Champlain College

The Ride Ahead Film Screening
2025-02-25 15:00 - 17:30 (America/New_York) | Alumni Auditorium, Center for Communication & Creative Media (CCM), 375 Maple Street, Burlington, VT, 05401, United States
Samuel Habib is a typical 21-year-old, itching to move out, start a career, and find love. But no one tells you how to be an adult, let alone an adult with a disability. Can a community of disability activists help him follow his dreams?

Get in Culture: Vietnam
2025-02-13 15:00 - 16:00 | Room 221, Center for Communication & Creative Media (CCM), 375 Maple Street, Burlington, VT, 05401, United States
This Get in Culture event is hosted by Sao Băng Nguyen, a first-year Computer Science Major originally from Vietnam and raised in Malaysia. Sao Băng is thrilled to share her experiences and facts about her country with the Champlain community.

Slam Poetry & Identity Workshop: Steven Antoine Willis
2025-02-10 13:30 - 15:00 | Morgan Room, Aiken Hall, 83 Summit St, Burlington, VT, 05401, United States
Come celebrate Black History Month with the ODI and 3 time Individual World Poetry Slam finalist Steven Antoine Willis. Steven is a writer, poet, storyteller and performer who uses his theatrical background to creatively articulate African American culture. His art is heavily influenced by urban life and religion, and combines elements of hip-hop, theatre, anthropology, and political theory. After his performance, Steven will take you through an identity workshop that examines the many facets of humanity. This program fulfills a Second Year InSight CAREtalk milestone. You must attend the entire event in order to get InSight credit.

Building Your Future: Career Strategies & Personal Stories from BIPOC Professionals
2025-02-05 16:00 - 17:00 | Room 444, Center for Communication & Creative Media (CCM), 375 Maple Street, Burlington, VT, 05401, United States
Join The Vermont Professionals of Color Network, Champlain Office of Diversity & Inclusion, and the Champlain Career Collaborative for an engaging conversation about stepping into the professional world as a BIPOC individual. This interactive workshop is designed to help you navigate the workplace with confidence and authenticity. Through real-world advice from experienced professionals, discover strategies for building supportive networks and thriving in environments that may not always be designed with you in mind.
Special guests include Nik Khosla (CIO/CTO, NorthCountry Federal Credit Union), Tino Rutanhira (Co-founder, VT Professionals of Color Network & Entrepreneur), David Tabaruka (Financial Controller, Community College of Vermont), Weiwei Wang (Executive Director and Co-Founder, VT Professionals of Color Network), and CD Mattison (Head of Product, Yelo; Digital UX & Innovation Strategist).
This event counts as a 1st & 3rd Year InSight CAREERtalk. Must attend the full event to receive credit.

MLK Roundtable Discussion: Jan. 24
2025-01-24 11:00 - 13:00 | Fireside Lounge, IDX Student Life Center, 262 S Willard St, Burlington, 05401
The King Center’s topic for 2025’s King Holiday Observance is “Mission Possible: Protecting Freedom, Justice, and Democracy in the Spirit of Nonviolence365.” Join the Champlain College community for a conversation around Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy, the upcoming presidential inauguration, and Loretta Ross’ campus visit. Everyone is welcome to join and reflect on MLK Jr.’s various achievements, speeches, and concept of a beloved community and how it can be realized in our world today.

MLK Paint by Number
2025-01-23 13:00 - 15:00 | 4th Floor Hallway, Center for Communication & Creative Media, 375 Maple Street, Burlington, 05401, United States
Come grab a paint-by-number kit and a donut, and join us on the 4th floor of CCM, by the arched windows. In addition to completing a paint-by-number kit, you can also paint on the Dream Wall exhibit in the hallway as a part of our MLK Holiday Observance programming.

