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THIS WEEK:

Meditation Monday

Begin your week with a 20-minute meditation session, a partnership between the Office of Student Engagement and Well-Being and the Center for Student Wellbeing. This event is held both in-person and virtually.

Every Monday beginning September 12
1:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. 
In-person. Center for Student Wellbeing Meditation Room. Virtual. Zoom link here. 

Open to all Peabody students, faculty, and staff

Questions? Center for Student Well-Being

LIVE Lunch Series

LIVE is an interdisciplinary center for learning technology that focuses on research and applications to technology in support of consequential learning. We support research and the development of ideas for application of learning technology with corporate and community partners. The LIVE lunch series is a diverse series of presentations, interactions, and discussions each week. Pizza is provided.

September 14: Interactive Demo #2 with Akos Ledeczi (Computer Science). Using the NetsBlox robot controller.

Wednesday, September 14
1:00 p.m.
In-person event. Wyatt Center 201

Open to all Peabody students, faculty and staff

Questions? Email Nancy.J.Price@vanderbilt.edu

Role & Soul Alignment: What is it and how do I get there?

Join Meaghan Mundy, Assistant Dean of Peabody’s Office of Student Engagement and Well-Being and faculty member in Human and Organizational Development, as she leads a conversation about how aligning our roles in our lives with our purpose and inner-knowing can lead to greater authenticity and fulfillment. Meaghan is a certified CliftonStrengths coach and is currently participating in the Center for Courage and Renewal’s facilitator preparation program. This program is part of the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center’s Work-Life Balance workshop series.

Thursday, September 15
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. 
Virtual event. Zoom link here

Open to all Peabody students, faculty, and staff

Questions? Office of Student Engagement and Well-Being

Drop-in Care with SCC

Student Care Coordination Drop-in meetings are offered so that students can meet quickly with a care coordinator to discuss any immediate needs, including but not limited to:

• Planning for a successful semester
• Identifying and connecting with resources for support on or off-campus
• Discussing academic options, taking a Medical Leave of Absence (MLOA), and/or assistance with communicating with faculty/Dean’s office
• Connecting with the University Counseling Center (UCC) Drop-in care coordination meetings are not therapy or counseling, but we can help you get connected to counseling on or off-campus!

Every Thursday beginning September 15
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. 
Peabody Administration Building Heritage Room 218B

Open to all Peabody students

Questions? please call SCC at 615-343-WELL or email at studentcare@vanderbilt.edu

Peabody Professional and Graduate Student Social

Please join us for a Peabody social! A monthly space for Peabody to come together across departments and offices, we invite all graduate and professional students, faculty, and staff to join us for some light appetizers and beverages. The Art Gallery will be open for viewing. We hope to see you there!

Co-Sponsored by: Peabody Professional and Graduate Student Association, Cohen Memorial Hall and Art Gallery, and Peabody Office of Student Engagement and Well-Being.

Thursday, September 15
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. 
In-person event. Cohen Memorial Fine Arts Gallery

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

Questions? Office of Student Engagement and Well-Being

Peabody Professional and Graduate Student Association Interest Meeting

Want to build community with other Peabody professional and graduate students? Interested in planning or learning about future social events? Come to the Peabody Professional and Graduate Student Association (PPGSA)’s first interest meeting! Pizza provided!

Thursday, September 15
7:15 p.m. – 8:15 p.m. 
In-person event. Mayborn 117

Open to all Peabody graduate and professional students

Questions? PPGSA

Nashville PEER Brown-Bag & Jam (PB&J)

Join the Nashville Partnership for Educational Equity Research (PEER) for a meet and greet with members from the Research, Assessment, and Evaluation team at Metro Nashville Public Schools.

During this session, you will learn about the research review process for new proposals and what data are available through MNPS, and have an opportunity to ask questions about how you can best collaborate with district leaders. Featured panelists include:

• Tina Stenson (Executive Director of Research, Assessment, and Evaluation)
• Caroline Marks (Manager of Research-Practice Partnerships and Co-Director of PEER)
• Nécole Huey Elizer (Research Review Committee Liaison and Program Evaluation Analyst)
• Krista Davis (Coordinator of Evaluation)

Register here →

About PB&J:
The PEER Brown-Bag & Jam (PB&J) monthly series brings researchers at Peabody College and staff at MNPS together to learn with, and from, one another. Through this series, we aim to foster collaborative and trusting relationships between those working in the partnership across Peabody and MNPS, and to cultivate broader interest in the important work we are doing together through Nashville PEER.

