BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Saint Michael's College - ECPv6.15.14//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Saint Michael's College X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.smcvt.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Saint Michael's College REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260219T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260219T180000 DTSTAMP:20260513T004837 CREATED:20260213T134916Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260213T134916Z UID:10002822-1771520400-1771524000@www.smcvt.edu SUMMARY:Care for Our Common Home Lecture: Understanding Climate Tipping Points (Rescheduled Date!) DESCRIPTION:The second event in the “Care for Our Common Home” Lecture Series – This lecture from Dr. Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux\, Distinguished Professor at the University of Vermont & Vermont State Climatologist\, explores inclusive approaches to climate change education that center human and geographic vulnerability and draw on diverse ways of knowing. \nThe talk will take place at 5:00 pm in Cheray 111. \nIn case of inclement weather\, the talk will take place online via Zoom at: https://smcvt.zoom.us/j/94092153805?pwd=TGv0qLGBWrkbvraOtS4baNc8kFyEHa.1 \nThis is the rescheduled date of the previously postponed lecture due to the weather. URL:https://www.smcvt.edu/event/care-for-our-common-home-lecture-understanding-climate-tipping-points-rescheduled-date/ LOCATION:Cheray Science Hall\, VT CATEGORIES:The Patrick '61 and Marcelle Leahy Institute for the Environment ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.smcvt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/7.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260124T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260124T153000 DTSTAMP:20260513T004837 CREATED:20260122T161423Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260122T161423Z UID:10002808-1769263200-1769268600@www.smcvt.edu SUMMARY:Community Event: Invasive Species - In woods and yards DESCRIPTION:Our local outdoor plants may be dormant\, but you aren’t. Please consider joining us in learning about our local invasive plants\, how to identify them\, and why it’s important. Joining us will be our very own professor of biology\, Declan McCabe. We will also have a presentation from James Eikenberry from the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service. Think Spring! URL:https://www.smcvt.edu/event/community-event-invasive-species-in-woods-and-yards/ LOCATION:Cheray 101\, Cheray Science Hall CATEGORIES:Biology ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.smcvt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Jan_invasive_2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260119T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260119T183000 DTSTAMP:20260513T004837 CREATED:20251119T164741Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251202T161121Z UID:10002768-1768842000-1768847400@www.smcvt.edu SUMMARY:MLK Convocation Keynote: Tuning in to Our Communities: Improving Our Collective Sensibilities of Humility\, Care and Relationality DESCRIPTION:Tuning in to Our Communities: Improving Our Collective Sensibilities of Humility\, Care and Relationality with Bindu Panikkar\, PhD\, Associate Professor\, Rubenstein School of Environment & Natural Resources\, University of Vermont \nHow do we strengthen our relational capabilities centered in care\, humility\, and collective wellbeing? The word humility comes from the Latin root—humus\, earth\, soil\, ground. Humility means being grounded\, being of the earth\, it means an awareness of our place within a larger world. Practicing humility requires recognizing our limitations\, acknowledging our interdependence\, and valuing the contributions and knowledge of others. It is also the willingness to be changed through relational encounters. Humility in relations grounds us\, allowing care\, attentiveness and reciprocity to circulate\, and serves as a powerful antidote to domination\, extraction\, and hierarchy. \nIn this talk\, Dr. Panikkar makes the case that tuning in to our communities requires understanding what divides us and what erodes our collective capabilities of care\, relationality\, and humility. To guard against the theft of relationality\, we must adopt attunement of care\, listening\, repair\, reciprocity\, and attentiveness as practice to rebuild our relational capacities necessary for collective wellbeing in a fractured world. URL:https://www.smcvt.edu/event/mlk-convocation-keynote-tuning-in-to-our-communities-improving-our-collective-sensibilities-of-humility-care-and-relationality/ LOCATION:Roy Room\, Dion Family Student Center CATEGORIES:Alumni Events,Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://www.smcvt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/bindupanikkar2018_350x350.jpg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260119T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260119T152000 DTSTAMP:20260513T004837 CREATED:20251119T163418Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251119T163418Z UID:10002765-1768833000-1768836000@www.smcvt.edu SUMMARY:“How a House Becomes a Home”: Bringing Community Into Classroom Teaching and Learning Experiences DESCRIPTION:“How a House Becomes a Home”: Bringing Community Into Classroom Teaching and Learning Experiences with Jolivette Anderson-Douoning\, PhD\, Director\, Institute for Equity & Justice and Hip-hop and Afrobeat artist Edwin Owusu\, M.A.