This year, NC State LIVE is working with local performing artists to design workshops rooted in social justice. Join choreographer and community organizer Murielle Elizéon and cellist and educator Shana Tucker for a series of restorative storytelling workshops for NC State students and community members to come together — in a healing digital space —…
Join us for a two-day symposium of talks, panels and workshops titled Technologies of Race: Politics, Affect, Platforms. The symposium's speakers will discuss some of the ways that technologies around us express, participate and are, otherwise, wrapped up in the ways race is socially done. To learn more about the symposium, its speakers, the topics…
Sometimes we can feel lost in "the cloud" as we zoom from meeting to meeting, trying to form digital connections without an opportunity to talk about what is really happening in our lives. Join the campus community centers for Community Connections, a space for co-working and to dialogue in ways that are authentic to us.…
In the summer of 1961, the Freedom Riders are embarking on a courageous journey into the Deep South. When 20-year-old Bowzie Brandon gives up a life-changing college scholarship to join the movement, he’ll have to convince his loved ones—and himself—that shaping his country’s future might be worth jeopardizing his own. The Out Loud series is…
Join us for a two-day symposium of talks, panels and workshops titled Technologies of Race: Politics, Affect, Platforms. The symposium's speakers will discuss some of the ways that technologies around us express, participate and are, otherwise, wrapped up in the ways race is socially done. To learn more about the symposium, its speakers, the topics…
Due to the impact of COVID-19 on the 2020-21 academic year, Project SAFE is now an on-demand workshop series open to NC State students, staff, faculty and alumni as well as interested local community members. The workshop is designed to prepare participants to understand and address the needs of LGBTQ students. The workshop addresses a…
Everybody seems to love Lego bricks, and the little plastic bricks have become an international phenomenon. Nick Taylor and Sarah Evans will discuss their new book LEGOfied: Building Blocks as Media and explore the multifaceted Lego fandom, the role of hobbyist enthusiasts and content producers, and how gender plays into the Lego media franchise. This…
Join the Black Male Collaboration at NC State for its Learn, Aspire and Creating Community monthly graduate students meeting via Zoom. The goal is to provide graduate students with targeted academic and nonacademic supports designed to enhance their skill sets, cultivate a sense of belonging and build resolve as they pursue a degree from NC…
Spend an evening watching Little Fires Everywhere, a miniseries starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington, with the African American Cultural Center. Join us virtually for a different episode each week and hang out after the show to discuss and unpack your thoughts. Watch parties will be held every Thursday at 6 p.m. from Feb. 4…
This event will honor and highlight the experiences of women in the often male-dominated field of STEM. It will feature a small panel of women who have degrees and/or careers in science, technology, engineering and math, providing students with an opportunity to listen, engage and learn from their stories and insights. The panel discussion will…