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Dean’s List - November QuarterDanyelle Burton Chane CrabtreeTosha Dixon Tiffany Giasscock

Courtney Mahaffey David MooreRichard Novak Christina Pitzer

Julianna Reker Amy RogersAndrea Self Kyle Sullivan

Stephen Truett Amanda Williams

Congratulations

President’s Honor GPA 4.0

Terri Croswait Earl Flynn Sarah Geers Shannon House

Melinda Johnson Jenny Richardson LaShawne Stewart Gregory Walker

Congratulations to our Pending Graduates

Tina Varney Jennifer Baldwin

Marva J. Allen Danielle M. Campbell

Tiffinee R. Brumfield Chenika N. Freeman

Edna E. Boyer Alexis Love

David Goff Carol L. McMullen

Lisa D. Davis Amber Thomas

Daymara L. Irvin Donna J. Toure

Talia R. Mobley Julie Castator

Patricia Versetto Amber N. Crawford

Jennifer Miller Yvonne G. Fowlkes

Harley Dudley Kristin D. Jones

Zachary Franco Terah L. Jones

Selina Greene Alisha N. Kloth

Kendra L. Howell Shantell M. Ray

Jessica Philpot Sonya Sims

Sandra J. Smith Natasha N. Vandergriff

Jennifer A. Whitt Tasha L. Washington

Please go to www.heartmini.org - or-See Angie Garrison in Career Servicesto join our team

Brown Mackie is organizing a team to walk, run and fundraise for the 38th Heart Mini, on March 15, 2015!

Pamela Boomershine

Evelyn Brown

Kelly GreeneJames Hunter

Pamela Landwehr

Christopher Mazander

Stacey Meyer

Caitlyn Milner

Ola Rosenthal

YOLANDA STRICKLAND

Tosha Stutson

Lacresia TaylorDestiny Vargo

Asia Wright

PICK 1 DATE

1/7 - 2:00pm

1/12 – 6:00pm

1/14 – 2:00pm

2/4 – 2:00pm

2/9 – 6:00pm

2/11 – 2:00pm

Severe Weather Information

Check all local TV news stations

Arrange for transportation

Brown Mackie College students will take the Noel Levitz Student Satisfaction Inventory during the week of February 9th -13th.

50% of the student population will be asked to participate.

If your class is participating, your instructor will set aside class time for the survey, and give you directions on taking it.

The survey is web-based. No pencils required. Please make sure that you are bringing your iPad to class.

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Black History Month

BET was the first African-American controlled company to sell shares on the New York Stock Exchange.

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Black History Month

In 1950, writer Gwendolyn Brooks was the first African

American to win the Pulitzer Prize for her poetry collection, Annie

Allen.

Black History Month

Bessie Coleman was the first licensed African-American female pilot. She received

aviation instruction in France.

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Black History Month

Jack Johnson was the first African-American heavyweight boxing champion of the world.

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Black History Month

In 1845, Macon Bolling Allen became the first African

American to pass the bar and practice law in the United

States.

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Black History Month

In 1932, Jane Bolin became the first black woman to become a U.S. judge.

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Black History Month

Politician and educator Shirley Chisholm was the first African-American congresswoman and

the first major-party African-American candidate for

President of the United States.

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Black History Month

Richard Allen founded the first national black church in

the United States, the African Methodist Episcopal Church,

in 1816.

Black History Month

Ernie Davis was the first African-American athlete to be the No.1 pick in the NFL draft and the first

African American to win the Heisman Trophy

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Black History Month

Marian Anderson, a gifted contralto singer,

became the first African American to perform with

the New York Metropolitan Opera in 1955.

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Black History Month

Model and actress Halle Berry became the first African-

American woman to win the Academy Award for best

actress in 2001, for her role in Monster's Ball.

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Black History Month

In 1947, Larry Doby became the first African American to break the

color barrier in the American League—less than three months after Jackie Robinson integrated

major league baseball.

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Black History Month

Maya Angelou's autobiographical book I

Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, published in 1969, is

the first non-fiction best-seller by an African-American

woman.

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Black History Month

A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. was a U.S. civil rights advocate and attorney who co-founded the first African American

law firm in Philadelphia. As a judge, he later became the youngest person

appointed to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

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Black History Month

Poet Rita Dove was appointed poet laureate consultant in poetry to the

Library of Congress in 1993—becoming both the youngest person

and the first African American to receive that appointment.

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Black History Month

Arthur Ashe became the first African American to win the U.S. Open in 1968, the first African-

American Wimbledon champion in 1975, and the first black U.S. citizen to be inducted into the International

Tennis Hall of Fame in 1985.

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Black History Month

In 1983, Guion Bluford became the first black astronaut to travel in

space.

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Black History Month

Civil Rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois was the first

African American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard

University.

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Black History Month

Lisa Perez Jackson is a chemical engineer who in 2008

became the first African American to head the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency.

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Black History Month

Mae C. Jemison became the first black female astronaut in

1992.