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REHEARSING for a recent performance in Richmond, Sandra Hinder (1) and Neil Spence demonstrate the form
which has drawn much attention to the two young North Shore dancers, Both are aged 13 and pupils of Elizabeth
Roper in West Vancouver. Sandra, who has had only one and a half year's training, recently won scholarships to the

Ballet Society, the National Ballet of Canada and to San Francisco. She is going to the National Ballet of Canada for
the summer. (Terry Peters photo)

‘Home’ university scores

top marks with B.C. students

B.C.’s ‘university-in-the-home’ — the Open
Learning Institute serving students throughout the
province from its operating base in Richmond —
has just celebrated its second birthday and its

future looks good...

Dr. John Ellis, principal of
the institute since its birth by
provincial mandate in June
1978, speaks with pride of
the accomplishments of
OLI's first two years.

‘We've made truly
remarkable progress,” he
said. ‘We've been able to

develop 37 good quality
courses in our three year
program areas, and to
provide them to more than
4,500 people who previously

had littl opportunity to
further their cducation. |
OLI was created to
provide university,
career/technical/ vocational
and adult basic education
programs for those who can't
attend conventional = in-
stitutions because of work

schedules, family com-
mitments, geographic
tsolation or physical han-

dicaps.

‘lt is a great source of

satisfaction to me that OLI
has been able to serve these
people,’ said Ellis. “Many
students have written to us
expressing gratitude for the
chance to take courses when
their circumstances do not
permit class attendance.’

Eths gives much credit for
OLI's success to its staff.
‘The peopic who joined us
have such a wide range of
talents and such a high level
of competence that OLI was
almost guaranteed = to
achieve its objectives. Their
solid academic strength and
their outstanding technical
expertise are evident in the
quality of OLI's products

and services. Working with
OLI personnel has been
exciting and most rewar-
ding.’

If OLI has any
weaknesses, Ellis deems
them related to carly stages
of the institute's develop-
ment. He noted that OLI did
not even hire its senior staff
until January 1979. Yet in
1980-81, OL] ecxpects to
offer 55 courses to 10,000
students. In most in-
stitutions, just the planning
and construction of
buildings take two years.
Clearly, OLT has come a long
way ina short time.
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