Spring Break
A sibling of a student at the Head Start Center at Brookhaven College was diagnosed with type A influenza. The center was notified April 29. As a result, the Center is closed through May 5. Dr. Richard McCrary, interim president of Brookhaven College, said, "The sibling has contracted type A [influenza] and that takes about seven days for the CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] to confirm if it is swine flu.
Many students who have benefited from the Achieving the Dream program have probably never heard of it. In 2004, the Lumina Foundation for Education awarded Brookhaven College a five-year grant to develop projects or programs to help more students succeed, particularly for cohorts of students who traditionally face significant barriers - low-income students and minorities, Daniel Hubbard, director of institutional research, said.
Don Cockrell, athletic and equipment coordinator for more than 25 years at Brookhaven College, who was loved and depended on by thousands of student athletes, died April 24 in his sleep at the age of 52. Lynne Levesque, athletic director, said, "There is a long, extended list of thousands of student athletes over the years that have come through our program who were certainly touched by him.
Brookhaven College honored more than 225 graduates who are registered for the May 14 commencement with a party on campus April 22. Thoa Vo, director of admissions and registrar, said since she started her job in 1999, Brookhaven surpassed the largest number of registered graduates for commencement this spring.
