Athens State Student Groups Sponsoring Earth and Arbor Day Festival

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Guy McClure
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April 19, 2016
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Athens State Student Groups Sponsoring Earth and Arbor Day Festival

    ATHENS, Ala. - Athens State University’s Student Government Association, the Health and Sciences Career Club, TriBeta, Kappa Pi, Phi Theta Lambda Alumni Association, and the Art Club will join forces to sponsor Earth and Arbor Day Festival 2016.  The event will be held Saturday, April 23 from noon until 4 p.m. on Beasley Field of the Athens State campus.


     The Earth and Arbor Day Festival is the biggest event of the spring semester and will feature tree tours, music, food, face-painting, rock-climbing wall, slip-n-slide, bubble ball, games and much more. All events are free and open to the public. Families are welcome. 


    “Last year’s event was very well attended and this year’s will be a great chance to learn while having fun,” says Athens State Director of Student Activities Terry Stepp. “We look forward to seeing students, families from the community, and anyone who would like to spend a day on our historic campus.”

    The Earth and Arbor Day Festival is the last student event of the academic year. It also gives Athens State graduating seniors a fantastic send-off. Call 256-233-8241 for more information.

Temple Grandin's Athens State Lecture Series to Provide A Variety of Insight

Temple Grandin's Athens State Lecture Series to

Provide A Variety of Insight

Written By
Cayce Lee
Social Media Specialist, ALCTA


Temple Grandin is as difficult to sum up as the Autism Spectrum she lives in and advocates knowledge for.  It takes a laundry list approach to let people know about her, her story, her advocacy, her accomplishments and what is going on around her.

Temple Grandin is:

• Autism Advocate
• Doctor of Animal Science
• Professor at Colorado State University
• Consultant to the Livestock Industry
• Animal Behaviorist
• Created the "Hug Box"
• Subject of HBO'S  award winning biopic Temple Grandin
• Listed as one of Time's 100 Most Influential People in the world "Heroes" Category
• Featured in NPR and TV Shows like The Today Show, 48 Hours, 20/20 and others
• Featured in BBC's Special The Woman Who Thinks Like a Cow
• Featured in magazines - People, Forbes, US News and others
• Subject of a Bravo Biopic
• Produced several DVD
• Designed human handling systems for half the cattle-processing facilities in the US
• Featured in the best-selling book Anthropologist from Mars
• Author
• The Way I See It: A Personal Look at Autism and Asperger's
• Different ... Not Less
• Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals
• Unwritten Rules in Social Relationships: Decoding Social Mysteries Through the Unique Perspective of Autism
• Animals In Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior
• Developing Talents
• Emergence: Labeled Autistic
• Thinking in Pictures

• Diagnosed on the Spectrum

 On August 28, 2014, Temple Grandin will be on the campus of Athens State University as a Livingston Concert and Lecture Series Speaker.   Grandin will be addressing three different groups while on campus in the Carter Gymnasium before her April 29th appearance in Nashville, Tennessee for the Autism and Asperger's Syndrome Conference. (Details here.)

The first of the lectures will at at 2:00PM.  Grandin will have Agricultural Talk with local cattlemen.
This portion of the lecture series is free and open to all local cattlemen.

The second of the lectures will be Student Dialogue.  This portion of the lecture series is reserved for Athens State University Students and invited guest.

The third of the lectures will be at 7:00PM.  This portion of the lecture series will be free and open to the public but requires a reservation. During this public lecture there will be a Questions and Answer segment.

To obtain a reservation for the 7:00PM lecture, please email grandin@athens.edu