MLK Week: A Conversation with Loretta J. Ross
2025-01-22 18:30 - 19:15 | Champlain Room, Center for Communication & Creative Media (CCM), 375 Maple Street, Burlington, VT, 05401, United States
Champlain College helps students to be Ready. Ready for Work. Ready for Life. Ready to Make a Difference. How do your core values guide your life and work? How can they keep you grounded, focused, and true to yourself? How do they guide the decisions you make along your career path? Loretta J. Ross will share reflections and insights about how she has navigated the intersection of core values and professional choices over her impactful 50-year career. After speaking about her experience, she’ll offer time for Q&A.
Attendance fulfills a Third-Year Purposeful Living InSight milestone. Must stay for the full event to receive credit.
Find information about Ross’ afternoon keynote event here.

MLK Keynote Speaker: Loretta J. Ross
2025-01-22 15:30 - 17:00 | Champlain Room, Center for Communication & Creative Media (CCM), 375 Maple Street, Burlington, VT, 05401, United States
Join us for our 2024 Martin Luther King Jr. keynote speaker event, featuring Loretta J. Ross, author of Calling In: How to Start Making Change With Those You’d Rather Cancel.
Loretta J. Ross is an activist, public intellectual, scholar, the 2022 recipient of the MacArthur Foundation “Genius” award and an Associate Professor at Smith College. Throughout her 50-year career she has worked with prominent organizations related to women’s human rights, reproductive justice, white supremacy, and women of color organizing. In 1996, she founded the first center in the U.S. to innovate creative human rights education for all students transforming social justice issues to be more collaborative and less divisive. In her work Calling In the Calling Out Culture, she transforms how people can overcome political differences to use empathy and respect to guide difficult conversations. In 2023, Loretta was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame.
This event is open to all Champlain students, employees and community members. We have reserved a number of tickets for family and friends of the College. If you are not a student or employee, please reserve a free ticket, which are available on a first-come, first served basis. The event will take place in the Champlain Room, with overflow seating available in Alumni Auditorium.
Attendance counts as a Second-year InSight CAREtalk. Must attend the full program to receive InSight credit.
Join Loretta for an additional evening event at Champlain, as she shares how her core values have guided her life and work. Details are available here.
Read about Ross in the New York Times.

MLK Dream Wall: A Community Collaboration
2025-01-21 12:00 - 14:00, 2025-01-15 12:00 - 14:00 | 4th Floor Hallway, Center for Communication & Creative Media, 375 Maple Street, Burlington, 05401, United States
Join the community in reflecting on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through various artistic mediums. Write your reflections or thoughts, draw, paint, or express yourself in response to Dr. King’s quotes, justice, democracy, and the beloved community. This exhibit can be found on the 4th floor of the Center for Communications & Creative Media, by the arches windows on the way to the Ireland building, and will be up from Wednesday, January 15th at 12 PM, through Wednesday, January 29th for contribution. Staff will be available for creative support during the opening of the exhibit on January 15, as well on January 21.

MLK, Let's Talk: Video Games and Social Justice
2025-01-17 13:00 - 14:30 | Fireside Lounge, IDX Student Life Center, 262 S Willard St, Burlington, 05401
Join the Champlain community for a discussion on video games as a platform for social justice topics. We will examine Fornite’s botched attempt at an MLK event, Minecraft Education’s “Lessons in Good Trouble,” and other cases to see what is done well, and what could be done better. Attendees are encouraged to come with your own examples to enrich the conversation!

Family Feast
2024-11-26 12:00 - 14:00 | Dining Hall, IDX Student Life Center, 262 S Willard St, Burlington, VT, 05401, United States
Will you be on campus or in the area for November Break? Come join the Champlain community for a free holiday meal! Turkey, mashed potatoes, pie, and more. This is an annual event hosted by the Division of Student Affairs, Diversity, and Inclusion, and Sodexo. Come be in community together! No meal plan required, and bring tupperware so you can take leftovers home.

Diversify Your Palate
2024-11-19 13:30 - 15:30 | Office of Diversity & Inclusion, IDX Student Life Center, 262 S Willard St, Burlington, VT, 05401, United States
Join us as we introduce Puerto Rican heritage to the student body through authentic and homemade Puerto Rican food, watch a movie surrounding Puerto Rican heritage, and hear a few words from a Puerto Rican student on their experiences.

