Cabinets and committees are grouped according to purpose and scope.
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This senior level cabinet acts as a brain trust for the president, deliberates and makes decisions concerning programs, personnel, buildings and committees. It is also the arena where potential problems and confidential, sensitive matters are discussed.
This cabinet receives the president’s report from the Chancellor’s Cabinet and communicates information to the rest of the college. It serves as a sounding board for major college decisions and directions. This group may also discuss confidential matters.
This team plans how the college will allocate its financial resources to advance Brookhaven College’s mission. The team meets periodically to help determine funding priorities in preparation for the annual budget build, when additional funds are available or when reallocation is necessary due to loss of funds.
In preparation for development of the Comprehensive Facilities Improvement Plan for the DCCCD, the following responsibilities are assigned:
The Executive Team is the steering committee for the Lumina Foundation Achieving the Dream grant to review activities and results, making modifications in approaches and adjusting targets as needed.
The core team’s charge is to identify existing values, assumptions, structures and systems at the college that nurture and impede student success, while considering leverage points to improve student outcomes. Further, the team is charged with helping to lead a process for setting institutional priorities, goals and strategies.
In concert with the data team, the core team is charged with engaging students, faculty, community leaders and others in dialogue about the findings from the analysis of the data on student achievement and proposed actions to increase success, while promoting sustainability by ensuring that strategies are aligned with the college budget and strategic plan. Finally, they are to provide leadership to spread a culture of inquiry, reflection and commitment to student success throughout the college.
The data team is charged with developing a candid analysis of the college’s performance with respect to student outcomes, with a special focus on low-income students, students of color, and others who face barriers to success. Through building a culture of evidence, this team will present findings in a clear and compelling way that show where the college is doing well and where it needs to improve.
In concert with the core team, this team is charged with developing data as an essential part of the diagnosis, while seeking input from students and faculty to identify strengths and weaknesses of current college policies, structures and services. Finally, the team is charged with conducting an audit of existing programs to determine how well they serve low income students, students of color and others who face barriers to success.
The purpose of the committee is to assess, determine need and implement improvements for educational and campus access. These may include, but are not limited to diversity, safety, emergency and procedural issues.
To guide development of the permanent collection, to accept or reject donations or purchases for the collection, to recommend sites for installation of art work, to approve requests for external funding, and to approve storing or de-accessioning of art work.
The Bookstore Advisory team provides an opportunity to communicate bookstore issues and receive feedback in a group setting with representation from administration, faculty, staff, students, and contracted bookstore staff. The advisory team serves as liaison between the campus community and contracted bookstore management.
The Brookhaven Communications Management Group determines how technology and the Communications Module in Colleague can best be used to impact student success and student retention.
The CCEC leads the college in designing, implementing and reporting assessment measures for the educational objectives of courses within the Core Curriculum.
The college Curriculum Committee is appointed by the college president and has the responsibility to review proposed curriculum revisions submitted by district curriculum committees that impact courses and programs offered by the college.
To ensure a comprehensive schedule and maximize space utilization.
The Food Service Advisory Team provides an opportunity to communicate food service and vending issues and receive feedback in a group setting with representation from administration, faculty, staff, students, and contracted food service staff. This advisory team serves as liaison between the campus community and contracted food service management.
The committee is formed to review budgets pertaining to the use of student services funds generated by students and to advise college personnel on the usage of such monies to assure that student needs are adequately addressed. This committee will also advise the college president of any proposal to increase student services budgetary issues to meet student needs.
To process student requests for full refund of tuition after they have dropped courses.
The Safety and Loss Prevention team shall review campus and community issues related to environmental, health, safety and risk, and make appropriate recommendations for corrective or preventive actions to the President’s Cabinet. The campus safety team periodically reviews and provides updates to the Emergency Response Plan and Disaster Recovery Plan.
The purpose of this team is also to discuss campus safety issues and attempt to resolve the safety concern in order to minimize risk to the people on our campus, students or staff. The risk of financial loss is minimized by resolving safety issues.
To aid in the development and maintenance of an on-going technology plan that could be incorporated as part of the college strategic planning process and to evaluate and communicate emerging technologies to the Brookhaven College community.
This committee was formed to respond to House Bill 1678, now codified as Texas Education Code 61.086. The purpose is to conduct an internal and external analysis to develop measurable recruiting and retention goals. Based on the results of the analysis, we will develop a marketing plan to attract, recruit and retain a diverse population. After the plan is implemented, we will monitor and adjust its ability to meet its goals.
Contributes to planning and presenting annual awards and recognition events at Brookhaven College. Advises on changes needed in process, implementation of new activities, etc.
The committee is responsible for the planning/orchestration of the annual Brookhaven College graduation. The event takes place in May of each year. The committee is responsible for the site recommendations each year and the college events planned to celebrate students’ success.
Plan and present a December luncheon to celebrate winter holidays.
Design annual charitable giving campaign for Brookhaven College as part of the system-wide campaign and collect pledges from Brookhaven College employees to meet designated contribution goals.