\, Lecturer and Speech & Debate Coach at University of Vermont \nDr. Anderson-Douoning and Mr. Owusu discuss their process for working together across institutions (SMC and UVM) to offer students engagement across disciplines using public speaking\, debate\, and culture education learning labs. Bringing the lived experience into the classroom provides students with opportunities to study history and make history while still in college. URL:https://www.smcvt.edu/event/how-a-house-becomes-a-home-bringing-community-into-classroom-teaching-and-learning-experiences/ LOCATION:Roy Room\, Dion Family Student Center CATEGORIES:Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.smcvt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Joli400.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260119T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260119T142000 DTSTAMP:20260513T004837 CREATED:20251119T163115Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251119T163115Z UID:10002764-1768829400-1768832400@www.smcvt.edu SUMMARY:From Chaos to Community: Reclaiming the World House in a Divided Age DESCRIPTION:From Chaos to Community: Reclaiming the World House in a Divided Age with Stephon Boatwright\, PhD\, Assistant Professor\, Political Science & International Relations. \nDr. Boatwright’s talk will explore Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision of the World House as a moral response to the crises of interdependence in an age of renewed nationalism and populism. King foresaw that humanity’s greatest challenge would not be technological but ethical: learning to live together within a shared global home. Today\, as the rhetoric of division grows louder\, his warning feels prophetic. The talk examines how King’s call for cooperation transcends borders and ideologies\, urging the creation of systems of belonging that replace exclusion with justice. Drawing connections between King’s “triple evils” of racism\, materialism\, and militarism and the global inequities of our time\, Dr. Boatwright highlights how fellowship\, not nationalism\, remains the foundation for humanity’s common future. URL:https://www.smcvt.edu/event/from-chaos-to-community-reclaiming-the-world-house-in-a-divided-age/ LOCATION:Roy Room\, Dion Family Student Center CATEGORIES:Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.smcvt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/StephonBoatwright-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260119T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260119T115000 DTSTAMP:20260513T004837 CREATED:20251119T161332Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251119T161332Z UID:10002762-1768820400-1768823400@www.smcvt.edu SUMMARY:Home Improvement: Building a House for All People in an Environment That Can Sustain All Life DESCRIPTION:Home Improvement: Building a House for All People in an Environment That Can Sustain All Life with Fr. David Theroux\, SSE\, Vice President\, Edmundite Mission \nDr. King’s image of a “world house” addresses the need to live with each other in nonviolence so that all may thrive\, a world in which the rich care for the poor and the common good of all is valued above the good of the individual or tribe alone\, as opposed to warring with each other such that mutual annihilation takes place. Pope Francis imagines the common good of all and the thriving of all peoples in terms of an environment that can sustain humanity\, providing for humanity a home in which all can live with equal access to the world’s goods. However\, care for the environment is what will provide for all humanity a common home where all can thrive. For Pope Francis\, how we care for the environment demonstrates our care for all people\, rich and poor alike. URL:https://www.smcvt.edu/event/home-improvement-building-a-house-for-all-people-in-an-environment-that-can-sustain-all-life/ LOCATION:Roy Room\, Dion Family Student Center CATEGORIES:Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.smcvt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/FrDavidTheroux.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260119T094500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260119T105000 DTSTAMP:20260513T004837 CREATED:20251119T160924Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251119T160924Z UID:10002761-1768815900-1768819800@www.smcvt.edu SUMMARY:From Chaos to Community: Growing the Vision\, Skill\, and Courage to Care for Our Common Home DESCRIPTION:From Chaos to Community: Growing the Vision\, Skill\, and Courage to Care for Our Common Home with Kristyn Achilich\, M.S.\, M.Ed.\, Senior Instructor of Education and Director\, Leahy Institute for the Environment \nDrawing from Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr.’s call to choose “community over chaos” in The World House and Pope Francis’s invitation in Laudato Si’ to care for our common home\, this talk explores how interdependence can become our greatest strength. This presentation invites us to move beyond fear and fragmentation toward collective action—developing the vision\, skills\, and courage to live together justly and sustainably in a world that demands both. Through the work of the Patrick & Marcelle Leahy Institute for the Environment\, Achilich models how vision can become practice\, inviting us all to explore and embrace our shared interdependence. URL:https://www.smcvt.edu/event/from-chaos-to-community-growing-the-vision-skill-and-courage-to-care-for-our-common-home/ LOCATION:Roy Room\, Dion Family Student Center CATEGORIES:Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.smcvt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Kristyn-Achilich.