EXTRA CREDIT
Seven Tri-City students will share $20,000 from Coast Capital Savings to further their education.
The money was handed out last month to Ali Majdzadeh, Ryan Uy, Lauren Wilson, Chrystal Kell, Brooke Bartlett, Mark Balovnev and Jesse Kazemir.
NEW VP
Douglas College, which has a Coquitlam campus, has a new VP of finance and administration.
Tracey Ternoway, a chartered accountant who has a B.A. in business administration from SFU and last worked as the VP of finance and administration at the Justice Institute of B.C., was named to the college position last month. She will replace Karen Maynes, who is retiring after 26 years.
BEAN COUNTER
Port Moody resident Erica Knutsen last month earned the Harold Clarke Award for Service from the Certified General Accountants Association of B.C.
A corporate controller with Cobra Integrated Systems Group of Companies, Knutsen has served numerous positions within her chapter and, in 2008, received a J.M. Macbeth Award from the organization.
VROOM
Coquitlam's William Bowe drove home a $500 education grant last month from the New Car Dealers Foundation of BC.
The CarCareerBC bursary was awarded to Bowe, who is enrolled in the automotive technician foundation program at BCIT, from Marnie Carter of the Carter auto family. BCIT student Darrell Lau of Coquitlam also received a $500 bursary.
LEGAL CASH
Two partners with the law firm Cassady and Company last month donated $5,000 to the Royal Columbian Hospital, which serves the Tri-Cities. Dorie-Anne Leggett and Dale Framingham handed over the cash to the hospital foundation president and CEO Adrienne Bakker and board vice-chair Doug Eveneshen.
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