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— Forest Hills Public Schools (@ForestHillsPS) June 5, 2025
“Etude pour les constructeurs” Fernand Leger We follow the construction spend rate of the US education industry; using the US Census Bureau Construction Spending figures released the first day of every month. We encourage our colleagues in the education facilities industry to respond to Census Bureau-retained data gathering contractors in order to contribute to the accuracy of the report. Periodic review of all consensus, consortia and open source codes, standards and regulations the set the standard of care for security of education facilities. Send bella@standardsmichigan.com an email for an advance agenda. An overview of public commenting opportunities on proposed standards for sports and recreation equipment and athletic facilities. Send email to bella@standardsmichigan.com for access to the agenda. “The Doctor” 1891 Luke Fildes Many research universities have large medical research and clinical delivery enterprises that provide significant revenue. Every month we run through public commenting opportunities for consensus documents that set the standard of care for the facilities and technologies in these enterprises. “Young Bicyclist” 1895 Lilla Cabot Perry Overview of transportation standards relevant to large research university campuses — from micro-mobility to parking. Send bella@standardsmichigan.com an email requesting an agenda. “Composition in red, yellow, blue and black” (1921) / Piet Mondrian Status check on open source consensus products — and practical applications — evolving around distributed ledger technologies for financing, planning, design, operation & maintenance of the #WiseCampus. “Prometheus creating Man in the presence of Athena” (1802) / Jean-Simon Berthélemy Monthly review of all consensus, consortia and open source codes, standards and regulations the set the standard of care for fire safety in education communities. We group them with fire protection standards because most of the compliance and enforcement expertise originates with fire safety expertise. Send bella@standardsmichigan.com an email for an advance agenda. Image: Beckett Smith | American Academy of Innovation A walk through the status of the various consensus documents that set the standard of care for safety and sustainability in the education facilities built for the seven lively arts. Oregon State University College of Agricultural Sciences 1912 Review of best practice literature for the design, construction and maintenance of campus pathways for pedestrians and vehicles within buildings, between them and along the boundary between campus and the “real world”. Today at 11 AM/ET we update our understanding of best practice literature relevant to the information and communication technology enterprises in education communities. Our online meetings coincides with the day of two IEEE Education & Healthcare Facilities Committee teleconferences at 14:00 Central European time and 2:00 PM Eastern time in the Americas. Open to everyone. Use the login credentials at the upper right of our home page. An update on our collaboration with other like-minded units in the education industry in the US and other nations. In most cases we conform to participation requirements set by ANSI US Technical Advisory Groups but we also have liaison with other universities in the European Union who conform to the participation requirements of their own national standards bodies. Use the login credentials at the upper right of our home page. Because a great deal of content is copyright protected by the ISO, IEC and the ITU, please contact bella@standardsmichigan.com for an advance agenda. https://standardsmichigan.com/standing-agenda-international-standards/ Today at 11 AM/EDT we review the consensus products that set the standard of care for nursing school instructional and clinical training facilities. Open to everyone. Use the login credentials at the upper right of our home page. University of Oklahoma Overview of the status of consensus documents that set the standard of care for the safety and sustainability of the campus outdoor environment. Image: Carissa Hock Academy of Art University Overview of codes and standards relevant to the food service enterprises in K-12 schools, college and university student housing, athletic venues and university-affiliated healthcare systems. Illumination technologies have had a pattern of consuming about 35 percent of building electrical energy use. That number has been pressed downward with the expanded application of LED luminaires and occupant responsive controls; much of the transformation hastened by IEEE and ASHRAE consensus products. Today we run through the development status of these products. Our meeting coincides with the day of two IEEE Education & Healthcare Facilities Committee teleconferences at 14:00 Central European time and 2:00 PM Eastern time in the Americas. “Snow at Argenteuil” | Claude Monet (1875) Overview of the status of consensus documents that set the standard of care for the safety and sustainability of the campus outdoor environment during the coldest months. 115th Congress. Photo Credit: Pew Research Center Today we walk-through of ANSI-accredited consensus, open-source and consortia consensus products incorporated by reference into federal regulations of the real assets of the US education industry. Send a request to bella@standardsmichigan.com for an advance agenda. https://standardsmichigan.com/standing-agenda-federal-state-regulations/ Today we examine standards-setting activity of non-profit trade associations that set academic standards; with specific interest in how these organizations reference other organizations that set standards for the built environment. Today we walk-through state level adaptations of the consensus products of ANSI-accredited standards setting organizations incorporated by reference into state safety and sustainability regulations of education communities. “Parable of the Rich Fool” 1627 / Rembrandt On the day when voters in many states are presented with school bond referenda we select a representative sample of a tax-free bond issue. We also review public consultation invitations by ANSI-accredited and finance industry consortia involved in the cost of US education communities
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The academic calendar of Anglosphere educational settlements quietly shapes life of the mind generally and family life specifically. Its origins lie in the cathedral schools and monastic learning communities of medieval Europe between the 1100s and 1400s. Universities were not originally organized around modern “semesters.” Instead, the year followed the Christian liturgical calendar, agricultural seasons, daylight availability, and travel conditions.
The classic English university calendar evolved into three major terms: Michaelmas in autumn, associated with arrival and beginnings; Hilary or Lent in winter, associated with discipline and study; and Trinity or Easter in spring, associated with examinations, outdoor rituals, music, rowing, gardens, and celebration.
Modern commencement traditions across the Anglosphere are descendants of medieval spring degree ceremonies. Academic gowns, hoods, processions, Latin phrases, formal dining, chapel music, and public recognition all preserve traces of the university as a scholarly guild and religious-civic community.
Before railways, electric lighting, and central heating, universities had to adapt to muddy roads, short winter days, limited candles, cold buildings, and agricultural obligations. Spring therefore became the natural season of culmination, reunion, athletic competition, courtship, and ceremony.
The medieval university was not merely a school but an educational settlement — a self-governing town of scholars, libraries, chapels, kitchens, workshops, residences, and dining halls. That settlement pattern survives in residential colleges, quadrangles, tutorial systems, common rooms, chapel choirs, and formal meals.
Anglosphere campuses retain this ancient emotional rhythm: autumn seriousness, winter inwardness, and spring release. That continuity helps explain why colleges and universities still feel culturally distinct from ordinary commercial society. (Relata: Gulliver Visits the Great Academy of Lagado)
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