Friday, September 16
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. 
In-person event. Wyatt Center 201

Open to all Peabody students, faculty, and staff

Leadership, Policy and Organizations (LPO) Professional Poster Symposium

All Vanderbilt faculty, staff, students, campus partners and alumni are cordially invited to the annual Professional Poster Symposium. Stop by the Wyatt Center Rotunda to learn about the summer internships, practicums, study abroad experiences, and more of the second-year students in the Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations at Peabody College. Hors d’oeuvres and refreshments will be provided! The event is co-sponsored by Peabody Career Services and the Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations.

Friday, September 16
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. 
In-person event. Wyatt Center Rotunda

Open to all Peabody students, faculty, and staff

UPCOMING:

Banned Books Initiative – Reception for Educators

K-12 educators and Vanderbilt students, faculty, and staff are invited to learn more about our upcoming community-wide initiative and events to support the teaching and reading of banned books.  We hope this space provides an opportunity to network and meet with others who are interested in navigating these challenges to make banned books more accessible to students, teachers and community members.  Attendees will also be entered for the chance to win a banned book!  We hope you will join us, and we look forward to seeing you there! RSVP here. 

Monday, September 19
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. 
In-person event. Mayborn 117

Open to all Peabody students, faculty, and staff

Questions? Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Banned Books Initiative – Panel Discussion

Join us for a panel discussion about the reading and teaching banned books. Recent policies and legislation across the US have made the reading and teaching of banned books even more difficult in K-12 classrooms and libraries.  To learn more about the impact of these practices on students and communities, please join us for a panel discussion with:

Emily Pendergrass, Associate Professor of the Practice of Literacy Education 
Matthew Shaw, Assistant Professor of Law & Assistant Professor of Public Policy & Education
Brianna Newhouse, Current VU Student & Future Teacher

We hope you will join us, and we look forward to seeing you there! RSVP here. 

Wednesday, September 21
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. 
In-person event. Central Library Community Room

Open to all Peabody students, faculty, and staff

Questions? Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Narrative Circles for Graduate & Professional Students

For Peabody Professional & Graduate Students, 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 affirmation 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. The workshops also provide an opportunity for professional development and anyone participating in 3 or more sessions will receive a certificate. Dinner will be provided, so please be sure to RSVP!

Circles will be held: 9/21; 10/5; 10/19; 11/2; 11/16

Wednesday, September 21
7:15 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. 
In-person event. Peabody Administration Building, Room 104

Open to all Peabody professional and graduate students

Questions? Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Peabody Connects

Peabody Connects is a welcoming and reflective space for students to make connections with others and to feel supported on your Peabody journey. If you are looking for community, this is the space for you! Beverages and light snacks provided. Feel free to bring your lunch too!

Every other Thursday starting September 22
12:15 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. 
In-person event. 6 Magnolia 019

Open to all Peabody students

Questions? Office of Student Engagement and Well-Being

Higher Education and Latinx Individuals: Journey to (No)Where?

Join PLASA to learn more about the barriers that often prevent Latinx and other marginalized students from attaining a higher education. Gini Pupo-Walker, the State Director of The Education Trust, will join us as the featured speaker. The following topics may be discussed: the school-to-prison pipeline, the percentage of Latinx individuals with a master’s degree, and the retention of Latinx students in higher education. Co-sponsored by Peabody Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.

Thursday, September 22
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. 
In-person event. Mayborn 117. RSVP Here

Open to all Peabody students, faculty, and staff

Questions? Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Book Event with Professor Ilana Horn

Join Professor Ilana Horn and co-author Brette Garner (University of Denver) for a discussion of their new book, Teacher Learning of Ambitious and Equitable Mathematics Instruction: A Sociocultural Approach. The two will be joined by Susan Jurow (University of Colorado) and Justin Reich (MIT) for a rich conversation about the authors’ study of experienced teachers’ learning and the implications for sociocultural theory and teacher education.

Thursday, September 22
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. 
Sign-up for Zoom link here. (Signups are encouraged by Monday, September 19.)

