This Friday, January 30th, Champlain College will be hosting a mini Symposium in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The theme for this year’s Symposium is The Dream: Our Reality: Identity, Access, and Success in a 21st Century Multi-cultural World As previously mentioned, the event will feature presentations, performances and the opportunity for feedback […]
Continue readingGreetings Champlain friends and colleagues, Our Champlain bees are happy, our three hives produced an overabundance of tasty, local home grown honey last summer and fall, and now we are looking to share our bees’ sweetness with our larger Champlain community. Please consider purchasing our Champlain Apiary honey in one of two ways: 1. Clicking […]
Continue readingTo promote Active Transportation, Health and Wellbeing and celebrate Sustainability Month at Champlain College, ALL Faculty, Staff and Students are invited to a Winter Walking (and Running) Workshop. Thursday, February 5th 12:30-1:30pm Perry Hall Presentation Room Join staff, faculty and students to discuss equipment and techniques for safe and enjoyable winter walking (and running). Beginners […]
Continue readingSustain Champlain and collaborating departments are hosting a wide variety of events in February as our Sustainability Month. And, at the same time, we are hosting our 5th Annual Kill-A-Watt Challenge – an electricity reduction competition in the Champlain residence halls. New in 2015: Champlain will participate in the Campus Conservation Nationals, which offers a […]
Continue readingBYOBiz is presenting a workshop on Legal Issues for Entrepreneurs on Monday, January 26 at 3:30 PM in Ireland 206. This workshop is open to the Champlain community and is a “must” for anyone interested in entrepreneurship. Ken Merritt, co-founder of Merritt, Merritt & Moulton, Vermont’s leading law firm serving start up and early stage company, will […]
Continue readingYou’re invited! Please join us for the Cor 230 Ethics & the Environment Public Poster Session on Monday, December 8th from 3:30-5:15 in the Hauke Conference and Board Rooms. Students have ventured out into Burlington and beyond to explore and report on various environmental topics. Their research and displays are fantastic this year! Please stop […]
Continue readingPaul Budntitz, founder of ELLO, will be speaking at Champlain as part of the BYOBiz Speaking From Experience lecture series. Paul is the serial entrepreneur who founded and built Kidrobot (Art toys) and Paul Budnitz Bicycles (luxury bicycles) before starting his latest venture ELLO, the explosively growing social media site which people have called the […]
Continue readingCome help Sustain Champlain & the Eco-Reps with a few projects Thursday, November 20, 3-6pm in Fireside Lounge There will be snacks. All are welcome. Please bring a laptop if you have one! Let us know if you can come for any or all of the time.
By Chloe O’Brien ’17, Sustainability Intern On Friday, November 7th, Champlain held its sixth annual Trash Bash in the Fireside Lounge. We sorted through trash gathered from the IDX Center, Hauke, and the Halfway Café, and found that, by weight, ONLY 51.71% of it was trash! The remainder of our sample was 31.6% compostables, 10.9% […]
Continue readingThe Rainbow Alliance and Library are sponsoring a November film at Hauke Boardroom at 6:30 on November 20th.