“He who does not speak foreign languages — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe We start National Poetry Month in the United States and Canada every year with an 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. In the United Kingdom, National Poetry Month is celebrated in October, and it is known as “National Poetry Day” which has been observed since 1994. It is an initiative of the Forward Arts Foundation, which aims to encourage people to read, write and perform poetry. Other countries also have their own poetry celebrations, such as World Poetry Day, which is observed annually on March 21 by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) to promote the reading, writing, and teaching of poetry worldwide. We use a Tamil mnemonic 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/ https://standardsmichigan.com/microgrids/ We love Autumn mornings on campus. pic.twitter.com/GvLJW7z6Pq — University of Bath (@UniofBath) October 24, 2023 https://twitter.com/DOEelectricity/status/1691805229849653284?s=20 Today we explain our collaboration with other education settlements in the US and other nations. We conform to participation requirements set by ANSI US Technical Advisory Groups to the International Organization for Standardization 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 International Electrotechnical Commission, International Organization for Standardization and International Telecommunications Union, please contact bella@standardsmichigan.com for an advance agenda. https://standardsmichigan.com/international-standards-teleconference-today-11-am-eastern/ https://standardsmichigan.com/iso-tc-309/ https://standardsmichigan.com/iec-2021/ https://standardsmichigan.com/itu-academia/ d https://standardsmichigan.com/time-frequency-services/ d https://standardsmichigan.com/readability-of-design-standards/ v Overview of transportation standards relevant to large research university campuses — from micro-mobility to parking. Send bella@standardsmichigan.com an email requesting an agenda. This video shows a robot in Liverpool removing an illegally parked Volvo XC60 from a disabled parking spot before delivering the SUV to a nearby tow truck.pic.twitter.com/PkaDAq0if3 — Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) February 12, 2024 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) https://twitter.com/RoyalBalletSch/status/1651974785490878464?s=20 This Is Marshall McLuhan (1967)https://t.co/HiR9l0Nk9ahttps://t.co/FEzQc7Hs3y pic.twitter.com/C8xUfOdDZe — Standards Michigan (@StandardsMich) November 10, 2023 https://youtu.be/vk3P1b8zN8Y?si=i4qBA8gjfOnL7bQM “Daily Growing” (Traditional) | Altan Altan is a traditional Irish band known for their renditions of folk songs, so it’s not uncommon for them to have their own interpretation of traditional tunes. In the case of this version, where an older woman is married off to a much younger man by her father, it still falls within the broader tradition of folk music storytelling. Many folk songs feature themes of love, relationships, and familial dynamics, and this variation of “Daily Growing” explores the dynamics of age differences in marriage, which is not uncommon in traditional music. While the exact origin of Altan’s version of the song may be difficult to trace, it likely draws from the broader tradition of Irish and Scottish folk music, where such themes are common. The song might have been passed down through generations via oral tradition before being recorded by Altan or adapted from other sources within the folk music canon.![]()
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The calendar of Anglosphere educational settlements subtly shapes life of the mind, generally; and family and community life, specifically. Its cadence has roots in the cathedral schools and monastic learning communities of medieval Europe. Universities were not originally organized around modern “semesters.” Instead, the year followed the Christian liturgical calendar, agricultural seasons, food paths, daylight availability, and travel conditions.
In America educational calendars were nudged along by agricultural cycles. In the United Kingdom university calendars 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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