ALWAYS ON
Summer Solstice Around the World
"You can’t think about the summer solstice without first journeying around time’s seasonal cycle. From ancient Rome’s winter solstice (or the “Day of the Unconquerable Sun”) and the Aztec spring equinox to the longest day of the year, find out why solstices were so important to ancient civilizations and how they were celebrated." With four links to celebrations in Harvard Square.
Salutariness
"Cleanliness becomes more important when godliness is unlikely." - P.J. O'Rourke
Housekeeping Closets
Design, construction. operation and maintenance of "Building Service Area[s]" standards set by the United States Department of Education; otherwise known as Janitor or Custodial closets. In other words: "If you want federal money for anything your janitor closets must be tricked out like this...." Apparently, the design and construction of janitor's closets in educational settlements is a social justice issue.
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. Titles are time-sensitive, copyright protected and land in public law. 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.
Excellence in Facilities Management
Recognized by his peers for decades, Richard Robben led the largest university facility operation in the United States. An initiative begun in 1993 to make education settlements Safer, Simpler, Lower-Cost and Longer-Lasing was expanded under his leadership and continues to this day.
Sport News
"I always turn to the sports pages first, which record people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures." — Earl Warren (American jurist and Chief Justice, often misattributed but widely quoted in sports contexts)
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".