Open to all Peabody students, faculty and staff

Questions? Email Ilana Horn

Yoga on the Lawn

Join a beginner flow & stretch sequence led by Maddy Kelly, 2nd-year Community, Development, & Action master’s student. Grab a towel or yoga mat and join us on the Mayborn Lawn. Breakfast provided after! RSVP here.

Friday, September 23
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. 
In-person event. Mayborn Lawn

Open to all Peabody students, faculty, and staff

Questions? Office of Student Engagement and Well-Being

Faculty/Staff Circles of Trust

This program, based on The Center for Courage and Renewal’s Circle of Trust approach, provides a foundation for courageous conversations that afford us the opportunity to be more effective and authentic educators, colleagues, and individuals. Spaces are created for reflection, deep listening, and meaningful conversations where you learn to trust your own wisdom and align your inner life with your outer work in the world. Registration required. 

Wednesday, September 28
8:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. 
In-person event. Fireside Reading Room, Peabody Library. 

Open to Peabody faculty and Peabody staff

Questions? Office of Student Engagement and Well-Being

Alumni PATH Dialogue with Shan Foster and Barbara Bell

Come hear from two amazing Peabody alums: Shan Foster (B.S. ’08) and Barbara Bell (Ed.D. ’18) as they share about their recently published books – What Hurt Didn’t Hinder (Foster) and Flight Lessons: Navigating Through Life’s Turbulence and Learning to Fly High (Bell) – and how their paths to and from Peabody have shaped who they are and who they continue to become. Defined by Purpose, Authenticity, Transformation, and Head/Heart (PATH). come be in dialogue with our distinguished speakers and other students, faculty, and staff. Dinner provided. Registration required.

Wednesday, September 28
7:15 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. 
In-person event. Mayborn 117

Open to all Peabody students, faculty, and 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 Peabody Ph.D. faculty, students, and alumni, and to facilitate and strengthen interdisciplinary collaborations.

The session will feature new Peabody College faculty members. Each faculty member will provide a brief overview of their program of research. This session is intended to encourage within and across departmental collaborations, as well as to provide prospective Ph.D. students with an overview of the exciting research conducted at Peabody. Each presentation will be followed by a brief Q&A period.

Presenters:

Jennifer Russell: Leadership Policy and Organization
Jessica Logan: Special Education
Nicole Allen: Human and Organizational Development
Jessika Boles: Psychology and Human Development
Heidi Carlone: Teaching and Learning

Thursday, September 29
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. 
Virtual event. Registration Required 

Open to all students and faculty.

Questions? Jeannette Mancilla-Martinez

CONTINUING:

University Counseling Center (UCC) Drop-in Consultation for International and APIDA-identifying Students

UCC Drop-In Consultation provides easy access to informal, confidential, and free consultations with University Counseling Center counselors.

UCC Drop-In Consultation is generally helpful for students who 1) are not sure about counseling and wonder what it’s like to talk with a counselor, 2) may not be interested in ongoing therapy but would like the perspective of a counselor, 3) have a specific problem and would like to talk it through with a counselor, or 4) have a concern about a friend and want some thoughts about what to do.

Students who are experiencing an immediate mental health emergency are encouraged to attend UCC Urgent Care, instead of Drop-In Consultation. For any questions about UCC Drop-In Consultation, please call 615-322-2571.

Every Tuesday
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. 
Peabody Administration Building Heritage Room 218B

UCC Drop-In Consultation hours at Peabody are specifically for APIDA (Asian Pacific Islander Desi American) students and/or International students who wish to receive brief support around concerns which may be impacted by their identities, in an overtly affirming space.

Tutor Nashville

The Accelerating Scholars program is recruiting community volunteers to tutor more than 7,000 MNPS students who may need a little extra help and support with personalized and positive learning experiences. Tutors will receive training and support on all tutoring session plans and materials. Virtual and in-person opportunities are available.

Learn more and sign up here.

Open to all Peabody students, faculty, and staff

EDI & OSEW Office Hours

Stop by Peabody Administration Building Room 216 to get to know the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and the Office of Student Engagement and Well-Being. Virtual or in-person office hours are available by appointment.

Monday – Friday:  9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Open to all Peabody students, faculty, and staff

Questions? Office of Student Engagement and Well-Being