12 Castlegar News, Jan. 19, 1967 West Kootenay. Regional Col- lege to second or. third year at university, providing they have chosen appropriate courses and obtained ‘adequate standing, College :dean.of students Andy Soles told loral parents at SHSS last: Thursd: As. with’ other institutions | ‘of higher. education in the pro- ‘vince, he said, the College had to be accredited by the Academ- ‘ie Board for Higher Education and this had been. done. Its ‘students would be accepted for further studies under the same conditions that apply to a stu- dent who had taken all his post- high school studies at university- Mr. Soles told the parents it was “exciting to be breaking ‘new ground.” Because this was ‘a new development in provincial education, “we have to build on our own and hope we are doing it right.” oe : EMPLOY SEMINAR SYSTEM AT WK REGIONAL COLLEGE March 17,1966 The step between high : . sehool and university is a very. Jong one for students and many are bewildered and lost as a ‘ yesult of the lecture system uni- versities employ, ‘Regional Col- lege dean of’ students Andy, Soles said last week. : While the College will use ‘the lecture system, he said, ‘seach group will also break up into smaller units of. about 15 students for seminars and into even smaller groups for tutor- ials,. when students will have an opportunity to go over. their ‘in- dividual problems with lectur- ers. ; yes In order to see that faculty members..-have..adequate: oppor- _ tunity to see students privately and discuss their problems and views, provision has been made for eacn lecturer to have ms own oifice. ~ Surucent time will also be set aside ior tis purposs, Mir. ‘poles told an Mducaion Week audience at SHSS.° s aoe *. td COLLEGE PRINCIPAL sHoOWS|- CONCERN OVER HOUSING March 17,’ 1966 The first desire. of staft| members at the West Kootenay stegional College is to live in tne | Castiegar area but if they cal-| not find. accommodation here: they will have to ‘live in either! iNeison or Trail; College princi-. pal Gordon Campbell told a‘ gathering of local parents at the wHSS. careers night last Thurs-|' 3 day evening. “We have a problem,” he Baye oy told them, ‘a problem that 1/'% would like to share with you. i Next June some: 25 members of |' the faculty will want to find a]. home to rent here. They are an outstanding group of citizen who will add lustre to the com- munity. So.if you think you may |' be able to help in providing ac- commodation for them. I wish you would write to me.” -Mr.. Campbell went on to’ say that he hoped local people would invite these new resi- dents and. tell them about Cast- legar. He and dean of students Andy Soles ‘had been made to feel. most welcome since they had arrived, he added. WEST. KOOTENAY. REGIONAL COLLEGE. BECOMES SELKIRK ‘COLLEGE April 14, 1966 Selkirk College is the new name for West' Kootenay Region- al College. : d : The formal name was given the. College by, a. provincial cab- inet order-in-council passed last week, : s e * SELKIRK COLLEGE SEMINAR HAS A HIGH. REGISTRATION April 21, 1966 «More than 500:persons-have registered ‘for the community :|It is anticipated that.the figure, will .rise-.even further before 4 ‘Saturday. - Dr. Rowland F. Grant .of Victoria is the head of the ae gram at Selk : Before accepting this post, _Dr. Grant was assistant’ profes- sor of the department of chemis, at Royal Roads-in Victoria; <= é An analytical chemist, Dr.’ Grant previously worked in the aluminum labratories at Arvida, : Que. with the National’Research Council of Canada, where he was a post: doctorate: fellow, and with the B..C. Research: Council as a.research chemist. Dr. Grant has. held:a num- ber of distinguished awards, in- cluding a Standard’ Oil: Co: ‘fel- lowship and a Research Council fellowship. He has’a number of publications’ in’ the Canadian Journal of Chemistry to his cred- tos _» Born in Manitoba, Dr. Grant received his education at the University of British Columbia. ‘He is married with one child. A ‘staff of 144° volunteer orkers is manning the: semin- ar.'This includes more than: 20 senior high school students who will act.