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Brookhaven College employee newsletter: Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Courtyard Chatter

Employees Enjoy Programs And Fun of Conference Day

Conference Day Committee

  • Joy Bailey, WCE - employee presenter: Realizing What You Could Do
  • Bonnie Brisendine, WCE - food committee
  • Curt Capetillo, LRC - room coordinator
  • Evonne Clark, Mathematics and Science - food committee
  • Sylvia Coffey, Multicultural Center - welcome and name tags
  • Bob Crook, LeCroy Center - employee presenter: Media Repository
  • Adrien Cuellar-McGuire, BCSA - employee presenter: Human Migration: Borders and National Interests
  • Meridith Danforth, MPI Office - event photographer
  • Vicki DeFord, Mathematics and Science - programming co-chair
  • Victor De la Vega, Facilities Services - furniture set ups
  • Bob Ferguson, DCCCD Trustee, TD Industries - presenter: Look Beyond the Differences
  • Sarah Ferguson, LRC - room coordinator
  • Juanita Zapata Flint, Health and Human Services - anniversary cake and music at luncheon
  • Jamie Jenkins, WCE - food committee chair and table decorations
  • Sam Govea, Social Science - employee presenter: Wikis, Blogs and Podcasts; Karaoke
  • Sarah Graifemberg, WCE - food committee
  • Tommy Gallegos, Facilities Services - facilities
  • Otilio Guerrero, Facilities Services - furniture set ups
  • Travis Haapala, MPI Office - online registration programmer
  • Kay Hampshire, LeCroy Center- employee presenter: Robust Media
  • Russell Hixon, MPI Office - nametags with schedules on the back
  • Blanca Klingensmith, Media - media
  • Melanie Gamble, EMGI - programming support
  • Mark Lopez, Police Department - police and special parking
  • Sarah Lopez, MPI Office - presenter nametags, purchasing support
  • Enacio Luna, Facilities Services - furniture setups
  • Randy Malone, Mathematics and Sience Division, presenter packets
  • Deanie Martin, Business Office - programming support
  • Susan Maxey, Science Department - presenter packets
  • Cynthia Mills, Fine Art Department - employee presenter: Fort Worth Museum of Art
  • Jack Nation, Facilities Services - furniture set ups
  • Aaron Ostrom, Special Programs - programming support/contracts and host for Chocolate Apothecary
  • Stan Pittman, EMGI - employee presenter: Rocks for Breakfast
  • Vincent Price, Facilities Services - facilities
  • Jane Quetin, Drama Department - mobiles in Building S
  • Czarina Reyes, Math Department, employee presenter: Cha-Cha Slide
  • Stephanie Sarles MPI Office - program printing, publicity and event photography
  • Carrie Schweitzer, President's Office - programming support for presenter's hosts
  • Anahita Sidhwa, Science Department - Harry Schneider, Facilities Services - furniture set ups
  • Crista Sikes, Facilities Services - processing all Conference Day workorders
  • Monica Taliaferro, MPI Office, Conference Day chair
  • Sheri Van Court, World Languages - programming co-chair
  • Monica Wenthold, Health and Human Services - anniversary cake delivery
  • John Williams, Social Science Division - emcee
  • Oslynn Williams, MPI Office - art for mobiles
  • Tim Williams, MPI Office - presenter parking passes, banners and signs
  • Sylvia Wise, WCE - programming support
  • Sandy Wyche, Business Studies Division - welcome and name tags
  • Joanne Yarley, Police Department - employee presenter: Karaoke

Conference Day at Brookhaven College seems to have been a strong success according to feedback to date. Months of planning and some long days of hard work paid off for all the employees who helped coordinate this year’s event.

From food to finance to fitness, the presentations offered fun and education to employees throughout the day. Monica Taliaferro, director of marketing, headed this year’s conference committee for a second year with programming co-chairs Sheri Van Court, professor of ESOL, and Vicki DeFord, student support coordinator, and help from more than 50 employees. Since many of them were here early to help setup and stayed late to cleanup, someone should ask if they got that extra money John Williams offered.

This year’s event began with brief remarks from John, event emcee and psychology professor, who introduced recorded comments from the chancellor as well as highlights from the District Awards Program. Some employees departed early on the first field trip of the day for “Retracing the Steps of Lee Harvey Oswald” through the Dallas Historical Society, while others spent their afternoon at the Fort Worth Museum of Art.

For those who stayed at the college there were sessions on everything ranging from team-building to cupcake decorating, coping with change, to changing your wardrobe, or human migration to going green. The college also welcomed Bob Ferguson, DCCCD trustee, for a presentation focusing on how to build community in a business by looking beyond differences.