Career Edge -- Successful Business Etiquette & Workplace Behaviors

Learn how to adapt and leverage your workplace environment; explore basic business
practices, etiquette and those professional attitudes and characteristics that will define
you; improve your ability to influence, perform, and manage people, expectations,
and situations; navigate the demands and expectations of a fast-paced and evolving
workplace; explore a variety of workplace cultures and test your abilities to adapt.

Instructor: Dr. Massiel Pérez-Calhoon, manager of community and corporate relations with
Brandman University where she teaches both undergraduates and graduates for the School of
Education and the School of Arts and Sciences. As the Manager of Community and Corporate
Relations with Brandman University, she uses strategic leadership to guide community outreach
efforts that build positive awareness of Brandman University’s academic programs.

Dr. Pérez-Calhoon started with Brandman University in 2012. She holds a master's in teaching from UCI,
studied abroad in Mexico City at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and completed
her doctorate at Brandman University. She holds a Single Subject Credential in Spanish and a Language Learner authorization: Bilingual, Cross-Cultural, Language & Academic Development certificate. Prior to this position Dr. Pérez-Calhoon taught K-12 including: first, fourth, and sixth through eighth grades.