This year the Intellectual Life Committee has chosen Start Something That Matters by Blake Mycoskie as the first year read for freshmen. The book highlights the incredible story of TOMS Shoes and One for One with a focus on the revolutionary business model that marries fun, profit, and social good.
| 2015 | ||
| Thursday, September 10th | ||
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| 9:30 AM |
Khadijah Munir D34011 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Khadijah Munir of B4 Healing Hearts will speak to Dr. Lucianne Brown's freshman Civic Engagement class. |
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| Monday, October 26th | ||
| 7:00 PM |
Discussion of Domestic Violence Dynamics South Suburban Family Shelter Prairie Place Great Hall 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM This Civic Engagement Dream "Started Something That Matters" 35 years ago! |
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| Friday, November 20th | ||
| 1:30 PM |
David Deeds, Governors State University Engbretson Hall 1:30 PM - 1:45 PM Opening presentation of the Start Something That Matters Summit. |
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| 1:45 PM |
Implementing Restorative Justice Shaniqua Jones, Governors State University Engbretson Hall 1:45 PM - 2:00 PM Second presentation of the Start Something That Matters Summit. |
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| 2:15 PM |
Sustainability and Social Justice: Social Enterprise, Transitional Jobs and Community Development Harry Rhodes Engbretson Hall 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Third presentation of the Start Something That Matters Summit. |
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| 3:30 PM |
Thea Polancic Engbretson Hall 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Fourth and final presentation of the Start Something That Matters Summit. |
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| Tuesday, December 1st | ||
| 11:00 AM |
Global Citizenship Class Presentations Serena Wadhwa, Governors State University D34160 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM For a group project, students in the First Year Seminar Global Citizenship class FYS 1001-06 will tie entrepreneurship and a for-profit business with a global need similar to the story in Start Something That Matters. Their class presentations on December 1 will be open to the university community to attend. |
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| Thursday, December 3rd | ||
| 11:00 AM |
Global Citizenship Class Presentations Serena Wadhwa, Governors State University D34160 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM For a group project, students in the First Year Seminar Global Citizenship class FYS 1001-06 will tie entrepreneurship and a for-profit business with a global need similar to the story in Start Something That Matters. Their class presentations on December 3 will be open to the university community to attend. |
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| 2016 | ||
| Friday, April 22nd | ||
| 11:00 AM |
Sustainability Club, Governors State University Parking Lot A 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM Shredd Authority will have a mobile shredding unit that will allow for confidential items to be shredded on site. This event is free and open to the public. |
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