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260119T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260119T093500 DTSTAMP:20260513T004837 CREATED:20251119T160553Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251202T161250Z UID:10002760-1768813200-1768815300@www.smcvt.edu SUMMARY:MLK Convocation Welcoming Remarks DESCRIPTION:Welcoming Remarks with Fr. Michael Carter\, SSE; Vernita Weller\, Senior Success Advisor & Parent Liaison; Tide Gully ’27\, President of Diversity Coalition; Dr. Richard Plumb\, SMC President; Dr. Gretchen Galbraith\, Provost. URL:https://www.smcvt.edu/event/mlk-convocation-welcoming-remarks-2/ LOCATION:Roy Room\, Dion Family Student Center CATEGORIES:Alumni Events,Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.smcvt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/CrowdLorraineVernita430.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251021T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251021T190000 DTSTAMP:20260513T004837 CREATED:20251008T124924Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251008T124924Z UID:10002342-1761069600-1761073200@www.smcvt.edu SUMMARY:SMC Education Department Common Read Author Talk: Kenneth Cadow DESCRIPTION:2025 Education Department Common Read Author Talk Event: We are delighted to have Kenneth Cadow visiting our campus for an in-person author talk and presentation in McCarthy Arts on October 21 from 6-7 p.m. He will discuss the themes of the text\, such as boyhood\, rural schools\, and poverty\, addiction\, and community\, and provide some insight into his writing process. The text’s thread of personal food insecurity dovetails with one of the five focus areas of SMC’s Leahy Institute for the Environment. \nEach year\, the Education Department’s Common Read Committee identifies a book of importance to share with all of our students in both the undergraduate and graduate programs. This is one way we embrace and share our departmental mission statement with the College community and beyond. This year’s Education Department Common Read selection is Gather by Kenneth M. Cadow. This book focuses on our rural students\, belonging\, addiction in Vermont communities\, and poverty through the eyes of a middle school boy. Gather was selected by The Vermont Humanities Council as this year’s Vermont Reads book. A National Book Award Finalist\, written by a Vermont author and principal\, Gather has garnered numerous awards\, and author Kenneth M. Cadow has received wide recognition (including an interview on Vermont Edition). URL:https://www.smcvt.edu/event/smc-education-department-common-read-author-talk-kenneth-cadow/ LOCATION:McCarthy Arts Center CATEGORIES:Education ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.smcvt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025-Autor-Talk.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251006T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251006T183000 DTSTAMP:20260513T004837 CREATED:20250926T124619Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250926T124619Z UID:10002335-1759770000-1759775400@www.smcvt.edu SUMMARY:"No Farm {Workers}\, No Food" DESCRIPTION:Wondering about how much you impact the lives of undocumented immigrants? Anthropologist Teresa Mares will speak at SMC on Oct. 6 about the role of migrant labor in our economy\, how deeply the food industry depends upon immigrants\, and the lived experiences of migrant families here in Vermont. \nThis talk is sponsored by the Institute for the Environment\, the Institute for Global Engagement\, The Center for Diversity\, Empowerment & Community\, and MOVE. URL:https://www.smcvt.edu/event/no-farm-workers-no-food/ LOCATION:Roy Room\, Dion Family Student Center CATEGORIES:Center for Student Diversity, Empowerment and Community (DEC),Institute for Global Engagement,MOVE,The Patrick '61 and Marcelle Leahy Institute for the Environment ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.smcvt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/TeresaMares-Flyer.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250929T171500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250929T183000 DTSTAMP:20260513T004837 CREATED:20250918T134648Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250918T202423Z UID:10002191-1759166100-1759170600@www.smcvt.edu SUMMARY:This Is Our House with jamele adams DESCRIPTION:A community event highlighting love\, inclusion\, and trust.\nExplore how each member of the SMC community can accept\, respect\, encourage and empower one another. \nPresented by:\nThe Education Department MAT program + BeWell \nFood and Beverages will be provided URL:https://www.smcvt.edu/event/this-is-our-house-with-jamele-adams/ LOCATION:Roy Room\, Dion Family Student Center CATEGORIES:Be Well ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.smcvt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/This-is-Our-House-with-Jamele-Adams-Director-of-Love-Inclusion-and-Trust-at-Scituate-Public-Schools.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250425T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250425T220000 DTSTAMP:20260513T004837 CREATED:20250415T134102Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250415T134102Z UID:10001948-1745607600-1745618400@www.smcvt.edu SUMMARY:Arctic Ascent Film Screening DESCRIPTION:Arctic Ascent Film Screening \nFriday\, April 25\, at 7 p.m.