{"id":27102,"date":"2019-02-27T20:29:38","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T01:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2019\/02\/28\/happiness\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T14:11:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T18:11:44","slug":"happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/02\/27\/happiness\/","title":{"rendered":"NECC Professor to Present on the Science of Happiness"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_19862\" style=\"width: 296px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2019\/02\/ElizabethCasanave.jpg-crop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19862\" class=\"wp-image-19862 size-medium\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2019\/02\/ElizabethCasanave.jpg-crop-286x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"286\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19862\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NECC Professor Lizzie Casanave will present on the Science of Happiness at local libraries in March, Optimism Month.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ever find yourself wishing you had a cheat sheet to happiness? The path to a brighter mindset, according to Northern Essex Community College professor Lizzie Casanave, might be more readily achieved than you think.<\/p>\n<p>March is Optimism Month and Casanave will provide four free presentations on the topic. Titled \u201cBe Happy: the Science of Happiness and How to Be Happier,\u201d her lectures will explore studies on positivity and offer up practical tools for achieving happiness amid the onslaught of daily challenges. Casanave\u2019s lectures will be offered at the following times and locations:<\/p>\n<h4>Tuesday, March 12<\/h4>\n<p>Flint Public Library, 1 South Main Street, Middleton, MA<\/p>\n<p>1:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Contact, Melissa Gaspar, 978 774-8132<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Thursday, March 14<\/h4>\n<p>Tewksbury Public Library, 300 Chandler Street, Tewksbury, MA<\/p>\n<p>1:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Register online at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tewksburypl.org\/\">www.tewksburypl.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Saturday, March 23<\/h4>\n<p>Swampscott Public Library, 61 Burrill Street, Swampscott, MA<\/p>\n<p>1:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Call 781 596-8867 or register online at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swampscottlibrary.org\">www.swampscottlibrary.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Saturday, March 30<\/h4>\n<p>Merrimac Public Library, 86 West Main St. Merrimac, MA<\/p>\n<p>11:00 am<\/p>\n<p>Call 978 346-9441.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Casanave holds a BA in philosophy\/religion and world perspectives and an MA in critical and creative thinking. She currently teaches courses in practical logic, philosophy, and ethics at NECC, where she has worked for over ten years. Her curriculum also includes a workshop on the science of happiness, examined through the lens of positive psychology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBe Happy: the Science of Happiness and How to Be Happier\u201d is offered as part of the NECC Speakers Bureau, which has staff and faculty speakers available to present to public and private school systems, libraries, service clubs, and more.<\/p>\n<p>For additional information on this program, please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/engage\/community-resources\/speakers-bureau\/\">Speakers Bureau website<\/a> or contact the group at <a href=\"mailto:speakersbureau@necc.mass.edu\">speakersbureau@necc.mass.edu<\/a> or 978-556-3862.<\/p>\n<p>Northern Essex offers associate degrees in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/learn\/credit-programs\/liberal-arts\/liberal-arts-philosophy\/\">liberal arts: philosophy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/learn\/credit-programs\/liberal-arts\/liberal-arts-psychology\/\">liberal arts: psychology<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NECC Professor Lizzie Casanave will present on the Science of Happiness at local libraries in March, Optimism Month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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