Kuwait professors graduate .from college Durham College is holding a special ceremony for its graduating Kuwait students today (Wednesday>. To meet the needs of employer. and provide relevant education with current competitive job skills, the Kuwait Public Authority of Applied Education & Training is changing their procega of curriculum development. The .curriculum development being studied is sinilar to the system used at Durham College. Since the 'beginning cf July, 18 professors from Kuwait College & Training Institutes have been attending Durham College and will be celebrating the completion cf a curriculum development program for vocationally oriented fraininig. The goal of the project was to develop skills in the area cf task analysis and then apply the analyuis -to the development of training profiles. The Kuwait delegates were able te apply hands-on techniques.te actual work processes and experience their task analysis akilla by to>uring and observing local industries in Durham Region. The companies involved were *General . Motors, Chrysler Canada, Halco Building - Components, Alderbrook Industries, Nemate Compos 'ites Imc., MacDonald. -Restaurants and Oshawa General Hospital. Durham College offers contract project training through Canedcom International Ltd. "They will leave Durham College with a broader knowledge of Western eduatinalphilosophies and implement what they have learned ini their educational system'ff says Bar"y Stedman-Smith, director of international education at DurhamCollege. Whitby Free Press, Wednesday, August 21, 1996, Page 5 OPENING NIGHT: Thursday, August 22nd 7-lOpm $25. Friday 1-8pm Saturday 1O-5pm Suuday ll-5pm $5.00 * COLLECTOR DAYS- TREASURES 11) Saturday 1 l-lpm~ Brian Musselwhite ROM Sunday 1 -3pm Mary Sutherland 41Reynolds Street, Whitby e 668-3358 Chvrle Go ldmoil APPOINTEENT NOTICE jean Adunatowkz The Board, of Govemors of Oshawa General Hospital are .pleased to announce the election -of Jean Achmatowicz to the position of Chair of the Board. Mrs. Achmatowicz Ioned the Board ln 1989 and nrngs to her new position an Impressive' array of ex- perience gained through numerous appointments. She is respected lin Durham Region for lnvoivment ln tme areas of,. community mental health, speciai needs and heaith care' services deiivery. Mrs. Achmatowicz resides n Ashbum in the Town. of Whitby. Among her many accomplishments are two provincial appointments and the Canada Volunteer Award presented in 1986 by Health and Welfare Canada. Mrs. Achrnatowicz was a member of the Ontario Minister of Health's Task Force - Community Mental Health Programs and aiso served -as Chair, of the Community Advisory Board, Ontario Provincial Psychiatric Hospital, Whitby. Currentiy Mrs. Achmatowicz serves as an Executive Member, Region #3, of the Ontario Hospital Association, and is founding Chair of the Hospital Council of Durham Region. Serving Durham Region and beyond, Oshawa General Hospital empioys 2,000 staff and has ove' 200 active medical staff. It is the iargest heaith care facility between the eastemn boundary of Metro Toronto and Kingston. A major hospitai. re- development prject is underway and ýwiii nclude»a new ,emergency/critical ,care wing and preparatiôns for the new Durham -Community Cancer Centre. OSHAWA HOSPTIAL GRADUATE PROGRAM