\nCheray 101\, Cheray Science Hall \nJoin us for a viewing of Arctic Ascent featuring rock climber\, Alex Hannold and watch as he ventures into Greenland’s remote wilderness to scale unclimbed peaks while exploring the impact of climate change on the rapidly melting Arctic landscape with a team of climate researchers. Q & A to follow with Northeast regional educators and researchers. URL:https://www.smcvt.edu/event/arctic-ascent-film-screening/ LOCATION:Cheray 101\, Cheray Science Hall CATEGORIES:The Patrick '61 and Marcelle Leahy Institute for the Environment ATTACH;FMTTYPE=application/pdf:https://www.smcvt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/I4E-Arctic-Ascent-Event-Poster.pdf END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250423T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250423T183000 DTSTAMP:20260513T004837 CREATED:20250415T134459Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250415T134459Z UID:10001949-1745427600-1745433000@www.smcvt.edu SUMMARY:The CoProduction of Knowledge between Native Communities and Scientists DESCRIPTION:The CoProduction of Knowledge between Native Communities and Scientists \nWednesday\, April 23\, from 5 to 6:30 p.m.\nCheray 111\, Cheray Science Hall \nAlex Whiting developed the Native Village of Kotzebue Environmental Program in 1997 and has directed the Program since then. Over 120 tribal citizens have participated in some aspect of tribally led\, or co-produced research efforts\, through the Environmental Program. In his talk he will discuss the many successful co-produced research efforts the program has led\, or participated in. URL:https://www.smcvt.edu/event/the-coproduction-of-knowledge-between-native-communities-and-scientists/ LOCATION:Cheray Science Hall\, VT CATEGORIES:The Patrick '61 and Marcelle Leahy Institute for the Environment ATTACH;FMTTYPE=application/pdf:https://www.smcvt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/I4E-Alex-Whiting-Event-Poster.pdf END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250306T134500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250306T144500 DTSTAMP:20260513T004837 CREATED:20250221T142349Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250226T144442Z UID:10001341-1741268700-1741272300@www.smcvt.edu SUMMARY:What Does it Mean to be a Vermonter? DESCRIPTION:What Does it Mean to be a Vermonter? \nThursday\, March 6\, at 1:45 p.m.\nRoy Room\, Dion Family Student Center \nThe Presidential Committee for the Martin Luther King Jr. 2025 Convocation and the Institute for Equity and Justice invite everyone to welcome Sha’an Mouliert to Saint Michael’s campus on March 6th\, at 1:45 in the Roy Room. Ms. Mouliert was an invited speaker for Saint Michael’s 33rd MLK Jr. Convocation Day of Celebration\, but was unable to attend. We are thrilled to have her come and present her personal story and the I AM VERMONT TOO initiative. \nFor over 35 years Sha’an has been a consultant\, community organizer\, educator\, artist and co-founded the African American Alliance of the Northeast Kingdom\, a grassroots organization committed to racial justice.  She initiated and chaired the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom’s (WILPF)\, building the Beloved Community Committee and attended the U.N World Conference Against Racism in Durban South Africa as a delegate.  For several years\, Sha’an was a core trainer for Theater of the Oppressed Laboratory at the Brecht Forum in New York City.   In 2015\, she received Lyndon State College’s Presidential Medal of Distinction of her work in the community; in 2021\, the Rutland NAACP honored her with a Lifetime Achievement Award and last year she received Burlington’s Racial Equity Inclusion and Belonging Juneteenth Innovator Award. She has led conflict resolution\, human potential\, creative expression\, racial justice & equity\, and community organizing workshops nationally and internationally. \nSha’an is the coordinator and photographer of the I Am Vermont Too photo-story exhibit\, a project of The Root Social Justice Center\, as well as\, producer and host for the I Am Vermont Too YouTube program. I Am Vermont Too is a medium for Black\, Indigenous\, and People of Color to tell their stories and share how microaggressions have a significant impact in their lives. Until recently\, she was co-coordinator for Who Farms? a UVM Extension Service Center for Sustainable Agriculture oral history project which produced a comic\, 5 videos and a teacher’s resource guide.  Sha’an facilitates Racial Literacy a Healing Practice trainings throughout Vermont and is the equity and inclusion consultant for Discover St. Johnsbury where she resides. Sha’an presents and shares her story and passion throughout Vermont as an advocate of the formation of the Beloved Community. Her photographic exhibit is currently being displayed at the Montpelier State House until March 4th. \nWe hope you will consider making room in your schedule for this wonderful opportunity to hear from a Vermonter with a unique perspective we can all benefit from. For questions and inquiries please contact Omara Rivera-Vázquez (oriveravazqu@smcvt.edu) or Vernita Weller (vweller@smcvt.edu). This is an UpLift event. Refreshments will be provided. URL:https://www.smcvt.edu/event/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-vermonter-3/ LOCATION:Roy Room\, Dion Family Student Center CATEGORIES:Institute for Equity and Justice ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.smcvt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/I-AM-VERMONT-TOO-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250122T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250122T180000 DTSTAMP:20260513T004837 CREATED:20240828T164234Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241205T162236Z UID:10000527-1737561600-1737568800@www.smcvt.edu SUMMARY:Radical Empathy: Taking Action/Bridging Divides - Annual Sutherland Lecture Series DESCRIPTION:Radical Empathy: Taking Action/Bridging Divides\nAnnual Sutherland Lecture Series  \nWednesday\, January 22\n4 p.m.