Learn at Lunch Lecture Series 2010-2012

Find the schedule for the Learn at Lunch lecture series, which offers monthly lectures on topics related to personal and professional well-being.

Learn at Lunch meets on the second Tuesday of every month, noon – 1 p.m. You're welcome to bring your own lunch and eat during the presentation. Reservations are not necessary.

Note: To view these presentations you must have the current version of QuickTime. iPod users: learn how to sync a video podcast to your iPod. Audio-only files will play on MP3-compatible software and hardware. To view videos of presentations from prior years, visit BlinkCast's Learn at Lunch Lecture archive.

As of January 2010 the lectures are no longer streamed live. Archived audio and video will be available a few days after each lecture date.

Learn at Lunch's 2012 schedule

• Feb. 14: Building a Personalized Eldercare Plan
  Presenters: Ann Butterfield, RN, Tony Bevin, Sydney Kennedy, CSA &
  Michelle Brown-Shelton, MA, ATR, CEAP, Counselor at the UCSD Faculty & Staff Assistance Program
  Location: Price Center West (map) Eleanor Roosevelt College room
• April 10: Good Addictions, Bad Addictions, and Healthy Habits
  Presenter: John Smith, LCSW, Counselor at the UCSD Faculty & Staff Assistance Program
  Location: Price Center West (map) Green Table room

Learn at Lunch's 2011 schedule

• Jan. 11: How New Addiction Treatments Can Benefit Anyone
  Presenter: A. Thomas Horvath, Ph.D., ABPP
  Location: Price Center West (map) Earl Warren room
• Feb. 8: Look Mom! I got a credit card! Helping Your Children & Young Adults Manage Credit and Finances
  Presenter: Chase Peckham, Director of Community Outreach, DebtWave Credit Counseling, Inc.
  Location: Price Center West (map) Thurgood Marshall room
• March 8: Mindworks: A Brain-Based Program for Organizing Your Life
  Presenter: Joan Landguth, LCSW, UCSD Outpatient Psychiatric Services
  Location: Price Center West (map) Green Table room
  Joint Co-Sponsorship Event: Learn-At-Lunch & Health and Wellness Programs
• April 12: Alcohol and You: Guidelines for Healthy Drinking
  Presenters: Michelle Brown-Shelton, MA, ATR, CEAP & John Smith, LCSW
  Counselors at the UCSD Faculty & Staff Assistance Program
  Location: Price Center West (map) Green Table room
• May 10: Living Well in San Diego on Any Income
  Presenter: Sally Gary, Author
  Location: Price Center West (map) Green Table room
• June 14: East Meets West: Integrating Practices for Complete Patient-Centered Care
  Presenter: Ryan Altman, L.Ac., Founder & Executive Director, Alternative Healing Network, Inc.
  Location: Price Center West (map) Green Table room
• July 12: The Heart of Healing
  Presenter: Roger Cavnaugh, Ph.D., Core Faculty Member, California Institute for Human Science
  Location: Seuss Room (map) Geisel Library
  Joint Co-Sponsorship Event: Learn-At-Lunch & Health and Wellness Programs
• Aug. 9: Thinking Through: The Metaphor of "The Way"
  Presenter: Peter Bolland, Professor, School of Social Sciences & Humanities, Southwestern College
  Location: Price Center West (map) Green Table room
• Sept. 13: Walking the Autumn Labyrinth [Note:  This presentation was not filmed]
  Presenter: Gary Krueger, Labyrinth Committee/Team, First United Methodist Church of San Diego
  Location: Price Center East (map) Dance Studio
  Joint Co-Sponsorship Event: Learn-At-Lunch & Health and Wellness Programs
• Oct. 11: How does sexual health support my recovery from addiction?
  Presenter: Douglas Braun-Harvey, MFT, CGP, and Certified Sex Therapist
  Location: Price Center West (map) Green Table room
• Nov. 8: Mindful Eating
  Presenter: Rochelle Voth, Ph.D., B.C.B.A., UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness
  Location: Price Center West (map) Green Table room
• Dec. 1 (Thursday): World AIDS Day Event: Living with HIV/AIDS – Panel Discussion
  Presenter: Shaun Travers, Ph.D., Director, UC San Diego LGBT 
  Location: Chancellor’s Complex (map) Conference Room 111A
  Joint Co-Sponsorship Event: Learn-At-Lunch & Health and Wellness Programs, & Campus Community Centers

Learn at Lunch's 2010 schedule

• Jan. 12: Good Grief: And Not So Good Grief
  Presenter: Sidney Zisook, M.D., UCSD Professor, Psychiatry
  Location: Price Center East (map) John Muir room
  Joint Co-Sponsorship Event: Learn-At-Lunch & Health and Wellness Programs
• Feb. 9: Cocoon to Butterfly: Creative Midlife Change
  Presenter: Lisa Longworth, Ph.D.
  Location: Price Center West (map) Thurgood Marshall room
• March 9: Be Smart With Your Money: Understanding Your Personal Financial Standing
  Presenter: Chase Peckham, Director of Community Outreach, DebtWave Credit Counseling, Inc.
  Location: Price Center East (map) John Muir room
• April 13: Compassionate Communication: A Language of Life
  Presenter: Marcelline Brogli, M.F.T., Certified Trainer, The Center for Nonviolent Communication
  Location: Price Center East (map) John Muir room
• May 11: Got Peace? How to Create a Sustainable Meditation Practice
  Presenter: Jeff Zlotnik, Co-Founder, The Meditation Initiative
  Location: Price Center East (map) John Muir room
• June 8: Surrender to Healing: Water Therapy for Stress-Related Conditions
  This Session has been canceled!
• July 13: M.A.D. For Teens
  Presenter: Gina Simmons, Ph.D., L.M.F.T., Co-Director, Schneider Family Services
  Location: Price Center East (map) John Muir room
• Aug. 10: Overview of Massage Styles and Benefits
  Presenter: Michele Nowak-Sharkey, Dean of Education, International Professional School of Bodywork
  Location: Price Center West (map) Eleanor Roosevelt room
• Sept. 14 : Empowering and Energizing Families Through Music
  Presenter: Julie Guy, MM, MT-BC, NMT, Co-Founder, The Music Therapy Center of California
  Location: Student Center (map) Phillip Vera Cruz room
• Oct. 12: Inevitable Parenting Moments in Your Child and Teen’s Sexual Development
  Presenter: Douglas Braun-Harvey, MFT, CGP
  Location: Price Center West (map) Thurgood Marshall room
• Nov. 9: Food as Medicine: Staying Healthy Through the Seasons
  Presenter: Andrea Plichta, L.Ac., MSTOM
  Location: Price Center West (map) Thurgood Marshall room
• Dec. 14: Strategies for Managing Conflict in the Workplace
  Presenter: Ashley Virtue, Director of External Relations, National Conflict Resolution Center (NCRC)
  Location: Price Center West (map) Eleanor Roosevelt room

Learn at Lunch is co-sponsored by the Faculty and Staff Assistance Program (FSAP) and the UCSD Staff Association.

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