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“Etude pour les constructeurs” 1950 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.\ https://twitter.com/StandardsMich/status/1304895087323815936?s=20 “Lady Astor playing golf at North Berwick” 2015 John Lavery 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. Today we examine a few time-sensitive public consultations released by incumbent building code developers and state agencies that adopt these codes whole cloth or with amendments. Use the login credentials at the upper right of our home page. Today we explain our collaboration with other like-minded units in education communities 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 15:00 UTC 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. Today at 15:00 UTC we drill into the technical specifics that contribute to the safety and sustainability of spaces used for the teaching, practice and display of the fine arts. These occupancies are typically at greater risk than classrooms because they usually contain volatile fluids for artistic painting or biologic specimen preservation, kilns for pottery, fabrics and related machinery for teaching fashion design and practice. Image credit: Unknown Inquiry into changes in the (meaning of) definitions at the foundation of best practice literature; frequently the subject of sporty debate among experts writing codes and standards for the built environment of education communities. We use Tamil script because Tamil is the oldest surviving language and remains the spoken language of 80-odd million people of South Asia. https://standardsmichigan.com/%e0%ae%ae%e0%af%8a%e0%ae%b4%e0%ae%bf-2/ Status update on 5G technology proprietary, accredited, open source and consortia standards relevant to the safety and sustainability agenda of the education facility industry, Emphasis on planning, purchasing, installation and interoperability issues. https://standardsmichigan.com/standing-agenda-campus-5g/ Monthly walk-through of best practice literature for water resources in education communities. Use the login credentials at the upper right of our home page. University of Houston | Harris County Texas https://standardsmichigan.com/food-standards-monthly/ M E M O R A N D U M: Technical Committee on Venting Systems for Cooking Appliances Overview of transportation standards relevant to large research university campuses — from micro-mobility to parking. Send bella@standardsmichigan.com an email requesting an agenda. Overview of the status of best practice catalogs that set the standard of care for the safety and sustainability of the campus outdoor environment. https://youtu.be/GmTpYt-LThE “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 #SmartCampus. Today we run a status check on best practice in electrical power system design, construction, operations and maintenance that support the learning, research and medical clinical delivery enterprises in education communities. Our colloquia on this topic coincide with the two monthly IEEE Education & Healthcare Facilities Committee teleconferences at 14:00 Central European time and 2:00 PM Eastern time in the Americas. Hubble contributes to painting a picture of the evolving universe | CLICK ON IMAGE Faster than you can say “lost luggage” innovators will be outnumbered by regulators, administrative busybodies and muckety-mucks seeking a piece of the action in the nascent catalog of space standards. Innovators will use standardization processes (particularly those favored by the federal government) to outflank their competitors. Space is not our primary domain but, because academic programs are re-tooling their aerospace programs, we keep an eye on it. Solving problems related to space traffic management and orbital debris, for example, are hazards that can be solved with the assistance of academia. Aerospace programs have been co-operating with governments for decades and there is build-out of earthbound facilities needed to continue support for it. This is a new unit on our Syllabus starting 2022. We will at least poke at the topic (i.e. track the relevant literature) to see if we can be of any help enlightening approaches to making the physical earthbound campus safer, simpler, lower-cost and longer-lasting. We will start with aerospace research facilities. https://youtu.be/JFrU19HwDs8 International Electrotechnical Commission Today we review live public consultation notices from cloud technology standards-setting organizations with an eye toward minimizing cost. 2017 ICC A117.1 Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities Review proposals for next revision. See this week’s handouts “Actors from the Commedia dell’Arte on a Wagon in a Town Square” 1640 Jan Miel A walk through the status of best practice literature that sets the standard of care for safety and sustainability in the education facilities built for the performance arts. Readings: The Seven Lively Arts (1924) Glibert Seldes (Oxford Academic review) 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. ISEA (ASC Z87) – International Safety Equipment AssociationSafety Standards for Eye Protection Meeting Time: Tuesday, September 27, 2022 – 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM 117th Congress Swearing In Floor Proceedings – January 3, 2021, House Chamber Today we run a status check on 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/ “Parable of the Rich Fool” 1627 Rembrandt Today we run a status check on public consultations released by ANSI-accredited and finance industry consortia whose involvement affects the cost of US education communities. Ahead of quarterly county elections we examine a few tax-free bond referenda on ballots across the US for insight into the money flow through education communities. Today we review the consensus products that set the standard of care for dental research, instructional and clinical treatment facilities. Open to everyone. Use the login credentials at the upper right of our home page. Whatever anyone wants to talk about. Standards Michigan Office Ann Arbor | 2723 South State Street Suite 150
The Accredited Standards Committee Z87 on Safety Standards for Eye Protection will next meet as noted: Tuesday,
September 27, 2022 – 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
The Vision Council 1700 Diagonal Road, Suite 500
Alexandria, VA 22134
Meeting space is limited and is available on a first come, first-serve basis. There is also a virtual option.
If you have questions or are interested in attending the Z87 Committee meeting, please contact Diana Jones, DirectorTechnical Programs and Development at (703) 525-1695 or djones@safetyequipment.org
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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at a conference where you don’t have to present
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