\nRecital Hall\, McCarthy Arts Center \nTerri Givens is a Professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. She was the Provost’s Advisor on the Strategy to Address Anti-Black Racism at McGill University from 2021-2024\, where she supported the provost’s offices work to increase the hiring of and support for Black faculty\, staff and students. She is formerly the CEO of the Center for Higher Education Leadership and has worked with a variety of colleges\, universities and ed tech companies on issues related to innovation and excellence in higher education. As the author of the book “Radical Empathy: Finding a Path to Bridging Racial Divides\,” she is a sought after consultant and speaker on issues related to leadership and inclusion. She has more than 30 years of experience in higher education\, politics\, international affairs\, and nonprofits. She is an accomplished speaker and uses her platform to develop leaders with an understanding of the importance of diversity and inclusion\, while encouraging personal growth through empathy. \nTerri is the author/editor of books and articles on immigration policy\, European politics and right-wing politics. Her most recent published books are Radical Empathy: Finding a Path to Bridging Racial Divides\, from Policy Press and The Roots of Racism: The Politics of White Supremacy in the US and Europe\, published by Bristol University Press. Her book\, Reckoning: Creating Positive Change through Radical Empathy is forthcoming in 2025. URL:https://www.smcvt.edu/event/annual-sutherland-lecture-series-radical-empathy-taking-action-bridging-divides/ LOCATION:Recital Hall\, McCarthy Arts Center CATEGORIES:Academic Affairs,Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.smcvt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Terri-E-Givens.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250121T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250121T173000 DTSTAMP:20260513T004837 CREATED:20241205T193434Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241210T182750Z UID:10001263-1737475200-1737480600@www.smcvt.edu SUMMARY:MLK Convocation Keynote - "Martin Luther King\, Jr.\, Yesterday and Today: Walk Together Children\, Don’t Ya Get Weary" DESCRIPTION:MLK Convocation Keynote – “Martin Luther King\, Jr.\, Yesterday and Today: Walk Together Children\, Don’t Ya Get Weary” \nRev. Dr. Shaun Whitehead \nTuesday\, January 21\n4 to 5:30 p.m.\nRoy Room\, Dion Family Student Center \nKeynote with Rev. Dr. Shaun Whitehead\, University Chaplain\, Saint Lawrence University URL:https://www.smcvt.edu/event/mlk-convocation-keynote-rev-dr-shaun-whitehead/ LOCATION:Roy Room\, Dion Family Student Center CATEGORIES:Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.smcvt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Shaun-Whitehead.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250121T144500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250121T155000 DTSTAMP:20260513T004837 CREATED:20241205T192919Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241206T161542Z UID:10001262-1737470700-1737474600@www.smcvt.edu SUMMARY:Sending Sisterhood: Building Benevolent Beloved Communities through the United States Postal System DESCRIPTION:Sending Sisterhood: Building Benevolent Beloved Communities through the United States Postal System \nTuesday\, January 21\n2:45 to 3:50 p.m.\nRoy Room\, Dion Family Student Center \nSending Sisterhood: Building Benevolent Beloved Communities through the United States Postal System with Pamela N. Walker\, PhD\, Assistant Professor of History\, University of Vermont   \nDr. Walker’s talk will discuss the new yet hidden in plain sight story of women’s social movement participation during the 1960s through the Mississippi Box Project. The project unfolded through the U.S. postal service\, an overlooked government service that was a contentious site in the battle for civil rights. The project allowed ordinary Black women in Mississippi and white women in New England to forge unique relationships and participate in the Civil Rights Movement through the exchange of food\, clothing\, medicine\, letters\, and movement information. By the end of the decade\, more than six thousand individuals traded goods and letters through the postal system across the Mason-Dixon. Creating their own imperfect beloved communities through the postal service – most without ever meeting in person – Black and white women worked together to literally and figuratively feed the Civil Rights Movement.   URL:https://www.smcvt.edu/event/sending-sisterhood-building-benevolent-beloved-communities-through-the-united-states-postal-system/ LOCATION:Roy Room\, Dion Family Student Center CATEGORIES:Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.smcvt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Pamela-Nicole-Walker-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250121T101500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250121T110000 DTSTAMP:20260513T004837 CREATED:20241205T164854Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241206T164937Z UID:10001257-1737454500-1737457200@www.smcvt.edu SUMMARY:Beloved Community and Non-Violence 365 (The King Center) DESCRIPTION:Beloved Community and Non-Violence 365 (The King Center) \nTuesday\, January 21\n10:15 to 11 a.m.\nRoy Room\, Dion Family Student Center \nBeloved Community and Non-Violence 365 (The King Center) with Vernita Weller\, Student Success Advisor  “Rev. Dr. King’s philosophy of non-violence was based on the inspiration of Jesus Christ and the methodology of Mohandas K. Gandhi (King Center).” Non-Violence 365\, the King Center initiative\, encourages us as individuals to commit to live out King’s philosophy of non-violence every day resulting in the emergence of the Beloved Community. We will examine and discuss the 6 tenets promoted by the King Center and the Saint Michael’s College Beloved Community Statements.  