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Originally called the Curriculum Review Committee prior to being established as a standing committee of the College Council in 1975, the Program Development Committee’s primary function was to review program proposals and to present reports and recommendations to the Council (and later the Board). These reports and recommendations were related to new, revised, or discontinued programs; educational priorities; innovative systems of instructions; admission policies; and instructional requirements for planned physical facilities.

In October 1980, the Program Development Committee’s name and terms of reference were modified slightly. It became the Program Review & Development Committee.

In January 1996, the Education Committee was established as the successor to the College Board’s Education & Services Committee. Initially it maintained many of the same responsibilities as in its previous iteration but with a new emphasis on providing a link between the College Board and the Education Council. By 1999, much of the Committee’s responsibilities were set out in the College and Institute Act, which had become legislation in 1996. The Committee endeavoured to clarify and foster the link between each of the College’s governing bodies, reviewing information and advice the Board received from the Education Council. The Committee also reviewed matters requiring joint approval of the Board and the Education Council, and it carried out any responsibilities delegated to it by the Board.

The Education Committee was discontinued in 2000 following a re-evaluation of the Board’s committee structure.

Briefly called the Building and Sites Development Committee when it was first established as a standing committee of the College in early 1975, by May of that year the Committee’s name was changed to the Sites and Buildings Planning and Development Committee. (Prior to being formally designated a standing committee, it had also been called the Sites Committee.)

The Committee’s primary function was to study proposals and make recommendations to Council on topics pertaining to the development of buildings and sites. The Committee was tasked with initiating long-term planning for the provision of sites for future developments, to examine and recommend specific site acquisitions, to meet with municipal councils in the College region, to act on behalf of the Council with respect to jointly owned facilities, and to review and assess the suitability of project consultants.

In 1981, following the split between Douglas and Kwantlen, the Sites and Buildings Planning and Development Committee (by then a committee of the College Board) amalgamated with other committees to become the Finance, Facilities and Personnel Committee.

The Community Relations Development Committee was established as a standing committee of the College Board in April 1984. Its purpose at that time was “to provide a focus for and an overview of policies and programs to enhance public information, community resource development and college-based community development activities.” Later that year, fundraising activities was added to the Committee’s terms of reference. The Committee also provided recommendations to the Board and served as a liaison with College administration regarding issues related to public relations.

In November 1990, the Committee’s name was changed back to the Community Relations Committee.

Born in Alberta in 1928, Henry Waack began teaching in Claresholm, Alberta at a young age. After honing his musical talents teaching and playing across various locales in Alberta, including Lethbridge, Jasper Park, and Mt. Royal college, he and his family moved to New Westminter in 1970. There, Henry became a founding faculty member at Douglas College, teaching piano in the Music Department. He was musical director of over 75 musicals at the college, and taught regularly until his retirement in 1998. After retiring, he continued to teach at the college’s Community Music School, as well as participate in community and music program concerts. Upon his retirement, the Henry Waack Scholarship Fund was established, awarding $1,000 each year to Douglas College Music students. Henry helped support this scholarship by periodically holding fundraising concerts, in which he would participate. He continued to teach privately until only months before his passing in October 2013.

A structural reorganization at Douglas College in 1997 created the Faculty of Language, Literature, and Performing Arts. This new faculty combined the previously existing Department of English and Communications and portions of the Department of Arts & Humanities to form the administrative body. Currently, the Faculty of Language, Literature, and Performing Arts is responsible for instruction on the following subjects: Communications, English Language Learning and Acquisition (ELLA), English, Creative Writing, Fine and Performing Arts, Music, Modern Languages, Stagecraft and Event Technology, Theatre, and Gender and Women's Studies. Lorna McCallum served as Dean from 1997-2004.

For the academic years 1986-1987, the Department of English and Communications was renamed to the Department of English and Basic Communications. It maintained the areas of study it was responsible for, including English speaking and reading skills, and Communications courses. The following academic year (1988), its name was reverted back to the Department of English and Communications, which it maintained until a restructuring of the College faculties in 1997.

The Douglas College Board (more often referred to simply as the College Board) was formed in 1979 as the result of passage of the College and Institute Act. Under the legislation, colleges became corporations and their councils became boards. The composition of college boards no longer required representation from school board officials, but otherwise the powers and responsibilities of the board were largely were largely unchanged.

The Douglas College Board acts on behalf of the public, and oversees the affairs of the organization (including property, revenue and expenditure), performing duties aligned with the College and Institute Act to support proper administration and advancement of Douglas College. The board focuses on policy and strategic leadership rather than administrative detail.

The first board chairperson was Helen Casher who held the position from 1979-1981.