New Student Success committee formed A new committee has been born — one which its creators hope will simplify life rather than complicating it further. The new Student Success committee’s goal is to coordinate existing student success initiatives — such as the Writing and Math centres, and specific student success courses in various disciplines — and expand on these initiatives to offer more student success options. The committee was born at a well-attended ad hoc meeting organized by counsellor Janice Kowal in April. Since Kowal is on leave until January, instructors Diane Luu and Moira Gutteridge have volunteered to co-chair the committee. Some of the initiatives the committee may pursue include: e providing a coherent vision for the new Learning Centre to bring together in one location all initiatives for promoting student success e encouraging an integrated, college-wide orientation process e creating a definition of success which focuses on assisting each student’s pursuit of personal excellence, not simply remediation e encouraging centralized assessment and referral, so that students can avoid jumping through several different hoops before finding the appropriate program Luu and Gutteridge are looking for representatives on this committee from a variety of areas, including all regional centres, the Writing and Math centres, ABE, ESL, Library and IMS, Computing, Academic and Career _ faculty, Student Services, and the Student Society. The next meeting of the committee is on Wednesday, August 25, at 10:30 a.m. in Room E217. It will last no more than 90 minutes, leaving lots of time for the annual UCFV welcome back luncheon. Headlines/August 24, 1993 Former courier back as faculty member Yes, that is “our” Georgina Marshall teaching in Social Services these days. As in Georgina the former courier, the former student, and the former FSA executive member. She’s been gone eight years, earning her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the University of British Columbia, and working in the social work field. Now she’s back, and to the best of Personnel’s knowledge, is the first staff member to become a full-time Type B faculty member at UCFV. Georgina is fondly remembered by many UCFV folks (couriers tend to meet virtually everyone), and Social Services program head Gloria Wolfson has had curious employees asking whether it is indeed the Georgina who’s been teaching as a part-timer and recently hired as a full-timer. Georgina herself has fond memories of Fraser Valley College, and says she’s happy to see that UCFV has managed to maintain the integrity of teaching and the partnerships with the community that make the place special. “UCFV has maintained what’s good about being a college, while drawing on the strengths of a university too,” she notes. “After studying at UBC and working in the field, my opinion of the quality of teaching here is higher than it was before, although as a student I knew it was generally good then too.” Georgina thought that when she said goodbye to Fraser Valley College in 1985 it was forever, and she’s as surprised as anyone that fate has brought her back. She was a fellow at UBC, in the School of Social Work, and earned her master’s degree this spring. After working in the social work field and supervising UBC social work students, she thought she’d like to try teaching, and applied for a sessional position at UCFV. That led to a Type C position last winter, and now a full-time position. There have been some changes since she last worked and studied here. “In the six years I was here almost everyone knew each other, and that level of familiarity has been replaced somewhat as the place has grown both physically and in the number of programs,” she observes. “I am heartened to see that a lot of the faculty and staff who were here when the college began remain here.” Georgina first came to the college in 1979 to work as a courier and take classes at night. She had been working in a transition house and wanted a change of pace in her job while she delved into studying. She was soon giving her body a good workout every day hauling anything and everything between the various campuses and centres. She misses the physical exercise that came with the job, noting that she’s not in shape now. Georgina is looking forward to renewing old friendships and acquaintances with employees. She particularly remembers strong working relationships with Alan Stokes, who was shipper/receiver:at the time,.and Bob Peters and Kartar Thandi, who were couriers. “Bob, Alan and Kartar were probably my closest friends here. I have a very high regard for their work, and they remain close colleagues,” she says. “I’m also pleased that I’ve been received so cordially since I returned. People who I thought might not remember me have welcomed me back.” She’s also excited about the possibility of teaching in a degree program. “I’m doubly excited to be back because of the work being done to get the Bachelor of Social Work degree program going.”