The Dinner honours current retirees and welcomes back past retirees. It takes place Friday November 5, 5:30-9:30pm in the Upper Cafeteria at the New Westminster Campus. Tickets are $20; to purchase, please contact Wendy Davies at 604-527-5340 or 604-777-6325.

Douglas College Retirees 2010

Joan Adams, Commerce and Business Administration, 1989-2010
Brad Barber, Marketing and Communications Office, 1988-2010
Gail Berger, English, 1989-2010
Marilyn Brulhart, English as a Second Language, 1989-2010
Judith Dale, English as a Second Language, 1991-2010
Helen Dartnell, Learning Resources, 1992-2010
Barbara Defago, Nursing, 2004-2009
Roslyn Dixon, Communications, 1985-2010
Edward Frey, Earth and Environmental Sciences, 2008-2010
Brenda Jack, Student and Enrolment Services, 1977-2010
Ron Klassen, Developmental Studies, 1997-2010
Fiona Lee, Nursing, 1986-2009
Karen Malcolm, Sign Language Interpreting, 1989-2010
Walter Melnyk, Marketing and Communications Office, 1991-2009
Rose Mohoruk, Modern Languages, 1989-2010
Richard Norman, Classroom and Community Support, 1980-2010
Jill Plumbley, English as a Second Language, 1983-2010
Kris Remmem, Employee Relations, 1976-2009
Denise Rutherford, Centre for Campus Life, 1989-2010
Linda Stefiuk, Stagecraft, 1990-2010
Susan Wasserman, English, 1981-2010 Read more...

Changes to the College Board

The 2009/10 Douglas College Board. Left to right: Paul Wates (Chair), Bruce Clarke, Dave Guedes, Graeme Bowbrick, Jim Utley, Mary Hemmingsen (Vice Chair), Scott McAlpine, Mike Russell, Michael Hwang, Elizabeth McCausland, Sydney Tomchenko, Peter Kendrick (Vice Chair)

Absent from photo: Caroline Jellinck, Mike Regan, Raj Deha, Aiko Lim and Don Valeri.

This summer was a time of change for the Douglas College Board. Members Graeme Bowbrick, Dave Guedes and Mike Regan concluded their terms on August 31, while member Bruce Clarke was re-elected for a second term.

Three people joined the Board as new members: Raj Dehal and Aiko Lim were both elected to one-year terms, while Don Valeri was elected to a three-year term, all beginning September 1. Read more...

Foundation's oldest donor living legacy of giving

100-year old Lilian Fewster has supported the Douglas College Foundation with a annual donation to the Mary Fewster Memorial Nursing Scholarship endowment since 1988.

Lilian Fewster has 100 years of memories to draw from. But thanks to her memories of her daughter Mary, Douglas College nursing students have been able to achieve their goals.

Lilian was born in Hanwell, a suburb of London, in 1910. As a young woman, she entered the Salvation Army Officer Training College after meeting her husband, Captain Ernest Fewster. The couple first came to Canada in 1957 and were stationed in Newfoundland for four years. Postings in Central Africa (present day Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi) and back in the U.K. followed, but at the time of retirement, following the death of her husband, Lilian looked once more to Canada.

“We had been stationed here and there, but our daughters were in Canada, so I came to join them in retirement.”

One of Lilian’s daughters was Mary Fewster, one of the founding members of the Douglas College General Nursing program and its Director from 1981 until her death in 1986. Shortly afterwards, the department approached Lilian with the proposal to create an award in Mary’s memory to assist students who were working towards their nursing degrees.

“Mary was very insistent that nurses should have a degree and be recognized for what they do,” recalls Lilian. “The award is important and it acknowledges what Mary believed in.”

Each year, the Mary Fewster Memorial Nursing Scholarship is awarded to a nursing student with a minimum GPA of 3.5. Since its establishment more than $15,500 has been distributed through the endowment, which Lilian continues to support with an annual donation.

“I know I’m 100 and I live a day at a time. I want to do as much as possible to keep Mary’s legacy going. I know how much it’s worth to students.”
"Ms. Fewster is one of our Founding Members,” said Sarah Lock, Douglas College Foundation Coordinator. “She truly enjoys learning about the students her endowment has helped. Her annual donations are a reminder of her true philanthropic nature and kind heart."

For more information on donating to the Douglas College Foundation, please visit our Donations page. Read more...