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Dickinson recognized for distinguished service in education

By College Relations | May 11, 2011
   

2011 Distinguished Service Award recipient, Gary Dickinson
2011 Distinguished Service Award recipient, Gary Dickinson

Dr. Gary Dickinson will be honoured by 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 College at its Summer Convocation ceremony with the Distinguished Service Award for two decades of leadership and dedication to 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 College as well as for outstanding service to his community.

Dickinson has a long and valued history with 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 College and its predecessor, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 University College. With a career devoted to education that spanned more than 35 years, Dickinson worked in B.C. Secondary schools and post-secondary institutions until retiring in 2000. The last 20 years of his career were spent at 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 College and OUC.

鈥淭his is a very meaningful and relevant award for 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 College,鈥 explained President Jim Hamilton. 鈥淚n the six years since becoming the new 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 College we have only recognized two individuals with the Distinguished Service Award. Gary joins former Regional Dean Lynda Wilson in sharing the honour of becoming a Distinguished Service Award recipient and he is very much deserving. Gary did much to develop and promote learning and teaching at OUC and that legacy lives on at 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 College.鈥

Dickinson holds three degrees from the University of British Columbia. A Doctorate of Education, a Master鈥檚 of Arts in Adult Education and a Bachelor of Education in Secondary Education.

After teaching positions in the Kimberly School District, East Kootenay Community College - where he was the institution鈥檚 first president - and after a spell as an associate professor at the University of British Columbia, Dickinson joined 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 College in 1981 in the role of South 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 Regional Director, a position he maintained for five years before leading the Faculty of Adult and Continuing Education, where he was Dean for 14 years.

Dickinson鈥檚 leadership in Continuing Education contributed to the faculty鈥檚 growth and development throughout the region. At the time he joined the College, community education had been identified as an area of importance in which the needs of the community could be addressed. Between 1988 and 1993, total course registrations for CE centres alone grew by 24 per cent, exceeding 33,000 registrations in 1993.

鈥淚 began working for 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 College when Gary had become the Dean of Continuing Education,鈥 said Charlotte Kushner, Director of Continuing Studies at 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 College. 鈥淭he growth of our operation was very much a testament to his knowledge, skills and leadership in the area of adult education and continuing education operations. In fact, he was known around the province as the guru of all things continuing education.鈥

Dickinson spent the last year and a half of his career with OUC in an acting role as Vice President of Education. He retired from post-secondary in 2000.

During his career Dickinson spent a great deal of time using his education and knowledge for the betterment of a variety of working groups and boards. He was a member of the Task Force on Community Colleges, a member of the Vancouver Community College Board of Governors, President of the 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 Summer School of the Arts, Director of the Penticton Chamber of Commerce, Director of the Penticton Hospice Society, and Chair of the Ministry of Education Advisory Committee on Continuing Education.

Since retiring from OUC, Dickinson has followed his interest in continuing education by serving as President of the Society for Learning in Retirement, a 700-member organization providing educational programs for seniors in the Central 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询. 

More recently he has served as a member of the 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 College Regional Advisory Committee since it was formed in 2006 and was elected as Chair in 2008, a position he continues to hold. He is currently also a community representative on the 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 College Research Ethics Board.

Dickinson鈥檚 exemplary career and dedicated service will be honoured at 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 College鈥檚 Summer Convocation ceremony on June 29 at 6 p.m. in Kelowna.



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