URL:https://www.smcvt.edu/event/beloved-community-and-non-violence-365-the-king-center/ LOCATION:Roy Room\, Dion Family Student Center CATEGORIES:Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.smcvt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/CP5A2307-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250121T092500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250121T100500 DTSTAMP:20260513T004837 CREATED:20241205T164416Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241205T164416Z UID:10001256-1737451500-1737453900@www.smcvt.edu SUMMARY:Who Counted as "the People" in the U.S. Constitution? Our Founding Fathers' Ideas about Race\, Gender\, & Citizenship in 1787 DESCRIPTION:Who Counted as “the People” in the U.S. Constitution? Our Founding Fathers’ Ideas about Race\, Gender\, & Citizenship in 1787 \nTuesday\, January 21\n9″25 to 10:05 a.m.\nRoy Room\, Dion Family Student Center \nWho Counted as “the People” in the U.S. Constitution? Our Founding Fathers’ Ideas about Race\, Gender\, & Citizenship in 1787 with Alexandra Garrett\, Assistant Professor\, SMC History Dept.  \nThis talk will do a deep dive into who\, exactly\, the Founding Fathers conceived as “counting” in the political body of a new country called United States. The answers may surprise you! Dr. Garrett will give the historical background of where and why white people\, Black people\, indigenous people\, and immigrants appeared in our country’s founding document\, and connect our past to our current unequal society.  URL:https://www.smcvt.edu/event/who-counted-as-the-people-in-the-u-s-constitution-our-founding-fathers-ideas-about-race-gender-citizenship-in-1787/ LOCATION:Roy Room\, Dion Family Student Center CATEGORIES:Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.smcvt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/AlexandraGarrett400.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250121T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250121T092000 DTSTAMP:20260513T004837 CREATED:20241205T163506Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241205T163506Z UID:10001255-1737450000-1737451200@www.smcvt.edu SUMMARY:MLK Convocation Welcoming Remarks DESCRIPTION:MLK Convocation Welcoming Remarks \nTuesday\, January 21\n9 to 9:20 a.m.\nRoy Room\, Dion Family Student Center \nWelcoming Remarks with Fr. Michael Carter\, SSE; Vernita Weller\, Student Success Advisor; Dr. Richard Plumb\, SMC President; Dr. Gretchen Galbraith\, Vice President for Academic Affairs.  URL:https://www.smcvt.edu/event/mlk-convocation-welcoming-remarks/ LOCATION:Roy Room\, Dion Family Student Center CATEGORIES:Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.smcvt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/CrowdLorraineVernita430.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241118T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241118T190000 DTSTAMP:20260513T004837 CREATED:20240919T153903Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240923T143151Z UID:10001081-1731949200-1731956400@www.smcvt.edu SUMMARY:Second Annual IGE Global Issues Lecture Series - Amy Hepburn DESCRIPTION:Second Annual IGE Global Issues Lecture Series – Amy Hepburn \nMonday\, November 18\, at 5 p.m.\nRoy Room\, Dion Family Student Center \nAmy Hepburn\, a globally recognized expert on social and climate impact\, and sustainable finance\, with a focus on private capital mobilization\, intersectional gender equality and inclusion\, and climate finance\, will serve as the speaker for the second annual Center for Global Engagement Global Issues Lecture Series. The presentation\, delivered in fireside chat format\, is entitled “Innovative Solutions to Persistent Global Issues\,” and will take place on Monday\, November 18th at 5 p.m. in the Roy Room. Margrethe Froland ’25\, a double major in Economics and International Relations and an international student from Norway\, will engage in an informal question and answer with Amy followed by discussion with the audience. URL:https://www.smcvt.edu/event/second-annual-ige-global-issues-lecture-series-amy-hepburn/ LOCATION:Roy Room\, Dion Family Student Center CATEGORIES:Institute for Global Engagement ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.smcvt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Amy-Hepburn.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241111T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241111T183000 DTSTAMP:20260513T004837 CREATED:20241004T140820Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241015T200522Z UID:10001205-1731342600-1731349800@www.smcvt.edu SUMMARY:Putin’s War in Ukraine: How the West is Failing Kiev DESCRIPTION:Putin’s War in Ukraine: How the West is Failing Kiev\n\nMonday\, November 11\, at 4:30 p.m.\n\nRoy Room\, Dion Family Student Center\n\n\nDmitri Beliakov\, an award-winning freelance photojournalist originally from Moscow\, Russia\, will clarify key events that led to the current Russo-Ukrainian war\, exploring past and current missteps by the governments in both Ukraine and the West and how they might shape the European region’s future. URL:https://www.smcvt.edu/event/putins-wars-how-the-west-is-failing-ukraine-a-conversation-with-russian-photojournalist-dmitri-beliakov/ LOCATION:Roy Room\, Dion Family Student Center CATEGORIES:Institute for Global Engagement ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.smcvt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Belyakov_Mugshot.