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Local broadcasting

pioneer speaks to
board of college

by Gregg Halfyard

Fred Weber, president of the
Advanced Educational Council of
British Columbia (AECBC),
made a presentation at the August
board meeting of the college. The

former pioneer of radio and tele-

vision broadcasting in the North-

west was here to inform and clari-: -

fy the function of the AECBC.

“People have been unclear as to
what they expected from
AECBC,” Weber stated. “There
was a lot of resistance from the
old BCAC (B.C. Association of
Colleges) boards, but that is
changing. The universities are
now in an association working
with the colleges -- this is unheard
of!”

Weber was referring to provid-
ing educational opportunities to
remote communities through
grants that would aid in the pur-
chasing of educational television
programming. He said that the -
premise is to decrease competi-
tion and increase co-operation be-

tween colleges. “We want to.
increase co-operative grants to the
college system -- not just univer-
sities.”

In concluding his presentation,
Weber urged smaller,colleges
such as NWCC to keep in touch
with the council and to realize
that the potential for funding is
there. “It’s a large, large subject;
we need input from all of the peo-
ple that represent the outlying
areas. Please contact me,” he

urged the board.

Board member John Pousette
was receptive to the possibility of
more co-operation between col-
leges. “If there is anything at all

that can be done, then let’s do it. -

The principal deficiency in the
past has been the fact that there
has been little or no co-operation
between the colleges. There is no
ability to cohere at all,” he said.
Board chairman Hans Wagner
called for further discussion with
the purpose of “widening the per-

‘spective of the potential of the

AECBC”.

New community TV
organization begins

by Nancy Orr

Evergreen Community Televi-
sion (ECT) held its first public
meeting Aug. 29 at the B.C. Gov-
ernment Access Centre on Eby St.
to enlist the help of volunteers in
community television and gauge
general public interest in the pro-
ject.

ECT is a non-profit society with
a board of directors selected from

the community, composed of four"

Terrace people: Norbert Hartig of
Northwest Community College;
Kevin Barnard, Skeena Broad-
casters; Robert Jones, B.C. Tel;
Tom Walker, manager of the
R.E.M. Lee Theatre; along with

Rec ready

Contributed by Kim Saulnier

September, that magical time of
year. Crisp, new looseleaf;
smudgeless stiff textbooks, new
classes; new faces; and cafeteria
food. How exciting! Gives us
“goosebumps” here at the North-
west Community College Stu-
dents’ Association just thinking
about it!

We're all fired up for an action-
packed semester! Our orientation
theme this year is “Something

Different, with your guide
"Carmine, the three-humped cam-
el", Orientation will help new stu-
dents to become familiar with our
campus activities and the Stu-
dents’ Association.

We've got the entire month
planned for our students -- cam-
pus tours, Students’ Association
open house, Bump'n Pass, team
NWCC car raffle, women’s com-
mittce start-up, Coffee House and
Crossroads start-up. There will be
opportunities to get to know
everyone und to get involved.

And that’s only.the beginning
for us! NWCC students can get

two members from Kitimat --
Clive Hall of NWCC and Fred-
rick Stowell of 16- 37 Community
Futures.

ECT is already a legal entity and
has plans to operate community
programs on Channel 10 under
the auspices and licence of
Skeena Broadcasters, with equip-
ment provided by Skeena and
Northwest Community College in
the sophisticated studio in the
Access Centre.

The meeting was called to learn
more about the venture and to dis-
cuss future plans and tentative
programming. A similar meeting
was held in Kitimat on Sept. 3.

The next Terrace meeting will
be held Sept. 10 at 7:30 p.m. in

‘the Access Centre. New members

are welcome. Information is
available from any of the soci-
ety’s directors or from Skeena
Broadcasters.

Bowl, College Pub Nites, dances,
Rough’n Rugged Ski Trips,
Santa’s Helpers Drive, Racquet/
Squash Tourney and intramural
sports, including our on- campus
Wallyball League.

Work out those first term jitters
at the Student Body Racquet &
Fitness Centre -- NWCC students
can work out or use the courts for
free every day from 11:30 a.m. to
1 p.m. Or maybe first relax in the
games room until it’s time to go
back to class.

Students are welcome to drop by
our new office in the Trades
Building. We have lots of infor-
mation about the CFS-Student
Union, community resources, and
the NWCC Campus.

For any other information, just
contact Kim Saulnier, Student
Activities Co-ordinator, at 635-
6511, local 279. We look. forward
to seeing everyone for the 1991 -
92 year!

- Terrace Review —— Wednesday, September 4, 1991 Bil

Northwest Community College board: Little or no cooperation among colleges, college
association rep told.

Northern colleges unite computers

by Gregg Halfyard

With the imminent opening of
the University of Norther B.C.,
the three colleges of the north are
in the process of developing a
common computer system that
will enable them to form a com-
munications networking strategy.
The system will also be directly
linked with U.N.B.C. and the
Opening Learning Agency
(OLA).

Among the many advantages
this network will offer are an
electronic library system, tele-
conferencing, and direct commu-
nications with distant areas such

as an electronic learning centre in
Stewart.

Northwest Community College
president Don Anderson is en-
thusiastic about the possibilities
involved with the network. “It
will mean that somebody in
Stewart will be able to enroll in
U.N.B.C. much faster. We can
offer to support U.N.B.C. and
they can provide us with support
with a closely linked program.”
The network, which is expected to
bé in place by December of this
year, will be run on centralized
hardware, while maintaining

some iocal programming ability,
Anderson added.

Examples of the efficiency of
the common computer system
would be a library that will be im-
mediately accessible by anyone
using the common library menus.
Application and enrollment infor-
mation will be available simulta-
neously to all of the colleges, as
well as U.N.B.C. Anderson added
that U.N.B.C. has made a com-
mitment to offer third-year cours-

es using a variety of OLA tech-

niques.

Adult education ruling has
no effect on NWCC programs

by Gregg Halfyard

As of September 1991, all adult
English as a Second Language
(ESL) programs become the re-
sponsibility of the Ministry of
Advanced Education, Training
and Technology, Responsibility
for all other adult education pro-
grams leading to completion of
secondary school will be consoli-
dated within the same ministry as
of the 1992-93 school year.

Prior to 1986, one ministry was
responsible for all education from
kindergarten to university. Since
then, responsibility for all adult
education, except for adult sec-
ondary school completion, the
General Education Development
(GED) challenge exam, and some
English as a Second Language,
has been transferred to the recent-
ly created Ministry of Advanced
Education, Training and Tech-
nology.

According to the minister re-

sponsible, Peter Dueck, the edu-
cation of British Columbians over
the age of 19 needed to be
revamped, “There will be many
benefits derived from consolidat-
ing this responsibility within one
ministry. It will help eliminate
program duplication. It will unify
and refine a fully adult system of
studies for upgrading of academic
skills or completion of secondary
school, thereby climinating con-
fusion and streamlining the cerli-

fication process.”

However, for adult education in
the Northwest, this change won’t
have a significant effect. Don An-
derson, president of Northwest
Community College, says that the
college already has in place

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signed agreements with school
boards, making the new consoli-
dation academic. Anderson
agreed that this unification “had
to happen” although it “is not
going to have any impact on us
right now.”

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