The morning of the first Monday night professional football game for the 2021 season seemed like the perfect time to gear up and head over to Centergy One to ask our community members the hard-hitting questions centered around the popular sport.

Prior to the Olympic Flame being extinguished on Sunday, August 8, signaling the official end of the historic games, we wanted to host one more themed activation in honor of such a momentous occasion. This summer had been quite the spectacle, with Simone Biles and dressage captivating the headlines, amongst other record-breakers. But what about the unsung heroes? What about the events that require elite athlete-level training, but aren't recognized as official Olympic sports? Enter: Uncommon Olympics – a Coffee Talk we hosted at Technology Enterprise Park (TEP) that shed light on the types of activities that should be in the Olympics, but aren't currently.

“One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” These were the words that American astronaut, Neil Armstrong, uttered upon stepping foot on the moon 52 years ago on July 20, 1969. To celebrate this historic day in a playful way, we hosted a Coffee Talk and served little moons (in the form of powdered doughnut holes and Moon Pies) with a side of lunar-themed tunes and trivia for our community members at Technology Enterprise Park (TEP).

A community can be defined, traditionally, as “a feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.” While we do believe this to be true, we at Tech Square ATL (TSQATL) Social Club also believe it’s those unique and differing passions from a diverse and robust group of people that make a community so interesting. And with the pandemic causing many people to hone in on their newfound, or even resurfaced, hobbies and pastimes, we thought hosting a Coffee Talk where members could share their side hustles with each other would showcase the depth and breadth of such a diversified community.

Sprinkled, filled, powdered, or simply glazed: Can you really ever just have one doughnut? If you’re like any of our members at Technology Enterprise Park (TEP), it’s probably hard for you to resist treating yourself to freshly-made doughnuts when they’re around. On Friday, June 4, better known to some as National Doughnut Day, we hosted a Coffee Talk to celebrate this sweet treat as a community. But like any other signature Tech Square ATL Social Club community activation, we honored the occasion with a nerdy twist: doughnut trivia. So, how much do the engineers, researchers, and chemists at TEP know about their favorite fried confection? Turns out, they know a fun fact (or four!).

As school is nearing an end and summer vacation is right around the corner, we thought there was no better time than to discuss the current math curriculum in schools – and if anything should be changed. So we hosted a Coffee Talk around modernizing math and headed over to Technology Enterprise Park (TEP) to ask our scientists, chemists, and researchers their thoughts.