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THIS WEEK:

Common Grounds: Peabody Coffee Pairing Program

Common Grounds Coffee Pairing Program provides the Peabody community with the opportunity to connect in February through two random pairings. Last semester, over 80 students, staff, and faculty participated and built new relationships across campus.

How it works:

1) Sign-Up Here by Monday, February 15th by 11:59pm

2) Receive a random partner on February 16th and March 1st

3) Reach out to your partner and plan a convenient time to connect over coffee or tea via zoom or in-person with a socially distanced meeting

Have an upcoming two weeks that are really busy? Cancel at anytime and join back when you can!

Open to Peabody professional and graduate students, Peabody undergraduate students, Peabody faculty and Peabody staff

Questions? Contact Office of Student Engagement and Well-Being

What’s Your Why? Conversation with Paul Speer

Join us for What’s Your Why? with Paul Speer, Professor and Chair within the Department of Human and Organizational Development. What’s Your Why? provides a space to learn more about our campus leaders as individuals and as academics who were once students, too—who have hopes, expectations, and challenges and have learned important lessons along the way from which we can all learn. A renowned storyteller with over 20 years of experience at Vanderbilt teaching and participating in community-based action research, Paul is someone you want to get to know in these 50 minutes!

Tuesday, February 16
12:10 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Virtual event. RSVP required.

Open to Peabody professional and graduate students, Peabody undergraduate students, Peabody faculty and Peabody staff

Questions? Office of Student Engagement and Well-Being

Gary, Indiana: A Tale of Two Cities – Documentary Screening and Q&A with Sandra Barnes

Join us as we screen Vanderbilt’s Professor Sandra Barnes’ Emmy-nominated documentary “Gary Indiana: A Tale of Two Cities,” followed up with a question and answer session based on the film.

Poverty, crime, and urban blight are words often used to describe Gary, Indiana. But do these words accurately reflect the present city or its promise? Do they capture the legacy and the lives of its residents? Does a focus on the city’s trials overshadow its triumphs? This 60 minute documentary candidly depicts the two faces of Gary, Indiana – the current problems facing this once thriving rust-belt metropolis as well as the progress and possibilities evident among its people, churches, and communities.

If you’re not able to attend the screening, you can still watch the film here and join us for the Q&A with Professor Barnes!

Thursday, February 18
Screening: 6:15 – 7:15 p.m.
Virtual event. RSVP | Zoom link

Open to Peabody professional and graduate students, Peabody undergraduate students, Peabody faculty and Peabody staff

Questions? Peabody Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Walk and Talk with OSEW

As the weather turns warmer, we invite you to join staff members from the Office of Student Engagement and Well-Being (OSEW) Meaghan Mundy and/or Courtney Mullane for a socially-distanced walk and talk outside. Weather permitting, we will meet at the Peabody Administration steps this Friday. Due to social distancing guidelines, six students can join along so please be sure to RSVP.  For future walk and talks, we may explore campus, walk to Scarritt-Bennett’s labyrinth or meet at a local greenway.

Friday, February 19
9:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
In-person event. RSVP required.

Open to Peabody professional and graduate students and Peabody undergraduate students

Questions? Office of Student Engagement and Well-Being

COMING SOON:

This Moment in America Panel Discussion

The Office for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion will host a panel of Vanderbilt faculty, staff and students to share their personal and professional views and experiences on issues that inform “This Moment in America.” The panel will explore the impact that recent political strife and racial divisions have had on marginalized social groups. This discussion also will touch upon topics related to police violence, immigration, the COVID-19 pandemic and changes to the U.S. Supreme Court and presidency.

Panelists will include:
Bitania Endalkachew, Senior in Arts & Science majoring in Political Science and Women’s & Gender Studies; External Relations Liaison, FirstVU 
Claire Barnett, Communications Coordinator, Frist Center for Autism & Innovation
Franklin Ellis, Director, Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair, Professor of History and Director of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program
Katie Crawford, Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair, Professor of History and Director of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program
Rob Nelson, Interim Director, Office of LGBTQI Life
Terry Maroney, Professor of Law
Veer Shah, Senior at Peabody College majoring in Human & Organizational Development and Economics; President, Vanderbilt Student Government
Xiu Cravens, Associate Dean for International Students and Affairs, Peabody College

Wednesday, February 24
1:00 p.m.
Virtual event. RSVP required.

