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Summer Term 2024 Virtual Events

May 29 – August 14 – Summer Term Stress Relief Events  

• May 29 – August 14: Virtual Makerspace on the Learning Commons Padlet 

• • Summer Break is the perfect time to check out the Learning Commons Virtual Makerspace! Our Makerspace provides fun, creative, and challenging projects focused on the STEAM fields: Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math. All projects are easily done at home or on campus and we will be constantly updating with new things to do! There is even a Children’s Makerspace to explore. Please send pictures and/or videos of your completed projects to us at learningcommons@canton.edu for us to share with the campus community!   

• May 29 – August 14: Stress Relief Activities on the Learning Commons Padlet 

• • Summer Term can be an overwhelming and stressful time due to the shortened sessions, and we have a way to help get you through! Our Stress Relief Padlet is full of resources ranging from 5-minute meditation, to fun games and crafts, to local hiking areas you can experience around Canton, NY. We hope these activities help you take a moment to relax while taking your summer courses! 

• May 29 – August 14: Virtual Coloring Stations on the Learning Commons Padlet 

• • A virtual coloring station will be available on the Learning Commons Padlet starting May 29. Fun activity sheets, such as crosswords, word searches, and coloring sheets, will be available for use. Please share your finished projects with us at learningcommons@canton.edu for us to share with the campus community, or upload them to the “Share Your Work!” tab on Padlet. 

Diversity in STEM Series

Diversity in STEM Series on the Learning Commons Virtual Makerspace

• January: National Mentoring Day 
• February: Great Backyard Bird Count 
• March: Celebrating Mathematics on Pi Day 
• April: Rooclipse Totality in Canton 
• May: National Week of Making 
• June: National Dairy Month

Monthly Virtual Book Displays

Monthly Virtual Book Displays on the Learning Commons Padlet

January: National Poverty in America Awareness Month

• Featured book: Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond, available as an eBook and as a physical book

February: Celebrating Black History Month (Theme: Historical Fiction); Blind Date with a Book Month 

• Featured book: Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez, available as an eBook and as a physical book

March: Women’s History Month: (Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) 

• Featured book: The Fire This Time by Jesmyn Ward, available as an audiobook and as a physical book

April: Celebrate Diversity Month

• Featured book: Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, available as an eBook and as a physical book

May: Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AAPIHM)

• Featured book: Under the Painted Sky by Stacey Lee, available as an audiobook

June: Celebrating Pride Month

• Featured book: Heartstopper, Volume 1 by Alice Oseman, available as an eBook and as a physical book