Volume 6, Number 1

September 5, 1991

FRASER VALLEY COLLEGE

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Welcome back — Pat Sifton, Susan.
DeLong, Nancy Scarrow and Linda Dix
try on tropical hats at the annual
welcome back barbecue, held Aug. 20.

Proposing, promoting, and
persuading was a challenge, but the
work of creating a university college
isn’t over. Now that Fraser Valley
College has been granted university
college status, planning will proceed at
full steam so that the first group of third
year students can begin classes in
September 1992. Anticipating a busy
fall, the Access Committee held its first
post-announcement meeting on August
21.

Access Committee Jack Gaston
opened the meeting by welcoming the
new freedom that university college
status will bring. “There’s the
possibility of a relative independence in
a way that we’ve never enjoyed before,
after the initial period of links with
other institutions.”

President Peter Jones has asked the

committee to prepare specific
recommendations for the first year of
university college operations, and a
general five year plan, for the
November meeting of the FVC Board.

In order to meet that deadline, the
committee will be meeting most Friday
afternoons from 1:30-4:30 throughout
the fall. The meetings will be open to
any interested observers. It is expected
that after November meetings will be
held once or twice a month.

The Access Committee will now be
formally integrated into the College
committee structure, and report to the
College Advisory Council. Elections
are currently being held for Access
Committee seats, which will represent
all areas of the College. Two
representatives from the Student

Society and one from.the Community _

Planning proceeds for University College

Coalition will also sit on the committee.

Several subcommittees will also be
formed, including ones to plan
curriculum development for approved
degree programs, LRC expansion, and
learning/teaching strategies for the
University College.

There will probably be three degree
programs introduced in 1992, according
to the committee, including one
academic program (likely a general arts
degree) and two yet-to-be-determined
career programs. Other programs will
be phased in over five years.

The committee intends to
incorporate the principles of the UCFV
proposal into the planning process,
including striking a balance between
academic and career degree offerings.”

Please see Access, page 2