18 Terrace Review — Wednesday, May ti, 1988 Northern university could have international focus. A university system based in the northern half of the province would not only encourage. more of our young people to complete their degrees, but. courses distinct to the area could also at- tract students from other parts of the province and the country, . according to Murray . Sadler, president of the Interior Univer- sity. Society. ‘‘In fact, Dr. -Dahllof suggests we think-in in-. ternational terms, as the north provides a unique lab for signifi- cant research in internationally ' jmportant areas ~ including ‘ecological: study,'’ Sadler. told the Terrace Chamber of: Com- - merce on May 6. | Sadler, a Prince George lawyer and long-time resident-of" north-central. B.C., was in Ter- race as part of a speaking tour to promote.the idea of a regional - university and to announce the ‘appointment .of Dr. Urban * Dahllof as senior consultant for their feasibilty study into the ~ question. Dr. Dahllof of the University ‘of Uppsala in Sweden has work- ed extensively in the field of -yural and distance education in Australia, Holland and Sweden; — ‘¢ the north provides ‘a unique lab for sip- nificant. research in internationally important areas such as ecology.”? — Murray Sadler. and finds :many similarities in the geography and economy of: north-central B.C. and much of Scandinavia. “The. Scandanvian - model of higher ‘education includes’ . regional schools. of ‘study. and °° centers of research, dispersed over a broad geographical base. Sadler. urged his listeners to remove from their minds the im- age of a university as an edifice behind which distanced pro- fessors do their ivory. tower work, and to. think of the pro-- posed institution in | broader terms, as part of community and economic development. A regional system would. allow'students to remain closer to home, avoiding the expense and culture shock of a lower mainland education, and should improve our university graduate statistics. ‘‘B.C. is five percent below the national average of students attending university, and the northern part of the -province is another five percent below, that. Our young people are not arriving-at the doors of the University of British Colum- bia, Simon Fraser University or the University of Victoria.” ‘“Qne thing that struck me in my tour of the northern half of our province is how important | our trees are to our’ economy and culture,’’. he told the Jer- race Review. ‘“‘Not only do we log our mountainsides, but also our communities need to diver- sify their economies.’’ A north- ern university system could: pro- vide both, he believes. University training: with a northern. location and focus could alleviate problems in find- ing professionals such as teachers and social workers will- ing to move from the lower mainland cities to smaller north- ‘ern cities, towns and villages. ‘And I do not think that social . workers trained at Point Grey or - Thornhill-honor roll announced | Administration and faculty of Thornhill Junior Secondary. ' School recently announced the narnes of students who made the third term honor roll. . The criteria to determine -, Honor Roll status is as follows: Outstanding Achievement: Grade point average 3.5 - 4.0; — Meritorious Achievement: 3.25 -3.49; Honorable Mention: 3. 9. 3 34. 7 The students are: GRADE 8 ‘Outstanding Achievement: Tanya. Renaud, Nicole Sanches, _ Chris Stoner, Tanya . Losier, Valerie: Devost, David Carson, Brian Turner. | Meritorious ‘Achievement: Crystal Scott, Shawn Dimitrov, Mark -DeJong, Jonathan - Mackee. _ Honorable Mention: Lemuel “Russell, Kerri Lee Kozak, Carol Gerler, Aaron Hansen. GRADE 9 Outstanding Achievement: Lia Wandl. Meritorious Achievement: Nicole Collison, Tracey Tomas, Where it’s at ... Kim Hamakawa. . - Honorable Mention: James Stein,. Marty Eisner, Michael Coburn, Carmen Cebuliak, Cin- - dy Hall, Lynda -Lukasser, Margo Holosko, Kim Rempel, Donnie Hill, Chad Ziegler. . ° @RADE 10 Outstanding Achievement: Michelle Michaud, Callie Swan, ‘Margarete Koerner, Lori . Lynn Kasperski, Lagace. - Honorable Mention: Ev Hig- | ginson. Special recognition was given to the following students as they have been on the Outstanding Achievement Honor Roll three - times:. Grade- 8 — Nicole San- . ches, Tanya Losier, David Car- son; Grade 10 — Michelle Michaud, Callie Swan, Suzanne : Bannville. _ Michelle Michaud has a perfect A or 4.0 average for the | second .time. Also this term, . Suzanne - . Banville, Daysun Wrubel, ‘An . : drew Goodwin. gg. Meritorious Achievement: g Lisa another student, Tanya Renaud, has made a 4.0 average with straight A’s. ‘The staff at: Thornhill ‘Junior - Secondary will show their ap-' preciation of the efforts these _students. have, put . into -their™ . courses by providing an evening» of bowling and pizza on Satur- day, May 14. receiving their education at the have much appreciation for the cultural and social problems that _exist in our northern com- munities,” he said in his speech. The economic significance of - a university includes drawing in-_ dustries here if research facilities . available. More and ° more businesses use technology .and depend ‘on facilities for ad- - vanced education and re- education. “Our northern ‘culture has not ‘placed ° ‘a high priority on going to ‘university. . We probably all know le need engineers trained in how to: P y peop who left high school and were able to find jobs or pursue ‘businesses and became highly economically successful. But ‘this will not be possible. for future generations. The north is . not going to escape the informa-. tion explosion,’’ It is estimated that scientific knowledge: will’ . port form to be submitted to the © "provincial government. | oe ‘ With: the current political at- oe ntosphere, - and the focus on’ the Interior =~ - University Society foresees little difficulty in securing govern. mental support for the idea. ~ double in as little as 15 years. ° _ Sadler said he was shocked at the suggestion that the new in-. ” stitution take money away from ‘the community college system, and hopes instead for an expan- sion of existing schools such as Northern Lights, Cariboo, New Caledonia and Northwest Com- ’ munity College to include more university credit, transferable courses. “‘As a pragmatist.and a tended, and the classrooms fill- terior University Society has in- vited the NWCC board to par- top of Burnaby Mountain would | and well-educated employees are. tax payer, I think the communi-' ty. colleges’ courses can be: eX: . ed, with more students pursuing - academic training. * The In-. ticipate in the feasibility study to determine their role in a new university system. The study is financed through. a $100,000 grant from the four - northern. B.C. regional zones. | ‘Two. university students have begun «collecting demographic _ ‘data and will be visiting Terrace: ‘sometime this summer, while Dr. Dahliof has meetings. ‘scheduled with Dave Parker and" other northern Ministers : of “State as well as mayors and. educational administrators. The study is expected to’ be com: i : Pleted:i in September... e -Local input for. the study can. _ be. ‘made’ through Terrace’s In- — ‘terior University Society board -inember, Bryan Edwards of Skeena Broadcasting. The Ter-: race and District Chamber of © Commerce has agreed to assist © in the-distribution of brochures and collection of signatures and. donations for the petition/sup- ° regionalization, “The Premier, on his recent visit to Prince George, indicated that — our project met with all his ideas and criteria for regional economic development.” Sadler - does admit northerners will need "to “yell and scream and make a _ lot of noise’’ to get what people. - - in the lower mainland take for .— granted — access ‘to higher" education. TERRACE E DINING GUIDE | Copper Grill at the Terrace Hotel BS Mon.-Italian Night ‘f Thurs.-Indoneslan Night -Tues.-English Night Fri.-Orlentol Night -Wed.-Spanish Night Sat.-Canada Day Daily Luncheon & Dinner Buffet $6.75 Sunday Brunch $5.95 features International Dinners All you can eat for $4.99 2 Polly’ 5 Cafe. | “| gran & Western Cuisine | a" : . 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