Interim President Richard R. McCrary, Ed.D., enjoys his lunch at the holiday party Dec. 9.
REMINDER: Any unclaimed platters, dishes and containers need be picked up immediately in the Workforce and Continuing Education office in Bldg. S.
Snow, bells and trains made an appearance at the Brookhaven College holiday luncheon Dec. 9 as employees rang in the holiday season with friends and food.
Plates were stacked high with turkey, ham and rolls, compliments of the President’s Office, and the dozens of side dishes and desserts provided by employees.
Employees sit back and enjoy the festivities at the annual Holiday Luncheon.
The Holiday Committee white elephant fundraiser garnered $102 – $2 at a time – toward the Student Emergency Book Fund, according to Argie Landa, human resources specialist and committee member.
Additionally, paintings donated by art faculty members Don Taylor and Chong Keun Chu raised more than $800, benefiting the Art Adjunct Staff Development Fund. Edleeca Thompson, humanities professor, won Don Taylor's, while student Lisa Dearborn won Chong Chu's.
Eager buyers browse the many items Art Club members had for sale at the annual Fall Art Sale.
Hundreds of original, high-quality, student-created works of art lined the display tables of the Art Club Sale Dec. 2-3 in the Building S lobby.
The pottery, drawing, painting, printmaking and jewelry items added flair to the lobby, drawing curious shoppers from across the campus and community. Plus, with items of all shapes, sizes and colors, and with prices ranging from below $10 to above $100, there was something for every taste and budget.
Members of the Art Club brought in $5,600 with their one-of-a-kind creations at the Fall Art Sale.
Students received 80 percent of their sales, while the Art Club received 20 percent, club sponsor Susan Mollett said. The funds raised for Art Club will go toward scholarships and guest lecturers/artists. The Student Art Club also will donate a portion to the Smile Train charity, said Mollett, instructional associate.
The Bears basketball team was definitely in the holiday spirit this year.
At its Nov. 24 game, the team collected canned goods and nonperishable items to donate to the Metrocrest Social Services food bank.
Head coach Kevin Hurst said the team gathered enough items to fill five grocery sacks, which he delivered to Metrocrest the following day.
A recently implemented project within the Geospatial Technology Program at Brookhaven College's Ellison Miles Geotechnology Institute is an international field study where instructors posed the questions, "What is spatial significance? How connected are the Earth's natural systems? How healthy are these natural systems, and do my actions affect them? How much do I really consume?”
This new multi-year project, led by J. Scott Sires, professor of geographic information systems, is intended to collect and analyze geospatial data for the purpose of reaching a higher understanding of the environment and our influences upon it.
Student learning is enhanced when the content of the course is related to the environment in which the study takes place. Four professors and 16 students spent Nov. 22-30 at Long Caye, Lighthouse Reef, Belize, approximately 45 miles east of Belize City.
Team leaders included Gerald Bartz, GIS lab coordinator; Pamela Kersh, MPA, ESRI, solutions engineer; and Dorotthy Bartz, RN, who performed six days of surveys in three teams: Bathymetric Mapping Survey, Shoreline Debris Survey and Environmental Characteristics Survey.
Nine hundred and sixty (960) hours of collection data samples were then loaded into a geospatial marine data model for visualization, analysis and revelations.
Belize has an extraordinary barrier reef and atoll ecosystem that is part of the Mesoamerican Reef System, the second largest reef system in the world. Twice yearly return trips are anticipated, perhaps for as long as 10 years.
Students, staff and community members met Dec. 10 for a slide show presentation to review the findings of the trip. Special thanks were extended to Joyce Williams, District Office, and Dr. Aaron Ostrom, BHC executive dean, for facilitating the travel arrangements.
