Are You Registered to Vote?

Smart people vote.
Responsible citizens vote.
Wise people know how important voting is.

You must register to vote a month ahead of time. You must also be a resident and at least 18 at the time of election.

http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/elections/vregis.htm

Suicide Prevention Day, September 10

September 10, 2014 is World Suicide Prevention Day. You can find materials to help you plan and implement activities for this important occasion on the International Association for Suicide Prevention website.

Webinar to Discuss Threat Assessment Strategies for Schools and Higher Education

On September 23, 2014, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. ET, OJJDP, in collaboration with the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) will present “Threat Assessment Strategies for Schools and Higher Education.” During this Webinar, presenters will provide an overview of threat assessment programs for both K-12 schools and higher education campus settings, discuss school/campus threat assessment strategies and programs, and provide resources to meet standards of practice in threat assessment. Register for this free Webinar.  Learn more about IACP/OJJDP online school safety training courses

Educating Nontraditional Students – Free webinar

Inside Higher Education invites you to join in a free webinar on educating nontraditional students. The webinar is September 11 at 1 p.m.

“Insider Higher Ed editors Scott Jaschik and Doug Lederman will discuss the issues related to the way colleges recruit and retain non-traditional students in higher education.”

To register, go to https://events-na3.adobeconnect.com/content/connect/c1/1002564123/en/events/event/shared/default_template/event_registration.html?sco-id=1408757316&_charset_=utf-8

Science of Happiness

I’m taking a MOOC (massive open online course), The Science of Happiness. There are over 90,000 students enrolled in the course. We are introducing ourselves, posting videos, sharing favorite URLs, mapping ourselves on a world map, and taking a happiness survey. Feel free to enroll with me!

The instructors are UCBerkeley professors Dacher Keltner and Emilaina Simon-Thomas. This course is free and available through edX, https://www.edx.org/course/uc-berkeleyx/uc-berkeleyx-gg101x-science-happiness-1497#.VAiJGGPTd8E