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Brookhaven College employee newsletter: Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Sharon's Corner

Sharon’s Corner

Wow! We’re half way through Summer I; can you believe it? Thanks to all of you who helped to make this one of our most successful summer enrollments in the last five years.  Read More »

Camp Brookhaven

Camp Brookhaven

Where else would you have had an opportunity to spend time with colleagues, learn a new skill and be a little silly doing it? Camp Brookhaven! The Professional Development Office, along with other volunteers, created this fun and functional camp focusing on technology.  Read More »

Brookhaven College Student Wins National Civic Service Award

Campus Compact has awarded the 2007 Frank Newman Leadership Award, which honors outstanding civic leadership, to Roslynn Almas, a sophomore at Brookhaven College. Campus Compact is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting community service, civic engagement and service-learning in higher education.  Read More »

Professor Chooses Boulder Over Tree

Susan Maxey

Walk into the K-building from the center of the campus. Look out over the railing through the opposite window wall. You will see my 25-year rock. I teach geology, so I wanted a rock, not a tree.  Read More »

Preparing for Citizenship Focus for New College Course

Students preparing for citizenship

Citizenship for legal residents is at the core of a new course and a new partnership at Brookhaven College. The Corporate and Continuing Education Division has added a new course, U.S.A. Citizenship, to meet the needs of Dallas’ portion of the more than 800,000 legal residents in Texas who are eligible to apply for U.S. citizenship.  Read More »

“Horrors” to Bring Big Laughs to Brookhaven College

Little Shop of Horrors poster

How can a carnivorous plant bring together an unlikely couple? Theatre Brookhaven presents “Little Shop of Horrors" as this year’s summer musical June 28-July 8 so the audience can find the answer.  Read More »

Two New Brookhaven Babies

Julienne Margaret

Congratulations to Raymond Imaican and his wife Delia, and Charlie Isaksson and his wife Jahilyn on the newest additions to their families.  See pictures here»

Personnel Changes and Updates Approved for 2008

Personnel Changes

At the May 2 Planning and Budget meeting, cost center managers were given the opportunity to present their justification for additional personnel in 2008. A total of 14 requests were presented to the committee.  Read More »

Notes from the PSSA

Find out who is in the spotlight as the featured member of the PSSA this month or catch up on what is happening with your co-workers.  Read More »

Brookhaven College Receives Grant to Train Dallas-area Employees

Grant from TWC

The Dallas area workforce will benefit from a $272,196 job-training grant from the Skills Development Fund that the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) administers. Brookhaven College has partnered with Source Inc. to provide the training for workers.  Read More »

News Notes

Lynne Levesque

With a month between editions of the Courtyard Chatter during the summer terms, you can miss out on a lot of college news pretty quickly. Take a few moments to see what else has been happening at the college and celebrate the accomplishments of students and co-workers.  Read More »

Head Start At College Gets Grant for Play Equipment

Head Start playground

Head Start of Greater Dallas, Inc., HSGD, has received a grant from the Carl B. and Florence E. King Foundation for $30,000. The grant will support the installation of new playground equipment at the recently constructed Brookhaven College Head Start Center, which will open its doors in August 2007.  Read More »