Earlier this week, our Director of Workshops and Training, SherAaron Hurt, delivered a lecture and workshop as part of the Ashton Speaker Series at the University of New Mexico Libraries, and we are so pleased by how well it went!

Titled "When Expertise Isn't Enough: How Connection and Belonging Sustain Learning", and relying on examples from volunteer-driven educational models, her talk reframed the notion of expertise by exploring how connection, encouragement, and psychological safety shape engagement and persistence in academic learning environments.

We are so grateful also to the Carpentries Instructors at UNM who joined the session! 💙