A10 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, August 27, 1997

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College enrollment
on target, head says

THE NUMBER OF stu-
dents enrolled so far at
Northwest Community Col-
lege is on target, said acting
college president Beth
Davies.

There was some fear that
students would stay away
from the college, after an-
nouncements in the spring
thal the second year univer-
sity science courses were

being cut.
In order to prevent student
numbers from dropping,

NWCC published ads across
the region of courses avail-
able for the fall term.

The latest enrollment
numbers, which Davies
received on Monday, show
good figures, save for two
areas — Applied Computer
Technology and Natural
Resources.

The’ computer course just
started last year aud has had

NWCC gets new governors

iis lab upgraded for the fall.
During the course students
learn how to design and
maintain web pages.

‘T’s really pertinent but
enrollment is down,”’ said
Davies, adding there should
be more jntercst.

Instructor Phil Bialobzyski
said the course is accessible
for people who work full
time and need to upgrade
their computer skills in or-
der to stay relevant. Is a
one year certificate pra-
gram, and a second diploma
year will start next year.

Enrollment in the natural
resources program is also

down in Terrace. The course .

opened in Prince Rupert for
the first time this year, and
Davies speculates that stu-
dents who would have gone
to Terrace in the past are
now being served in Rupert.

A farge chunk of money

Feds contract out
job training services

PEOPLE ON Employment Insurance (ET)
won't receive job training and counselling
al the Human Resources office on Lazelle
anymore,

Human Resources has contracted out
those services to Interconnect and NW
Counselling and Training.

The changes came into effect in July and
program services manager Alice Bannister
says it means better service for clicnis,
since people get to choose between Inter-
connect and NW Training.

Training of a limited scope and counsell-
ing is available to anyone currently on EI or
who has been on EI in the last three yearc.

Services the two companies provide in-
clude job market information and assistance
with job search skills, like crealing a
resume and perfecting interview techni-
ques. ,

And in Kitimat the government has done
the same thing, contracting out counselling
and training services to Kitimat Community
Services and Kitimat Community Skills
Centre.

Bannister can "t say how much money the
contracts are worth. That’s because it’s too
carly to know how many people will take
job training and counselling.

Contracting out services such as these is
new to the Terrace and Kitimat area, but

that came from Forestry
Renewal BC allowed the
college to open the Prince
Rupert course.

“Sometimes you have met
the need in the com-
munity,’’ said Davies.

This year there’s also a
shift in the numbers of stu-
dents taking university
credit courses. More stu-
dents seem to be opting for
part time, rather than full
time, amounting to a 15 per

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it’s been done in larger centres.

It might not necessarily save the Terrace
Human Resources office any money, but it
will leave staff more time to devote to job
creation, says Bannister.

This could mean helping companies de-
velop work sharing programs or helping
new businesses access money.

Human Resources also steps in during
troubled times, like the Skeena Cellulose
mill shutdown in Prince Rupert and the
ferry cancellation.

Businesses in Prince Rupert planning to
lay off employees due to economic hard
times had the option instead to reduce their
hours. Human Resources then tops up em-
ployees” pay cheques.

‘Tf we're only talking about a short down
time this way employees can keep skills
up,”’ says Bannister. ‘‘And this encourages
skilled people to stay in the area.’

Human Resources, in conjunction with
the education ministry, is also paying for
some free workshops for anyone needing
help with resume writing or job search
skills. The workshops are being offered all
this month and Sepicmber through Inter-
connect.

Interconnect is also hosting an open
house every Friday from 21-noon on in-
formation about local Jobs.

Lf, iy

THERE HAVE been three new appoint-
mens to the Northwest Community Coi-
lege board of governors.

In Terrace, registered professional forest-
er Rod Arnold, president of RJA Forestry,
was appointed for a year. Amold is a
specialist in forest management and opera-
tional management.

Other new appointments are Bonny
Hawley and Trish McKay.

Hawley is a district of Houston council
member and the Community Treaty Ad-
visory Committee for Houston. She also
sits on environmental assessment review
boards for two mines in the Houston area.

McKay is under 30 years old and is one
of many young people Premier Glen Clark

is appointing to college boards to give
young people a greater voice. McKay is a
member of the BC Aboriginal Network on
Disability, and a graduate of Prince Rupert
secondary school who has atiended NWCC,

The three new appointments are all for
one year. Six other people have been reap-
pointed to the board for two or three year
terms. They are: Ramon Brady of Kitimat,
Alan Campbell of Telkwa, Darlene
Neuman of Stewart, Lorene Plante of New
Aiyansh, Marie Sullivan of Kitimat and
Jean Juhas of Masset.

The new board will meet for the first time
on Sept. 26-27 in Moricetown. A new chair
will be elected then, or at the next meeting
in carly November,

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