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THIS WEEK:

Organizations that Influence Education Policy in Tennessee and Nashville

Join us for a discussion forum on understanding how various organizations in Nashville and Tennessee are involved in developing education policy for both the state and the city. Local and state education leaders will discuss how the various governing bodies operate, how they collaborate with each other, and how they influence policy.

Speakers will include:
Hank Clay, MNPS Chief of Staff
Robert Fisher, Senior Education Advisor to Mayor Cooper
Sara Heyburn Morrison, TN State Board of Education
Thom Druffel, Education Committee Chair: Nashville City Council
Christiane Buggs, Board Chair for MNPS Board of Education
Drew Kim, Former Governor’s Policy Advisor

Monday, February 8
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Virtual event. Zoom link

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

Questions? Ryan Balch

Peabody Virtual Town Hall

This virtual town hall is designed for all students at Peabody as a space to ask questions, share feedback, and discuss what we have learned from the fall semester. The first half of the event (7:15–8 p.m.) will be hosted by the Peabody Associate Deans and Dean’s Office staff. The second half of the event (8–8:45 p.m.) will be a student-only space hosted by the Peabody Professional and Graduate Student Association (PPGSA) and the Peabody Council.

Please RSVP and submit questions here.

Tuesday, February 9
7:15 p.m. – 8:45 p.m.
Virtual event. 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 Narrative Circles

The Narrative Circles approach is distinguished by principles and practices of narrative theory intended to create a shared exploration where each individual’s multi-storied self is affirmed.

A welcoming and safe space is created for reflection and connection across lines of difference so that we learn to take a values-based approach to how we exist and interact with each other. Please join us for this opportunity to be in community with each other.

Sponsored by Peabody Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI)

Thursday, February 11
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Virtual event. RSVP required.

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

COMING SOON:

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.

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

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

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

Peabody Faculty & Staff Circles of Trust

Our monthly Circle of Trust® experiences, facilitated by Dane Anthony, are designed to foster personal and professional renewal by offering time and space to:

• pause, disconnect from technology, & be still
• explore where you are on your journey
• acknowledge & honor both struggles & successes
• learn to ask open & honest questions, hold tensions, & realign your soul & role

Join us for a three-part series via Zoom:

Wednesdays (2/3, 3/3, 4/7)
11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Virtual event. RSVP required.

Open to Peabody faculty and Peabody staff

Questions? Office of Student Engagement and Well-Being