ALWAYS ON
Abiit sed non oblitus | Concordia
The Board of Regent's acquisition of the 140-acre Geddes Road landmass of the former Concordia Lutheran University later this month will give the Ann Arbor campus a shoreline on a major Southeastern Michigan river system and --104 miles downstream the Huron River Water Trail -- direct access to Lake Erie.
Quadrivium: Summer
Educational settlements should be magical places. The stack informing the beauty of these "cities-within-cities" changes 100 to 1000 times per day globally. We monitor the action continuously to formulate response to public consultations. Topics appear on our CALENDAR and explored every day at 15:00 UTC. Recommend refresh of this web page once or twice to see timeliest information.
Fountains
We break from our primary interest in lowering the cost of educational settlements to enjoy the work of our colleagues who curate an emotional centrum; a place for enjoyment and reflection for which there is no price.
Amphitheaters
From time to time -- particularly in the months of fairer weather, when many events are hosted outdoors -- we break form from the daily grind of responding to public commenting opportunities to simply enjoy these spaces
Current Issues & Recent Research
We are tooling up for the NFPA 2029 National Electrical Code Technical Committee Meetings in September and the IEEE Industrial Applications Society Meetings in October.
Graduation, Dating, Engagements, Weddings, Births & Obituaries
Pairing young people with a lifetime bond may be the most enduring reason for educational settlements to exist; and one that has received subtle disregard by higher education administrators and marketers of the "college experience".
Bucolia 300
(OED adj. pl.) "pastoral, relating to country life or the affairs and occupations of a shepherd," 1610s, earlier bucolical (1520s), from Latin bucolicus, from Greek boukolikos "pastoral, rustic," from boukolos "cowherd, herdsman," from bous "cow" (from PIE root *gwou- "ox, bull, cow") + -kolos "tending," related to Latin colere "to till (the ground), cultivate, dwell, inhabit" (from PIE root *kwel- (1) "revolve, move round; sojourn, dwell").
Landscape & Horticulture Services
Landscaping and horticulture hazards are addressed in specific OSHA standards for general industry if work is considered maintenance activity and construction if work is considered building activity.This section highlights OSHA standards and documents related to landscape and horticulture services.