CHAPARRAL

CLASSIFIED COUNCIL CORNER
by Catherine Crawford, Classified Council President

	2006 Student Workers Scholarship recipients

The classified spring BBQ honoring Dr. John Davitt and our scholarship winners was a great success. CSEA and the Classified Council combined forces to organize this event, and it was certainly one to remember.  Not only was the food exceptionally good, but so was the company and camaraderie.  We were very privileged to have Dr. and Mrs. Davitt attend as our guests of honor.

     Grateful thanks must go to the Classified Retirement Committee, Margaret Nadir (chair), Merrilee Ahaus, Saodat Aziskhanova, Abe Barakat, Heather Glenn, Faye Henson, Nidal Kobiassi, Alex Leon, Fran Pehar, and Nance Spray, for all the work and planning that they did.
     Special appreciation must also go to Larry Serot, Steve White and Hoover Zariani for their generous financial support and to Fran Pehar from the Garfield campus for donating all the wonderful flowers that graced every table.  I would also like to thank Stephany Snyder and Anjali Stanislaus of the GCC bookstore.

     This year, Classified Council gave three scholarships totaling $1,100. Wendy Grove and her scholarship committee had a very difficult task selecting the winners from the talented and deserving pool of applicants.  The scholarship recipients were Armine Melkomian from Financial Aid, Elsa Urquilla from the Study Abroad office, and Rubina Hairapetian from ITS.
     I would like to draw everyone’s attention to the on-campus event honoring Dr. Davitt on Thursday, May 25, 2006, from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Verdugo Gym.  There is no cost to attend this event, and I would love to see a huge classified turnout. Special permission has been given for most offices to be closed during this time. Please visit http://www.glendale.edu/davitt/ to register electronically.

     Classified retirees are warmly invited to attend an all-campus party to honor them on Friday, June 2, 2006. If you are retiring soon, don’t forget to fill in the information form online, so that you too will be included in all the festivities.  Please visit http://www.glendale.edu/retirementevents/form/ to complete the form.

     Classified Employees week starts on May 22.  As usual we will be holding events on campus to celebrate this special week.  Watch the bulletin board in the mailroom for details. &                     

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