Headlines/April 15, 1998

Datelines’ z
April 17-27

Fri 17
Fashion Fusion °98

Fashion Design open house and
fashion show.

12:30-5:30 pm, Abby campus.
Free fashion show at 3 pm! —

Supper show: tickets $25. Includes .
supper and door prizes.

Doors: 6 pm. Showtime:
6:30 pm.

Supper: 8 pm. No-host bar.
Call local 4573 for ticket info.

‘Mon 20.

Lecture — Challenge and
Change — A First Nations
‘Perspective

” Note date change from April 8 to 201

With Chief Steven Point of the Sto:lo
Nation.

7:30 pm, Agassiz Agricultural Hall —
Free! Part of the Challenge and
Change lecture series, sponsored by
the Koerner Foundation.

Mon 27

-Graphic Design graduation
show — opening reception

Join the festivities as Graphic Design
. Students show their finest work.
Reception: 7-9 pm. Exhibit runs until
May 1.

Robson Square Media Centre

800 Robson St. Vancouver. °

Ah spring! At least you can study ”
outside, as many students will be -
; doing during the spring semester.’
Here’s student Ray Pike’s aed!
suggestion of a new name for the.
spring semester. q

’The Groundhog semester .

‘After spending eight months ‘ in the:
dark’ along comes April...

the work load starts to become
~ lighter...

you look up and see a little light...
So vouch» your head out...

look around... ~

you see your own shadow...

» and you dive back in for another six”
weeks. See us

Student success |
O’Mahony to be legislative intern

BA student Quentin O’Mahony, who »
will be graduating in June with a history

‘major and sociology minor, as well as a

co-op option, is the first UCFV graduate

- to be selected for the B. C. legislative

intern program. . .
He was one of seven interns selected —

_.who will start in January.1999 and work
- for six months in Victoria. The internship
~ program has been around for 23 years but

it has only been in the last few that
university college graduates have been
given the opportunity to apply. ~

_ O’Mahony is only the second non-UBC,
- SFU, UVic graduate to be selected.

While in Victoria he will work for 2%
months in the ministry of his choice...

~ working on a research/policy project -
before having the opportunity to work in

an MLA’s office as an aide for the last
three months. The matching with an’
MLA will depend on his area of interest.

CIS students win CIPS.

: scholarships
Two Computer Information Systems ,
Co-op Education students received —
scholarships at the annual ‘awards:

"ceremony of the Vancouver section of the
Canadian Information Processing Society o

(CIPS) on April 9...
Inh Chansavang and Chris Sawatzky

‘were UCFV’s winner and runner-up,

receiving $350 and $150, respectively. « :

. Scholarship winners must be in a CIS.
co-op program, be active in student and
community affairs, have better than
average written and verbal -

-communication skills, and have a grade
point average of at least 3.0.

“The UCFV Co-op Centre extends -
congratulations to Inh and Chris,” notes

~ manager Dexter MacRae. .

There will also be the opportunity to visit : -

Ottawa for a week and meet with the —
parliamentary interns during th the

7 internship.

“Needless to say la am very excited :

and happy that the education I received at” :

UCFV compares equally to any of the
other universities in B. C.,” ” says

mex Mahony.