Student Counseling and Psychological Services is offering on-line, drop-in discussion groups to assist students in managing adjustment to the COVID-19 pandemic and to connect with peers. These groups will allow space for students to discuss reactions to the current situation, including:<ul> <li>Transition to remote learning</li> <li>Difficulties with isolation</li> <li>Unexpected changes...
As the COVID-19 coronavirus has required closures of facilities across the country, many laboratory owners, operators, engineers, and designers have discussed how to ensure safe and sustainable start-ups once restrictions are lifted. Join a panel of representatives from academic, private, and government laboratories addressing questions from social distancing to personal...
Sylvia G. Stephens will discuss stories of human resilience told through quilts in a <a href='https://www.facebook.com/cmdcah/' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'>free, live broadcast from Pebble Hill</a> in Auburn. A fourth-generation quilter, Stephens was taught to sew by her mother as a young child using the family’s Singer treadle sewing machine. A graduate...
Student Counseling and Psychological Services is offering on-line, drop-in discussion groups to assist students in managing adjustment to the COVID-19 pandemic and to connect with peers. These groups will allow space for students to discuss reactions to the current situation, including:<ul> <li>Transition to remote learning</li> <li>Difficulties with isolation</li> <li>Unexpected changes...
As part of Auburn’s efforts to incorporate health and wellness into the lives of its employees during these stressful times, Ford Dyke and Olympian Reita Clanton from the School of Kinesiology are offering free month-long virtual <a href='http://www.education.auburn.edu/school-of-kinesiology/mindfulness/'>sessions</a> on mindfulness to help faculty and staff navigate the unforeseen and atypical...
Shari L. Williams, a graduate assistant at the Draughon Center for the Arts and Humanities will be joined by Dr. Terrance Vickerstaff, family historian and descendant of Major Harper and Betsy Scott. They will discuss Pebble Hill’s African-American family legacy through the story of Major Harper and Betsy Scott in...
Yards and gardens often receive more pesticides per acre than agricultural areas. What risks do pesticides pose to pollinators, and how can we address those risks in our backyards and communities? Join Emily May, Pollinator Conservation Specialist in the Pesticide Program at Xerces, for a 90-minute webinar on the risks...
Student Counseling and Psychological Services is offering on-line, drop-in discussion groups to assist students in managing adjustment to the COVID-19 pandemic and to connect with peers. These groups will allow space for students to discuss reactions to the current situation, including:<ul> <li>Transition to remote learning</li> <li>Difficulties with isolation</li> <li>Unexpected changes...
<div><div> Colleges and universities have recently been harnessing large-scale renewable energy to control their long-term energy costs and achieve dramatic reductions in their greenhouse gas emissions. This webinar will discuss how to recreate these strategies, building off of examples such as how Lehigh University, Lafayette College, Muhlenberg College, and Dickinson...
The COVID-19 pandemic is testing the resiliency of supply chains. Yet, agile companies are pivoting to meet the challenge. Their supply chain teams are deftly handling inventory challenges, fulfillment bottlenecks, and transportation headaches to keep retail shelves stocked with essential products. To learn how these leading companies are maintaining supply...
Chris O’Brien of CustomerFirst Renewables (CFR) and Dave Karlsgodt of Brailsford & Dunlavey (formerly Fovea) have been working with campuses for years. Their conversations with sustainability professionals inevitably turn to discussing options for carbon and energy reductions and they have compiled a running list of nearly 50 activities a campus...
<strong> </strong>Join Saint John’s University and Abbey and renewable energy developer Geronimo Energy as they discuss how the campus has used solar energy projects to help achieve sustainability goals and to educate their study body and the community-at-large. Saint John's is home to three solar energy projects, the largest being a...