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241110T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241110T170000 DTSTAMP:20260513T004837 CREATED:20241105T181246Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241105T181246Z UID:10001228-1731243600-1731258000@www.smcvt.edu SUMMARY:Vets Town Hall DESCRIPTION:A town hall event open to all\, where veterans can share their stories and anyone can listen. Snacks provided. URL:https://www.smcvt.edu/event/vets-town-hall/ LOCATION:McCarthy Arts Center CATEGORIES:Veteran and Military Services ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.smcvt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Vets-Week-2024.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241108T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241108T163000 DTSTAMP:20260513T004837 CREATED:20241021T142625Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241021T142625Z UID:10001218-1731079800-1731083400@www.smcvt.edu SUMMARY:Twenty-Third Annual Pi Mu Epsilon Lecture DESCRIPTION:Twenty-Third Annual Pi Mu Epsilon Lecture\n\nFriday\, November 8\, at 3:30 p.m.\nCheray 101\n\n\nSpeaker: Stanley Chang\, Professor of Mathematics\, Wellesley College\nTitle: Voting Systems and the Illusion of Fairness\n\nThe variation of voting systems used across the world emerges from Arrow’s Theorem\, which states that any voting scheme in plurality contests must violate some axiom of fairness. In this talk\, we will discuss the mathematical underpinnings of various types of election structures used in democratic systems today. URL:https://www.smcvt.edu/event/twenty-third-annual-pi-mu-epsilon-lecture/ LOCATION:Cheray 101\, Cheray Science Hall CATEGORIES:Academic Affairs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.smcvt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Twenty-Third-Annual-Pi-Mu-Epsilon-Lecture-Copy.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241107T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241107T190000 DTSTAMP:20260513T004837 CREATED:20240904T164705Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240906T133427Z UID:10000543-1731002400-1731006000@www.smcvt.edu SUMMARY:Siglinde Langholz Artist Talk DESCRIPTION:Siglinde Langholz Artist Talk \nThursday\, November 7\, 2024\n6:00 PM – 7:00 PM (ET)\nCheray Science Hall 101 \nSiglinde Langholz will be speaking about her artwork and her exhibition in the McCarthy Art Gallery. Langholz is an interdisciplinary artist from Puebla\, Mexico. She received her BFA from Universidad De Las Americas and her MFA and PHD at the University of Maine. Langholz has received grants and awards from Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada\, the University of Concordia\, the University of Maine’s Ana Mendieta art Fellowship and a fellowship from the state government of Puebla Mexico. Her work has been exhibited internationally including exhibitions in Mexico City\, Puebla\, Yucatan\, Tijuana\, Montreal\, Maine and Michigan. She currently lives and works in Yvalgo\, Mexico. URL:https://www.smcvt.edu/event/siglinde-langholz-artist-talk/ LOCATION:Cheray 101\, Cheray Science Hall CATEGORIES:Art & Design ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.smcvt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Events-Cheray.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241101T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241101T180000 DTSTAMP:20260513T004837 CREATED:20240904T163533Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240906T133442Z UID:10000541-1730473200-1730484000@www.smcvt.edu SUMMARY:Math-Statistics Colloquium DESCRIPTION:Math-Statistics Colloquium \nFriday\, November 1\, 2024\n3:00 PM – 6:00 PM (ET)\nCheray Science Hall 101 \nDr. Mac Edmondson ’16 will give a talk about his role as a Senior Scientist at Merck working in Early Development Statistics within the Biostatistics and Research Decision Sciences (BARDS) department\, after earning a Ph.D. in Biostatistics from the University of Pennsylvania. URL:https://www.smcvt.edu/event/math-statistics-colloquium/ LOCATION:Cheray 101\, Cheray Science Hall CATEGORIES:Math ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.smcvt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Events-Cheray.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241029T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241029T120000 DTSTAMP:20260513T004837 CREATED:20240924T151904Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240924T151904Z UID:10001092-1730199600-1730203200@www.smcvt.edu SUMMARY:Cambodian-Born Author and SMC Alum ‘93 Loung Ung On Resilience And Survival DESCRIPTION:Cambodian-Born Author and SMC Alum ‘93 Loung Ung On Resilience And Survival\n\n\nTuesday\, October 29\, from 11 a.m. to noon\nRoy Room\, Dion Family Student Center\n\n\nThe Institute for Global Engagement at Saint Michael’s College\, in collaboration with the Global Leadership Program at Essex High School\, is honored to co-host author\, activist\, and co-screenplay writer Loung Ung. An alum of both Essex High School and Saint Michael’s College\, Ung will discuss how she channeled her guilt from surviving the Khmer Rouge into her writing and activism\, and what she wishes she had known when she was a high school and college student. Ung is the author notably of First They Killed My Father\, the College’s First Year Seminar Common Text for 2016-17\, which was released as a film on Netflix in 2017. Students from EHS will be in attendance along with members of the SMC campus community for questions and discussion with Ung following her presentation. URL:https://www.smcvt.edu/event/cambodian-born-author-and-smc-alum-93-loung-ung-on-resilience-and-survival/ LOCATION:Roy Room\, Dion Family Student Center CATEGORIES:Institute for Global Engagement ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.smcvt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Luong-Ung-Book-Poster.