Dr. Kalpana Chawla was the youngest of four children, born in Karnal, India in 1962. Until she started school, her parents called her Montu, but Chawla picked her own name from a selection when she entered education. The name Kalpana means “idea,” or “imagination,” but she often went by the nickname K.C. in school. […]

In honor of Mental Health Awareness month, here are a few ideas on how you can show kindness to yourself, and spread kindness to those around you. Set aside time to take care of yourself, not just this month, but anytime you are feeling stressed or overwhelmed. For information on our Employee Assistance Program, go […]

  Isabella Kauakea Yau Yung Aiona, born on June 20th, 1919, in Hāna, Maui, spent much of her childhood at the seashore learning about the edible seaweeds of Native Hawaii from her mother. Together, they would collect them, and use the seaweed to cook traditional Hawaiian meals. These memories sparked her passion in this fascinating […]

    Candace Lynne “Candy” Lightner is the Lebanese-American organizer and founding president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD). Lightner grew up in Pasadena, California, then later attended American River College, after which she married Steve Lightner and had three children– twins Cari and Serena and son Travis. 18 months after the twins were born, […]

Annual compliance training through Vector LMS is due May 15. You should have received an email on April 10th or 11th with a link to the website and your username, allowing  you access to the modules. Hold onto this email, and it will allow you to go in and out of the platform as many […]

    Dr. Farouk El-Baz grew up in a small Egyptian town in the Nile Delta. He credits his curiosity with the physical world to his father. El-Baz originally came to the United States in the early 1960’s to study geology, and earned his Ph.D. from the Missouri University of Science and Technology in 1964. […]

If you were not able to make it to the Vector annual compliance training Zoom yesterday, the recording is available below: video1102012716.mp4 If you have any questions, or have still not received the email that looks like the one below, please email sozment@highlands.edu. We ask that you have the modules completed by the end of […]

  Jane Hurt was born in Greenville, South Carolina in 1924, and raised in Scottsboro, Alabama, but the impact of her conservation efforts can be seen on the coast of Georgia, her adopted home state. Her work was vital to the protection of the barrier islands and marshes of Georgia, but also instrumental in national […]