Health/Wellness
From Pitch to Purpose: A Focused Introduction to Moving from Performance to Presence (Speaker: Heather Walter)
Posted: March 5, 2026 at 4:27 pm
You’ve been trained to pitch. To package. To walk into the room with the polished deck and the vision people can rally around. And it works — until it doesn’t. This 90-minute session is for leaders who’ve started to feel the gap between the presentation and the transformation. Between the plan and what actually moves. […]
A/V requirements: LCD Projector and Screen
Play Action Leadership: Learning Strategic Change Moves (Speaker: Heather Walter)
Posted: March 5, 2026 at 4:21 pm
Here’s the thing about change: most leaders try to push through resistance head-on. They announce the initiative, build the deck, get the buy-in, and then wonder why six months later nothing actually moved. It’s not because the strategy was wrong. It’s because the play was too obvious. In football, a play action pass works because […]
A/V requirements: LCD Projector and Screen
The Unfold Lab: Leaders Turning Potential Into Motion (Speaker: Heather Walter)
Posted: March 5, 2026 at 4:18 pm
You’re not stuck because you don’t know enough. You’re stuck because what you know isn’t moving. It’s sitting in the meeting that keeps circling the same agenda. In the feedback you’ve been meaning to give. That’s stored potential. The Unfold Lab is where leaders learn to stop containing what they have and start activating it. […]
A/V requirements: Internet Access, LCD Projector, Screen
Trauma, Stress, and Trauma-informed Care: Immigrant Families, Mental Health, Community Care and Counseling (Speaker: Rachael Goodman)
Posted: November 7, 2025 at 4:35 pm, Last Updated: December 10, 2025 at 4:43 pm
Dr. Goodman provides speaking engagements on topics related to trauma counseling, social justice, immigrant/refugee families, mental health, and community care.
A/V requirements: None
Obesity, Health, and Wellness (Speaker: Martin Binks)
Posted: March 7, 2025 at 8:04 pm, Last Updated: March 7, 2025 at 8:06 pm
Dr. Binks can speak on many topics related to overall health and wellness, healthy lifestyles, overall selfcare, obesity (medical, surgical, pharmacological, behavioral), nutrition and physical activity.
A/V requirements: Laptop , LCD Projector, Screen
A Strong Leader is a Kind Leader (Speaker: Philip Wilkerson)
Posted: October 28, 2021 at 7:04 pm, Last Updated: May 31, 2024 at 3:26 pm
“Clear is Kind”-Brene Brown. When we look at leaders, we envision strong, confident and capable people who lead others but how often do we examine the impact of kindness on a person’s leadership capabilities? In the presentation we will discuss the impact kindness has on a person who is trying to motivate and inspire others […]
A/V requirements: Laptop, LCD Projector, Screen
High Fidelity Modeling of Pathogen Movement, Transmission and Mitigation in the Built Environment (Speaker: Rainald Lohner)
Posted: June 21, 2021 at 6:19 pm, Last Updated: June 3, 2024 at 5:27 pm
The recent Covid-19 pandemic has led to a thorough review of current ventilation systems in the built environment. The talk gives overview of high-fidelity modeling of pathogen propagation, transmission and mitigation. Starting from the current understanding of pathogen, and in particular virus transmission and mitigation, the required physical and numerical models are derived and proper […]
A/V requirements: Laptop, LCD, Screen
Defining the role of Health Informatics (Speaker: Matthew Hicks)
Posted: November 12, 2019 at 1:10 pm, Last Updated: June 3, 2024 at 5:39 pm
Describe the role and benefits of health informatics in the delivery of quality patient-centered care. Discuss professional health care provider responsibilities for safeguarding confidential client information, including HIPAA regulations. Explain possible consequences for breaches in privacy and confidentiality. Discuss professional responsibilities in the use of social health care technology or media as it relates to […]
A/V requirements: Screen, White Board and Markers
Diet and Obesity (Speaker: Lawrence Cheskin)
Posted: October 11, 2019 at 1:23 pm, Last Updated: June 3, 2024 at 5:40 pm
Dr. Cheskin will talk about how diet and nutrition affect obesity.
A/V requirements: Internet Access, Laptop, LCD Projector, Screen
Lyme Disease (Speakers: Don and Kathy Boileau)
Posted: July 23, 2019 at 6:24 pm, Last Updated: March 23, 2026 at 2:10 pm
Dr. Boileau, having had Lyme disease, will cover the presence, testing, and prevention methods relevant to people in the DMV area. He will be joined by his wife, Kathy, a retired RN who has had Lyme disease for over 25 years. She is a founding member and an active Board Member of the National Capitol […]
A/V requirements: PowerPoint
The Public Health Impacts of Gender-based Violence against Women (Speaker: Jhumka Gupta)
Posted: January 24, 2019 at 3:59 pm, Last Updated: June 3, 2024 at 7:30 pm
What are the public health impacts of gender-based violence against women? How can we research gender-based violence against women? What are promising intervention approaches to both reduce gender-based violence against women?
A/V requirements: Internet Access, Laptop, LCD Projector, Screen
Jhumka Gupta
Posted: January 24, 2019 at 3:57 pm, Last Updated: March 1, 2022 at 4:13 pm
Jhumka Gupta, ScD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Global and Community Health within the College of Health and Human Services. Her research program applies a social epidemiology framework towards advancing the science of gender-based violence against women and girls (e.g. intimate partner violence, sex trafficking). Specifically, she investigates the mental and reproductive health […]
Fitness/Health/Leadership (Speaker: Ethan Carter)
Posted: August 26, 2015 at 5:47 pm, Last Updated: June 3, 2024 at 8:10 pm
As a growing professional I like to discuss the ups and downs of living from a personal level. Each person chooses their own path and “exercises” decision making along the way. Each decision has consequences (good/bad) and that is just part of life. When most think of me, they think of the physical aspects of […]
A/V requirements: Laptop, LCD Projector, Screen
Ethan Carter
Posted: August 26, 2015 at 5:45 pm, Last Updated: June 22, 2021 at 5:49 pm
Ethan Carter is the Associate Director of Programs, Well-Being & Assessment for Mason Recreation and has been a campus recreation professional since 2007. He has a Dual Degree in Athletic Training and Fitness Development, as well as a Masters in Exercise Science. He is a Certified Athletic Trainer, Group Exercise Instructor, Personal Trainer, and Strength […]