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Since the establishment of the school in 1997, Marlboro College Graduate Center (MCGC) has garnered national attention as a leader in presenting high-quality and innovative education and training programs.
Upcoming Public Events at the Technology Center
may 2008 ___________________________________________
Tuesday, May 6th 1-4PM, Room 2 EAST
New England Adobe Users Group
Meets regularly on the first Tuesday of the month at the Graduate Center in Brattleboro from 1:00pm - 4:00pm. Contact jen@focusedconsulting.com to confirm dates or visit http://www.neaug.org/. There is no admission fee to attend our meetings and you don't have to be a member to come.
Agenda:
- 1 PM: James Couture of Captured Light Studios will talk about Flash Video, including putting video on your website, start to finish, and things to think about when adding video content.
- 2:30 PM: Illustrator for the Non-Illustrator
Annesa Hartman (of Landmark College) takes you on a tour of Illustrator CS3, highlighting tools and techniques that can be used by both left and right brain-thinkers. Discover the benefits of "vectorness", learn to trace like a pro, make gradients with ease, create organic, 3D shapes, and optimize images.
- Raffle for free book drawing and Adobe schwag. Books courtesy of Delmar Cengage Learning! We'll also have an autographed book of Annesa's to give away!
Thursday, May 8 & Thursday May 22 5:30 – 7:00 PM, Room 2 EAST
Toastmasters Group Meeting
Become the Speaker and Leader You Want To Be
Toastmasters offers a proven way to improve your communication skills. By participating in a fun and supportive Toastmasters group, you’ll become a better speaker and leader and gain confidence to succeed in whatever path you’ve chosen in life. Toastmasters will help you: deliver great presentations, easily lead teams and conduct meetings, give and receive constructive evaluations and be a better listener.
For more information, contact Lisa Sieverts at lks@lisasieverts.com.
Friday, May 9th 5:00 PM, Room 2 EAST
MBA Guest Speaker Elizabeth Bankowski - New Chapter - Brattleboro VT
"Doing Good by Doing Good": Making the business case for social and environmental responsibility
"Doing good by doing good" was a founding principle of Ben & Jerry's, similar to what Bill Gates referred to as creative capitalism in his recent speech at Davos. In her presentation, Bankowski will define CRS as business strategy derived from the Ben & Jerry's model and extend that to the recognition of this practice by mainstream companies like Wal-Mart. She will talk about the challenges of integrating CRS with business strategy and day-to-day operations, focusing on the role of those who will have this responsibility in their workplaces, as well as the need for systems and practices that assure transparency, credibility and measurement.
As Senior Director for Ben & Jerry's from 1991 through 2001, Liz Bankowski was one of, if not the first, executive in a public company to hold a position with broad responsibility for corporate social and environmental responsibility. While at Ben & Jerry's, she was involved with the start-up of the national organization Businesses for Social Responsibility and served on the board of The Social Venture Network, a national organization of entrepreneurs and philanthropists. Currently she is working with New Chapter, a Brattleboro-based, national vitamin and supplements company.
Thursday, May 15th 7PM – Room 2 EAST
Public Meeting on the Whetstone Brook
For more information, contact Jolene Hamilton of the NRCD at 254-5323 x104
Wednesday, May 21 5:30 PM, Room 2 NORTH
Joomla User’s Group
All interested Joomla developers are welcome to attend.
Agenda:
- Your questions, problems, sites you've launched lately that are really cool, new things you've learned... A group discussion.
- We're building this NEJUG website with Joomla! as a user group. See your homework below and come with ideas! We'll work on getting sections, categories, content, and menu links established. We'll also discuss our template options for the site.
- Jen Kramer McKibben of 4Web, Inc., will talk about JoomSuite Content, an incredible new component that looks like it's going to change the face of Joomla! in 2008.
Your Homework:
- Get yourself on the Google Groups mailing list (below) so you can participate in our discussions, get our meeting announcements, and more.
- Review this post in our user forum. Is everything there that needs to be there? Should something be rearranged? Post your ideas and suggestions. We'll finalize the site map in our meeting.
Wednesday, May 21st 7PM – Room 2 EAST
Post Oil Solutions
This month: The Critical Role that Locally-Owned Businesses Can Play in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Oil Dependence, with Stacy Mitchell, author of “Big-Box Swindle” and a senior researcher with the New Rules Project of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance.
Post Oil Solutions forums are co-sponsored by Marlboro College Graduate Center and are regularly held on the third Wednesday of each month. For more information, visit http://www.postoilsolutions.org or contact Tim Stevenson at 802-869-2141/ info@postoilsolutions.org. RSVP encouraged.
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Marlboro's Technology Center, where classes are held, also houses the offices of the USDA, the United Way, and Vermont Dept of Health and Human Service Department of Vocational Rehabilitation, as well as the Brattleboro Tech Collective, Downs Rachlin and Martin, and Spring Tree Maple Products. Many of these groups have worked with our graduate students, providing a practical context for, and validation of, their particular academic studies.
Our Certificate Programs can train a team of employees or an individual representative to address a company's knowledge gaps.
If your company is interested in tailored programs (based on our regular curriculum) please contact the Academic Director kbell@gradcenter.marlboro.edu to discuss training possibilities.
Accreditation
All programs at the Marlboro College Graduate Center, are accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc. (NEASC), which accredits schools and colleges in the six New England states.
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