ACCESS UPDATE

Headlines/Sept. 26, 1991

Membership solidified — Gaston re-elected Chair

Jack Gaston has been re-elected
chairperson of the UCFV Access
Committee.

Following elections, membership of
the Access Committee is now as follows:

ELECTED REPS

Dave Allen, Academic, East

Joan Brown, Career/Tech, East

Alan Cameron, Academic, West

Dona Coates, Career/Tech, West

Jack Gaston, Academic, East and

chair

Kathy Gowdridge, Staff rep

Betty Harris, LRC

Wayne Welsh, Career/Tech rep

Gloria Wolfson, Career/Tech rep

April Kamann, Student Services rep

MANAGEMENT AND BOARD

Doter Tones, President

Dick Bate, Dean of Career/Tech

Don Tunstall, Dean of Academic

Studies,

Erling Close, Dean of Ed. Support

Valerie Buchanan, Board member

OTHERS

Virginia Cooke, FSA President

Hazel Lockhart, Executive Assistant

Lillian Martin, CAC Chair

Jaclyn Rea, Community Coalition

Two representatives from the Student
Society have also been invited to join the
Access Committee.

The UCFV Access Committee meets
Friday afternoons from 2—4 p.m. on
alternating campuses. All meetings are

open.

Arts subcommittee

membership

The Arts degree subcommittee will
consist of Darryl Plecas (Criminology),
Rory Wallace (Humanities), Dave Allen
(English), Ian Fenwick (Theatre), Scott
Fast and Dave Gibson (Social Sciences).

The first meeting reviewed the
numerous issues related to the task of
defining the Bachelor of Arts degree
program. Consultation and information
gathering, academic credibility,
independence and flexibility were

identified. The subcommittee also
discussed the importance of new
instructors teaching all levels to maintain
faculty collegiality. The possibility of a
trimester system was also discussed.

It was noted that the initial arts degree
will also be shaped by the sponsoring
university and that time constraints will
demand that some decisions will need to
be made even while the program is
evolving.

Science subcommittee

announced

The Science degree subcommittee
will consist of Linda Riva (Math),
Elaigh Guidera (Computing), Lillian
Martin (Chemistry), George McGuire
(Physics) and Ernest Kroeker (Biology).
The group had not met yet.

Five subcommittees in

Career/Tech

In the Career/Technical area five
subcommittees are now operating or will
soon be formed, with Social Work and
Crininal Justice the first off the blocks.
Computer Information Systems,
Business Administration, and Aviation
are also forming subcommittees.

Nursing is also reviewing degree options.

The Social Work subcommittee
includes program head Gloria Wolfson,
instructors Rosalie Chappell, Pat
Gillespie, Astrid Stec and Advisory
Committee chair Clifton Doyle.

Wolfson reported that discussions
with UVic are proceeding smoothly. The
UVic program is accredited by the BC
Association of Social Workers.

In Aviation, UCFV will work closely
with Coastal Pacific in exploring degree
options.

Casey Sheridan commented on initial
discussions with OLA regarding a
possible Business Administrations
degree.

“If our basic requirement is that our
Business Administration diploma
students are to ladder into a full degree,
the only alternative is through OLA,”
said Sheridan.

“We could conceivably put together a

Business Administration degree with
block transfer to OLA very simply and
in time for September 1992.”

LRC adopts standards for
expanding library

Betty Harris reported that the LRC
subcommittee has adopted the Standards
for Degree Granting Libraries as the
benchmark from which to begin e
upgrading the library. By this measure
the UCFYV library collection should at
least double in size.

Education and Social

Services in demand

Mark Hoffmann reported that
anecdotal information from counsellors
and advisors indicates that “education
and a range of social services type
professions would be highly sought after
by students at UCFV.”

Hoffmann also noted that it is very
important that the counselling
department have input into emerging
processes and procedures.

“Students are already confused about
what the options are and we would like
to ensure that it doesn’t get more
confusing,” said Hoffmann.

ACCESS MEETING of
SEPTEMBER 20

Terms of reference for UCFV Access
subcommittees were presented by Peter
Jones.

Learning Environment
subcommittee to consider

broad issues

A Learning Environment
subcommittee will be formed with
sociology instructor Jean Ballard-Kent
as chair and one yet-to-be-selected
representative from each of Academic,
Career/Technical and Educational
Support areas and two members at large.

Among the issues to be considered by
this committee will be strategies for
maintaining excellence in teaching and
learning, the interdisciplinary nature of

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