Description: Ted Widmer introducing the session Unbreaking America, a conversation with Josh Silver and COA Trustee Will Thorndike during the first virtual Champlain Institute. The Champlain Institute is a week-long ideas festival which hosts leaders from around the country and the world to share their expertise on pressing issues of our time.
Description: Development staff member Lynn Boulger, faculty member Jamie KcKown, and presenter Ted Widmer behind the scenes at the first virtual Champlain Institute. The Champlain Institute is a week-long ideas festival which hosts leaders from around the country and the world to share their expertise on pressing issues of our time.
Description: Development staff member Wes Norton, IT staff member Jarly Bobadilla, and Library staff member Zach Soares behind the scenes at the first virtual Champlain Institute. The Champlain Institute is a week-long ideas festival which hosts leaders from around the country and the world to share their expertise on pressing issues of our time.
Description: Citi Bike is a bicycle sharing system established in 2013 in New York City. As of now, the nation’s largest bike-sharing system has 12,000 stations across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and Jersey City. Riding a bike is fun and healthy exercise. In urban areas like NYC, bike-sharing can also serve as a time-effective way of moving around tightly packed areas.
Description: Measles is an air-born infection caused by a paramyxovirus, mostly common in early childhood. In the present day, measles is considered an extinct disease in most parts of the world. According to WHO, in 1980, before widespread vaccination, measles caused an estimated 2.6 million deaths each year. However, in the recent years, the once eradicated disease started resurfacing in countries like New Zealand, Australia, and United States (CDC). It is one of the leading causes of death among young children even though a safe and cost-effective vaccine is available (WHO). [show more]
Description: Steve Katona (faculty member from 1972-1993 and college president from 1993-2006) being interviewed during his inauguration as president of the college.