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CCBC Jumps into June with Summer Classes and Events

Make CCBC your summer destination for summer classes and local theatre fare!

There’s no downtime at the Community College of Baltimore County which graduates its class of 2012 on June 3 and begins summer session 1 on June 4. 

But summer classes are not the only happenings at CCBC—Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre mounts its 40th season [and what a blockbuster season it is!]; the Alumni Association kicks up its heels at The OPI in Rosedale and Thursday Tours continue.  You can expand your horizons with non-credit courses this summer too.  Call 443-840-4700 for information or a catalog, or visit www.ccbcmd.edu/ceed.  There’s still have time to enroll your child in the Summer Learning Adventures Camps, if you call 443-840-4700 for information or visit www.ccbcmd.edu/ceed

Registration for the credit classes for the fall 2012 semester is underway at www.ccbcmd.edu/registration.

June 4, 18– all CCBC campuses
Summer session 1 credit classes begin June 4 (for 5-, 6-, and 10-week sessions) and June 18 (for 7-week sessions).
Register online at www.ccbcmd.edu/registration. 

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June 7, 14, 21, 28 – all CCBC main campuses
Take a Thursday Tour of a CCBC campus and find out how easy it is for you to become a CCBC student.
Register at www.ccbcmd.edu/infosessions or call 443-840-1377

June 14 – Olde Philadelphia Inn
The CCBC Alumni Association will hold a mixer from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, June 14 at O.P.I. (Olde Philadelphia Inn) at 9510 Old Philadelphia Road, Baltimore, MD 21237.   Please call Janice Evans at 443-840-3163 to RSVP or for more information. 

June 15 – CCBC Catonsville
Jobs at CCBC - Human Resources Fair
June 15, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Gym, CCBC Catonsville
The Human Resources department is hosting its annual Jobs at CCBC Fair to create an awareness of available faculty and staff employment opportunities on CCBC campuses and extension centers. 

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Since employment applications are only accepted online, computers will be available for attendees to view the jobs available as well as to actually apply online.  HR representatives will be on hand to walk applicants through the process. For additional information, call the HR EZline at 443-840-4739.

June 15- July 1 – CCBC Essex
Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre - Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “The King and I”
June 15-July 1, times vary, Mainstage, B Building Theatre, CCBC Essex
Travel with us to 1862 as British widow Anna becomes tutor, advisor and unlikely friend to the extravagant and charming King of Siam.
Tickets $20 adults, $18 seniors, $12 children at the CCBC Box Office 443-840-2787 (ARTS)

June 22 – July 1 – CCBC Essex
Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre - “Steel Magnolias”
June 22-July 1, times vary, Cabaret, B Building upper level, CCBC Essex
Six women.  One beauty shop. One of the funniest, most heart-wrenching plays of contemporary American theatre.
Tickets $16 adults, $14 seniors at the CCBC Box Office 443-840-2787 (ARTS)

Upcoming July events

July 6-8 – CCBC Catonsville
Chautauqua 2012 at CCBC – “The War of 1812”
July 6-8, 7 p.m., Q Theatre, CCBC Catonsville
CCBC and the Maryland Humanities Council present Chautauqua 2012- Inspiration, Unity, Preparedness, Courage: Maryland and the War of 1812 - bicentennial of America's second war of independence, an important turning point in Maryland's history.

  • Friday, July 6 - President James Madison
  • Saturday, July 7 - Mary Pickersgill, Baltimore flag maker who stitched the Star Spangled Banner Flag that flew over Ft. McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore
  • Sunday, July 8 - British Major General Robert Ross

Free.  No tickets or reservations required.

July 12 – all CCBC campuses
Discover CCBC! Summer 2012 Information Sessions
July 12, 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. – Catonsville, Dundalk and Essex campuses
Register at www.ccbcmd.edu/infosessions or call 443-840-1377

July 13-22 – CCBC Essex
Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre - Court Jesters Young People’s Theatre – “Doctor Dolittle”
July 13-22, times vary, J Building Lecture Hall, CCBC Essex
Based on the movie, this Court Jesters musical production brings to life the beloved stories of Hugh Lofting about Doctor Dolittle, the kind doctor who yearns to “Talk to the Animals.”
All seats $8 seniors at the CCBC Box Office 443-840-2787 (ARTS)

July 20-August 5 – CCBC Essex
Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre – “Sunset Boulevard”
July 20-August 5, times vary, Mainstage, B Building Theatre, CCBC Essex
Based on Billy Wilder’s classic noir masterpiece, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical delivers all the passion and drama of Norma Desmond’s ill-fated attempt to return to the glamour of her Hollywood career.
Tickets $20 adults, $18 seniors, $12 children seniors at the CCBC Box Office 443-840-2787 (ARTS)

July 27-August 5 – CCBC Essex
Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre – “Laura”
July 27-August 5, times vary, Cabaret, B Building upper level, CCBC Essex
When Mark McPherson is assigned to investigate a murder, he hardly expects to find himself in an impossible situation – falling in love with the hauntingly beautiful “victim.”
Tickets $16 adults, $14 seniors at the CCBC Box Office 443-840- 2787 (ARTS)

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About CCBC (www.ccbcmd.edu)

CCBC offers hundreds of programs and thousands of courses helping people of all ages, backgrounds and interests earn degrees, transfer, launch or advance careers, and prepare for in-demand jobs. Providing accessible, affordable and high quality education since 1957, CCBC educates more than 70,000 students each year, including half of all Baltimore County residents attending college in Maryland as undergraduates. Committed to student success and the development of lifelong learners who strengthen our regional workforce and enrich our community, CCBC has also been selected to participate in Achieving the Dream, a national student success initiative.

CCBC is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, 3624 Market Street, 2nd Floor West, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (267-284-5000).  The Middle States Commission on Higher Education is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.

CCBC.  The incredible value of education.

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