Open to Peabody professional and graduate students, Peabody undergraduate students, Peabody faculty and Peabody staff

Questions? Office for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Share the Love: Random Acts of Kindness Goodie Bag Giveaway

This event was originally scheduled for Wednesday, February 17th but has been postponed to February 24th due to weather.

Want to make someone’s day? Fill their bucket? Fill your own? Come celebrate Random Acts of Kindness Day with us! We will be handing out goodie bags outside the Peabody Administration Building – as our random act of kindness to you – with the hope that you will use what’s inside to “Share the Love!” and show kindness to someone else. Inside your bag, you’ll find ways to engage in your own random acts of kindness. Stop by on your way to class or work, grab a goodie bag, help share the love!

While supplies last*

Wednesday, February 24
2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
In person event. 

Open to Peabody professional and graduate students, Peabody undergraduate students, Peabody faculty and Peabody staff

Questions? Office of Student Engagement and Well-Being

Alumni PATH Dialogue with Shan Foster

Shan Foster was a student-athlete at Vanderbilt, graduating in 2008 with a degree in Human and Organizational Development. After playing in the NBA, Shan became the co-founder and CEO of Fostering Healthy Solutions, where he cultivates healthy solutions to diversity issues through education, training, and execution. He also serves as executive director of AMEND Together & vice president of external affairs at YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee. He equips men and boys to serve as advocates for gender violence prevention and cultural change. Shan also recently released his memoir What Hurt Didn’t Hinder. We hope you will join us for this engaging dialogue!

Friday, February 26
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Virtual event. RSVP | Zoom link 

Open to Peabody professional and graduate students, Peabody undergraduate students, Peabody faculty and Peabody staff

Questions? Office of Student Engagement and Well-Being

Peabody Research Spotlight

The Peabody Research Spotlight (PRS) series is designed to showcase research conducted by faculty and PhD students at Peabody College, and to facilitate and strengthen interdisciplinary collaborations.

The session will consist of presentations by five alumni, representing all Peabody departments.

Speakers:

Special Education: Devin Kearns, Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, Neag School of Education, University of Connecticut

Leadership Policy and Organization: Dominique Baker, Assistant Professor of Education Policy, Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education & Human Development, Southern Methodist University

Psychology and Human Development: Janet Yarboi, Assistant Professor and Pediatric Psychologist at Rush University Medical Center

Teaching and Learning: Sam David, Assistant Professor of Second Language Acquisition, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Minnesota

Community Research and Action: Hasina Mohyuddin, Assistant Dean of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at Peabody College

Thursday, March 4
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Virtual event. RSVP required.

Open to current and prospective Peabody PhD students

Questions? Jeannette Mancilla-Martinez

Dean’s Diversity Lecture with Sonja Ardoin

The Dean’s Diversity Lecture Series is a forum designed to host frank and open discussions about race, diversity and inclusion.

Sonja Ardoin, Ph.D. is a learner, educator, facilitator, and author. Professor Ardoin’s talk is entitled: First-gen is Not My Only Identity: Recognizing Intersections. In the talk, she will bust the myth that being first-gen is a monolithic experience by exploring how identity intersections create unique first-gen perspectives.

Thursday, March 4
7:15 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.
Virtual event. RSVP required.

Open to Peabody professional and graduate students, Peabody undergraduate students, Peabody faculty and Peabody staff

Questions? Peabody Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

CONTINUING:

Meditation Mondays

Co-sponsored by the Peabody Office of Student Engagement & Well-Being and the Center for Student Wellbeing, we invite all Peabody faculty, staff, and students to a free guided meditation every Monday.

Every Monday
12:15 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Virtual event. RSVP required.

Open to Peabody professional and graduate students, Peabody undergraduate students, Peabody faculty and Peabody staff

Questions? Office of Student Engagement and Well-Being

Breathing Technique & Meditation

Join Sky Campus Happiness during this time to learn a short breathing technique and meditation to increase focus and concentration. We’ll also give practical and easy to apply tips!

Every Wednesday
1:00 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.
Virtual event. Zoom link

Open to Peabody professional and graduate students and Peabody undergraduate students

Questions? Marcelo Galeano