Join the Discussion & Screening of Modified: A Food Lover’s Journey into GMOs 10/16 @ 6:30p

After screening at the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival this summer, the award-winning documentary film “Modified” returns to the Marquis Theatre for a special one-night only screening in company of the filmmaker and the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont. The special screening is being held to mark World Food Day. Please help us spread the word by forwarding this invitation to friends & colleagues who may be interested in attending!

WORLD FOOD DAY SPECIAL SCREENING OF “MODIFIED”
Tuesday, October 16 at 6:30 pm
The Marquis Theatre, Middlebury
Q & A with the filmmaker and NOFA-VT will follow

“Modified” tells the story of a very personal mother-daughter investigative journey into the complex world of genetically modified foods (GMOs). The film, which has received 10 awards since its release, was partially filmed in Vermont and highlights the state’s historic fight for GMO labelling, as well as Vermont’s short-lived GMO labelling law which was overturned by federal legislation in 2016.

The film is also a visual celebration of food and the love of cooking, highlighting recipes and cooking vignettes from the filmmaker’s farm-to-table cooking show on PBS Food. World-renowned chef Jacques Pépin calls the film “a very personal, tender, touching tribute to a great mom, and a well-researched, enlightening and powerful documentary”.

The film is also being shown in Burlington at Vermont International Film Festival on October 19th, and at Montpelier’s Savoy Theater on October 17th.

For a full list of screenings and to watch the film’s trailer, please visit: www.modifiedthefilm.com

We look forward to seeing you in Vermont!

Using Technology to Address Global Challenges & Make a Lasting Impact

Social Impact at Google is one of the many areas of concentration in the work they do as “[they] seek to improve people’s lives by building and enabling disruptive technology that reinvents the way society addresses shared challenges. The Social Impact teams are seeking exceptional people for roles in software engineering, marketing, strategy and partnerships, with a passion for solving some of the world’s biggest challenges.”

Click a team below to learn more about Social Impact at Google.

Ideas – Google Ideas explores how technology can enable people to confront threats in the face of conflict, instability or repression.
Elections – Their Elections and civic innovation efforts focus on how to make democracy work better by making it easier to get active, and partner with cities and social entrepreneurs to re-engineer the way public services are provided using data and better tools.
Google for Nonprofits – The job of the Google for Nonprofits team is to inspire and enable billions of users to discover and support causes they care about, and supercharge the nonprofit sector with access to Google tools.
Google.org – Through Google.org , [they] invest $75+ million each year in game-changing ideas to make the world a better place. [They] support innovative technologies and entrepreneurial approaches that tackle tough human challenges and scale to help millions of people.
Crisis Response – [Their] Crisis Response team is working to make people safe everywhere by fundamentally changing how [they] prepare and respond in times of natural disasters or other threats by providing people with the information and tools they need.

As the Fall semester continues, we want to keep you in the loop on all things Google so you might take advantage of ways to pull in the social impact opportunities. The Google University Programs team has created a monthly announcements newsletter that includes important dates and job/internship opportunities.

Their recent newsletter offers tips on making the most out of the recruiting season and developing your skills for the new academic year. Examples include:

Ask a Googler: Interview Prep Edition – Tuesday, October 16th at 9:00 PM EST – Googlers will cover internship and full time opportunities, who is eligible to apply, and important deadlines to be aware of.
Ask a Googler: Resume Edition -Wednesday, October 17th at 9:00 PM EST – Google recruiters will be available to answer your questions and offer up advice. They will also be taking live questions.
Ask a Googler: Opportunities/Deadlines -Thursday, October 18th at 6:30 PM EST – Google recruiters will be available to answer your questions and offer up advice when it comes to getting ready for the technical interview. Make sure to watch their Virtual Career Fair session below (there are 3 videos.) They will also be taking live questions.

Also watch the FAQs and Resume Tips.

If you’re interested in being added to that email list, please contact CCI’s Nicole Veilleux.

Weekly Web Updates – October 15, 2018

All of our Drupal servers were upgraded to run on PHP 7.1. This is part of ongoing, and nearly complete, work to ensure that our servers are on the newer version of PHP before PHP 5.6 reaches its end of life date at the end of the year.

Updates

Drupal ckeditor_abbreviation 8.x-1.4
Drupal libraries 7.x-2.5
WordPress foobox-image-lightbox plugin 2.6.0
WordPress foogallery plugin 1.5.9
WordPress hueman theme 3.4.4
WordPress jetpack plugin 6.6.1
WordPress nextgen-gallery plugin 3.0.13
WordPress social-icons-widget-by-wpzoom plugin 3.0.11
WordPress the-events-calendar plugin 4.6.24.1

Fixes and Tweaks

All traffic to the Middlebury and MIIS Course Hub sites now goes over the secure HTTPS protocol. This includes background connections to third-party platforms like Canvas.
Added an SEO tool to the Institute site which allows editors to enter a keyword and see how well the page they are creating utilizes that keyword.
Fixed an issue with the Chat plugin for WordPress where the GMT offset was being applied time to the timestamp of chat posts.
The Easy FAQ with Expanding Text plugin now works when the post is viewed in an aggregated list of posts or pages.
Enabled the metatag module for the Davis UWC website so that information about the pages can be added to ensure they look right when posted on Facebook.

Ongoing Work

Fixes and tweaks for the new Institute site https://www.middlebury.edu/institute/
Creating a new “Offices” site for institution-wide anchor functions.
Upgrading applications to run on PHP 7.1.
Upgrading the Drupal sites for the Davis programs, Dining Menus, and Museum of Art to Drupal 8.
Providing O365 Groups to classes via the Course Hub.

Vermont Employer Highlight: Faraday, Inc!

Faraday is hiring!

Faraday provides a AI platform for solving the most common B2C customer life cycle revenue challenges. Faraday’s machine learning platform is used by over 75 companies in the Energy, Finance, E-commerce and other industries to optimize marketing and sales efforts to drive revenue growth from acquisition through retention.

Seniors and alumni, check out their jobs posted in Handshake:

Data Analyst – You are a self-motivated individual who is disciplined, tenacious, and capable of keeping your eye on the finish line amidst competing priorities. You have good interpersonal abilities which you will employ daily with your team.
Facilities Maintenance Program Manager – deadline 10/22 – The program manager will develop, implement, and maintain programs such as asset management, citywide fleet vehicle replacement, facility storm water compliance, hazardous waste compliance, facility energy management and solar generation and others based on the needs of the Division
Sales Development Representative – We’re looking for an ambitious, motivated Sales Development Representative (SDR) to help grow our outbound lead-generation initiatives at Faraday. You will generate leads through outbound prospecting and qualify inbound leads to determine sales readiness. The SDR is expected to work independently while collaborating with colleagues and industry aligned Account Executives.
Customer Success Manager – As a Customer Success Manager, you will be a trusted advisor for strategic accounts and responsible for ensuring that they are successfully implementing and leveraging the Faraday AI platform to gain the most value in their investment.

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