Members of the LGBTQ community are often at higher risk for experiencing compounding forms of discrimination, bias and prejudice. Conversations around disparities tend to discuss mental health or sexual health, but there are many other areas of life in which members of the LGBTQ community face disparate outcomes. This workshop will examine the disparities and…

The GLBT Advocate Program Lunch and Learn Series is designed to help staff and faculty do the following: Create an inclusive classroom, work environment or campus community.Recognize an array of peer support networks is available to aid them and provide resources as they work towards inclusion and diversity.Increase their knowledge of advocacy techniques that they…

The African American Cultural Center is hosting virtual connect/collaborative spaces throughout the semester. You can collaborate and connect with community members and peers while studying, relaxing, playing games and more. Registration is required for each session.

Join the Black Male Collaboration at NC State for its Learn, Aspire and Creating Community monthly undergraduate students meeting via Zoom. The goal is to provide undergraduate 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…

The Women's Center is excited to announce that the spring book club book is Sing, Unburied, Sing by award-winning author and MacArthur “genius” Jesmyn Ward. The book club will meet once a week for eight weeks beginning in February. A limited number of books will be provided to registrants. To learn more about the book…

Join us as we take a look into Black culture with Jonathan Square, a Harvard University professor. His work focuses on how clothing served as a form of expression for enslaved people, and his most recent research is on the culture of headwraps. During this session, Square will take us through the history and culture…

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 to come together — in a healing digital space — to explore their…

Join the College of Sciences via Zoom for our annual Diversity in STEM event. This year, alumna Andrea Duhon will speak on "Decoding Failure: Math, Love and Overcoming Fear." Duhon, a native of Colombia, is an assistant professor of mathematics at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, and the financial controller for solar energy company…

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.

We are living in a time of unprecedented diversity in America. At play or work, we have encounters and interactions with people not like us. That neo-diversity context raises new issues about social interaction. It is in that context that Americans are struggling with how to talk to and with each other with respect. Join…

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.…

Serving abroad involves immersing yourself in your Peace Corps community without losing sight of your individual needs. Join us to learn how a group of Black and LGBTQ volunteers managed community-centered projects while supporting their intersectional identities overseas. A Q&A session will follow the panel discussion.

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…

Set in Alaska, the familiar Jane Austen tale takes on the complexities of love, Alaskan Native corporations, and federal blood quantum in this timeless romantic comedy. The Out Loud series is a twice-weekly reading of various play scripts with commentary and discussion hosted by University Theatre staff. You can sign up to read or be…

NC State’s University Speakers and Lectures Committee, with support from the Harrelson Fund and in conjunction with the Institute for Emerging Issues Forum, will host a speech from Rich Harwood. Harwood, founder of the Harwood Institute, will speak on “A Call to Step Forward: Bridging Divides and and Healing Our Communities.” Join this dynamic session…

The Eurasian Regional Language Program hosted by American Councils is a year-round study abroad opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students at American colleges and universities to learn lesser taught languages and bolster America's engagement with the world. The program offers intensive, highly-individualized instruction in more than 15 Eurasian languages, including Armenian, Azerbaijani, Dari, Farsi, Georgian,…

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…

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…

Feminist Friday scholars facilitate discussions that often provoke dissonance as well as attend to the intersections of one’s identity and how they interact with structural systems of dominance and oppression. Scholars are not expected to be knowledge experts, only to care about the topic they’ve chosen and be willing to learn more about it. Feminist…

When videos and other media go viral on social media, sometimes the creators get lost in the whirlwind, but social media also gives us a space to claim the works of Black creatives and remind people who created the challenge, dance, style or art in which they are engaging. As a part of the Viral*…

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.

Ratio Christi and the Christian Veterinary Missions Fellowship at NC State will sponsor a virtual symposium exploring the relationship between faith and science. Scientists and theologians will share why they believe that science and faith complement one another rather than contradict. The following topics will be discussed: Improving Today's Conversation Between Faith and Science.Genesis, Evolution,…

Our Futures is a program that provides an opportunity for chosen community members to engage in intimate and ongoing conversations with our students about life, careers, etc. while identifying as LGBTQ in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area. Our Futures is a two-part conversation. Join us for a conversation with Kori Hennessey, director of education and programs…