-as parking attendants ‘and ‘guides, as well as. the mem- bers: of the Rossland Secondary School. Cencert “Band who will play. during’ the: ‘opening cere- monies. © ae : SENS ae: s : : SELKIRK:.COLLEGE COSTS. $3,573,877; SR. GOV’T. FUNDS. SUPPLEMENT BYLAW .- DI ollege total being held Saturday in Trail. Of the © $3,573,877. figure, $2,001,000 was the: amount ap- proved by ratepayers ‘of the six school. districts. participating in the College’ while.:$1,572,877::is féderal-provincial assistance pro- vided ,for ‘technical “training facilities, 9...» euneue In: a’ breakdown: of: contri- butions by the various levels of ‘government, the’ report dis- closes that'50 ‘per cent’ ($1,788,- 514)’ is: being: :provided “by. the provincial: government, 28 per cent ($998,924) by the partici- pating ‘school districts and 22 per cent ($786,489) by the fed-|' eral government. The report points out that the participation of the provin- cial and federal’ governments in the technical training agreement has resulted in’ ‘approximately $1,570,000 in addition ‘to the. approved ‘referendum: monies of |: $2,001,000 at no extra cost ‘to the ‘taxpayers of the six partici- pating schosl Zisticte.” The ‘report also, notes that; the construction costs-of! College ‘buildings is approximately. $19.- 50 a square. foot. and adds that this “compares. very favorably. with current: construction costs for similar’ buildings throughout the Province.’’ Ay ASPET : Soy amu aes “REGIONAL ‘COLLEGES CAN SET OWN: ENTRANCE ‘Minister LL. R. Peterson, spea ing at th e Selkirk College semin- ar in: Trail’: =): 3 i 4 eA In‘ his ‘address, the minister An’ eminent California edu- cational’ psychologist, Dr. Emil E. Lubick, is the director: :of guidance “at ‘Selkirk: College... =Dr. Lubick was formerly on}; the:faculty of Long-Beach: City. College: in California, where; he was a: student counsellor and a teacher: in: the department of services. ; “The director . of guidan has had a “varied career, * in- cluding four years of war se! ice as an officer in: the” Unit. ed States Coast:Guard. » -° Dr: Lubick’obtained his: BA. degree from Montana: State Un: iversity of Minnesotta where he majored in educational. psychol- ogy, and:his doctorate of educa-|'th tion degree in guidance from:the University of Southern .Cal- ifornia. ~ ; : From:1959 to 1962: he:serv- ed as.co-ordinator of career guid- ance for the Long Beach Unified Selkirk’s First Campus said that..this’ year: the. first students would’be graduating from the new senior’ schools on the: reorganized ? the former assistant librar- Construction Camp school preean: It: is probable that this class’ will: consist’ of about 50 percent: of those who entered * ‘school -12:-years ago: J 2oWhat:is‘more, this ‘will be - the largest graduating class,:on . “per capita ‘basis, “in ‘Canada. ‘s“But it will not be: large enough. It,is our, hope that,” as ie “new. secondary “stn a 0 é tem’ becomes better established, this 50 per cent proportion will - grow until” it includes “ almost the - whole, rather. than: half’ of e age group,” he added... At -present a high propor-| tion of this: group, almost: 60 “cent: ‘of the. graduating ‘group, -will be: university-bound ‘students who’ have taken:an ian of Moose Jaw Public Lib-|.there Mr: Mansbridge is a grad: uate of. Notre Dame ‘College, Wil- cox, Sask: He: is!an enthusiastic outdeorsman and skier. Director of Guidance _ group: gu: es''with=both junior - and:|'péri arents, with regard ‘par-: tional ‘planning. E _ Dr. Lubick’s interests are varied.--He~spent-- several’ years asian athletic coach and a term School District. In this capacity or -high school students and}: pi ticularly to educational and voca-|; as president’: of-the-East Long Beach Kiwanis ‘club. our privilege and pleasure to assist inthe ex: __.citing beginning f this new institution of learning... . : by making the:old ‘Celgar construction camp available . permanent. university facilities. In. e trust this time will be recalled fondly wen, — and that the spirit of enterprise. anda adventure being shared today will continue to flour- expansive years that lie shead for Selkirk,