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241017T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241017T180000 DTSTAMP:20260513T004837 CREATED:20240920T184447Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241003T154112Z UID:10001087-1729180800-1729188000@www.smcvt.edu SUMMARY:Annual Humanities Center Lecture – Philosopher Myisha Cherry DESCRIPTION:Annual Humanities Center Lecture – Philosopher Myisha Cherry\n “Forgiveness: What We Get Wrong and How to Do Better” \nThursday\, October 17\, at 4 p.m.\nMcCarthy Arts Center Recital Hall \n\nPlease join us for “Failures of Forgiveness: What We Get Wrong and How to Do Better\,” a lecture by Myisha Cherry\, PhD\, who is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of California (Riverside) and Director of the Emotion and Society Lab.\n\nSages from Cicero to Oprah have told us that forgiveness requires us to let go of negative emotions and that it has a unique power to heal our wounds. Dr. Cherry argues that these beliefs couldn’t be more wrong—and that the ways we think about and use forgiveness\, personally and as a society\, can often do more harm than good. In this talk\, Cherry presents a new and healthier understanding of forgiveness—one that gives us a better chance to recover from wrongdoing and move toward “radical repair.” She also addresses how writing her latest book\, Failures of Forgiveness\, led her to her current research on how we approach love.\n\nDr. Cherry’s books include: How to Love (forthcoming\, Riverhead/Basic)\, Failures of Forgiveness (Princeton\, 2023)\, The Case for Rage: Why Anger is Essential to Anti-racist Struggle (2021\, Oxford)\, UnMuted: Conversations on Prejudice\, Oppression\, and Social Justice (Oxford\, 2019)\, and The Moral Psychology of Anger (Rowman & Littlefield\, 2017)\, co-edited with Owen Flanagan. Her work on emotions and race has appeared in The Atlantic\, Boston Review\, Los Angeles Times\, Salon\, Huffington Post\, WomanKind\, and New Philosopher Magazine. She is also the host of the UnMute Podcast\, where she interviews philosophers about the social and political issues of our day.\n\nDr. Cherry’s visit is generously supported by: The Humanities Center\, the Vice-President of Academic Affairs\, the Department of Philosophy and Ethics\, the Center for Faith and Culture\, the Institute for Equity and Justice\, and the UVM Philosophy Department. URL:https://www.smcvt.edu/event/annual-humanities-center-lecture-forgiveness-what-we-get-wrong-and-how-to-do-better/ LOCATION:Recital Hall\, McCarthy Arts Center CATEGORIES:Academic Affairs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.smcvt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/headshot.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241015T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241015T200000 DTSTAMP:20260513T004837 CREATED:20240920T190251Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241001T164842Z UID:10001089-1729015200-1729022400@www.smcvt.edu SUMMARY:MAT Workshop: Common Read Educator Panel with Address by Mascot Author Traci Sorell DESCRIPTION:MAT Workshop: Common Read Educator Panel with Address by Mascot Author Traci Sorell \nTuesday\, October 15\, from 6 to 8 p.m.\nMcCarthy Arts Center Recital Hall \nThe author of MASCOT\, Traci Sorell\, will deliver a virtual keynote address at our panel event with local educators and administrators. This event will be an opportunity for dialogue\, learning\, and perspective sharing regarding the issue of harmful and racist mascots. We will also examine the curricular and pedagogical implications of the many themes throughout the book including racism\, identity\, tradition\, sports culture\, activism\, family dynamics\, power\, multiculturalism\, and teacher practices. This is a UPLIFT event! URL:https://www.smcvt.edu/event/mat-workshop-common-read-educator-panel-with-address-by-mascot-author-traci-sorell/ LOCATION:Recital Hall\, McCarthy Arts Center CATEGORIES:Graduate Education ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.smcvt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-30-at-3.21.16 PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241014T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241014T180000 DTSTAMP:20260513T004837 CREATED:20241007T174641Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241007T180310Z UID:10001207-1728923400-1728928800@www.smcvt.edu SUMMARY:"The Duty to Vote": A Public Lecture Sponsored by the Edmundite Center for Peace and Justice DESCRIPTION:“The Duty to Vote”: A Public Lecture Sponsored by the Edmundite Center for Peace and Justice\n\nMonday\, October 14\, at 4:30 p.m.\nRoy Room\, Dion Family Student Center\n\nDr. Julia Maskivker\, PhD\, a professor in the Political Science Department of Rollins College in Florida\, will deliver a lecture on her research concerning the duty to vote on Monday\, October 14\, 2024\, at 4:30 p.m. in the Roy Event Center in the Dion Family Student Center. Dr. Maskivker received her doctorate from Columbia University and her scholarship in political theory touches upon democratic theory and the ethics of participation as well as theories of justice and equality. The lecture is open to students\, faculty\, staff\, and the general public. URL:https://www.smcvt.edu/event/the-duty-to-vote-a-public-lecture-sponsored-by-the-edmundite-center-for-peace-and-justice/ LOCATION:Roy Room\, Dion Family Student Center CATEGORIES:Edmundite Center for Peace and Justice ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.smcvt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Julia-Maskivker-Poster-2024-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR