“.° With five lectures in the Sto:lo series,

- HeadlinesiJune 12, 1997
Staff stats.

John Jenkins may just be the most

. credentialed person at UCFV by the time ~
_ he’s through. Headlines noted the UCFV ~
_ purchasing clerk’s name in this year’s list

of graduates for a SFU Bachelor of Arts ~

_ degree at UCFV and we called to confirm |
» that it was truly him. Not only is he:
eaming this degree, he already holds a

; Liberal Arts diploma, Academic Studies

; diploma, Social Services diploma, Sales

and Marketing certificate, and Associate.

of Arts degree, all from this institution.

~ He’s still working on his Substance’

Abuse Counselling certificate, Life Skills

Coach certificate, Business

-.Admin.certificate, and Theatre diploma,

and has been seen in several theatre ;

productions.

Jenkins a true believer i in n lifelong learning”

] ohn hopes waits ke degree will :

‘enhance his chances for climbing the

“career ladder” at UCFV. His long-term:

oo goal is to become a testing psychologist, .

and he already consults for Eva Reycraft
and Associates administering Structure of

~ Intellect tests.

~ John sends thanks to his “psych. 7

goddesses”, Zoe Dennison, Val ;
MacDonald, and Rhonda Snow, and to
. Jean Ballard for inspirational teaching, -

and to his boss Mary Aylsworth (who.
made it all possible) and colleague Hilary

- Cooper for their support and «-
understandin g. oo

- Social Work students
present anti-racism day.

Celebrating diversity was the theme ofa’
‘special Elimination of Racism Day. .

- presented by the Social Work/Social

_ Services department this spring.

The day was organized by the Bachelor

_of Social Work student Association, »

Stan de Mello’s Community

a Development (SW 380) class, and the =
department i in general.

It featured music, food, a fashion show, —

workshops, activities, and speeches, all

with a multicultural theme. .
‘UCFV board member Gwen Point, a

member of the Sto:lo Nation, gave the :

| keynote address,

ve The well- attended event drew people

“| from the ages of three to 86.

| Faculty 1 file.

-Busswood “Mr. Community”
~ inMay

One night, you'd see him introducing

the latest speaker i in the People of the

River lecture series at the Chilliwack
“ campus, presented by the Sto:lo
Nation in cooperation with UCFV.

The next, he’d moderatinga

community meeting in his role of

chair of the Chilliwack Future Plan

committee.

Sociology i instructor and SCMS
department head Kevin Busswood’s
other roles include chairing two
advisory commitees for the Sto:lo-
treaty process inthe Fraser Valley.

~ and nine community meetings and an’
official office opening for the Future ’
Plan process, Kevin was out and about

on many a fine May evening last month. ~

Baril aids lifetime learning

French instructor Germaine Baril
discussed the Quebec Question asa ©
special guest of the Abbotsford Learning ©
Plus Society, a group of seniors interested
in learning, in April: Discussion focused
on the second Quebec referendum, and ~
_- Quebec economic, political, and social. ©
__. issues, and its relationship with other
Provinces. :

Kevin Busswood and Chilliwack mayor John Les |=.

at Future Plan office opening.

_ McQuarrie presenting and published”

Business’ instructor Fiona McQuarrie has -
had a paper accepted for the Careers”

Division of the Academy of Management ©

meeting in Boston in August — “The oe

_Effects of Constraints on Choice and -
Action: Transitions in Leisure Careers and
their Parallels in Work Careers”. Her. “
‘co-author i is Dr. Edgar Jackson of the“
University of Alberta. The Academy of
Management is the biggest meeting of:

business academics and professionals in.

North America (they get about 4000" ~

people each year and yes, it’ $ @ ZOO, .. a
: says Fiona). : “
Also, Fiona has’ contributed t two.

- entries to Blackwell Publishers’ ;
. just-released 12-volume Encyclopedia
- Of Management, a very big” ;
undertaking with each volume :

- addressing i issues in various areas of

. business.The entries are entitled...
“Gender Effects in Recruiting” and
“Glass Ceiling”.

“Spalding j joins 1 debate

“MACS sessional Eric Spalding is part.
of TVTV: The Debate, a special

~ edition of the Canadian Journal of

Communication, and a response to TV
- guru Moses Znaimer’s announcement -
that the printed word is dead, and that.
television is the ascendant medium of . oo
social discourse. :

In TVTV: The Debate, Canadian,
American, and Australian scholars debate
: Znaimer on the merits of television over °
- the printed word. And Znaimer replies.

Eric’s essay, “Commenter les ':

- commentateurs” (pp. 15-20), (In English, 2

that’s “Commenting on the ©

Commentators”) i isa summary/critique of ; a
the 11 other articles in the book for people
whose French i is better than their English. :
He also makes some comments of my .
own on Moses Znaimer’s TV special.