Howdy Champlain College Community: I am writing to you all, on behalf of a Champlain College student Stephanie Felix, regarding the devastated damages that occurred in Haiti as a result of Hurricane Matthew. For those of you who may not know Hurricane Matthew hit Haiti on October 4, 2016 and destroyed a lot of towns […]
Continue readingOn Sunday November 13th at 1:00 the Dance Team and Social Work students are joining together to kickoff World Kindness Day and week. Over 100 cities in 50 countries are doing the same FlashMob on the same day! https://www.facebook.com/events/206445363111018/ Co-hosted by Office International Ed. Please see our poster attached. — Tarn Foerg MSW, LICSW Field […]
Continue readingCome join us for a presentation on Wednesday, November 16 from 7-9 p.m. at Contois Auditorium, City Hall. The presentation will highlight the Main Street corridor and City Hall Park Concept Plans. The Main Street concept plan will be focused on improvements to the public right-of-way, including sidewalks, street trees, stormwater, lighting, and bike facilities. […]
Continue reading5th Annual Conference June 5-6, 2017 INSS invites universities, non-profits, businesses, departments, faculty, staff, sustainability directors, or graduate students to participate in the 5th annual social sustainability-oriented conference on June 5, 6, and 7, 2017. See options for getting involved below! Each year we host a conference that utilizes a “hub” model in which several […]
Continue readingThe conference is entitled “The World in 2050: Creating/Imagining Just Climate Futures,”” and it opened today at: https://ehc.english.ucsb.edu/?page_id=14895#panels There are 17 panels, with 51 speakers covering such topics as oceans, cli-fi, cities, agriculture and food, technology, climate action, climate justice, and many others, often intersecting since this changes everything means everything affects everything else, and […]
Continue readingThe 2017 Wege Prize Competition is now open and accepting applications by the end of November. This year’s theme is “How can we create a circular economy?,” and there are $30,000 in cash prizes available! See below for more information. Now in its fourth year, Wege Prize is a global transdisciplinary design competition that gives […]
Continue readingGreetings, I am sure you all are aware of the damage Hurricane Matthew caused in Southern Haiti at the beginning of the month, and have donated to one of the many wonderful organizations working in the region. I spent two years in one of the cities, Les Cayes, hit hard by the storm. Many houses […]
Continue readingMy name is CeCe Horbat and I am the AmeriCorps member at Spectrum Youth & Family Services. Under the supervision of Michael Hill, I specifically assist in the programing of events with the Multicultural Youth Program as well as Spectrum Youth & Family Services’ Diversity Committee. I am emailing you in the hopes to possibly […]
Continue readingI’m very excited to announce a free campus screening of All of Me: a documentary film on eating disorders directed by Bess O’Brien of Kingdom County Productions. all-of-me-poster WEDNESDAY, NOV. 9 7:00-9:00 PM CHAMPLAIN ROOM, CCM BUILDING Please join us for the screening of this important new 75-min. documentary by the acclaimed director of The Hungry […]
Continue readingPlease join COTS for: Voices for Vermont’s Homeless Infants & Toddlers November 17, 2016 4-5:30pm UVM Davis Center, Williams Family Room 403 A presentation & panel discussion on a recent UVM study highlighting the realities of providing Early Intervention services for homeless children ages 0-3. Please RSV to 802-864-7402, Ex. 208 or tamiram@cotsonline.org