Anna Rowinska is sitting on top of the world. Or at least, a good thousand metres above sea level. For the past five years, Anna’s been the Marketing and Events Coordinator at Mt Seymour. It’s a dream job for the avid snowboarder, who graduated from the Douglas College Hospitality Management program in 2005. “I love it,” she says. “I’ve been growing every single year, every single season with this job. I’m able to explore more options, do more marketing, do more events. And the company has really allowed me to do my own thing.” After… Read More

Do you have bad memories of high school English class? So much that you’re dreading taking English at college? Have no fear, because Douglas English instructor Brenna Clarke Gray speaks your language. A lover of new technologies and different ways of learning, Brenna will help you find your way into the study of literature at a level you can appreciate. A text is a text is a text “I like to start the semester with TV shows or graphic novels or films,” she says. “I find the same student who is super nervous about… Read More

Wondering what it takes to be a well-rounded person? For Cody Sterzer, it means getting a liberal arts degree. “Someone once told me a liberal arts degree is designed to do one thing: make the world inside your head a better place,” he says. “I never forgot it.” The A student is planning to become a history professor, but his path wasn’t always clear. A self-described slacker in high school, Cody had his “OMG” moment when he took a history course at Douglas. “Watching the instructor was fascinating. That’s when it hit me like a truck: I needed to do what he was doing. I needed… Read More