Madeleine, continued

form of research. As I am interested in the
area of popular culture, and as I want to

_ integrate some Japanese cultural products

into my advertising and public relations

~ courses, I collected many Japanese

magazines and popular books (manga). As
well, I recorded many television programs
and commercials that I can integrate into
my future lectures. In this regard, many of.
my Takudai students, and the friends of

. my children, acted as guides through the

maze of Japanese popular culture.

Internationalizing the campus

The Internationalization committee at
UCFYV is up and running again. The
committee plans a survey of faculty this
semester to get their input into activities
and to determine whether there are others
in the institution who may be interested in
joining the committee. After the survey,
there will be a published compilation of
International and Internationalization
activities ongoing at UCFV. The
committee chair is Sociology’s Stephen
Piper. Contact himat local 4308 or
pipers@ucfv. be. ca.

Learning: How difficult
can it be?

By Barbara Salingré, DRC

How many of you get frustrated when, while
taking in information through your senses,
you experience difficulties figuring out what
the information means, or filing and retrieving
it from memory? At a recent workshop
sponsored by the Teaching and Learning
Centre and the Disability Resource Centre,
faculty and staff explored many of the
difficulties that students encounter when their
learning style does not fit the “norm”. Connie
Ferschweiler, a member of the Learning
Disabilities Association of B.C. anda
learning assistance teacher, led workshop
participants though a variety of simulations --
designed to illustrate what it’s like to learn. .
with a learning disability.

These experiences included the use of
mirrors, graphics, abstract forms, and reading
passages. The curriculum comes from the
Learning Disabilities Association and has
been adapted from a curriculum/video called
FAT City (Fear Anxiety and Tension).

This fully booked session was very well
received by all participants and it was |

~ recommended that it be offered again in the

fall. Interested UCFV folks should contact the
Disability Resource Centre about this
workshop or other resources.

Headlines/October 1, 1999

New members on Board

The UCFV Board welcomed fournew ~. them. He is hoping to be involved ~
members at its new. meeting. James Atebe __ with a Rotary computer ‘refurbishing
and Mike Goerzen were appointed by the ___ project.

rovincial government, and Paul oe a
P rae : Mike

_Gehrmann _-
and Depak Goerzen
Parmar were Mike is an ©
elected as east Abbotsford
and west resident and is
student reps, the ministry
respectively. appointment ©
Here are short representing
biographical youth on the -
sketches of the UCFV Board .
new members. for 1999, after
. m previously
names Left to right: Mike Goerzen, Depak Parmar, Serving as an
ene James Atebe, and Paul Gehrmann. elected student.
James is a _ member. He
Mission - graduated
resident who is employed as a community from UCFV in 1999, and is now
planner for the Sté:lo Nation in marketing coordinator for First
Chilliwack. His community involvement Heritage Savings Credit Union. While
includes memberships in the Chilliwack at UCFV, Mike was also a co-op
and Mission Chambers of Commerce, the student, BASA president, and
Chilliwack Tourism committee, the facilitator of the student life working

Chilliwack Development Process approval — group for the strategic plan process...
committee, and Mission Minor Soccer
Association. He’s also a member of Cedar Depak Parmar

Valley Mennonite Church. James’ wife, Depak is currently enrolled in the.
Valerie, is a library technician. He has four Business Administration program at
children: Camille, Joshua, Kato, and Jesse. UCFV. He has been a resident of

His hobbies include soccer, tennis, Abbotsford for nine years, is in the
reading, gardening, volunteering, and third year of study at UCFV and in
outdoors pursuits such as camping. the second year of the Business
Administration diploma program. He
Paul Gehrmann | plans to pursue a degree in either

Paul is a co-op student in the CIS program __ finance or human resource -

and a Chilliwack resident. He and his wife | management. Besides being a

Janet, also a student, are both “computer member of the Board of Governors,

geeks”. Their niece Naomi lives with he is also a member of the Business
Administration Student Association.

United Way appeal begins

You’ll be hearing soon from the
UCFV United Way committee, which
will be launching its annual appeal in
concert with the United Way of the
Fraser Valley. The United Way
campaign runs until December 31.

Last year UCFV just squeaked
over the its goal of raising $20,000
for the United Way. The general
campaign met its goal of raising
$500,000 last year, and has upped the
ante to.$550,000 this year.