The City of South Burlington and the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission are looking into identifying possible crossing improvements for pedestrians, bicyclists and transit users in the I89 Exit 14 bridge area and evaluating the feasibility of those improvements. The goal of this study is to recommend an alternative transportation crossing option that has the […]
Continue readingI believe you know about the Spectrum Sleep Out. This will be our sixth year doing it, it’s on March 23, 2017 and we’ve never had a team from Champlain College do it, but we’d love to. Check out the short video about it below and would love to come over and talk to you […]
Continue readingAs we get nearer to Thanksgiving and Winter breaks, we wanted to keep you up to date on Shuttle Schedules. See below for a day by day breakdown: Wed-Sun Nov. 23-27 – Thanksgiving Break – No Shuttles Dec. 12-16 – Exam Week – All Shuttles run like normal Saturday Dec. 17 – Weekend Shuttle on […]
Continue readingHowdy 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 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 readingI’m excited to share that AASHE has released the 2016 Sustainable Campus Index, a publication that recognizes top-performing colleges and universities in 17 distinct aspects of sustainability and overall, as measured by the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS). The report also highlights innovative and high-impact initiatives from institutions that submitted STARS reports in […]
Continue readingNext week, we will have our trip to the men’s prison in Newport, and the following week will be our big NEK day where the students engage with our team of professionals in the fields of psychology, social work, and human services. This food drive is entirely student run and is about gratitude and reciprocation […]
Continue readingWhat Is The Problem? For many years, the Democratic Republic of the Congo has suffered greatly because of the demand for valued minerals. Ravaged by war and sexual violence, the population is plagued by constant hardship, grappling to find any sense of normalcy. Young boys are enlisted into the conflict, brandishing guns often before they […]
Continue readingBen & Jerry’s Sustainability Event by Kiera Hufford ’18 During the Spring 2016 semester, a team of faculty members worked to design and run an event centered around Ben & Jerry’s and their social responsibility policy. The event was launched on April 3, 2016, and was the first time it had taken place. “The [Stiller] […]
Continue readingEcoFiction This group explores nature and environmental topics, including climate change, in literature and the arts. Though the focus is eco-fiction, we occasionally talk about notable nonfiction, including nature writing. Academic discussions (such as ecocriticism) are also welcome. Note that our central hub is https://eco-fiction.com/, which covers a wide variety of prose and fiction in […]
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