Join us as we discuss the documentary Black Beach/White Beach: A Tale of Two Beaches with Ricky Kelly, the film's director and producer. The documentary focuses on two national bike festivals held on back-to-back weekends in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina — one primarily white, one predominantly black — that cause racial tensions to reach a…
The Developing Cultural Competence co-curricular virtual exchange program has replaced its in-person lecture with self-paced individual learning modules so that its four 90-minute facilitated meetings can focus on cultural exchange among participants and application. The course is designed to provide a theoretical framework for understanding culture, cultural dimensions and cultural competency. The program also introduces…
The purpose of The Collective is to create a space for women of color enrolled at NC State to form a community, break silos and deepen relationships through facilitated dialogue centered on truth-telling and testimonials. The Collective welcomes cisgender and transgender women as well as femmes and gender nonconforming folk. The Collective is open to…
Join the Mental Health Ambassadors as we discuss what eating disorders can look like across different groups of people, how social media reinforces negative body image and how we can practice self-care and promote body positivity. This event is part of the programming planned for National Eating Disorders Awareness Week.
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…
Design Identities will celebrate five Black Design alumni who have been influencers in their fields. Students from each department will conduct one on one interviews with an alumnus in their field to learn about their successes as designers and to encourage the next generation of students, especially BIPOC students, with an introduction to and an…
The University Fellowships Office will host information sessions for the 2022-23 Fulbright awards cycle starting Feb. 17. If you are interested in applying for the Fulbright awards, you must attend one info session. To attend one of the sessions, please register using the registration form.
University Housing will host a Black History Month interactive exhibit that displays Black influence and leadership in the United States throughout generations. The experience is self-guided, and participants are encouraged to spend 15 to 20 minutes at the exhibit immersing themselves in the content. The exhibition will focus on areas of abolition, academia, and activism.
As the effects of the climate crisis become increasingly apparent, social science researchers across disciplines are coming together to investigate how the discourse on climate change shapes attitudes and actions. In this presentation, Julia Fine, a graduate student in linguistics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, will provide an overview of existing research on…
Join the African American Cultural Center for its weekly What's on the Table discussions. During the virtual discussions, NC State community members come together to share perspectives and offer support. Registration is required for each session.