OISS Get in Culture: Ukraine
2024-11-08 15:00 - 16:00 | Room 221, Center for Communication & Creative Media (CCM), 375 Maple Street, Burlington, VT, 05401, United States
Come join us to dig deeper into the Country of Ukraine and sample some delicious Ukrainian food!
This event counts as an InSight CAREtalk.

International Education Week 2024: OISS International Festival!
2024-11-06 15:00 - 17:00 | Champlain Room, Center for Communication & Creative Media (CCM), 375 Maple Street, Burlington, VT, 05401, United States
To celebrate International Education Week, the Office of International Student Services (OISS) is thrilled to host an inaugural Champlain College International Festival on Wednesday, November 6th from 3:00-5:00 PM in the Champlain Room. The International Festival will showcase tables representing various countries and cultures, offering activities and experiences that will allow students, faculty, and staff to explore the world right here on campus. Each participant will be given a “passport” to collect stamps at each country table; if the passport is completed with all stamps from every table, the student can use it to enter to win prizes after the event. Students who complete their passports and enter them into the prize raffle will be given 1 Pokemon mini-pack (3 TCG cards) as a thank you gift from OISS.

Vermont Women's Rally
2024-11-02 08:15 - 13:30 | Parking lot, Rowell Annex, 277 S Willard St, Burlington, VT, 05401, United States
The VT Women’s Rally is a sister event to the NATIONAL WOMEN’S MARCH in Washington, DC, on the same date.
The rally will be a celebration of Vermont’s commitment to ensure equality for women and to recognize the power voters hold to fight for women’s rights and beyond.
NEED A RIDE? We will be providing van transportation to and from Montpelier. We’ll stop for bagels on the way & enjoy a day of community & empowerment! If you would like transportation, please sign up using this link and meet us at the Rowell Annex (behind Rowell Hall) at 8:15 am on Saturday, Nov 2nd.

"Show Her the Money" Film Screening Showcasing Female Investors
2024-10-30 18:00 - 21:00 | Hula Innovation Campus, Hula Lakeside, 50 Lakeside Ave, Burlington, VT, 05401, United States
We have been offered a generous opportunity to invite eight students to attend a film screening…generously funded by Michelle Hernandez, First Lady of Champlain College as well as CEO and Founder of Leading Elephants LLC. Read about the event below and sign up if you have the interest and availability.
Sign up link: https://bit.ly/showherthemoneyfilm
HULA is thrilled to collaborate with the Vermont Women’s Fund and the Vermont Community Foundation to present Vermont’s premier film screening of “Show Her the Money.” The film highlights the fact that women receive less than 2% of venture capital funding, showcasing incredible female investors who are changing that narrative by investing in diverse female entrepreneurs and other underrepresented groups.
“Show Her the Money” is a powerful reminder that investing in women isn’t just about fairness—it’s about unlocking groundbreaking ideas, fueling economic growth, and shaping a more equitable future.
Following the screening Janice St Onge, President of Flexible Capital Fund will host a conversation with film producer and investor Catherine Gray.
You must get to the event on your own; however, you can ride the Champlain Shuttle to the Miller Building on Lakeside Avenue and walk the short distance to HULA from there. (Please walk with a buddy since it will be dark.)
See the event on Handshake.

Get in Culture: American Samoa
2024-10-16 15:00 - 16:00 | Room 301, Joyce Hall, 387 Maple Street, Burlington, 05401, United States
Come join us to dig deeper into the island of American Samoa and sample some delicious Samoan food!
This event counts as an InSight CAREtalk.

WGC Celebrates National Coming Out Day!
2024-10-11 11:00 - 12:30 | Atrium, IDX Student Life Center, 262 S Willard St, Burlington, VT, 05401, United States
Join the WGC in the IDX Atrium to celebrate National Coming Out Day with pins and some fun activities!

Let's Talk: Americanization
2024-10-09 14:30 - 15:30 | Room 305, Miller Information Commons, 95 Summit St, Burlington, VT, 05401, United States
Come join us in the Miller Information Commons, Room 305/306 to discuss Americanization. Chinese food will be served. All are welcome to come and participate. See you there!
