Webinar Series 2026

Join us for AllPeopleBeHappy's Fall Webinar Series 2026

Join us for our virtual 4 part webinar series!

Professional development opportunity for faculty and staff committed to leveraging off-campus, experiential learning to support students’ development in respect to (a) embracing dignity across difference, (b) suspending judgment to foster shared discernment and learning, and (c) scaffolding from relational to societal insights and commitments.

    • Early career faculty and staff potentially interested in partnering with communities across the AllPeopleBeHappy Network are especially welcome. 
    • Webinar series participation may lead to a deep-dive, immersive professional development opportunity together next year in San Juan, PR (funding-dependent). 
    • Save the Dates: Wed, Oct 7, 12:00 – 1:00 ET; Tues, Oct 27th 2:00 – 3:00 ET; Wed, Nov 18, 12:00 – 1:00 ET; Friday, Dec 11, 12:00 – 1:00 ET (webinar series will be recorded, so it is possible to miss one, but this will also feature shared thinking and development, so we are looking for folks who can make at least 3 of 4 in real time; dates are prospective as we confirm some guest speakers and colleagues).

The program fee is $300, but numerous scholarships are available. Any individual completing the application has the opportunity to indicate that they would like to be considered for a scholarship. The application functions as the scholarship application too.

Participation in the webinar series may lead to a deep-dive, immersive professional development opportunity together next year in San Juan, Puerto Rico (funding-dependent).

Apply Here

Session 1: Reviewing Open Access Resources, Naming Gaps, and Series Overview, Wed, Oct 7, 12:00 - 1:00 ET

 Dr. Eric Hartman (Series Host and APBH Distinguished Fellow for Global Citizenship) will provide an overview of existing open-access tools and resources vital for experiential educators working across fields and contexts. The overview will include a review of purposeful and ethical experiential learning fundamentals, as well as a summary of critical challenges facing the field, related gaps, and how the series will bridge those issues.

Session 2: Text, Experience, and Professional Preparation - The Dignity of Distant Others, Tues, Oct 27th 2:00 - 3:00 ET

Dr. Jessica Everett (Global Medical Director, Child Family Health International), Dr. Gundolf Graml (President, Ursinus College), and other distinguished faculty guests. Speaking from faculty and administrative roles in the humanities, global health, and engineering, guest panelists will illuminate their systematic approaches to supporting students’ capacities to see and reflect upon dignities across apparent differences. Host Dr. Eric Hartman will share tools to support faculty in these efforts in all fields and working in diverse contexts around the world. 

Session 3: Text and Experience - Suspending Judgment, Holding Humility, Wed, Nov 18, 12:00 - 1:00 ET

Dr. Becky Spritz (Dean of Arts and Sciences, Point Park University) and other distinguished faculty guests. Speaking from faculty and administrative roles in history and psychology, guest panelists will share specific examples to support students in developing the capacity to suspend judgment. As with the preceding sessions, Dr. Eric Hartman will share tools supporting faculty progress in advancing these efforts across fields and around the world.

Session 4: From Relationships to Rights: Care, Community, Constitutional Democracy(-ies) Friday, Dec 11, 12:00 - 1:00 ET

Growing from tensions within and among contemporary cultural and campus clashes, Dr. Eric Hartman will share several different examples, across contexts and disciplines, for scaffolding learning from relational to societal insights and commitments. He will be joined by professionals advancing such commitments across nonprofit, government, and corporate leadership roles.

Frequently Asked Questions

WHAT DOES THE FALL WEBINAR SERIES COST?

We are committed to affordability and accessibility. Individuals who have institutional funds available for professional development are asked to pay a $300 program fee for the fall webinar series. Ample scholarship opportunities are also available.

WHAT IF I’M NOT “EARLY CAREER”?

You’re still welcome! In the case of high rates of interest, early career individuals will be prioritized for space and scholarship support.

WHAT IF I’M NOT SURE MY PARTICULAR ROLE FITS?

If you (a) are interested in these themes and (b) work with people to develop their personal, community, and civic skills and awareness, you’re most welcome here.

That might include, for example, faculty in the hard sciences, staff working in student or community engagement, educators working with high school seniors, community college faculty working with older adults, and many others.

WHAT ABOUT THE IMMERSIVE PROGRAM IN PUERTO RICO?

We expect to have more information about this opportunity by mid-November.

In the meantime, we would like to gauge interest in an immersive, community-engaged seminar on these issues in San Juan, Puerto Rico, over four days and three nights.

The anticipated program fee is $1,700, inclusive of room and board. Scholarship support may be available. Indicating interest at this stage does not constitute a commitment to participate.