In this final talk in the AAUW/Ilsley Library 2024-25 speaker series, by Clinical Professor and Director of Curriculum at Northern Arizona University Dr. Kelly Macauley (PT, DPT, EdD) will explore the history and evolution of simulation in healthcare. To learn more, please visit https://www.aauw.org/
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Navigating Depths: My Voyage in Ocean Robotics,” An AAUW Speaker Series Talk
Jaine Perotti is a Robotics Engineer living in Richmond, Vermont. She graduated from SUNY Plattsburgh in 2022 with dual bachelor’s degrees in Robotics and Physics. She works for a Vermont-based company which specializes in custom subsea robotics software and several marine robots designed to perform different tasks.
Jaine has been involved mainly in mapping and navigation software. Her software will be deployed on the US Navy’s fleet of EOD (explosive ordinance disposal) robots in order to map and track mines in the water. Her current project is developing SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping) software to help improve navigation accuracy on a ship hull-cleaning robot. Customers of the ship-hull cleaning service include major cruise lines. Jaine will be giving a talk on her career trajectory, from her college education all the way up through her current projects. Sponsored by the Middlebury Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW).
AAUW Speaker Series: Elderly Services, Your Partner in Aging
Join the local chapter of the American Association of University Women for “Elderly Services: Your Partner in Aging,” a talk by former Elderly Service Executive Director Joanne Corbett.
Sponsored by AAUW (American Association of University Women) and Ilsley Public Library.
Producer: MCTV
AAUW Speaker Series: Women and Intercollegiate Athletics
Cornwall Native Julie Power Ruppert speaks on Female Leadership Perspectives on Navigating Intercollegiate Athletics Today. Ruppert shares her inspiring success story in a field largely dominated by men. She made history by being named the first woman NCAA Northeast-10 Division II commissioner, and now has the longest tenure in Northeast-10 Conference history. Ruppert frequently represents Division II at national events, and is an active member of Women Leaders in College Sports.
Sponsored by AAUW (American Association of University Women) and Ilsley Public Library.
Producer: MCTV
AAUW Speaker Series: On Being Enough, Combating Perfectionism Through Self-Compassion
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AAUW Speaker Series: Embracing Solitude for Psychological Wellbeing
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AAUW Speaker Series: Sharing Lessons Learned Working in International Reproductive Health Programs
Linda Andrews was in second grade, dressed as a nurse for a Middlebury Halloween parade, when she decided to work internationally. At age 38 she realized her dream. With degrees from UVM and UCLA, she traveled to Thailand to help develop a reproductive health program and continued to work on international health for 30 years in seven Asian and African countries. In this talk and in her recent book, Building a Better World Together, Lisa Andrews shares insights on sustainable reproductive health programs. Come learn about both sustainable (in Thailand and Tanzania) and unsustainable (in Somalia) reproductive health systems, and about the challenges and satisfactions of working internationally. An AAUW Speaker Series talk.
Producer: MCTV
AAUW Series: Putin’s Chechnya and Ukraine Wars: Different Blood, Same Tactics
Award-Winning Russian Photojournalist Dmitri Beliakov launches the 2023-24 AAUW/Ilsley Library Speaker Series. Born in Russia in 1970 and currently a refugee living in Vermont, Beliakov has traveled to the Caucasus more than 50 times and is one of only two Russian photographers to document the Second Chechen war (1999-2010) from all sides, including the Chechen armed resistance, Russian regular troops, pro-Kremlin Chechen loyalists, and civilians. From 2014 to 2019 he covered the conflict in Ukraine, photographing the annexation of Crimea, the war in Donbas, and the economic and humanitarian impacts of the war from all sides – civilians, pro-Kremlin armed separatists, and the Ukrainian army. “Why does the conflict in Ukraine look so much like that in Chechnya?” asks Beliakov. There is a “remarkable and tragic link” between the two. His goal is to provide an honest account of what actually went on during the Chechen War and explain how, in a sense, that war foreshadowed today’s horrific events in Ukraine. This slide presentation of Dmitri Beliakov’s work is made possible in part by a grant from Middlebury’s Neat Repeats. Recorded 10/17/23 Producer: MCTV